American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 121
- Number 2
- August 1964
Article
Publication date: 01 August 1964
Pages116–122This review was designed to stimulate thinking of the symptoms of mental illness in a physiological frame of reference. If the activity of the cerebral cortex is balanced between mechanisms of reaching out and avoiding, this balance may be disturbed by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.2.116Publication date: 01 August 1964
Pages123–128Work therapy in the Soviet Union, in both theory and practice, has its counterparts in this country, and cannot be regarded as unique. Its special features however are: 1. The great emphasis placed on its role in the treatment and rehabilitation of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.2.123Publication date: 01 August 1964
Pages129–135This is a report of a 5-year research investigation and trial, seeking to determine the size and shape of adequate, effective treatment for sick persons. This treatment has been entitled Total Medical Treatment. The treatment has been discussed under ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.2.129Publication date: 01 August 1964
Pages148–152The present study represents an attempt to evaluate a systematic underestimation in reported mental hospital readmission rates. The case search of the medical records of 1137 admissions to the Cleveland Psychiatric Institute in 1957 resulted in discovery ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.2.148Publication date: 01 August 1964
Pages167–171A detailed outline is given of the clinical application of anticipatory avoidance learning to the treatment of homosexuality. Clinical data on the first patient of a series currently under treatment are also given, together with a report on his progress, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.2.167Publication date: 01 August 1964
Pages179–181A clinical study was made of potentiated diketopiperazine, the main ingredient of which is a new psychopharmocological agent; 4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenethyl)-2,6-piperazinedione, potentiated by a new sedative-hypnotic, 2-methyl-3-orthotolyl-4-quinazinolone. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.2.179Publication date: 01 August 1964
Pages185–187Four patients who developed signs of hepatic and haematological toxicity while being treated with carphenazine hydrochloride are reported. The drug was stopped in one patient and continued in 3. All signs of toxicity disappeared in 12-16 weeks, without ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.2.185Publication date: 01 August 1964
Pages188–189A case of Korsakoff-like psychosis with paranoid features following overdosage with benzodiazepine drugs is described. Full recovery followed, with no abstinence syndrome seen on withdrawal.
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