American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 121
- Number 3
- September 1964
Article
Publication date: 01 September 1964
Pages215–220Current psychiatric formulations along the lines of "[he is] . . . withdrawing into psychosis as an escape from reality" or "the patient is a passive-dependent person who wants to be taken care of by others" appear to be modern restatements of medieval ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.3.215Publication date: 01 September 1964
Pages221–227Practically all individual assessment currently in use at all levels of medical education is designed to measure only (i) the length and nature of the educational experience to which the trainee has been exposed; and (ii) his ability to diagnose and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.3.221Publication date: 01 September 1964
Pages238–244The use of hallucinogenic drugs carries a danger which is not sufficiently recognized, namely that of prolonged adverse reactions. Among these reactions is a chronic hallucinatory state or hallucinosis which is occasionally seen after repeated drug ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.3.238Publication date: 01 September 1964
Pages245–248The authors gave 1,223 courses of antidepressant medication, and in 692 courses MAO inhibitors were used. Prior to Sept. 7, 1963, 8.4% of patients receiving MAO inhibitors experienced acute hypertensive crises featured by intense occipital headache and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.3.245Publication date: 01 September 1964
Pages249–252Two psychotic patients with severe cardiovascular disease, in whom ECT was successfully used to treat the psychoses, are reported. The specific technique of ECT administration is outlined, including preparation of the treatment room and the patient. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.3.249Publication date: 01 September 1964
Pages257–2611. The Organic Integrity Test (OIT) designed by Tien in 1959, giving validity to the theory of chromaphilia, is now confirmed by Astrom, Engelsmann and Drdkova. 2. The OIT is confirmed independently in Sweden by Astrom, at Linkoping. He showed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.3.257Publication date: 01 September 1964
Pages262–264The incidence of EEG temporal focal sharp or spike abnormalities in a representative sample of acutely ill schizophrenic patients was found to be 10%. The clinical implications of these findings were investigated by a comparison of these patients with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.3.262Publication date: 01 September 1964
Pages266–267Renal function tests were done on 38 patients receiving EST. The tests were done one day prior to the first EST and on the day following the third EST. A serum creatinine and routine urinalysis were used for the first 26 patients; a 15-minute PSP test on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.3.266Publication date: 01 September 1964
Pages270–271A patient with the typical findings of catatonia was studied electromyographically while maintaining a fatigue-producing posture. Results would suggest that despite maximum use of motor units, the subject was able to delay the appearance of muscular ...
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