American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 121
- Number 4
- October 1964
Article
Publication date: 01 October 1964
Pages340–343In community mental health work, the psychiatrist is primarily a clinician with public health responsibilities, that is, a new kind of practitioner with consultative, administrative and research functions. By the same token the psychiatric social worker ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.4.340Publication date: 01 October 1964
Pages353–357Judiciary intervention such as the process of commitment is defined in social terms as a mediator facilitating communications between the public and psychiatry. A recent change in a long-standing pattern in which there is a decline in the use of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.4.353Publication date: 01 October 1964
Pages371–375A delirium occurring in 57% of 139 patients who survived open heart surgery is described. The development, onset, and duration of the delirium is closely related to the seriousness of illness pre-operatively and the degree of stress during surgery and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.4.371Publication date: 01 October 1964
Pages384–386This large-scale investigation over the past year would indicate that we are dealing with a hitherto previously unrecognized syndrome characterized by xerostomia (dry mouth) with or without shrinkage of the gums, diffuse redness of the mucous membranes of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.4.384Publication date: 01 October 1964
Pages393–395A case of hysterical monocular anaurosis in a young woman is reported. The present illness, past history, and course in the hospital is presented. There is a discussion of possible psychodynamics underlying the symptomatology.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.4.393Publication date: 01 October 1964
Pages397–398A case of toxic reaction to combined pargyline—imipramine treatment is described, consisting of a mild acute brain syndrome and cardio-vascular irritability. Discussion of the possible toxic mechanism is given. The need for careful drug history is pointed ...
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