American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 121
- Number 5
- November 1964
Article
Publication date: 01 November 1964
Pages476–481A study of 463 childhood schizophrenics and their matched controls disclosed no evidence of an association of childhood schizophrenia with prematurity. There was, however, a definite association with a history of previous fetal loss. The relation of these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.5.476Publication date: 01 November 1964
Pages487–490A long range evaluation of complex perception was made on 25 Parkinson patients undergoing basal ganglia surgery using determinants from Rorschach protocols. The patients were tested preoperatively and postoperatively at 5 days, 2 months, 6-8 months, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.5.487Publication date: 01 November 1964
Pages491–493Two separate double-blind studies comparing the incidence of withdrawal emesis after the abrupt cessation of medication, one using an inert placebo and the second using phenobarbital as control agents, revealed highly significant differences between the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.5.491Publication date: 01 November 1964
Pages496–498In a comparative double-blind trial on 40 patients with primary depression, desipramine and imipramine did not differ significantly in antidepressant effect or onset of action. Reactive and endogenous depressions responded equally well to either drug.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.5.496Publication date: 01 November 1964
Pages498–501An amitriptyline-perphenazine combination was used to treat the mixed anxiety, tension, and depression which may occur in patients being maintained on phenothiazines. Of 33 such patients seen regularly in a community aftercare clinic, 29 (88%) showed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.5.498Publication date: 01 November 1964
Page503A case is reported in which EST is successfully given in spite of a recent head wound resulting in absence of a small portion of the skull in the frontal lesion, laceration of the dura, but no actual brain tissue damage. It is urged that successful ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.5.503Publication date: 01 November 1964
Pages504–507A case of sudden unforeseen death in a young, physically well, acutely catatonic patient has been presented. The findings at necropsy were not sufficient to explain either her death or her psychotic behavior. The terminal period was brief, lasting ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.5.504