American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 121
- Number 6
- December 1964
Article
Publication date: 01 December 1964
Pages521–528As science, psychiatry is the study of communicative behavior, and, as therapy, the practice of dialectic and rhetoric (and of social control). The principal roles of the contemporary psychiatrist are: moralist, rhetorician, and scientist (and agent of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.6.521Publication date: 01 December 1964
Pages534–548Psychiatry is not wholly responsible for the evils in contemporary civil and criminal commitments. The law summons psychiatrists for inappropriate roles, and there is inadequate involvement of lawyers in the entire mental hospital field. And, to a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.6.534Publication date: 01 December 1964
Pages580–583The clinical and social characteristics of criminals with conversion symptoms are noted and compared to those of other criminals. The possible association between hysteria and sociopathic personality is considered briefly.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.6.580Publication date: 01 December 1964
Pages586–588Capacity to function in a work setting is the crucial issue in the evaluation of the existence of a disability resulting from a psychiatric illness. The diagnosis is not sufficient unless accompanied by clinical findings establishing substantial and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.6.586Publication date: 01 December 1964
Pages589–592Diazepam was administered to 108 patients under treatment in a general psychiatric practice. The diagnoses included psychoneurotic and psychotic reactions, character disorders, alcoholism, and drug addiction. Initial diazepam dosages ranged from 10 to 80 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.6.589Publication date: 01 December 1964
Pages597–600This study sought to assess the common practice of combination tranquilizer therapy in chronic psychotics. Conducted under double-blind conditions, it compared the efficacy and side effects from 3 regimens over a course of 8 months: 1. Chlorpromazine plus ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.6.597Publication date: 01 December 1964
Pages603–605This is the fourth reported case of Kartagener's syndrome occurring with a schizophrenic reaction. This patient, unlike a previously reported case, had an I.Q. in the very superior range. Chromosomal studies revealed an absence of any chromosomal ...
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