American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 121
- Number 8
- February 1965
Article
Publication date: 01 February 1965
Pages746–751Some findings from a survey of the public image of mental health services in New York City reveal that: 1. A majority of New Yorkers claim personal acquaintance with one or more persons who have been under professional care for mental problems. 2. Half of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.8.746Publication date: 01 February 1965
Pages763–767The nature and frequency of untoward events occurring on an open ward psychiatric unit in a general hospital over a one-year period is described, and the age-sex distribution is discussed. It is pointed out that the unit concerned accepts an unusually ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.8.763Publication date: 01 February 1965
Pages776–783The incidence of arrest for 2 Maryland psychiatric populations, 1947 and 1957, were obtained for the 5 years preceding and following their discharge from psychiatric hospitals. Comparison of their arrest rates with that of the general population indicates ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.8.776Publication date: 01 February 1965
Pages784–787The injection of fluphenazine decanoate, a new long acting antipsychotic drug, resulted in rapid improvement in 9 of 12 chronic schizophrenic patients. The length of response following a single injection ranged from 7-39 days, with a mean length of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.8.784Publication date: 01 February 1965
Pages801–805Four cases are presented of school refusal behavior in university students. Similarities to younger patients are noted. Differences include the greater separation and challenge of the setting, absence of supportive authority figures, and enhanced ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.8.801Publication date: 01 February 1965
Pages809–811Concerning diazepam, the results of this study are in apparent disagreement with the findings of certain other investigators(2-4). In an activity study of diazepam, good or excellent results were reported in 95% of 103 patients; 50% in a group of 60 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.8.809Publication date: 01 February 1965
Pages814–815We have presented a rare case of allergic purpura, accompanied by a life-endangering mental picture of catatonia in connection with carphenazine treatment in a chronic schizophrenic female, historically stigmatized by an allergic response to the ...
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