American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 121
- Number 9
- March 1965
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1965
Pagesi–xxiThe history of American psychiatry and the criminal is the history of individuals who through unselfish motives have committed themselves to helping a portion of society that is ordinarily abused and neglected. In some instances they have been ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.9.iPublication date: 01 March 1965
Pages881–884Case histories of 200 Catholic religious, 100 priests and 100 nuns, consecutively discharged from a private psychiatric hospital, have been studied in relation to more than 50 variables. The case histories of 100 laymen and 100 laywomen, consecutively ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.9.881Publication date: 01 March 1965
Pages907–909Fifty-nine chronic hospitalized schizophrenic patients were examined for the presence or absence of certain clinical signs. The extent of disturbance caused by these signs was assessed and their role as deterrents to placement in the community examined.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.9.907Publication date: 01 March 1965
Pages911–914The occasional occurrence of imipramine-induced visual hallucinations resembling those produced by hallucinogenic agents is documented. The phenomenon is dosage dependent and easily managed by reduction of dosage level when recognized. Delirious confusion ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.9.911Publication date: 01 March 1965
Pages917–918For the physician using a fluphenazine liquid concentrate, there are many satisfactory diluting agents available. It is not necessary or advisable to use distilled water only.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.9.917Publication date: 01 March 1965
Pages922–923The successful use of thioridazine in controlling overt sexual hyperactivity in 2 women is reported (8 cases having been observed), possibly as one of the additional limited potentialities that can be observed in the action of certain phenothiazines. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.9.922