American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 122
- Number 5
- November 1965
Article
Publication date: 01 November 1965
Pages489–494The "tandem" pair in our teaching of physicians in other specialties consists of a psychiatrist and a physician in the same specialty as the trainees. Both members of the tandem pair attend each session and are simultaneously responsible for the operation ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.122.5.489Publication date: 01 November 1965
Pages509–522The "catecholamine hypothesis of affective disorders" proposes that some, if not all, depressions are associated with an absolute or relative decrease in catecholamines, particularly norepinephrine, available at central adrenergic receptor sites. Elation, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.122.5.509Publication date: 01 November 1965
Pages530–533Twenty-seven hospitalized adult psychiatric patients participated in twice-weekly psychodrama sessions. They were matched on the basis of three variables (age, sex, MMPI profile) to controls drawn from the psychiatric hospital population. Both ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.122.5.530Publication date: 01 November 1965
Pages534–541In 1960 and 1961, of 216 recruits adjudged unsuitable by aptitude boards at two naval recruit training commands, 134 were deliberately graduated from training in order to assess their adjustment in the fleet. Two years subsequent to graduation, 97 of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.122.5.534Publication date: 01 November 1965
Pages542–545Some of the pitfalls that the first year psychiatric resident will encounter are discussed. He must struggle with them, which means taking a good look at himself in the process. There are usually no right or wrong answers, no absolute rules to cover all ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.122.5.542Publication date: 01 November 1965
Pages546–554Unilateral electrode placement over the dominant hemisphere has recently been shown to avoid memory disturbance after ECT while retaining therapeutic efficacy(4, 9, 10). However, the only controls used were patients on bilateral ECT and, therefore, these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.122.5.546Publication date: 01 November 1965
Pages560–564Two matching groups of schizophrenic patients refractory to conventional therapies were given methionine and hydroxychloroquine, respectively, following two base periods. Significant differences were observed in improvements and release rates and in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.122.5.560Publication date: 01 November 1965
Pages565–567The usefulness of very brief psychiatric appointments in treating many different kinds of patients is reported. It is suggested that the 15-minute interview is entirely sufficient for many patients who are relatively poor candidates for exploratory ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.122.5.565Publication date: 01 November 1965
Pages577–578Two cases of severe reactions to benzodiazepine drugs, the first in combination with pentobarbital and the second to the use of chlordiazepoxide and diazepam in overdosage, are reported. Full recovery ensued in both cases with no abstinence syndrome seen ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.122.5.577Publication date: 01 November 1965
Pages579–582A clinical study of the experimental application of negative practice to two cases of torticollis was reported. Several findings of previous workers were confirmed, including recovery in one case documented both clinically and by electromyography and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.122.5.579Publication date: 01 November 1965
Pages584–586It has been demonstrated that yeast C14 RNA does not pass the rabbit blood-brain barrier or blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.122.5.584Publication date: 01 November 1965
Pages586–589Hospitalized patients with chronic brain syndrome, whether associated with senile brain disease or cerebral arteriosclerosis, are especially subject to adverse side effects from phenothiazine derivatives. Previous favorable experiences with deanol ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.122.5.586