American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 123
- Number 10
- April 1967
Article
Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1202–1209The rationale of psychedelic therapy with alcoholic patients is focused on the alienation-breaking potential of "peak" or psychedelic experiences induced with the aid of LSD. An exemplary LSD session report and MMPI data on 69 pilot patients are presented ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1202Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1210–1219Widespread enthusiasm for the "bold new approach" to treatment of the mentally ill embodied in federal community mental health legislation has tended to mask uncertainty regarding implementation of effective treatment programs. The author views with alarm ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1210Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1220–1225In a six-month follow-up of psychiatrically screened medical inpatients in a university teaching service, there was no change in "psycho-occupational" status in those who the screening psychiatrists thought did not need psychiatric referral. There was, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1220Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1226–1233Biological aging can be studied on a number of levels; scientists have not settled on a single explanation although there are a number of intriguing theories. The psychiatrist should seek to understand the effects of aging (including perceptual changes) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1226Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1233–1243Survivors and nonsurvivors from a previous multidisciplinary study of community-resident aged men were compared to determine the effects of certain personality factors and critical experiences upon survival and adaptation. The results suggest that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1233Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1243–1251Successful adjustment of former state hospital patients to nursing homes is determined to a greater degree by psychiatric status and initial adjustment during the period immediately following placement than by social and physical characteristics of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1243Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1251–1257The effect of one year of group psychotherapy upon two types of geriatric patients in a state mental hospital was tested in a controlled study of long-term patients who had aged in the hospital, among whom a diagnosis of schizophrenia was prevalent, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1251Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1257–1259A double-blind study to test the effect of orally administered ribonucleic acid upon the course of senile and arteriosclerotic brain disease failed to confirm the positive findings of other investigators. The authors conclude that RNA administered in this ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1257Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1260–1269As part of an investigation to determine the relationship between stress tolerance and the development of senile psychosis, the authors measured the effect of ACTH, administered intramuscularly, on the plasma and urinary corticoids in 30 normal aged ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1260Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1276–1278The present study was an attempt to confirm Taylor's observations that metronidazole reduces the desire of alcoholics to drink and produces disulfiram-like reactions to alcohol. Neither observation was confirmed. Of 12 "good prognosis" alcoholics ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1276Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1284–1289A case of disulfiram psychosis is presented; the patient also had grand mal convulsions even though he had no prior history of epilepsy. The literature on disulfiram psychoses is reviewed, and it is pointed out that there is little conformity among ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1284Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1289–1290A Rapid Approximate Intelligence Test consisting of a series of mathematical computations is described. This test has been standardized against the WAIS. The main conclusions which may be inferred from its use are outlined. The advantages of the test are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1289Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1291–1294L-tri-iodothyronine was utilized in the treatment of myxedema psychosis. Psychopathology and metabolic state were carefully documented throughout the course of treatment. Part of the psychopathology observed was an organic brain syndrome related to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1291Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1294–1295In a survey of 138 enuretic children it was found that none gave a history of seizures. EEGs were obtained on 68 consecutive children and seven (10 percent) were reported as abnormal, which is similar to the incidence of abnormal EEGs found among the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1294Publication date: 01 April 1967
Pages1296–1300Of the many behavioral disturbances to which obese persons are subject, only two seem specifically related to their obesity. One is overeating, the other is a disturbance in body image. The disturbance in body image is characterized by a feeling that one'...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1296Publication date: 01 April 1967
Page1300In the March issue it was erroneously stated that there would be pre-registration for the refresher courses in psychopharmacology which will be held at the annual meeting on Thursday and Friday, May 11 and 12. There will be no pre-registration; attendance ...
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