American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 123
- Number 12
- June 1967
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1481–1489Some patients manifest progressive chronic deterioration chiefly by behavior changes which are observable as modifications of personal and social behavior. Thus, studies of inner psychic connection underlying symptom formation can be complemented by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.12.1481Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1490–1498Various theories have been proposed relating classes of drug-induced extrapyramidal symptoms to the therapeutic actions of these drugs. But contradictory conclusions have been drawn from basically similar sets of observations; the literature on the topic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.12.1490Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1499–1504Antibody against specific regions of monkey and human brains was produced by these investigators by inoculating sheep with homogenates of brain parts, fortified with an adjuvant. Observations made in the experiments indirectly support the hypothesis that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.12.1499Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1505–1512Therapists' bias may influence the assessment of treatment results even when the procedure purports to be a blind one. The authors advocate the employment of an independent assessment team (IAT) as an alternative to the classical double blind technique. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.12.1505Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1513–1518The hallucinogens are divided into three groups: adrenaline-related, tryptamine-related, and miscellaneous, and their chemistry is reviewed. The author points out the limitations of the biochemical and classical pharmacological approaches to understanding ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.12.1513Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1519–1526The concept of "research alliance" is introduced to describe the relationship between a psychiatric researcher and his subject in which the aim is to obtain valid data in a limited number of interviews. The authors describe three possible difficulties in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.12.1519Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1527–1538Two major investigations of the prevalence of psychiatric disorder in community groups, the Midtown and Stirling County studies, relied heavily on symptoms the researchers considered psychophysiological. Both found the highest rates of psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.12.1527Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1539–1545The blood pressure responses of normotensive and hypertensive subjects to a three-phase experimental interview situation were recorded. The greatest elevations occurred in both groups during a personal discussion phase, and the elevation was more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.12.1539Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1545–1552Three patients with advanced carcinomatosis and concomitant depression were treated with ECT and cancer chemotherapy. All three experienced positive cancerocidal effects, although in one case they were short-lived. Possible explanations for these results ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.12.1545Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1553–1562Study of 46 consecutive patients who had carcinoma of the pancreas revealed that 76 percent had psychiatric symptoms which appeared to be closely related to the presence of the neoplasm. Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and premonition of serious illness ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.12.1553Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1562–1570A systematic study of 101 consecutive patients with definite or suspected systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) revealed that psychiatric disorders are more frequent among these patients than would be expected among general medical patients. The author ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.12.1562Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1570–1572A case of stress polycythemia is reported, and a clear temporal relationship is documented between clinical manifestations of anxiety and response to stress in the patient and laboratory blood volume measurements.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.12.1570Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1573–1576A case of psychogenic polydipsia is interpreted as a manifestation of the patient's overidentification with his mother, a symbiotic relationship that was interrupted when the patient went into the military service.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.12.1573Publication date: 01 June 1967
Pages1577–1581Although some investigators have concluded that psychosomatic symptom relief or removal carries the grave risk of precipitating a more serious disorder and thus should not be attempted, the case reports presented here suggest that symptom relief may be ...
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