American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 123
- Number 3
- September 1966
Article
Publication date: 01 September 1966
Pages249–258Recent developments, such as the passage of Medicare, have drawn attention to the need for evaluating existing posthospital extended care services, of which nursing homes are presently a major part. The author traces the evolution of the nursing home and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.3.249Publication date: 01 September 1966
Pages259–269The current nosology of depression is based upon the Kraepelinian classification of mental disorders as definite disease entities. Although the system is flexible enough to permit its use by diverse schools of thought regarding psychopathology and is thus ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.3.259Publication date: 01 September 1966
Pages270–279A four-year follow-up study at two general hospital psychiatric units included a stratified sample of all first referrals for psychiatric evaluation in their catchment area. The authors found that long-term hospitalization as well as transfer to a mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.3.270Publication date: 01 September 1966
Pages280–287The military psychiatrist may experience conflict between his role as psychiatrist and as military officer in several ways. The necessary change in emphasis from psychotherapy to consultation may run counter to his previous training and preference. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.3.280Publication date: 01 September 1966
Pages288–296Existentialism, as it has evolved over the past 50 years, contains much that is relevant for contemporary psychiatry. It offers a new orientation toward man in health and disease, focusing on the central problems of modern man-the relationship between the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.3.288Publication date: 01 September 1966
Pages297–302Efforts at secondary prevention (early case finding and treatment) made during an industrial mental health project were less successful in securing follow-through of treatment recommendations than the more traditional consultation by a psychiatrist. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.3.297Publication date: 01 September 1966
Pages303–310Several recent reports in the literature on temporal lobe epilepsy have suggested that there are unique psychopathological manifestations in these patients. The present study, a modified double-blind evaluation of 50 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.3.303Publication date: 01 September 1966
Pages311–319This outline for an introductory course in psychiatry is constructed to complement and parallel other studies in the first-year curriculum of the medical student. Its high informational content provides a scientific foundation for psychiatry analogous to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.3.311Publication date: 01 September 1966
Pages320–332Adolf Meyer was a major force in molding psychiatry into its current form; his teachings are so solidly incorporated into American psychiatric theory and practice that the extent of his influence is often over-looked. He brought American psychiatry its ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.3.320Publication date: 01 September 1966
Pages341–345We have presented data on 69 female alcoholics who have had three or more interviews. Almost all are of high socioeconomic status. The majority are Protestant and college-educated. They drink at home and do not come to the attention of public agencies. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.3.341Publication date: 01 September 1966
Pages346–349We have reported the postmortem findings of one case and present clinical evidence of an abnormal gait among some leucotomized patients since 1940. In a random chronic group of 42 leucotomized patients abnormalities of the gait were found in nine. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.3.346Publication date: 01 September 1966
Pages349–351The case of a female prone to drug addiction for many years has been described. During the past four and one-half years she had been addicted to glutethimide in daily doses up to 5.5 gm. During this period she had four hospitalizations for abstinence ...
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