American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 123
- Number 4
- October 1966
Article
Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages387–400Changes in adrenal cortical activity have been correlated with certain pathological emotional states. Heightened activity occurs concomitantly with depressive reactions of various types and in certain phases of acute schizophrenic reactions. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.387Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages401–407The white female participant in the civil rights movement in the South is subject to unique and unanticipated stresses. Although she is prepared for a negative reaction on the part of the local white community, the ambivalence with which she is received ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.401Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages408–412The decision to release a patient from a state hospital may be influenced by social as well as clinical factors. In this study of patients admitted for the first time to two state hospitals in Wisconsin, it was revealed that an increase in geographic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.408Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages413–419Women with a history of psychiatric hospitalization are more likely to be arrested for aggressive assault than are women in the general population, according to this study of arrest rates in the state of Maryland. Arrest records were compiled for the five ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.413Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages420–426There is a real place for the visiting psychiatrist in Viet Nam, even though his period of duty may be as short as two months. Psychiatric facilities in the country are few and seriously undermanned, but the staff at the major mental hospital in Bien Hoa ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.420Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages426–433The National Health Service has become the work setting for most British psychiatrists; of the main subspecialties only psychoanalysis remains outside. Only about five percent of first admissions to hospitals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia now become ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.426Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages433–440Care for the mentally ill in the U. S. has traditionally been hospital-based; there are four times as many psychiatric beds per 1,000 population as in the U.S.S.R., where the district psychoneurological dispensary, emphasizing outpatient services and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.433Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages440–446The distinctive features of Soviet psychotherapists include informality, availability, and activity. There is no standard psychotherapeutic hour; sessions may vary from a half hour to two hours or more. A patient or former patient may see the therapist at ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.440Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages446–456Standardized systems of observing and recording are necessary in order to conduct cross-cultural psychiatric studies. The author presents interview data on the behavior of lower-class psychiatric patients in Rio de Janeiro recorded with the use of a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.446Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages457–462Although belief in demons and the evil eye as the cause of mental illness is still prevalent among Greeks of all social strata, a conscientious effort is being made by professionals in that country to change psychiatric institutions from custodial to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.457Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages463–469Juvenile delinquency rates in Israel have risen dramatically; they appear directly related to ethnic origin and indirectly to immigration. Juveniles of Afro-Asian origin, whether immigrant or Israeli-born, produce the highest rates of delinquency. However,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.463Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages470–472As a recent visiting psychiatrist and consultant to the National Neuropsychiatric Hospital of Honduras, the author describes present facilities there for the treatment of mental illness and discusses plans in progress for improvement and expansion of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.470Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages478–481This paper describes a bizarre case of a polysurgical addict and discusses the psychological and surgical aspects. The concept of polysurgical addiction as described by Menninger remains a valid one and as seen in this report at times presents itself in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.478Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages484–487Three cases are presented in which there is a temporal association of the ingestion of decongestant compounds and the occurrence of acute psychotic episodes. The free availability of such drugs as nonprescription medication is questioned.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.4.484Publication date: 01 October 1966
Pages487–490Some psychological problems of the military retiree's wife are discussed, with presentation of four representative cases. While gross psychopathological disturbances certainly are encountered in this group, milder situational or stress reactions are ...
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