American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 123
- Number 7
- January 1967
Article
Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages769–778Treatment of the alcoholic, to be successful, must be multidisciplinary. The use of psychotherapy or counseling, disulfiram (Antabuse), Alcoholics Anonymous, group therapy, psychodrama, occasionally LSD, sometimes hypnosis, and treatment of the families ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.769Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages779–785Reports on day hospitalization have usually endorsed this treatment modality without considering its special problems. This paper discusses such problems. How can a hospitalized patient be evaluated fully and his behavior supervised properly if he is home ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.779Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages786–791Approaches to the teaching of psychological medicine to nonpsychiatrist physicians have varied greatly. The author describes an approach based on brief, supportive psychotherapy; it is his conviction that psychotherapy is the chief instrument the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.786Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages792–802The envelope as an imprint of the personality and preconscious thinking of its sender, and as a mirror of the relationship between sender and receiver, is investigated. Its multiple parts (addressee's designation, return address, placement of address, use ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.792Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages803–809The legitimate area of action for the psychiatrist is not yet clearly defined. This paper studies psychotherapy, comparing it with the role expectations of friendship. Parallels are drawn from Shakespeare's Hamlet between the true friendship of Horatio ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.803Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages810–821In this presentation of contemporary Army psychiatry, the authors evaluate personnel utilization, innovations in residency training, and current research programs in the perspective of current trends in psychiatric practice. They point out that the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.810Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages821–825Personality factors in Astronaut selection are becoming especially important on the eve of space missions of extended duration. But psychiatric selection is fraught with imperfections and inadequacies. To compensate for these, the author presents a "back-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.821Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages825–828The Army's On-the-Job Training program in psychiatry offers the young physician an opportunity to test his interest in specialization and may serve as a prelude to formal residency training. The author details his two-year experience in the program, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.825Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages828–835The 3320 USAF Retraining Group, an open correctional and rehabilitative facility for Air Force prisoners initiated 14 years ago, represents a marked innovation in military corrections. Short-term intensive treatment in this facility has produced a rate of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.828Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages836–843Psychiatric illness among Filipinos in the U. S. Navy usually appears as a stereotyped clinical syndrome in which hypochondriasis and paranoia are prominent. The authors suggest that the distinctive Filipino child-rearing practices and certain cultural ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.836Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages844–848As a military psychiatrist with the Army's Mental Hygiene Consultation Service, this author gained the impression that many officers who could benefit do not take advantage of the neuropsychiatric services available to them. The reason for this may lie in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.844Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages848–854The stresses unique to military retirement are described as a growing medical and social problem. in anticipation of or following retirement from the service, the retiree may develop psychiatric symptoms or experience an exacerbation of previously ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.848Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages854–861The suicide gesture is most frequently a communicative act directed at the patient's environment. This study describes a group of military patients who have chosen this dramatic form of communication and highlights two important factors in their ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.854Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages875–878Twenty-three inpatients at Hartford Hospital were selected for the pilot study of NIMH Collaborative Study III, testing the feasibility of high-dosage chlorpromazine in depressed patients. After random assignment to either a nonchecklist group or a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.875Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages879–880Our patient showed profound depression of all the formed elements of the blood after ten months of chlorpromazine therapy, The depression responded nicely to withdrawal of the drug and to the institution of steroid therapy.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.7.879Publication date: 01 January 1967
Pages886–889A significant reduction in neuroleptic side effects was found after the addition of antiparkinson medication to the regimen. All but three percent (11) of the patients showed some improvement; 38 percent (141) showed total reduction of symptoms.
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