American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 124
- Number 11
- May 1968
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1483–1490In an attempt to identify the factors responsible for adverse reactions to LSD and to elucidate the rising incidence of hospital admissions associated with use of the drug, the authors compared 25 psychiatric inpatients hospitalized following LSD ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1483Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1491–1498The borderline state may be better described in terms of defective ego functioning than as a clearly delineated symptom cluster. The concepts of "ego boundary" and "sense of identity" are used here to emphasize one area of defective ego functioning—...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1491Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1499–1504Cyclazocine, a long-acting narcotic antagonist, was found to be safe and useful in the treatment of narcotic addicts in a voluntary municipal hospital. Treatment induction in 15 days to a daily maintenance dose of 4.0 mg. was well tolerated. That dosage ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1499Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1505–1514The authors report on a program of mental health consultation to personnel at eight youth and adult opportunity centers offering job placement and other vocational services to clients in poverty areas of San Francisco. In addition to its benefit for the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1505Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1515–1525The fascinating symbolism seen in the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch has long been the object of speculation by scholars and critics. This author has attempted to elucidate the meaning of the artist's imagery by applying modern concepts of mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1515Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1526–1534In this series of families the development of severe psychopathology (schizophrenia or delinquency) in the index child appeared to be linked with intense periods of family crisis occurring early in the child's life. A more conflictual parent-child ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1526Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1535–1541The authors describe the syndrome of work phobia, which is not a classical phobia but separation anxiety associated with leaving home to go to work. Differentiated from work inhibition and success neurosis, work phobia is considered to be the adult form ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1535Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1542–1548Determinants of the evaluation and disposition of psychiatric emergencies were studied at Detroit General Hospital. Although the decision to hospitalize an individual was based at least in part upon subjective factors influencing the emergency room ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1542Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1549–1554The results of a longitudinal study of adolescent patients and controls, designed to test the clinical reality of the theory of "adolescent turmoil", have been previously reported. In this presentation the author reevaluates the theory and concludes that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1549Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1555–1561Thirteen of 22 patients with Wilson's disease had no history or clinical evidence of psychiatric disorder, while nine patients had various psychiatric diagnoses. Five of these improved psychiatrically with dietary and pharmacological treatment for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1555Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1562–1568Comprehensive clinical facilities in forensic psychiatry have been developed at Temple University through its unit in law and psychiatry over the past ten years. They range from evaluation and therapeutic services in a state penitentiary and county prison ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1562Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1575–1580The authors describe a technique for assessing police department candidates based on projective tests and an interview. They conclude that success or failure in a law enforcement career is not determined by unconscious conflict or the nature of the ego ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1575Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1580–1584Concomitants of change in cigarette smoking were studied among 158 adult male volunteers in an organized smoking withdrawal program. Subjects generally developed more negative attitudes and beliefs toward smoking during the course of the program. They ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1580Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1585–1588Because the importance of tranquilizing drugs has been difficult to assess precisely, the author undertook a study on the effect of the withdrawal of chlorpromazine and trifluoperazine on hospitalized male schizophrenics in England. Although there were no ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1585Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1589–1591The authors report a clinical study of the efficacy of a butyrophenone derivative (haloperidol) in a sample of mentally retarded children with associated emotional disturbances. The drug was noted to significantly alter the major target symptoms of such ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1589Publication date: 01 May 1968
Pages1591–1595Average voltage values were determined in 41 pre-treatment EEGs of chronic schizophrenic patients. The basic EEG values were significantly correlated with changes in behavioral ratings which occurred after eight weeks of treatment with psychotropic drugs. ...
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