American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 124
- Number 6
- December 1967
Article
Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages729–739The author feels that while it would be a mistake to view ethology as either confirming or negating current psychiatric theories of human development, a comparative ethological approach can identify new and significant problems for research. Ethology may ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.729Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages740–744A psychiatric study was made of 46 naval aviators who had demonstrated their mastery of techniques of attack carrier aviation but became unable to continue flying high-performance aircraft. In only a small number of cases was an anxiety reaction or a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.740Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages745–754The psychiatrist encounters many difficulties when requested to recommend a therapeutic abortion. To evaluate a pregnant woman's emotional fitness for motherhood, the psychiatrist must determine the nature of her neurotic conflicts, her ability to form ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.745Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages755–762Using a new conceptual framework, the authors present a comprehensive estimate of the cost of mental illness. They identify and quantify components of this cost that add up to almost $20 billion annually. Almost half the cost, they note, is borne by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.755Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages763–770Modern psychiatric care in Nigeria is a fairly recent development which has overcome initial lack of treatment facilities and trained workers in the field. The work done at Aro Hospital in the western region reflects a major push to establish adequate ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.763Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages771–784Our own times have been characterized as an "age of anxiety," a period of insecurity, frustration, and uneasiness in which familiar guidelines have begun to disintegrate and the future seems ominous. That this experience is neither new nor unique is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.771Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages784–796The history of therapeutic modes in psychiatry reveals a general pattern in the waxing and waning of specific somatic and psychotherapeutic treatment methods. New therapies are characteristically introduced amid tremendous enthusiasm accompanied by the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.784Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages797–802The 18th-century mechanist physicians offered mechanical explanations for vital phenomena and paid special attention to bodily parts and to analysis. The 18th-century animists were principally concerned with integration and purposive goal activity. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.797Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages803–814Although Paracelsus has been called a fore-runner of modern psychiatry, his thinking was and remains highly controversial, as this author points out. His approach to reality was essentially an expression of medieval philosophy; he was, however, among the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.803Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages815–825Freud's monograph on aphasia has been acknowledged for its importance in the history of aphasia and its relevance for the development of psychoanalytic concepts. This author attributes to it a new significance as a final statement of late 19th-century ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.815Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages825–831Benjamin Rush's position in history as a humanitarian and as a conscientious physician is secure. But he cannot be understood or his views properly appreciated unless he is recognized as a child of the 18th century. Rush came to hold a unitary view of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.825Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages831–834The historic meeting of Freud and James at Clark University, where Freud presented his first exposition of psychoanalysis in America, is described. The reactions of these two great men to the encounter are recalled, and the author speculates as to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.831Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages834–836Early in 1967, 100 teaching centers in the United States and Canada were surveyed by questionnaire in regard to their attitudes and practices in teaching the history of psychiatry. Eighty-seven responded. Many of the centers had been included in a similar ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.834Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages852–854An 18-year-old man with staggering gait, dilated pupils, a temperature of 100.2, and a pulse of 100, who was grossly confused, disoriented to time, place, and person, and who appeared to be hallucinating, was admitted to the hospital. These signs and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.852Publication date: 01 December 1967
Pages864-a–864In the October issue, the article titled "New Views on the Psychodynamics of Schizophrenia" by Silvano Arieti, M.D., contains an error. The third paragraph on page 454 states "Psychological life, in which images prevail, predisposes to a dualism . . ." It ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.6.864-aPublication date: 01 December 1967
Pages864-b–864In the October Supplement, the article titled "Acute Psychiatric Services in the General Hospital: III. Statistical Survey" by James J. Muller, Ph.D., Morris E. Chafetz, M.D., and Howard T. Blane, Ph.D., also contains an error. Table 1, p. 49, indicates ...
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