American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 126
- Number 11
- May 1970
Article
Elimination of an Internship Requirement for Medical Licensure and Board Certification in Psychiatry
Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1557–1564Effective July 1, 1970, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology will no longer require the completion of an internship as a condition of eligibility for the Board examinations. The author conducted two nationwide surveys related to this issue ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1557Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1565–1576Elimination of the internship requirement will seriously limit the future psychiatrist's unique contributions to his own field as well as to other areas of medical practice, in this author's opinion. The implications of such a change have not yet been ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1565Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1588–1595The author presents findings of an in-depth study of nine accident-prone motorcyclists and outlines a previously undescribed syndrome in an attempt to elucidate the psychological causes of the rapidly rising rate of motorcycle accidents and deaths. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1588Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1596–1603Management of persons seeking sex reassignment includes exploring their motivation for sex change, facilitating a realistic appreciation of the limits of medical and surgical procedures, encouraging them to undergo reversible somatic changes with hormones ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1596Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1604–1610The author discusses results of 323 psychiatric evaluations at a military recruit training camp based on the subjects' birth order. Only children were more likely than first children to consult the psychiatrist, to be diagnosed as psychoneurotic, and to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1604Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1611–1621Do large proportions of the general population show psychiatric symptomatology resembling that seen in psychiatric patients? Responses by 248 adult leader, community sample, and patient subjects in Washington Heights. New York City, to questions about 46 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1611Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1621–1627In working to promote the general well-being and optimal mental health of the community, the psychiatrist faces such issues as the meaning of "health," the ways in which it can best be achieved, and the clarification of his own position in relation to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1621Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1628–1632The authors compared the population contacting a psychiatric emergency service in 1958 with that contacting it in 1968. Among the most striking findings were the shift to a younger age group being treated, the lower rate of referral to inpatient care, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1628Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1632–1642Following a scrutiny of the relationships between sociocultural processes and psychosomatic illness, the authors question the relevance of current concepts of psychosomatic medicine to the contemporary social scene. In order to elaborate new concepts it ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1632Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1647–1651The authors studied 500 psychiatric patients who had been treated polypharmaceutically. The group was divided into thirds—one-third remaining on their original two medications, one-third on two placebos but no active medication, and one-third on one ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1647Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1652–1655The role of the suicidal patient's hostility is better known than the effect of his family`s hostility upon him. The authors found that suicidal patients' families expressed more extreme hostility and offered less support than the families of nonsuicidal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1652Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1655–1659In an attempt to develop reliable criteria for symptoms unique to the schizophrenic syndromes, the author offers an Index of Formal Signs of thought disorder. Using the theory that language normally shows differentiation over time, he measures the form ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1655Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1659–1663Questioning the belief that XYY men are predisposed to violent behavior, the authors compared XYY men in penal institutions with men with the Klinefelter syndrome (XXY). They found little difference between their behavior and criminal records. They ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1659Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1663–1667The authors describe a special maximum security facility established to provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluation of defendants and present results of studies on 200 patients examined over a two-year period. The uniqueness of this hospital lies in its ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1663Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1667–1669The author conducted a study of 25 retarded depressed patients who previously responded inadequately to tricyclic antidepressants. Continuing the group on antidepressants, he also administered thyroid hormone. Fourteen showed an excellent response to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1667Publication date: 01 May 1970
Pages1670–1673The new major tranquilizer, haloperidol, was compared with fluphenazine in the treatment of disturbed children, most of them schizophrenic. While the overall effectiveness of the two drugs was similar, haloperidol appeared more effective in reducing ...
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