American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 126
- Number 7
- January 1970
Article
Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages917–924A seven-year follow-up study of normal adolescent boys revealed that: Independence was being gradually achieved; where conflict was present it generally remained manageable. Heterosexual activity had increased since high school. Social radicalism was not ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.917Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages925–931This investigation examines the effects of tranylcypromine on the uptake, release, and metabolism of intracisternally administered tritiated norepinephrine (norepinephrine-H3) in rat brain. The findings suggest that, in addition to being a potent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.925Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages932–937The psychiatrist, working usually in isolation, has more difficulties in communication about his patients than do other specialists. A more frequent use of consultation from psychiatric colleagues is advanced as a means of overcoming this problem and as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.932Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages938–945A double-blind comparison was made of the secondary amine, nortriptyline, and the tertiary amine, imipramine, in female outpatients with a primary depressive illness. There was no significant difference in the overall response between the two drugs, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.938Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages946–950The author describes the types of reactions to periodic separation of 485 married psychiatric outpatients. The data support Bowlby's hypothesis that the separation reaction is a psychobiological response pattern that has different implications according ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.946Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages951–956Data from the evaluation and treatment of 364 lower-, lower middle-, and upper middle-class children were compared. There was no significant difference among the three groups as to perceived improvement at termination of treatment, but longer duration of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.951Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages957–967To mark the closing of the APA's 125th anniversary year, the author examines recent progress in the study of the history of psychiatry. He outlines the reasons why the historical study of attitudes toward mental illness and methods of treatment in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.957Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages968–973In a two-phase study of diagnostic decision making, psychiatrist observers viewed films of diagnostic interviews and recorded their comments and the symptoms they saw in the patients. Analysis of the results, in terms of the time at which conclusions and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.968Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages973–983This paper presents data from a seven- to 15-year follow-up study of 100 patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of passive-aggressive personality disorder, who were compared with 50 matched controls with other psychiatric diagnoses. The clinical features ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.973Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages983–987A method for achieving diagnostic validity in psychiatric illness is described, consisting of five phases: clinical description, laboratory study, exclusion of other disorders, follow-up study, and family study. The method was applied in this paper to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.983Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages988–996Clinical and EEG data were independently reevaluated for 184 children hospitalized for psychiatric reasons. No significant correlations were noted between clinical diagnoses and EEG findings. A uniform incidence (about 35 percent) of abnormal tracings was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.988Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages997–1002There is a need in psychiatry for a system of recording objective observations that are both clinically accurate and conducive to statistical analysis and comparison. The absence of such a system has traditionally served to discourage communication ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.997Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages1010–1012The author discusses the effect of house officership on former activist students. While the pressures of time, tradition, and responsibility discourage activism in interns and residents, they have a unique opportunity to help bring about change on such ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.1010Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages1013–1016The proper choice of an antidepressant in a given clinical situation is often controversial. The case presented points up the necessity for viewing each episode of a recurrent depressive illness in terms of both the psychopathology and the psychodynamics ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.1013Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages1017–1020The author describes a study of age, race, and sex distribution, psychiatric diagnoses, and subsequent dispositions of 138 attempted suicides. The large proportion (64.4 percent) of those returned home without arranged-for treatment and the high rate of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.1017Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages1020–1023Cinanserin, a new drug with antiserotonin activity, produced a rapid remission of the manic phase of manic-depressive psychosis in five of seven cases described by the author. No significant toxicity was encountered. The findings indicate that this drug ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.1020Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages1024–1027The authors present the rationale and description of a promising development in psychotherapy—WATS telephone therapy. In certain selected cases the formal regular use of the telephone to conduct routine psychotherapy has many advantages over traditional ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.1024Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages1027–1031The author presents two case reports of patients who, in their psychotic productions, were unusually preoccupied with death. These contrast with previously reported patients with sleep paralysis who were concerned with various conflicts. He suggests that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.1027Publication date: 01 January 1970
Pages1031–1036The authors discuss various Western interpretations of Morita therapy, a Japanese method of treating neurosis. They approach the divergences of opinion through five topics, including the relationship of Morita therapy with Zen Buddhism and its emphasis on ...
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