American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 127
- Number 12
- June 1971
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1597–1604This report, part of a longitudinal study of ten pairs of twins, delineates personality differences that appear in the first year of life, especially in the areas of dependence-independence, emotionality, sociability, curiosity, and activity-passivity. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1597Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1605–1611A study of 203 depressed outpatients who were randomly assigned to one of seven active drug treatment groups or to a placebo group demonstrated that the inclusion of a placebo group is essential for valid assessment of the efficacy of antidepressant ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1605Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1612–1618Ineffectiveness in military service has been demonstrated usually to be the product of transactional psychosocial processes, although a contrary official attitude holds that ineffectiveness is the result of a man's personality deficits. Rehabilitation ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1612Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1619–1625Seven patients with recurrent refractory psychotic depressive illness were treated with tricyclic antidepressants plus methylphenidate (Ritalin). The effect of methylphenidate appears to involve an increase in the blood levels of antidepressants through ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1619Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1626–1630Every fourth patient from the total of 1,571 patients admitted to the Carrier Clinic during 1967 (with a mean hospital stay of 25 days) was followed up 2.5 years later. Ninety percent of the study group, whether or not they had been rehospitalized in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1626Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1631–1635The authors report the percentages of patients who failed to adhere minimally to prescribed phenothiazine medication schedules in closed-ward, open-ward, and chronic outpatient treatment situations within a single hospital. An unexpected finding was that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1631Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1636–1640Direct observation of normal children at various stages of development was incorporated into a psychiatry residency program. This experience helps to compensate for the resident's limited contact with normal children and complement his study of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1636Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1641–1645Randomly selected inmates in a state prison were evaluated for sensitivity to physical closeness and aggressiveness. The results confirmed the conclusion from previous research that aggressive inmates have greater sensitivity to physical closeness than do ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1641Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1646–1651A father and son, both chronic alcoholics, were studied in an experimental intoxication paradigm. Marked affective shifts, emergence of hidden themes, and role reversals followed the course of the drinking experience. However, with the cessation of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1646Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1651–1653Alcohol was administered to young male volunteers with a history of light or moderate drinking. Subjects with the greatest drinking experience performed significantly better on a motor task and took fewer "risks" than did subjects with less drinking ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1651Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1653–1658The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST), devised to provide a consistent, quantifiable, structured interview instrument to detect alcoholism, consists of 25 questions that can be rapidly administered. Five groups were given the MAST: hospitalized ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1653Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1659–1664This study represents the first attempt to examine the alcoholic blackout during a sustained period of experimental intoxication. Thirteen male alcoholics with histories of blackouts drank large amounts of beverage alcohol for 12 to 14 days. Daily ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1659Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1665–1670Alcohol was administered to two groups of volunteers to study its effects on memory. In one study five alcoholics experienced amnesia after receiving large amounts of alcohol. The amnesia was anterograde, beginning a few minutes after test events occurred ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1665Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1670–1674A day care program at the Harlem Hospital Center alcoholism unit provided an alcohol-free environment and an opportunity for patients to socialize and develop interpersonal skills as well as to deal with their low selfesteem through the use of group ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1670Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1675–1679Responses to a survey of attitudes on alcoholism were obtained from 345 psychiatrists and 480 psychologists employed by the Veterans Administration. Their attitudes were remarkably similar. Both groups rejected the disease concept in preference to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1675Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1684–1687Consultation services via two-way closed circuit television have proved to be effective in helping nonpsychiatric physicians to improve their knowledge of psychiatry and to treat their emotionally ill patients. The authors describe such a service set up ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1684Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1687–1688The author discusses problems in divorce cases involving children—problems of securing adequate representation for the children, determining their best interests, and discovering the effect of the divorce procedure on them. He recommends establishing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1687Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1688–1691The increased amount of leisure created by our shrinking work week has become a frantic time leading to psychological depression. Our work-oriented ethic, which is anti-pleasure, anti-leisure, and anti-laughter, is perpetuated by our child-rearing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1688Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1691–1693Nineteen patients who were receiving L-dopa for parkinsonism were interviewed to assess the effect of L-dopa treatment on sexual behavior. Seven patients (37 percent) reported an activation of sexual behavior at some point during the therapy. Interview ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1691Publication date: 01 June 1971
Pages1694–1696Developing nations lose over 50 percent of their physicians who go to the United States for specialized training. The authors discuss factors that contribute to the return of Mexican psychiatrists trained abroad: a clear identity with the native culture, ...
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