American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 127
- Number 9
- March 1971
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1121–1127The authors review previous studies on social attitudes toward the mentally ill and present data from their field survey on the opinions and attitudes of a blue-collar population toward mental illness. Almost all the 937 respondents considered mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1121Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1128–1133Data from families of 100 intensively studied patients with depressive disease (unipolar affective disorder) and a review of the literature suggest that genetic factors play a role in the etiology of depressive disease. It is also possible that this ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1128Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1134–1140Twelve heavy and 12 casual users of marijuana generally found the experience to be a pleasurable one. In contrast to casual smokers, heavy users of marijuana tended to use multiple drugs and demonstrated a significant incidence of psychic dependence on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1134Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1141–1146Ninety-six schizophrenic patients participated in a double-blind, crossover study of the efficacy of trifluoperazine and tranylcypromine therapy alone and in combination. Pseudoneurotic patients had a statistically significant response to tranylcypromine; ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1141Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1147–1152A clinical computer program at the University of Missouri uses data collected by clerks, technicians, relatives, and the staff to build a data base that helps predict significant patient behavior and outcome. Computer-generated probability statements ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1147Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1153–1160Women considered for induced abortion for psychiatric indication under a restrictive state law were studied over a period of seven years. The recommendation for abortion was unrelated to a number of social variables but it was associated with judged ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1153Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1161–1165The authors describe one model for setting up a good relationship between an academic department of psychiatry and a community mental health program. The "marriage model" emphasizes total integration. It has proved to be effective in providing a large ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1161Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1166–1169The findings of this relatively bias-free interview study of 92 ghetto youths in a work training program suggest that "normal" drug use in the ghetto is more comparable to nonghetto drug use than has previously been believed. Also, studies that suggest ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1166Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1170–1175The author describes the histories of 13 persons who committed homicide while intoxicated with amphetamines. In most of these cases, the events leading to the homicidal act were directly related to amphetamine-induced paranoid thinking, panic, emotional ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1170Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1176–1180The authors focus on the problem of differential diagnosis between mania and schizophrenia and also upon the toxic aspects of lithium therapy. An approach to the diagnostic evaluation of the psychotic patient is urged that recognizes several positive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1176Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1181–1184In a long-term follow-up study in Massachusetts, the author found that most defendants who have been committed as incompetent to stand trial can probably be returned to the courts soon after their hospitalization; that it is in their best interest, unless ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1181Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1185–1188The author presents results of a study of psychological reactions of patients undergoing renal transplantation. The study identified a kind of "emotional transplant": the image of the kidney becomes part of the psychological structures present in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1185Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1189–1193This study examined the emotional responses and adaptation of 36 children who had received renal transplants. They were examined immediately following their hospital discharge and upon return visits to a post transplant clinic up to six years later. Of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1189Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1194–1198Fourteen children were studied for social adjustment, emotional status, level of intelligence, and self-concept; five had transplanted kidneys that had been functioning well for periods of two to five years, two others had unsuccessful transplants, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1194Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1199–1204Questionnaires involving 3,478 renal dialysis patients revealed a higher incidence of suicidal behavior than among the general population. The authors believe that the hemodialysis patient who kills himself does so because of multiple factors—at one time ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1199Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1204–1207Long-term hemodialysis patients have an alarmingly high suicide rate. Deaths that result from the patient's lack of adherence to the treatment regimen have in the past been viewed from a suicidal framework. The authors suggest that such behavior may be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1204Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1211–1215The author describes activist medical students in terms of their core values—humanitarianism, moral integrity, and the desire for meaningful communication—and their primary psychological tasks—achieving cultural continuity and integration of their ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1211Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1215–1217The authors studied the effect of group psychotherapy on the mothers of retarded individuals. They found that the mothers who underwent psychotherapy rated the retardates significantly higher in security and appearance than they did before therapy, while ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1215Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1217–1221The author describes the life and assesses the contributions to psychiatry of Bernardino Alvarez, a Spaniard who founded the first mental hospitals in the New World in the 16th century.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1217Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1221–1224The author describes three investigations that attempted to give objective evidence of the value of several types of aversion therapy in the treatment of homosexuality. The results were favorable but they showed little difference in the efficacy of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1221Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1225–1229Problems involved in determining a defendant's competency to stand trial are often an outgrowth of confused evaluations. A possible remedy exists in setting up evaluation criteria relevant to the legal situation and to the definition of competency. These ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1225Publication date: 01 March 1971
Page1238Page 844 of the December 1970 issue of the Journal contains an error in the letter to the Editor by Richard Abrams. The last sentence in the first paragraph should read: "A report evaluating a psychotropic drug with such naïve methodology would certainly ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1238Publication date: 01 March 1971
Pages1238-a–1238Pages 883, 885, and 887 of the January 1971 issue of the Journal contain errors in the headlines identifying the author of the article,"Observations on Suicidal Behavior Among American Indians." The first author, H. L. P. Resnik, is incorrectly identified ...
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