American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 129
- Number 2
- August 1972
Article
Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages117–126The author provides an overview of the social characteristics and problems of the aged and of the medical services that are available and the gaps therein. Among the social problems he deals with are housing, family relationships, and retirement. He ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.117Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages127–135These criteria were compiled by a committee of medical authorities from the National Council on Alcoholism to establish guidelines for the proper diagnosis and evaluation of this disease. Criteria are weighted for diagnostic significance and assembled ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.127Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages136–140A joint teaching conference organized by the psychiatric liaison service at the Montreal Neurological Institute is described as a model for imparting knowledge about psychosocial aspects of illness and disability. Examples are given to illustrate the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.136Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages141–148Some inconsistencies in the biogenic amine hypothesis of depression have arisen from clinical studies with L-dopa and L-tryptophan, the metabolic precursors of the amines. The evidence obtained from the studies of changes in cellular amine levels in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.141Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages149–155Neurotic depressive reactions of mid-childhood may be classified into three distinct categories. Masked depression is the most frequent, appearing in children whose personality and family display severe psychopathology. Children suffering acute depression ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.149Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages156–160In his attempts to avoid teaching problems and diagnose learning problems in the supervisory situation, the supervisor must strive to be aware of the effects of his own unconscious attitudes on the learning alliance. The author discusses some ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.156Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages161–166In response to direct questioning, two dissimilar groups of elderly subjects reported little fear of death or dying. In producing Thematic Apperception Test stories, however, respondents who were well and autonomous used less denial and expressed more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.161Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages167–172Psychiatric interview and psychological testing were used to ascertain the effects of extended confinement on "death row" of eight men who were evaluated upon admission to prison and periodically thereafter for at least two years. Five appeared to adjust ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.167Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages173–180The author believes that community control of most community mental health centers will occur in the current decade. After giving the background and rationale for this trend, he outlines some of the problems psychiatrists are likely to face as they ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.173Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages181–186The author cites some examples from his own and others' experience to illustrate the issues that have emerged in the movement toward community control of mental health centers. Each example was characterized by consumer dissatisfaction, institutional ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.181Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages187–190The primary objective of the community mental health center is to provide much-needed direct clinical care of the mentally ill; from this basic program there follows a natural development of consultative and educational community programs. The author ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.187Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages191–196A sample of the patients seen at a center serving a suburban area with a diversified population was assessed to see if the characteristics of the patients and the kinds of treatment provided met expectations. Lower socioeconomic groups were (as expected) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.191Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages196–201After defining continuity of care operationally, the authors developed the "Continuity of Care Inventory" for measuring the continuity provided to clients of a community mental health center as they moved among or stayed within particular services. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.196Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages202–206The authors used comparative rates of slate hospitalization to measure the effect of their mental health/mental retardation center. Census tracts from their catchment area were matched with census tracts from an area that does not have such a center but ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.202Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages206–210Over a period of four months, 16 heroin addicts were treated on an open general psychiatric unit connected with a large municipal hospital. Their treatment was coordinated with an addict treatment center staffed primarily by ex-addicts. While long-term ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.206Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages217–219The author studied the families of 17 obsessional subjects. He found that genetic, sexual, and environmental factors apparently combined to form the obsessional personality. A brief analysis of the influence of each of these factors on the individual is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.217Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages220–223Two hundred fifty women who had had a therapeutic abortion attended a group therapy program after discharge from the hospital. Each group was led by a psychiatrist-gynecologist team and consisted of three to five women. The authors concluded that the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.220Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages224–228Hysteria (Briquet's syndrome) is a frequent disorder among psychiatric inpatients. Depressed mood, often complicated by alcohol or drug abuse or suicidal behavior, is the usual reason for admission. Cross-sectionally, the depressive symptoms of these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.224Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages228–233The authors describe the application of token reinforcement to young veteran psychiatric patients on a rapid-turnover open ward. Results indicated that reinforcement procedures doubled behavioral output when compared with data obtained in baseline phases. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.2.228Publication date: 01 August 1972
Pages233–236The author discusses the meaning of the word "kordiakos." In the Talmud "kordiakos" refers to a syndrome characterized by dizziness, confusion, and mental incompetence after contact with a vat of new wine. While the term may be synonymous with delirium ...
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