American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 130
- Number 3
- March 1973
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages241–251This overview describes five concepts of sexuality that run through Freud's writings—bisexuality, infantile sexuality and the Oedipus complex, libido theory, the primacy of the penis, and conflict—and tests each against recent advances in sex research.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.241Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages252–256A department of psychiatry in Hawaii undertook an exploratory study of the motivational patterns of entering freshmen, relating these to problems of selection, performance, and the educational system itself. The authors, noting that the motivations of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.252Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages257–259The author outlines the preferred treatment of patients appearing for emergency care with acute symptoms suggesting drug overdose or a "bad trip." He discusses symptoms and treatment of patients who have abused heroin, "downers," alcohol, stimulants, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.257Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages260–264A questionnaire concerning drug abuse was administered to 19,948 new military inductees over a six-month period. Almost one-third of the subjects had used drugs, but most were casual users. Marijuana and hashish were most frequently used. There were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.260Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages265–268Although a variety of methods for the treatment of school phobia has been proposed in the literature, most writers agree that returning the child to school as soon as possible is of primary importance. The authors discuss eight steps that they have found ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.265Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages269–273An experimental group of 32 process schizophrenics was treated with regressive ECT, while a control group of 2l patients was treated with ataraxic drugs and psychotherapy. All patients were evaluated at admission and at or after discharge, using four ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.269Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages274–277Psychological evaluations over a three-year period of 24 patients with kidney disease revealed very little evidence of gross emotional maladjustment. Most of the patients did seem to have experienced organic losses in intellectual functioning and they ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.274Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages278–282Young rescue squad volunteers were studied to ascertain some of the developmental determinants of rescue work and to define aspects of the culture of the squad and relate these to the personal development of its members. The authors suggest that squad ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.278Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages283–285The author attempts to show that elected public officials encounter numerous opportunities for action favoring the prevention of psychiatric disorders and the promotion of mental vigor. He demonstrates that preventive measures are compatible with and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.283Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages286–289Euclid House represents an attempt to create an effective therapeutic community for prisoners in a halfway house staffed almost totally by blacks and by some ex-offenders. This experiment is viewed as a long-term investment in training staff, developing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.286Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages290–293Ninety-nine single white pregnant women seeking abortion were compared with 79 single nonpregnant women of similar background. Most of the women in both groups were college students. Of the pregnant group, 40 percent were found to have motivational ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.290Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages294–296Three suicidal adolescents suffering from schizophrenic reactions developed the ability to conjure up a mystical consciousness. Directly experiencing this "oceanic" state (or just its memory) provided the patients with a reliably soothing safeguard ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.294Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages299–301There will probably not be a single system of payment to physicians under national health insurance, but it seems likely that the option of obtaining care through an organized system such as a health maintenance organization will be mandated. The author ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.299Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages301–304Peer review is now mandated for the treatment of all patients covered by the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Utilization of services—especially inpatient services—will be controlled as norms of treatment by age and diagnosis are developed. Psychiatrists, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.301Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages304–306A multi-image closed-circuit video self-confrontation with deliberate distortion of some of the images is presented to patients for immediate impact during psychotherapy. Seeing the distorted images alongside the clear image serves to elicit free ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.304Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages306–309To determine whether "phenothiazine death" is a valid entity, the authors examined case studies in the literature for other explanations of these sudden, unexpected, autopsy-negative deaths. The results of their comparisons of a large number of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.306Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages309–311A study done in Jamaica of 30 chronic cannabis smokers (use for at least seven years) and 30 matched controls revealed no significant differences between the two groups in the incidence of mental illness or of abnormalities of mood, thought, or behavior. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.309Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages312–316The authors discuss the benefits of using a problem-oriented record (chiefly the clearer documentation of treatment, the simplification of communication among mental health personnel, and the stimulation of further research) and the problems inherent in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.312Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages317–319Of 967 patients transferred from hospitals for the criminally insane to civil mental hospitals as a result of the Supreme Court decision in the Baxstrom case, 26 were returned to hospitals for the criminally insane between 1966 and 1970. There was no ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.317Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages319–322The author discusses patient-prisoners on forensic psychiatry units who seek to improve their situation by contacting the courts by means of writs. This practice is becoming increasingly evident as more attention is focused on the rights of prisoners and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.319Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages322–325It has been difficult to evolve a system whereby psychiatric aides can be effectively selected and oriented to their roles. In an attempt to involve the patient in an evaluation of the aide's role, the authors interviewed 80 patients as well as 40 aides. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.322Publication date: 01 March 1973
Pages330-b–330Page 452 of the October 1972 issue of the Journal contains a minor error that might lead to misinterpretation of the data in the article "Methadone: Some Aspects of Its Legal and Illegal Use," by Weppner, Stephens, and Conrad. Under the heading "Extent of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.330-bPublication date: 01 March 1973
Pages330-c–330The position of one of the authors of the article "The Psychology of Hallucinogenic Drug Discontinuers" in the December 1972 issue of the Journal (page 755) was stated incorrectly. Gerald E. Kochansky, Ph.D., is Associate in Psychiatry (Psychology), ...
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