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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 130
  • Number 9
  • September 1973

Article

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages953–960

General hospitals throughout the land have—and in all likelihood will continue to have—emergency rooms that are more or less adequate. It seems strategically sound to do all we can to strengthen these sites of centralized help for the wide variety of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.953

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages961–965

Systematic desensitization is indicated for phobias, obsessions, compulsions, and anxiety reactions that are maintained by anxiety-reducing defense mechanisms. The technique involves instruction in deep muscle relaxation, construction of an anxiety ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.961

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages966–971

The authors found evidence of impaired performance on serial and free recall verbal learning tasks during depression and mania. Treatment with L-dopa and L-tryptophan significantly improved performance on these tasks, while imipramine, lithium carbonate, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.966

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages972–975

In their study of four groups of patients diagnosed as either psychotic or nonpsychotic, the authors found that disturbed ideation and disordered speech content were the two most important diagnostic considerations and that in the absence of such widely ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.972

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages976–980

The authors suggest that an unselected group of addicts can be engaged in treatment and that a successful outpatient methadone detoxification program can be carried out in a general hospital psychiatric emergency clinic. However, it requires a structured ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.976

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages981–984

The authors attempted to identify predictors of professional achievement from data that are routinely collected from applicants for psychiatric residency training. The strongest predictors were the subject's rank in his medical school class and his age at ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.981

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages985–990

Ninety-five women prison volunteers participated in an investigation of medical and psychiatric correlates of violent behavior. Violence was measured in five independent ways. Concurrence of all five measures was the criterion for establishing a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.985

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages991–994

After reviewing some of the major accomplishments of individual Swiss psychiatrists, the author presents his view that great contributions to the progress of science, and particularly psychiatry, are closely related to the historical and cultural milieu ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.991

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages995–1001

Suicidal behavior in Seattle and Edinburgh, Scotland, was compared on the basis of data obtained from vital statistics and interviews. There were many similarities between those making attempts in the two places, but marked differences were observed in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.995

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages1002–1005

To increase understanding, communication, and cooperation between law enforcement officers and mental health workers in handling juveniles, the authors devised a training program and obtained the participation of ten law enforcement agencies. They made ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1002

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages1006–1010

The authors studied 52 manic-depressive patients who were assigned to either lithium or placebo during their normal interval phases for periods up to 28 months. Patients receiving lithium had fewer manic and depressive episodes per patient-year than ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1006

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages1011–1013

As part of a continuing study, 72 manic-depressive patients were randomly assigned to treatment with either lithium carbonate or placebo. Of these, 67 percent were treated successfully and 33 percent were long-term failures. Data that reflected the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1011

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages1014–1018

A patient with lithium-induced, vasopressin-insensitive diabetes insipidus was studied during two consecutive manic episodes that were successfully treated with lithium. Polyuria occurred several days after lithium-induced brain electrical changes were ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1014

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages1018–1019

Twelve patients receiving long-term treatment with lithium developed folliculitis on their extremities and/or trunks. The rash disappeared in three patients who discontinued lithium therapy, and in one patient it reappeared when she again received ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1018

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages1022–1024

A controlled comparison of the effects of 50 mg. of imipramine hydrochloride given three times daily and 150 mg. of imipramine pamoate in a single bedtime dose revealed no significant difference in either therapeutic effects or side effects in a group of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1022

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages1024–1026

This preliminary report draws attention to an innovative group therapy technique that may be beneficial to couples with sexual and emotional difficulties and that may lend itself to more intensive, effective treatment of shorter duration than traditional ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1024

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages1026–1029

The New York State mental hospital system has recently limited the admission of the "simply senile," those with organic brain syndrome who are neither psychotic nor severely depressed. The authors studied 53 such people and concluded that these patients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1026

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages1029–1031

The authors describe an outbreak of intragroup prejudice on an adolescent service. The disturbance is traced to patient anxiety over prejudice against the mentally ill, as exemplified in a national event, the withdrawal of Sen. Thomas Eagleton as a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1029

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages1031–1032

The psychiatric characteristics of a sample of Army enlisted men returning from Viet Nam identified as heroin abusers were examined by means of psychological testing. Marked heterogeneity of psychological test types was noted. The four most common ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1031

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages1033–1035

The author describes a set of criteria designed as guidelines in the evaluation of persons who apply for treatment at a psychiatric clinic. The main focus in this paper is on determining which patients are good candidates for short-term anxiety-provoking ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1033

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages1036–1038

After giving some historical background on psychic phenomena, including research on this subject by psychiatrists, the author sets forth ten distinguishing characteristics of the "ultraconscious summit." He suggests that if clinicians encourage patients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1036

Publication date: 01 September 1973

Pages1038–1040

The number of residents in a second-year program increased almost threefold between 1965 and 1971. Total patient visits increased by almost 100 percent. However, the average number of monthly patient visits per resident decreased, indicating a loss of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1038

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