American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 130
- Number 9
- September 1973
Article
Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages953–960General 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.130.9.953Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages961–965Systematic 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.130.9.961Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages966–971The 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.130.9.966Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages972–975In 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.130.9.972Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages976–980The 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.130.9.976Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages981–984The 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.130.9.981Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages985–990Ninety-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.130.9.985Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages991–994After 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.130.9.991Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages995–1001Suicidal 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.130.9.995Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages1002–1005To 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.130.9.1002Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages1006–1010The 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.130.9.1006Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages1011–1013As 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.130.9.1011Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages1014–1018A 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.130.9.1014Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages1018–1019Twelve 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.130.9.1018Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages1022–1024A 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.130.9.1022Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages1024–1026This 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.130.9.1024Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages1026–1029The 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.130.9.1026Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages1029–1031The 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.130.9.1029Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages1031–1032The 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.130.9.1031Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages1033–1035The 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.130.9.1033Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages1036–1038After 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.130.9.1036Publication date: 01 September 1973
Pages1038–1040The 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 ...
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