American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 132
- Number 2
- February 1975
Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages121–128Improved political relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China have led to closer contact in many areas. The authors trace the development of psychiatric training and practice in China with emphasis on the years after 1949. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.121Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages129–132To document the point that the hyperparathyroidism should be considered a possible cause of unexplained neurological and psychiatric symptoms, the authors present five case reports of confirmed primary hyperparathyroidism in which the patients initially ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.129Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages133–137The author reports on a study of widows and widowers who were followed for one year after the deaths of their spouses. The study shows that bereavement itself rather than the effects of living alone influences the occurrence of depressive symptoms in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.133Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages138–141The author states that a valid diagnostic classification based on the medical model is a sine qua non for progress in psychiatric research and treatment and that such classification requires follow-up and family studies. To illustrate this point he ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.138Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages142–145The authors investigated the discrepant treatment by a juvenile court of adopted versus neglected delinquents. Adopted delinquents received harsher dispositions in spite of the fact that neglected delinquents often faced more serious charges. The two ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.142Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages146–149The authors conducted a controlled study in which families who had experienced the sudden death of a family member were given crisis intervention services and compared at follow-up with two untreated control groups. Results did not support the hypothesis ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.146Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages150–153The authors note that although the psychiatric hospitals is often used as a means of preventing the suicide of disturbed patients, some hospitalized patients succeed in committing suicide; such as an event is distressing for hospital staffs as well as for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.150Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages154–157The drug addict generally has an extremely difficult time terminating drug use and remaining abstinent. A partial explanation can be found in an investigation of the relative meaning of the drug for the addict within his social context rather than viewing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.154Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages158–163The authors report on a teaching drill for psychiatric trainees that tests their ability to communicate child psychiatry concepts to a nonpsychiatric physician and to parents of a disturbed child as well as their abilities in the role of a supervisor and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.158Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages164–168The author presents data and illustrative excerpts from 1,000 letters relating to health and personal concerns that were sent to his column in a college newspaper. There were 532 letters expressing sexual concerns, 65 percent of which raised questions ...
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Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages169–171The author reviews the available scientific literature on the use of behavior therapy in the treatment of impotence and frigidity, noting that there is a dearth of published information in this area. Behavioral techniques are described, and a case of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.169Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages172–176Of 52 couples requesting treatment for sexual disorders, 16 were treated in accordance with the protocol of Masters and Johnson except that most were seen once a week for 10 or more weeks rather than daily for a briefer period. The treatment results were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.172Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages177–179The authors offered conjoint treatment of sexual dysfunction to an unselected population in a military hospital for one year. Of the 10 couples who requested treatment, 7 were treated by techniques outlined by Masters and Johnson. The couples who ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.177Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages180–183The authors assessed the clinical antidepressant effects of L- tryptophan given alone and in combination with L-dopa in 12 patients with a diagnosis of primary affective disorder; Preliminary results did not demonstrate an antidepressant response when L-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.180Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages184–186The authors found higher serotonin concentrations in the blood of unmedicated chronic schizophrenic patients than in the blood of medicated schizophrenic patients or normal control subjects. This finding is consistent with the previous observation that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.184Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages186–188The authors describe a drug treatment form they designed, the KDS-8, that is suitable for use in all types of treatment settings. An important feature is a checklist of treatable target symptoms, with categories of improvement, no change, or worsening. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.186Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages189–192The authors examine the issue of involuntary hospitalization for mental illness with particular reference to legal rights and civil liberties. Follow-up data of patients treated on a closed ward, as well as other available evidence, indicate that society ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.189Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages192–194The author hypothesizes that individuals who suffer brain hypoxia prenatally, perinatally, or immediately postnatally constitute a population at risk for minimal brain dysfunction and for schizophrenia in adulthood. This hypothesis has implications for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.192Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages195–197The authors describe an eductional program that is an integral part of a residential drug rehabilitation program. They believe that effective treatment of drug addiction must provide individuals with the opportunity to acquire skills that will make it ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.2.195Publication date: 01 February 1975
Pages197–199The author reviews two cases of suicide by Spanish-speaking patients who were evaluated and treated by English-speaking psychiatrists using a translator. He suggests that the patient's emotional suffering may be selectively underestimated when the ...
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