American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 133
- Number 4
- April 1976
Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages365–372Throughout the world, psychiatry is in a period of accelerated transition. In each nation the role of women in psychiatry, and the role of psychiatry in the lives of women, reflect one aspect of the development of egalitarianism. Women psychiatrists have ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.365Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages373–378The author reviews the studies of lithium as an antidepressant, evaluates the evidence that there might be specific subgroup of patients for whom it is effective, and reports a study he and his associates conducted that found lithium to be effective for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.373Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages379–383Although the Supreme Court's decision in O'Connor v. Donaldson is narrow from the legal perspective, it will have wide clinical applications for psychiatry if it reflects a trend in future court decisions. The author assesses the impact of this decision ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.379Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages384–388The authors studied the effects of marijuana intoxication on the ability of 10 certified airplane pilots to operate a flight simulator. They used a randomized double-blind crossover design to compare the effect of active versus placebo marijuana. They ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.384Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages389–394The field of "sex therapy" is not defined by specific, limited techniques. Rather, it encompasses a subspecialty based on an understanding of psychodynamics and psychological development but requiring additional skills from other branches of medicine. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.389Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages395–399For the nearly one million Cuban exiles in this country, the ordeal of expatriation has meant anguish and uprootedness, challenge and accomplishment. Several factors account for the comparatively successful aspects of their struggle: relatively high ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.395Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages400–404The author describes the influence of the feminist movement on the intellectual, social, and sexual behavior of feminist college students. The complex interrelationship between sexual political ideology and actual sexual behavior creates confusion and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.400Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages405–408Rape is described as an act of power that is sanctioned by literature, myth, and culture. Rape is a dire experience for women because it implies total loss of self--the woman is a function, not a person. The victim experiences total emptiness and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.405Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages408–413Rape challenges a woman's ability to maintain her defenses and thus arouses feelings of guilt, anxiety, and inadequacy. Women's individual responses are determined by life stage considerations as well as their defensive structures: concerns about ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.408Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages413–418The coping behavior of rape victims can be analyzed in three distinct phases--the threat of attack, the attack itself, and the period immediately thereafter. The authors analyzed the reported coping behavior of 92 women diagnosed as having rape trauma. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.413Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages418–421The Rape Crisis Intervention Program at Beth Israel Hospital utilizes volunteer multidisciplinary counseling teams drawn from psychiatry, social work, psychology, and nursing staffs. The premise of the program is that early crisis intervention can prevent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.418Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages422–425The authors describe the results of a survey of 115 psychiatrists regarding assaults by patients. Forty-eight psychiatrists stated that they had been assaulted; a total of 68 assaults was reported. Psychiatrists were most often assaulted in the early ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.422Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages426–429The authors conducted a questionnaire survey among psychotherapists in psychiatry, psychology and social work to determine how many patients posed a threat to others or to the therapist and how many actually assaulted the therapist. They found that 9.2% ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.426Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages429–435The authors studied the incidence of violence in a psychiatric unit organized as a therapeutic community whose nursing staff was composed entirely of women in comparison with another unit staffed according to the traditional male and female nursing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.429Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages432–435The authors describe a clinical facility established for the neuropsychiatric treatment of individuals with a variety of psychopathological disorders where the common management problem is one of aggressive behavior. The authors present case vignettes to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.432Article
Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages438–440Platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity was significantly lower than control values in a subgroup of 16 schizophrenic patients (most of whom were paranoid) characterized by the presence of auditory hallucinations and delusions. Platelet MAO activity was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.438Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages440–443The authors have previously described a technique whereby individual lithium dosage requirements can be predicted from 24-hour blood samples. Further experience over a 2-year period has shown the predictions to be reproducible over time. A micromethod for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.440Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages444–445The authors neurologically examined 36 patients who had been maintained on lithium therapy for periods ranging from 6 months to 7 years to determine the presence of parkinson-like side effects. Only a few patients demonstrated rigidity, including cogweel ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.444Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages446–447Sudden death from aspiration pneumonitis during acute catatonia is a generally recognized but poorly understood occurrence. The author describes a case in which a schizophrenic patient died following aspiration of gastric contents. In view of findings ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.446Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages447–450Although many family therapy programs have taught behavior modification techniques to parents, few have involved siblings as therapeutic agents in the treatment of retarded, emotionally disturbed, or physically handicapped children. The authors describe ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.4.447Article
Publication date: 01 April 1976
Pages457-c–457The correct title of Paul Briquet's book referred to in "The Semantics of Hysteria Continued" (Letter to the Editor, January 1976 issue) is Traité Clinique et Thérapeutique de l'Hystérie. The staff regrets this error.
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