American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 133
- Number 6
- June 1976
Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages609–621The authors review the clinical features and behavioral characteristics of autism; differential diagnosis of the syndrome; clinical, neurophysiological, and biochemical research; and its medical management and treatment. They conclude that autism is a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.609Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages622–626The authors conducted a study of 18 depressed patients to see whether EEG sleep measurements might provide a predictive tool for response to antidepressant medication. They found that although the sedative characteristics of amitriptyline did not ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.622Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages627–634The authors review the evidence that repetitive administration of central nervous system stimulants and other compounds may be associated with progressively increasing effects on pathological behavior and seizures rather than tolerance. They suggest that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.627Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages634–640The author describes a model of intoxicant use based on altered states of consciousness and reviews his own and others' research on marijuana to illustrate the utility of this model, which is derived from both introspective reports and observed data. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.634Article
Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages635–640The author describes a model of intoxicant use based on altered states of consciousness and reviews his own and others' research on marijuana to illustrate the utility of this model, which is derived from both introspective reports and observed data. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.635Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages641–645The authors discuss the problems that have resulted from the influx of professionals into the field of alcoholism, which has historically been dominated by paraprofessional workers. The interaction of the professional alcohologist, who operates from a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.641Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages646–652Plasma chlorpromazine (CPZ) levels of 50 psychotic inpatients were measured by gas liquid chromatography; the clinical progress of 29 of these patients with acute psychoses was also assessed. CPZ levels of 50- 300 ng/ml were usually associated with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.646Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages653–656The growing demand by consumers and government for greater accountability from psychiatry is challenging the traditional system of self-policing by which the profession's standards of ethical conduct are established and maintained. The authors describe ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.653Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages657–661The author examines sex role stereotypes in the United States and their impact on the self-concept of women. She suggests that the fact that women's roles are changing may have a positive impact on general mental health because both men and women will ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.657Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages662–668The author presents case reports of seven girls with histories of hypersexual behavior associated with delinquency, aggressive behavior, and hypomania. Six of the girls had been exposed to virilizing hormones in utero or in childhood. Most of the girls in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.662Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages669–673The author proposes a general systems approach to the examination and understanding of family functioning. Scrutinizing the family as an open system with 1) evolutionary goals and tangible tasks, 2) a need for "semipermeable" boundaries, 3) cultural and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.669Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages674–678The author hypothesizes that the observed pathogenic effects on a child of the death of a parent are the result of the family's culture-bound inability to integrate death as a natural part of the process of living. The family tries to deal with death by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.674Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages679–683The authors describe an unexpected coincidental finding in three couples who sought therapy because the husband was pathologically jealous. In the course of treatment they found that during early adolescence each of these men had witnessed his mother ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.679Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages683–687Because extreme boyhood femininity is often a precursor of adult transsexualism, transvestism, and homosexuality, the author recommends early intervention for boys who meet specific behavioral criteria of gender disturbance. It is necessary to involve the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.683Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages688–691In a chart review study of manic patients, the author found that ECT remarkably improved outcome variables of condition at discharge, duration of hospitalization, and social recovery in comparison with an untreated matched control group. More conclusive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.688Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages691–693The authors studied the demographic characteristics and history of psychiatric treatment of 214 homicide victims and 67 suicide victims. Thirty-two (15%) of the homicide victims and 12 (18%) of the suicide victims had a record of psychiatric care; these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.691Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages694–696The authors examined records of 239 individuals charged with sexual offenses and referred by the courts to a forensic service. Defendants charged with rape were typically under 30 with histories of antisocial behavior that included other types of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.694Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages697–699Monitoring the prescribing patterns of psychiatrists is a challenging and now necessary professional responsibility. The authors describe a peer review and feedback system in a decentralized CMHC, linked to continuing education in psychopharmacology, that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.697Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages700–703A survey of university-based psychiatric residency training programs revealed that nearly one-half of them use the problem-oriented medical record (POMR) and that conversion to this system appears to be growing rapidly. Experiences with the method have in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.700Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages703–706Psychiatric patients who excreted larger amounts of urinary free dopamine before treatment were significantly more likely than patients excreting smaller amounts to develop parkinsonian side effects during moderate-dose trifluoperazine therapy. If this ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.703Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages706–709The authors examined the questions of sex-related countertransference and bias in psychotherapy by asking 65 male and 57 female experienced group therapists for clinical reactions to case materials of a bogus outpatient who was designated either male or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.706Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages710–712Implementation of the new federal law setting up Health Systems Agencies (HSAs) on a regional basis offers many opportunities for participation by psychiatry. On the basis of interviews with mental health service providers, planners, and citizen ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.6.710Article
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Publication date: 01 June 1976
Pages720-c–720In "Decreased Blood Platelet MAO Activity in Unmedicated Chronic Schizophrenic Patients" by Edward F. Domino, M.D., and Sumathy Sampath Khanna, Ph.D. (March 1976 issue), the units of MAO activity were incorrectly described as µmol/mg protein/hour; this ...
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