American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 134
- Number 11
- November 1977
Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1211–1221Freud built his model of the mind and his hypotheses about dreaming directly on the structure of his neurobiological model of the brain, which was developed in the "Project for a Scientific Psychology", written in 1895. Among the concepts modeled in this ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1211Cost, utilization, and utilization review of mental health services in a prepaid group practice plan
Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1222–1226The author describes the utilization review process, utilization patterns, and service cost of the Mental Health Service of the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP). He finds that a mental health care delivery system within a health maintenance ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1222Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1227–1233The authors identified 46 cyclothymic probands from a random pool of 500 psychiatric outpatients and prospectively followed them over a 2-3 year period. They used 50 bipolar patients with a definite history of mania and 50 patients with personality ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1227Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1234–1238Phencyclidine appears to be unique in action compared with other psychedelic drugs, and its effects are less dependent upon the individual's personality than are the effects of LSD or mescaline. The authors discuss the sensory, psychological, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1234Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1239–1243Accounts from both offenders and victims of what occurs during a rape suggest that issues of power, anger, and sexuality are important in understanding the rapist's behavior. All three issues seem to operate in every rape, but the proportion varies and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1239Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1244–1248Some of the basic problems confronting women in psychiatric training are reflected in four major areas: supervision, administration, research, and peer relationships. The authors recommend a residency seminar on female psychology, flexible-schedule ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1244Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1249–1253Nineteen subjects completed a 12-week double-blind crossover study comparing phenytoin with placebo in the treatment of severe binge eating. In the placebophenytoin sequence the number of binges decreased during phenytoin treatment from both placebo and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1249Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1254–1258In a previous article, the authors reported on 5 individuals who developed psychoses after participation in Erhard Seminars Training (est). Two additional cases are reported, and the combined case material is discussed in terms of group and psychodynamic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1254Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1259–1261The authors traced the progress of a sample of 200 psychiatrists and 150 neurologists on the ABPN examination. Overall success rates were high-64% of psychiatrists and 75% of neurologists became Board- certified. Performance on the written exam was a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1259Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1261–1264The author reviews the objectives, sources, preparation, and test- taking strategies commonly used by successful candidates for the certification examination of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. He suggests that examinees can benefit ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1261Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1264–1266The author describes his experience as a candidate for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc., examinations one year and as an oral examiner the next. He discusses the oral examination process, listing the errors most frequently made by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1264Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1267–1269On the basis of his experience as an examiner, the author discusses the problems encountered in assessing psychiatrists' abilities in clinical neurology for certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Hoping to stimulate discussion ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1267Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1270–1272The authors studied changes in indices of thyroid function prospectively in a group of 11 patients given amitriptyline to treat depression. The drug caused no significant alteration in these indices, but scores on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1270Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1273–1276The authors suggest that many patients diagnosed as having manic- depressive illness, depressed type, may in fact be experiencing anniversary reactions--time-specific psychological and physiological reactions to a past trauma. They report three cases of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1273Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1276–1279The authors studied the excretion of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl glycol (MHPG), normetanephrine (NM), metanephrine, and homovanillic acid in 7 hyperactive and 12 control children. MHPG was lower but NM was significantly higher in hyperactive children than ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1276Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1280–1282The authors found higher in vitro 14C-tryptamine half-lives in the blood of 10 drug-free chronic schizophrenic patients than in the blood of 13 mentally normal control subjects. This finding was negatively correlated for both groups with platelet MAO ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1280Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1283–1286Review of the Hearst trial transcript reveals that the subpoena Dr. Joel Fort's residency files met with very little effective resistance on the part of the hospital that had trained him. There are few legal mechanisms to stop such a subpoena. The only ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1283Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1286–1290The author presents and comments on recently acquired police suicide data from several cities in the United States and from the Metropolitan Police Department of London and on extensive archival police suicide files. He also explores some of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.11.1286Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1290–1293The authors describe inhalant abuse among children in an American Indian elementary boarding school. They discuss the initial interventions made to control this problem, such as providing a lower adult-child ratio and improving staff morale and child ...
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Publication date: 01 November 1977
Pages1315-b–1315In the August 1977 issue, figure 1 in "Impotence Responsive to Glyceryl Trinitrate" by John W. Mudd. M.D. was incorrect. The corrected figure appears here
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