American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 134
- Number 5
- May 1977
Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages493–501Neuroendocrine function has been reported by several workers to be abnormal in affective disorder. It has been shown that neurotransmitters (noradrenaline, dopamine, and serotinin) are involved in the regulation of neuroendocrine function. Several ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.493Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages502–507The author present two-year follow-up data of a controlled study of 175 newly admitted inpatients who lived with families, comparing the relative efficacy of brief hospitalization (with and without transitional day care) and standard hospitalization (with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.502Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages508–511The Tarasoff decision, by imposing on psychiatrists an obligation to warn the intended victim of threats made by a patient, but only under certain vaguely specified circumstances, may stampede psychiatrists into issuing such warnings to avoid possible ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.508Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages512–517The authors studied platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity in 29 schizophrenic inpatients and 26 schizophrenic outpatients during a 4- week double-blind trial of chlorpromazine with imipramine or thiothixene with placebo. The found that significantly ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.512Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages518–522In the context of the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia, the authors examined postsynaptic dopamine (DA) receptor sensitivity in schizophrenic patients by means of a neuroendocrine strategy using the DA receptor agonist apomorphine and growth hormone (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.518Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages523–528There are two major models of consultation in the field of psychiatry, differing in their goals, participants, settings, and methods. The psychiatric-therapeutic model entails provision of optimal care for the individual patient; the community mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.523Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages529–533Of the many difficulties in maintaining an integration of psychotherapeutic and pharmacotherapeutic treatment, one of the most important is "the problem of bimodal relatedness", that is, the distinction between relating to the patient as a diseased organ ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.529Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages534–537The authors examined urinary levels of catecholamines and metabolites during a 10-day period of heroin use in 9 subjects. Catecholamine and metabolite excretion increased over baseline values on the first day of heroin use, but markedly different patterns ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.534Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages538–541The initial psychiatric evaluation of individuals with spinal cord injuries should focus on the patients' coping strategies; this information is an essential part of the treatment and rehabilitation plan. Psychiatrists can also work effectively with staff ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.538Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages542–545The author reviews the progress made during the past decade in making acute hospital facilities available to the alcoholic patient. He also describes the advances that have been made in the level of care provided by increasingly available detoxification ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.542Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages546–549The authors examined the drinking patterns of 198 first admission nonalcoholic psychiatric patients to determine the relationship among drinking behavior, severity of pathology, and prognosis. Heavy drinking in the psychiatric sample was not associated ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.546Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages549–553The author discusses splitting, the segregation of multiple inner schemata of self and others, from the points of view of cognitive structure, cognitive process, anad interpersonal transaction. A case example illustrates how one borderline patient shifted ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.549Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages553–555The author describes his experiences in treating violent patients in group therapy. Problems include the divergent goals of therapist, patient, and society; the environmental limitations on incarcerated patients; countertransference issues; and magical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.553Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages556–558The authors examined the records of 127 female and 1,068 male offenders referred by the courts to a forensic service over a 22-year-period. Female offenders were less likely than male offenders to be referred for psychiatric evaluations when they were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.556Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages559–562Ten healthy male volunteers received chlordiazepoxide (CDX) hydrochloride or matching placebo with Maalox or water in a four-way single-dose crossover trial. Coadministration of CDX with Maalox did not change the completeness of CDX absorption but ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.559Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages563–565The authors questioned the directors of 13 protected-environment installations on the psychological effects of protected environment treatment. Psychological problems reported included anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, withdrawal, regression, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.563Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages565–568The presence of abnormal levels of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl glycol (MHPG) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of some patients with affective disorders may indicate abnormal norepinephrine metabolism in these patients. The authors evaluated the relationship ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.565Publication date: 01 May 1977
Pages568–570The author discusses the relationship between patient care and consulting and the rapport that contact between college health service psychiatrists and other college personnel can engender. People in the college community learn how psychiatrists approach ...
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Pages589-a–589The following information should have been included on p. 258 under "Results" in "Catecholamine Metabolism in Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome" by C. Raymond Lake, M.D., Ph.D., Michael G. Ziegler, M.D., Roswell Eldridge, M.D., and Dennis L. Murphy, M.D. (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.589-aPublication date: 01 May 1977
Pages589-b–589The first sentence of the précis of "Low Urinary Dopamine and Prediction of Phenothiazine-Induced Parkinsonism: A Preliminary Report" by Thomas J. Crowley, M.D., Charles O. Rutledge, Ph.D., Margaret M. Hoehn, M.D., Mary Ann Stallings, R.N., M.S., and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.589-bPublication date: 01 May 1977
Pages609–611These guidelines were approved by the Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association at its February 19, 1977, meeting, upon recommendation of the Joint Commission on Public Affairs.1
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.5.609Publication date: 01 May 1977
Page612This statement was approved by the Assembly of District Branches at its October 29-31, 1976, meeting and by the Board of Trustees at its December 10-11, 1976, meeting, upon recommendation of the Council on Research and Development. It was prepared by the ...
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