American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 135
- Number 6
- June 1978
Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages645–652Opiate receptors--neuronal membrane proteins that have been identified by the direct binding to membranes of radioactive opiates--have been shown to mediate the pharmacological effects of opiate drugs. Examination of brain extracts for substances that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.645Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages653–659The author examines the relationship between quality of object relations and health on the basis of data from a prospective 35-year follow-up of 95 men selected for health. Judges blind to other data made independent ratings of physical health at 52, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.653Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages660–663The validity and usefulness of the diagnostic category transient situational disturbance were evaluated by studying the course and outcome for 2,078 hospitalized naval personnel. The condition was found to be less severe and disabling than other major ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.660Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages664–668The essential aspect in the experience of the hypnotized person is the altered or distorted perception that is suggested to him. Not all people are capable of the experience, but it is possible that spontaneous distortions occur in those with high ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.664Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages669–675Of 88 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease, without prior psychotic symptoms, and without significant dementia, nearly half had experienced vivid dreams, hallucinations, illusions, and nonconfusional as well as confusional psychoses as side ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.669Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages676–681The authors studied a group of 193 psychiatric outpatients with varying diagnoses and a comparison group of 136 nonpatients across nine measures: sense of self; feelings about marriage, sex, career, and leisure time; relationship to parents, friends, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.676Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages682–685The authors compared the drug use of 23 patients with 5 or more major surgeries (mean number of surgeries = 9.8) with that of a matched control group (mean number of surgeries = 1). Total drug use of the polysurgical patients was 3.7 times greater than ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.682Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages686–691The author describes the effects of Erhard Seminars Training (est) on 67 patients--49 who took est during the course of psychotherapy with him and 18 who were seen for evaluation, consultation, or treatment after having taken est. Responsiveness to est ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.686Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages692–697The author reports on 37 children who are being raised by female homosexuals or by parents who have changed sex (transsexuals): 21 by female homosexuals, 7 by male-to-female transsexuals, and 9 by female- to-male transsexuals. The children range in age ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.692Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages698–701Pathological tolerance is a symptom that occurs in a stable triadic relationship with certain characteristics, including the sharing of a sexual partner. The term refers to inappropriate acceptance of the triangular relationship by the member of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.698Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages702–706The author compared data on 2,020 cases treated by private psychiatrists with those on 2,052 cases treated by clinic psychiatrists in California. He also compared data on private treatment in California with those from a national survey of private ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.702Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages707–712The authors compared the use of inpatient and day care services, number of readmissions, use of special services, use of drugs, costs to family and community, and differential dollar costs of three treatment approaches--brief hospitalization followed by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.707Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages713–716Partial hospitalization continues to be underutilized even though its clinical effectiveness for a variety of psychiatric patients has been demonstrated. The authors investigated the potential economic advantage of partial hospitalization by comparing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.713Article
Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages722–724Using a double-blind crossover Latin square design, the authors evaluated the peripheral anticholinergic and central nervous system effects of three dose levels of two tricyclic antidepressants in female volunteers. Results showed that 5 hours after drug ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.722Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages725–728The transmethylation hypothesis of schizophrenia proposes that the disease results from excessive accumulation of methylated derivatives of biogenic amines. To test the hypothesis that an abnormality in S- adenosylmethionine-dependent N-methyltransferase (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.725Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages728–731The author describes attitudes held by nonpsychiatric physicians that are responsible for poor psychological handling of patients, including low interest in psychosocial aspects of illness, judgment of and disinterest in hypochondriasis or conversion ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.728Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages732–735The authors surveyed 378 third-year psychiatric residents on their attitudes toward psychiatric training, forms of psychotherapy, and the medical model; their treatment preferences for 4 given psychiatric disorders; and their career plans. Correlation ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.732Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages735–738The author describes the three ways mental health services may be provided in a health maintenance organization (HMO)--by an internal department of psychiatry, by one or more unrelated external autonomous care providers, or by an external autonomous group ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.735Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages739–742Three sons of a transvestite father engaged in cross-dressing beginning in early adolescence. The literature suggests that observation may play a role in determining the specificity of the symptoms of conflicted sexual identity. These cases of ...
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Publication date: 01 June 1978
Page762There are two errors in the reference list accompanying "Possible Withdrawal from Endogenous Opiates in Schizophrenics" by Michael Gitlin, M.D., and Michael Rosenblatt, M.D. (March 1978 issue, p. 378). The correct title in reference 3 is "Naloxone-induced ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.762Publication date: 01 June 1978
Pages762-a–762In "Evidence for an Endogenous Inhibitor of Platelet MAO in Chronic Schizophrenia" by Wade H. Berrettini, M.D., and Wolfgang H. Vogel, Ph.D. (May 1978 issue) there are two errors in table 1 (p. 606). Under the column heading "Dialysis Experiment with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.762-aPublication date: 01 June 1978
Pages762-b–762There was also an error in "Haloperidol and Thyroid Storm" by William H. Hoffman, M.D., Gary Chodoroff, and Leonard R. Piggott (April 1978 issue). On page 485 the next to last sentence of the case report should read, "Free T4 10 days after admission was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.762-bPublication date: 01 June 1978
Page779This statement was approved by the Assembly of District Branches at its October 1977 meeting, and by the Board of Trustees at its December 10, 1977, meeting upon recommendation of the Council on National Affairs. It was prepared by the Committee of Black ...
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