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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 135
  • Number 6
  • June 1978

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages645–652

Opiate 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.135.6.645

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages653–659

The 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.135.6.653

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages660–663

The 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.135.6.660

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages664–668

The 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.135.6.664

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages669–675

Of 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.135.6.669

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages676–681

The 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.135.6.676

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages682–685

The 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.135.6.682

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages686–691

The 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.135.6.686

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages692–697

The 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.135.6.692

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages698–701

Pathological 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.135.6.698

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages702–706

The 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.135.6.702

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages707–712

The 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.135.6.707

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages713–716

Partial 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.135.6.713

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Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages722–724

Using 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.135.6.722

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages725–728

The 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.135.6.725

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages728–731

The 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.135.6.728

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages732–735

The 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.135.6.732

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages735–738

The 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.135.6.735

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages739–742

Three 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 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.739

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Publication date: 01 June 1978

Page762

There 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.135.6.762

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages762-a–762

In "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-a

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Pages762-b–762

There 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-b

Publication date: 01 June 1978

Page779

This 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 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.779

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