American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 136
- Number 5
- May 1979
Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages623–631The authors present an overview of research on psychosocial treatments for schizophrenia. Findings from studies of five therapeutic approaches- -individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, family therapy, milieu therapy, and community support systems--...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.623Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages632–636The authors found that cancer patients (N = 44) did not differ from patients with other chronic illnesses (N = 27) with respect to awareness of their condition or ratings on an unobtrusive, nonverbal measure of disengagement. Cancer patients who were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.632Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages637–641The authors explore the stress of war by reporting some selected epidemiological aspects of the psychiatric combat reactions among Israeli troops during a period of intensive hostilities in the Yom Kippur War of 1973. They examined the distribution of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.637Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages642–645The author questions the concept of a therapeutic alliance in the psychotherapy of patients with borderline and narcissistic personality disorders. The motivating elements in their treatment are the emerging, sustaining transferences, which also allow the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.642Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages646–649The author states that the current pessimistic impression of the potential of psychoanalysis as a therapy is largely due to the inclusion of a disproportionate number of inexperienced analysts in reports on groups of practitioners. To correct this bias, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.646Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages650–654The cost of psychiatric malpractice insurance has increased dramatically in recent years. To shed light on the extent to which this increase is justified the author polled 133 California psychiatrists who had indicated experience with some form of claims ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.650Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages655–660In order to develop an empirical profile of persons acquitted by reason of insanity from which policy could be developed, the authors studied all acquittals in New York State from 1971-1976. During this period 196 men and 29 women were found not guilty by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.655Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages661–666The term "medical model" has been increasingly used in discussions about the future course of psychiatry. The author examines various types of models and suggests that "medical model" is a rhetorical device which tends to obscure many important issues. He ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.661Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages667–671The authors studied the excretion of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenlyglycol (MHPG) in 15 hyperactive boys and 13 controls. They further examined soft neurologic signs and clinical drug response to d-amphetamine administration for two weeks in the hyperactive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.667Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages672–674The authors measured the concentrations of 20 amino acids in the erythrocytes and plasma of 13 female bipolar patients and 10 female normal controls. The concentration of glycine in the erythrocyte was significantly elevated in the patient group. No ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.672Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages675–678In a study of beta-adrenergic receptor sensitivity, the authors determined the response of cyclic AMP synthesis to in vitro addition of norepinephrine (NE) and isoproterenol (IP) in leukocytes of patients with affective illness and schizophrenia and of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.675Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages679–684The authors assayed platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO), plasma amine oxidase (AO), and red cell catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) in 32 male alcoholics before they began disulfiram treatment. Seven subjects developed psychotic reactions to disulfiram; ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.679Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages685–687The authors assessed alpha-adrenergic receptor function in blood platelets from chronic schizophrenic patients and normal control subjects. The number of receptors was measured by the specific binding of the alpha-adrenergic antagonist [3H]...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.685Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages690–693The authors present a schema for conceptualizing psychiatric illness in terms of state and trait disorders. These disorders are relatively independent components, one or both of which can be present in one patient. They usually require treatment by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.690Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages694–696The authors examined AMA records of the deaths of 751 women physicians during 1967-1972. Forty-nine (6.56%) committed suicide. The suicide rate for women physicians (40.7 per 100,000 per year) was higher than for men physicians and about four times that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.694Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages697–699On the basis of their observations in daily psychoanalytic work the authors developed five objective criteria for "bad" analytic hours. These criteria involve affect, intellectualization, isolation, lack of feedback, and dissatisfaction. The authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.697Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages700–701Twenty patients with a history of treatment-resistant obsessional neurosis underwent a 4-week clinical trial of chlorimipramine. Scores on the Psychiatric Questionnaire for Obsessive Compulsive Neurosis, the Leyton Obsessional Inventory, and 3 self-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.700Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages702–706The author describes the specific diagnostic entity of manic-depressive variant syndrome of childhood and outlines the five essential diagnostic criteria (affective storms, family history of significant affective dysfunction, hyperactivity, chronically ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.702Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages706–708Two important goals of a successful psychiatric clerkship are to maximize students' responsibility and flexibility and to provide knowledge and skills relevant to their future careers. The author describes an elective program within the required medical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.706Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages708–712In this study of two identical open wards, the author found that in ward 1's highly structured meetings a higher proportion of patients participated, and they distributed their participation in more direct proportion to the relative numbers of each ...
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