American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 136
- Number 8
- August 1979
Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1026–1030Recent research has shown that patients with life-threatening illnesses have improved chances of survival if, rather than recognizing the serious consequences of their illness, they employ the psychological defense mechanism of denial. Reexamination of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1026Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1031–1034The authors compared the cognitive functioning of 22 schizophrenic patients, 105 patients with affective disorder, and 99 age-matched normal control subjects. Results of an aphasia screening test indicated that the schizophrenic patients made more total ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1031Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1035–1039In this double-blind study dihydrotachysterol (DHT) was given orally to eight psychotic patients; in each case marked increases in psychosis and agitation accompanied increases in serum calcium and phosphorus within two weeks after active drug was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1035Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1040–1044The authors reviewed the administrative relationships between academic departments of psychiatry and community mental health centers (CMHCs). By telephone, they surveyed the chairpersons of 110 departments of psychiatry with approved psychiatric residency ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1040Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1045–1048To assess the impact of restrictive civil commitment procedures, the authors studied the population of a prison psychiatric unit before and after the procedures were implemented. Their findings suggest that when the community finds it difficult to use the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1045Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1049–1054Thirty-two nursing students were shown silent films in which 10 normal and 10 schizophrenic women described a happy, sad, and an angry personal experience. Accuracy in judging the content of films of normal subjects was associated with social detachment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1049Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1055–1057The authors compared a group of boys with childhood autism and a group of normal boys of similar age and found a decrease in urinary 3-methoxy- 4-hydroxyphenethylene glycol (MHPG) in the autistic group. They hypothesize that autistic children might have ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1055Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1057–1060Oculomotor signs were evaluated in 172 psychiatric patients. Schizophrenic patients demonstrated a significantly higher incidence of staring, pursuit breaks, and lateral glances than did controls or other psychiatric patients. Oculomotor signs may help to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1057Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1061–1064After 2 days of drug-free observation, 20 newly admitted psychotic patients received 20-35 mg of haloperidol intravenously and 20 patients received 30-40 mg of diazepam intravenously. Posttreatment ratings at 4 and 24 hours with the Brief Psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1061Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1064–1067Foreign medical graduates are an important component of the health care system in the United States. All foreign medical graduates have acculturation problems, but they are especially aggravating among foreign psychiatric residents. These difficulties ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1064Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1067–1069The authors interviewed 150 homosexual men to determine the relationship between use of amyl nitrite and certain aspects of homosexuality. They found that the use of amyl nitrite is strongly related to a number of unconventional, deviant sexual practices ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1067Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1069–1071The authors point out that manic-depressive illness is often not diagnosed in mentally retarded patients because they are already regarded as "different." They discuss the use of lithium carbonate as a prophylactic agent in the treatment of manic-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1069Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1071–1073The author sent a questionnaire to directors of medical student education in psychiatry to determine the role of psychoanalytic concepts in medical education. Practically all of the 66 respondents indicated that psychodynamic theory had been incorporated ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1071Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1074–1077A 41-year-old man with hypothalamic hypopituitarism (CRF-ACTH type) that persisted for 2 years after discontinuation of exogenous dexamethasone was treated with bilateral ECT for severe chronic depression. The depression improved only evanescently after ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1074Publication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1077–1079Community mental health centers (CMHCs) have made a significant contribution to making mental health services available to many Americans; in 1977 they served almost two million people. External fiscal constraints and internal service and accountability ...
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Pages1102-a–1102In "Depression: New Evidence in Support of Biological Differentiation" by Paul E. Garfinkel, M.D., Jerry J. Warsh, M.D., Ph.D., and Harvey C. Stancer, Ph.D., M.D., in the April 1979 Special Issue, the figure legend on page 536 should accompany the figure ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1102-aPublication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1102-b–1102In the May 1979 issue, in "Research on the Psychosocial Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Summary Report" by Loren R. Mosher, M.D., and Samuel J. Keith, M.D., reference 62 should be "McCranie EW, Mizell TA: Aftercare for psychiatric patients: does it prevent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.8.1102-bPublication date: 01 August 1979
Pages1102-c–1102There was also an error in "The Psychotic Curse," by Robert J. Pary, M.D., in the May 1979 issue. In the case report, the first sentence should read, "The patient was a 29-year-old woman. . . ." The staff regrets these errors.
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