American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 137
- Number 6
- June 1980
Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages653–662The authors present a clinical approach for predicting and using plasma concentrations of tricyclic antidepressants in the treatment of depressed patients. They review the pharmacokinetics of this group of drugs and their side effects and toxicity. There ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.653Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages663–673In recent years a number of assessments of the non-Western consciousness disciplines have been undertaken by Western behavioral scientists. The author suggests that a variety of conceptual, methodological, experimential, and content inadequacies render ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.663Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages674–678The author points out that organic mental disorders have been neglected for the past 30 years and that the classification of these disorders is obsolete. On the basis of the new explicit criteria formulated in DSM- III, the growing recognition that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.674Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages679–682In a retrospective chart audit of 66 black and 36 white male schizophrenic inpatients, the authors found that black patients spent less time in the hospital, obtained a lower privilege level, were given more p.r.n. medications, and were less likely to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.679Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages683–689The author studied 101 black and 412 white fifth-grade students and found no significant racial differences on any measures of general or area-specific (i.e., school, peers, home) self-esteem when socioeconomic status (SES) was controlled but found ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.683Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages690–694The authors investigated the credentials of foreign medical graduate (FMG) and U.S. medical graduate (USMG) psychiatrists providing a substantial amount of Medicaid care and compared them with those of a group of other psychiatric practitioners in New ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.690Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages695–698The authors examined the incidence of primary affective disorder (PAD) in relatives of 25 patients with anorexia nervosa and of 25 normal control subjects. Among the relatives of patients with anorexia nervosa, 22% (N = 43) had histories of PAD, while ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.695Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages699–704The authors examined the relationship between depressive symptoms, drug- use pattern, and demographic variables in 432 substance abusers. Assessment was at intake and at 4 and 8 months. Depression was measured by using the Beck Depression Inventory, the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.699Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages705–709The coexistence of epileptic and hysterical seizures in the same patient is not rare and creates problems in diagnosis and management. The authors used simultaneous video-EEG monitoring to document the diagnosis of hysterical seizures in 9 epileptic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.705Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages710–714Forty-seven houseparents of group homes for emotionally disturbed adolescents completed questionnaires measuring "burnout." There were profound differences between male and female subjects; for men, higher burnout scores were significantly correlated with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.710Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages715–717The author describes the role of the phobia therapist, usually a former phobic or a mental health worker. The therapist works with a psychiatrist as part of an overall psychiatric treatment program that provides an effective, low-cost approach to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.715Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages718–719The recent Boston State Hospital case in Massachusetts produced, among other results, a decision that highlights areas of gross conceptual nonalignment between law and psychiatry on the subject of seclusion. The author presents a critique of aspects of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.718The Boston State Hospital case: "involuntary mind control," the constitution, and the "right to rot"
Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages720–723The recent Boston State Hospital case represents a problematic decision on the right of inpatients to refuse treatment. The authors describe how basic misconceptions of psychopharmacology led to questionable analysis of the constitutional issues at stake. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.720Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages724–726There have been suggestions in the literature of a link between acceptance of traditional Latin American family values and the development of psychopathology. To test this hypothesis, the author surveyed 117 lower-class Puerto Rican psychiatric patients, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.724Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages727–729The authors surveyed current opportunities and research training practices in psychiatric residency programs. Although most programs offer at least a journal club and manb state that research experiences are available, very limited research resources are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.727Publication date: 01 June 1980
Pages730–732The authors describe the development of a curriculum in forensic psychiatry in a general psychiatric residency training program. Educational objectives for both knowledge and skills are presented. The authors detail training experiences at each level of ...
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Pages753-a–753On page 1178 of the September 1979 issue, in "Status of Psychotropic Drug Blood Level Assays and Other Biochemical Measurements in Clinical Practice" by Ross J. Baldessarini, M.D., the last three full sentences of the first column should read, "Although ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.6.753-aPublication date: 01 June 1980
Pages753-b–753On page 512 of the April 1980 issue, in the book review by Ralph Colp, Jr., M.D., of The Emerging Goddess: The Creative Process in Art, Science, and Other Fields by Albert Rothenberg, M.D., the fourth paragraph in the second column should read, "Another ...
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