American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 138
- Number 5
- May 1981
Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages575–583The author reports on a symposium on the concept of the unconscious held in Tbilisi, U.S.S.R., in October 1979 to which Western scientists, including psychoanalysts, were invited. He provides a brief historical review of Soviet psychology, then describes ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.575Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages584–592Obsessive-compulsive ritualizers have maintained their improvement after exposure in vivo for up to 3 years' follow-up in the United States, Britain, Greece, and Australia. Unlike exposure in vivo, relaxation is of little value. Early gains in treatment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.584Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages593–600The most widely known substances that have been investigated for treating cognitive deterioration in the aged are cerebral vasodilators, Gerovital H3, psychostimulants, "nootropics," neuropeptides, and neurotransmitters. The rationale for the choice of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.593Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages601–607Sexual deviation disorders, or paraphilias, are diagnosable psychiatric syndromes manifested by 1) recurrent fantasies about deviant sex, 2) intense associated cravings, and 3) stereotypic behavioral responses. Pedophiles seek out children in response to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.601Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages608–612The authors decreased neuroleptic medication in 21 chronic schizophrenic patients in an attempt to minimize the risks of tardive dyskinesia. Level of psychopathology and severity of dyskinetic symptoms were monitored while the neuroleptic was gradually ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.608Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages613–617The authors conducted a double-blind crossover study to investigate the effects of marijuana on visual information processing. The authors used a tachistoscopic paradigm, and the results show no marijuana effect on the critical stimulus duration, a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.613Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages618–622The authors report data on the social and clinical characteristics of patients who received ECT in public or private psychiatric facilities in New York State during 1972 and 1977. The findings indicate that the predominant use of ECT is in the private ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.618Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages623–628Emergency psychiatric services provide essential care. Their utilization may also be assumed to reflect the health care needs of a population. The authors observed trends in an emergency psychiatric service over a 17-year period by comparing 400 randomly ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.623Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages629–635The authors studied 100 state hospital psychiatric patients consecutively admitted to a research ward who were screened to eliminate physical illness before admission. They found an unusually high incidence of medical illness: 46% of these patients had an ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.629Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages636–641Formal assessment during psychiatric training is becoming more common, not only to evaluate trainees but also to meet demands for educational and fiscal accountability. National norm-referenced tests such as the new psychiatry in-training examination may ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.636Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages644–646Forty-eight male patients with long-standing histories of deviant sexual behavior received medroxyprogesterone acetate and milieu therapy for up to 12 months. Forty subjects responded positively, all within 3 weeks, with diminished frequency of sexual ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.644Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages647–650In a systematic retrospective study the authors reviewed charts of 22 depressed children on a clinical research unit who were withdrawn from high-dose imipramine. Significant withdrawal symptoms were found over seven symptom categories despite an average ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.647Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages650–653Twenty-two patients with primary anorexia nervosa were assessed on variables of weight, mood, dexamethasone suppression test, and 24-hour urinary MHPG levels. Patients at less than 80% of their ideal weight had abnormally high cortisol levels after the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.650Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages654–657In psychiatric epidemiology it has generally been accepted that manic- depressive illness rarely occurs among blacks and lower socioeconomic groups. The authors conducted a retrospective study to examine the frequency of manic-depressive illness among ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.654Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages658–661The authors examined a sample of 111 consecutively admitted patients who satisfied inclusion criteria for mania and further characterized them as exhibiting none, one, or two or more of five clinical features often believed to be associated with a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.658Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages662–665The authors evaluated hemodialysis as a treatment for schizophrenia in an uncontrolled study of 11 patients. Eight men and two women with chronic schizophrenia who had responded poorly to conventional treatments or who had sought alternate treatments ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.662Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages666–668The origins of the history of multiple personality in the United States may be found in the lectures and writings of Benjamin Rush. Although the case of Mary Reynolds in 1811 has been thought to be the first known case of multiple personality. Rush ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.5.666Publication date: 01 May 1981
Pages669–671To determine whether hospitalized mentally ill patients expose themselves to research with high risks more often than hospitalized nonpsychiatric patients, the authors asked patients from both groups if they would be willing to participate in a series of ...
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Pages704-b–704In "Renal Glomerular Function and Long-Term Lithium Therapy" by J. Raymond DePaulo, Jr., M.D., Elsa I. Correa, M.D., and Daniel G. Sapir, M.D., in the March 1981 issue, the second to the last sentence in the first paragraph on page 327 should read, "They ...
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