American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 94
- Number 4
- January 1938
ARTICLE
Publication date: 01 January 1938
Pages801–818Two cases of circumscribed cortical atrophy (Pick's disease) are described. The clinical differentiation of this affection from Alzheimer's disease and senile dementia is difficult. Histopathologically, there was atrophy of the left hemisphere in both ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.94.4.801Publication date: 01 January 1938
Pages835–851The value of the electroencephalogram in the clinical treatment and understanding of epilepsy and epileptoid conditions has been discussed on the basis of over 400 examinations conducted on patients with various neurological and psychiatric disorders ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.94.4.835Publication date: 01 January 1938
Pages859–865Psychiatric work in Russia today is organized somewhat along the lines of public health work in this country. In each community there is a district psychiatrist who is responsible for the mental health of his district The most marked point of difference ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.94.4.859Publication date: 01 January 1938
Pages913–942Clinical descriptions and language analyses are presented of four patients with affective disorders. The characteristics of speech are discussed which were most consistently observed in each syndrome as based on a study of 40 patients of which the four ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.94.4.913