American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 95
- Number 2
- September 1938
ARTICLE
Publication date: 01 September 1938
Pages255–269Available evidence indicates that the electro-encephalograph records the essential activity of the cortex of the brain, and the pattern of wave form is a constitutional characteristic of the individual. Therefore, abnormalities of rhythm may be of more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.95.2.255Publication date: 01 September 1938
Pages271–290Results of insulin shock therapy in a series of schizophrenic patients are described, together with the chief complications encountered and their treatment. The variegated clinical symptomatology during treatment is discussed with particular reference to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.95.2.271Publication date: 01 September 1938
Pages327–333Metrazol treatment has been carried out in a group of 42 patients (16 men, 26 women) characterized by chronic excitement over a period of 6 months to 22 years. Of these, 40 were schizophrenics and 2 chronic manics. The age range of these patients was from ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.95.2.327Publication date: 01 September 1938
Pages335–346-7Two types of psychoses with endocarditis have been described. 1. Psychoses with subacute bacterial endocarditis, terminating in death after a sudden onset of the mental symptoms. Histologic examination revealed numerous miliary abscesses and masses of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.95.2.335