American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 98
- Number 2
- September 1941
Article
Publication date: 01 September 1941
Pages159–1721. Comparative statistics on the accomplishments of thirteen mental hospitals and three state schools for mental defectives are prepared each month by the Division of Statistics of the Massachusetts State Department of Mental Health. Sets of tables are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.159Publication date: 01 September 1941
Pages173–179Schizophrenic cases of late onset or late hospitalization were collected up to the number 100, each patient being over forty-five when first admitted to a mental hospital. Thirty patients were upwards of fifty years when mental symptoms were first ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.173Publication date: 01 September 1941
Pages185–1911. The EEG tracings taken during metrazol treatment of 9 psychotic patients are reported. 2. Four of the 9 cases showed no temporary or permanent change in the quality of the EEG tracings other than those changes appearing during and immediately following ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.185Publication date: 01 September 1941
Pages192–195(1) An attempt has been made to determine whether or not the medullary phase always precedes protracted shock. The shocks were recorded on the charts designed by the writers and published by Ross and Malzberg. It was shown that no protracted shock occurs ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.192Publication date: 01 September 1941
Pages196–2001. Administration of benzedrine sulphate and sodium amytal on alternating days cannot be recommended as a therapeutic procedure for schizophrenia. 2. While the author is not enthusiastic about results obtainable with metrazol shock therapy in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.196Publication date: 01 September 1941
Pages215–218Amphetamine ( benzedrine) sulfate, (5-30 mgm.) was given to 58 epileptic patients with toxic manifestations as a result of increased anti-convulsant medication, the latter consisting mainly or in part of phenobarbital in all but one case, (receiving ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.215Publication date: 01 September 1941
Pages219–226The view is presented that investigations on the electrophysiology of mental activities, although still in their infancy, have opened the way toward understanding and treatment of various common "psychoneuroses" [See Source Pdf for Illustration.] FIG. 6.—...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.219Publication date: 01 September 1941
Pages227–2281. Esophageal function is definitely altered by emotional factors. 2. Fear, anxiety, apprehension, anger and inadequacy often cause esophageal spasm with narrowing of the esophageal lumen and the production of esophageal symptoms. 3. Joy, achievement, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.227Publication date: 01 September 1941
Pages238–242A comparison of the performance of psychotic and neurotic subjects with that of non-psychotic subjects on "General Examination—M" showed that the patients had a distinctive pattern of sub-test achievement. A method was devised for measuring the extent to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.238Publication date: 01 September 1941
Pages243–249Sixteen of 199 cases of disseminated sclerosis which have been the subject of detailed study were admitted to psychiatric hospitals sometime during the course of their illness. The early transient attacks of numbness or palsy are often considered to be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.243Publication date: 01 September 1941
Pages250–2561. The electroencephalograms of 100 normal children were studied. 2. Alpha frequency increased and the incidence of slow activity diminished with advancing age, with a critical level being reached at the age of 9½. 3. There was a marked tendency toward ...
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