American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 126, Issue 5
November 1969
Article
November 1969
Psychopathology in 15,909 Pairs of Veteran Twins: Evidence for a Genetic Factor in the Pathogenesis of Schizophrenia and Its Relative Absence in Psychoneurosis
- Pages:597–610
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.597
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In a large twin series the monozygotic pair concordance rate for schizophrenia was found to be 3.3 times greater than the dizygotic rate. In contrast, the difference for psychoneurosis was only 1.3. Reanalysis of 18 earlier major twin studies revealed a ...
November 1969
A Reevaluation of "Psychiatric Help" When Divorce Impends
- Pages:611–618
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.611
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Psychotherapeutic intervention on one side or another in a marriage when divorce is being considered may serve to destroy the possibility of reconciliation. Despite the therapist's efforts to remain neutral, he inevitably finds himself thrust into the ...
November 1969
Community-Centered Psychiatric Intervention: A Pilot Project in the 13th Arrondissement, Paris
- Pages:619–625
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.619
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The authors describe a system of intensive psychiatric services they developed to deal with the emergencies and difficult cases in a catchment area of 200,000 people in a low socioeconomic section of Paris. Mobile emergency and visiting teams including "...
November 1969
Comparison of the Chromosomal Patterns Obtained from Groups of Continued Users, Former Users, and Nonusers of LSD-25
- Pages:626–635
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.626
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In a single-blind study chromosome analyses were performed on three groups of subjects: 1) nine heavy users of LSD-25 who have continued to use the drug; 2) eight heavy users of LSD-25 who have ceased to use it; and 3) eight drug-free control subjects. ...
November 1969
The Guilt Reaction of Parents of Children with Severe Physical Disease
- Pages:636–644
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.636
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The author studied 23 parents to test the hypothesis that psychological processes other than the classical process might explain the inappropriate guilt reaction of parents of severely ill children. Some of the parents did suffer guilt for reasons ...
November 1969
A Psychohistorical Perspective of the Negro
- Pages:645–650
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.645
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A look at the Black American of today, his efforts to find a position in the mainstream of American life, and the factors that have historically and currently aggravated this attempt provides an interesting commentary on enforced group regression of ...
November 1969
A Post-Freudian Comment on Sexuality
- Pages:651–657
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.651
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There exists a large gap in our knowledge and understanding of the correlations between adequate sexual functioning and maturity. From the classic psychoanalytic viewpoint, only those who have reached the genital stage of psychosexual development should ...
November 1969
Military Aeromedical Evacuation and Psychiatric Patients During the Viet Nam War
- Pages:658–666
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.658
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A statistical study of all patients in the aeromedical system who entered Travis Air Force Base during a six-month period reveals the percentage of psychiatric patients (by individual military service) and also the percentage of patients with psychoses, ...
November 1969
Psychiatric Insurance-Ten Years Later
- Pages:667–674
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.667
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Ten years after the Group Health Insurance research project to determine the feasibility of insuring short-term ambulatory psychiatric treatment, the author describes the remarkable gains in mental health insurance in the interim. Progress has been along ...
November 1969
Prepaid Psychiatric Care Experience with UAW Members
- Pages:675–681
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.675
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This first report on the landmark UAW psychiatric benefit program, stressing outpatient care, reveals that the program appears to be economically viable. During the first year of the outpatient benefit there was a utilization rate by Michigan UA W members ...
November 1969
Psychiatric Services in a California Group Health Plan
- Pages:681–688
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.681
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Provisions for the treatment of mental illness under various kinds of insurance coverage have undergone dramatic change, which the author outlines. He also describes the expectations, patient and contract characteristics, and results of establishing ...
November 1969
Referral, Utilization, and Staffing Patterns of a Mental Health Service in a Prepaid Group Practice Program in New York
- Pages:689–697
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.689
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The authors describe a psychiatric demonstration program in a prepaid group practice plan. Among adults aged 15 and older, the average annual consultation rate was 11 per 1,000 enrollees and the treatment rate 7.5 per 1,000. Treatment visits in one year ...
November 1969
Insurance Coverage for "Mental and Nervous Conditions": Developments and Problems
- Pages:698–705
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.698
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The author reviews the evidence for the probable acceleration of insurance coverage for mental illness treatment and points out the flaws in some of the arguments advanced by insurers against the feasibility of increased coverage. He suggests some areas ...
November 1969
Insurance Coverage of Mental Disorders: Some Here-and-Now Suggestions
- Pages:706–708
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November 1969
National Health Insurance: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
- Pages:708–711
- Published Online:1 April 2006
November 1969
New Treatment as a Stimulus For Replication of Research
- Pages:711–712
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November 1969
Sexual Expression in Late Life
- Pages:713–716
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.713
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Advanced chronological age is no barrier to continued sexual activity, provided that opportunity is present. When it is absent, and sublimated activities are also denied, difficulties may arise. Often the older person's efforts to establish a contactual ...
November 1969
Runaways, Hippies, and Marihuana
- Pages:717–720
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.717
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In the summer of 1967 Haight-Ashbury seemed to offer youth a solution to the ills of modern society. Runaways, who used the district as a refuge from society or home, did not exhibit the delinquent characteristics observed by earlier authors. The complex ...
November 1969
Psychiatric Attitudes of Young Physicians: II. The Effects of Postgraduate Training and Clinical Practice
- Pages:721–724
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.721
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The authors discuss the effects of psychiatric education on the changing attitudes of a large group of physicians toward psychiatry, psychiatrists, psychotherapy, and psychiatric patients. They conclude that general physicians' attitudes toward mental ...
November 1969
APA's Role in Influencing the Evolution of a Health Care Delivery System
- Pages:739–744
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November 1969
Government Activities in Health Communications
- Pages:745–749
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November 1969
The Delivery of Health Service in the Decade Ahead
- Pages:762–763
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November 1969
Sending and Getting the Message: Some Problems in Communication
- Pages:763–765
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November 1969
Practical Considerations in Financing Mental Health Care
- Pages:765–767
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November 1969
Medicine and Congress: A Primer in Shaping Legislation
- Pages:768–770
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November 1969
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS
- Pages:771–772
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.771
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Time was allotted during the conference for all participants to meet in small groups to discuss the position papers and keynote addresses. Each group appointed a recorder, who prepared a summary of his group's deliberations. A brief synopsis of the ...
November 1969
PROPOSITIONS
- Pages:773–775
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.773
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As was noted earlier, this final portion of the December 1968 Council Planning Conference material summarizes some of the issues and viewpoints that arose, regardless of whether there was general consensus about them. The complete conference proceedings ...