Clinical. 1. Two hundred psychiatric patients were treated with chlorpromazine from the start of an initial trial of the drug in 1953 and followed until they had a remission, discontinued, or continued in maintenance therapy. Efficacy in the series ...

March 1964

A CONTROLLED STUDY OF DIAZEPAM IN PSYCHIATRIC OUTPATIENTS

H. MARLIN BEERMAN

Pages:870–874
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.870

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A series of 103 patients with psychoneurotic or psychotic disorders, most of whom had been under treatment for a long period, were given diazepam (Valium) for periods ranging up to a year. The usual dosage was 5 mg. t.i.d. but the daily intake was adapted ...

March 1964

A CLINICAL AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY

R. G. S. ARTHURS, and
E. B. CAHOON

Pages:875–877
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.875

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Considering the 87 cases without epilepsy or deterioration, we have found an abnormal or borderline EEG in 55% of this series of psychopathic personality. The type of abnomality is not specific, but has been seen in post-traumatic cases, adolescents and ...

March 1964

THE PROGNOSIS IN "ORGANIC BRAIN" SYNDROMES

SAMUEL B. GUZE, and
DENNIS P. CANTWELL

Pages:878–881
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.878

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A study of 117 patients with "organic brain" syndrome seen in consultation over a 4-year period indicated that this syndrome is associated with a poor prognosis. A high mortality rate, frequent subsequent psychiatric hospitalization, and frequent dementia ...

March 1964

GROUP THERAPY FOR MOTHERS WITH INFANTICIDAL IMPULSES

Pages:882–886
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.882

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This study reports on the clinical experience with a group of mothers with were unique. 2. The patients encouraged infanticidal impulses. The 4 shared, biographical characteristics found were: 1. They have strong feelings of resentment toward their ...

March 1964

PSYCHIATRIC RECORD-KEEPING IN THE MILITARY

STEPHEN J. BARRETT

Pages:887–889
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.887

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Since the military health record is a permanent one which has many uses and which will go through many hands, the question of what the psychiatrist should record is an important one. This article has discussed a rationale for psychiatric recordkeeping ...

March 1964

THE NURSE'S ROLE IN INDIVIDUALIZING THE ADMISSION PROCESS IN A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL

Pages:890–893
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.890

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We have described briefly some results of an experiment in which a patient-centered nursing approach was found to be effective in helping patients being admitted to a mental hospital. We believe admission is a crucial time for the patient, and therefore a ...

March 1964

PROCEDURE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF BARBITURATES

P. H. BLACHLY

Pages:894–895
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.894

March 1964

FACTORS INFLUENCING RESULTS WITH ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS

JANE E. OLTMAN, and
SAMUEL FRIEDMAN

Pages:895–897
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.895

March 1964

A STUDY OF THE ANTIDEPRESSANT EFFECTS OF PARGYLINE

Pages:897–899
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.897

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The evaluation of antidepressant medication in an office practice setting is complicated by the somewhat unpredictable course of the illness, the long time interval before medications can become effective, and by the difficulty in weighing subjective ...

March 1964

PHENOXYPROPAZINE AND CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE IN DEPRESSION

JOHN T. ROSE

Pages:899–900
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.899

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The value of phenoxypropazine in reactive depressions with prominent anxiety was investigated by comparing the effect of phenoxypropazine plus chlordiazepoxide with that of chlordiazepoxide alone on 60 outpatients. The outcome of patients on the combined ...

March 1964

A CLINICAL EVALUATION OF PIPERACETAZINE IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA

Pages:900–902
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.900

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This study indicates that Quide is a useful addition to the armamentarium of the physician faced with the difficult problem of treating the chronic hospitalized patient with a schizophrenic illness. Side effects of the drug were generally mild, and there ...

March 1964

CARPHENAZINE IN CHRONIC SCHIZOPHRENICS

N. E. STRATAS

Pages:902–903
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.902

March 1964

DIAZEPAM AS AN ANTI-CONVULSANT AGENT IN ECT

Pages:903–904
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.903

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Evaluation of the scales on severity of convulsions revealed a significant difference between anectine-Na pentothal on the one hand and diazepam and placebo on the other hand. Even with the highest doses of diazepam, the convulsions were as severe as with ...

March 1964

METHOTRIMEPRAZINE FOR CONTROL OF THE ACUTELY DISTURBED

LUIGI BUCCI, and
JOHN C. SAUNDERS

Pages:905–906
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.905

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Our conclusion is that methotrimeprazine is clinically useful in controlling marked disturbances of behavior in psychotic patients when administered muscularly. It is more hypnotic than chlorpromazine, and it is possibly less anti-psy-chotic. But it is ...

March 1964