American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 130, Issue 9
September 1973
Article
September 1973
An Overview of Crisis Intervention in the Emergency Rooms of General Hospitals
- Pages:953–960
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.953
Preview Abstract
General hospitals throughout the land have—and in all likelihood will continue to have—emergency rooms that are more or less adequate. It seems strategically sound to do all we can to strengthen these sites of centralized help for the wide variety of ...
September 1973
The Current Status of Systematic Densitization
- Pages:961–965
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.961
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Systematic desensitization is indicated for phobias, obsessions, compulsions, and anxiety reactions that are maintained by anxiety-reducing defense mechanisms. The technique involves instruction in deep muscle relaxation, construction of an anxiety ...
September 1973
Influence of Affective States and Psychoactive Drugs on Verbal Learning and Memory
- Pages:966–971
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.966
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The authors found evidence of impaired performance on serial and free recall verbal learning tasks during depression and mania. Treatment with L-dopa and L-tryptophan significantly improved performance on these tasks, while imipramine, lithium carbonate, ...
September 1973
The Diagnostic Decision-Making Process: Factors Influencing Diagnosis and Changes in Diagnosis
- Pages:972–975
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.972
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In their study of four groups of patients diagnosed as either psychotic or nonpsychotic, the authors found that disturbed ideation and disordered speech content were the two most important diagnostic considerations and that in the absence of such widely ...
September 1973
Engaging Heroin Addicts in Treatment
- Pages:976–980
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.976
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The authors suggest that an unselected group of addicts can be engaged in treatment and that a successful outpatient methadone detoxification program can be carried out in a general hospital psychiatric emergency clinic. However, it requires a structured ...
September 1973
Patterns of Professional Activities of Psychiatrists: A Follow-Up of 100 Psychiatric Residents
- Pages:981–984
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.981
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The authors attempted to identify predictors of professional achievement from data that are routinely collected from applicants for psychiatric residency training. The strongest predictors were the subject's rank in his medical school class and his age at ...
September 1973
Epidemiological Studies of Women Prisoners, I: Medical and Psychiatric Variables Related to Violent Behavior
- Pages:985–990
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.985
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Ninety-five women prison volunteers participated in an investigation of medical and psychiatric correlates of violent behavior. Violence was measured in five independent ways. Concurrence of all five measures was the criterion for establishing a ...
September 1973
Some Aspects of the History of Swiss Psychiatry
- Pages:991–994
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.991
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After reviewing some of the major accomplishments of individual Swiss psychiatrists, the author presents his view that great contributions to the progress of science, and particularly psychiatry, are closely related to the historical and cultural milieu ...
September 1973
Suicidal Behavior in Edinburgh and Seattle
- Pages:995–1001
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.995
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Suicidal behavior in Seattle and Edinburgh, Scotland, was compared on the basis of data obtained from vital statistics and interviews. There were many similarities between those making attempts in the two places, but marked differences were observed in ...
September 1973
A Law Enforcement Training Program in a Mental Health Center Catchment Area
- Pages:1002–1005
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1002
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To increase understanding, communication, and cooperation between law enforcement officers and mental health workers in handling juveniles, the authors devised a training program and obtained the participation of ten law enforcement agencies. They made ...
September 1973
The Use of Lithium in Affective Disorders, III: A Double-Blind Study of Prophylaxis in Bipolar Illness
- Pages:1006–1010
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1006
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The authors studied 52 manic-depressive patients who were assigned to either lithium or placebo during their normal interval phases for periods up to 28 months. Patients receiving lithium had fewer manic and depressive episodes per patient-year than ...
September 1973
Relationship Between the Effectiveness of Lithium Therapy and Family History
- Pages:1011–1013
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1011
Preview Abstract
As part of a continuing study, 72 manic-depressive patients were randomly assigned to treatment with either lithium carbonate or placebo. Of these, 67 percent were treated successfully and 33 percent were long-term failures. Data that reflected the ...
September 1973
Lithium-Induced Diabetes Insipidus: Manic Symptoms, Brain and Electrolyte Correlates, and Chlorothiazide Treatment
- Pages:1014–1018
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1014
Preview Abstract
A patient with lithium-induced, vasopressin-insensitive diabetes insipidus was studied during two consecutive manic episodes that were successfully treated with lithium. Polyuria occurred several days after lithium-induced brain electrical changes were ...
September 1973
Lithium-Induced Folliculitis
- Pages:1018–1019
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1018
Preview Abstract
Twelve patients receiving long-term treatment with lithium developed folliculitis on their extremities and/or trunks. The rash disappeared in three patients who discontinued lithium therapy, and in one patient it reappeared when she again received ...
September 1973
The Treatment of Depression with a Single Daily Dose of Imipramine Pamoate
- Pages:1022–1024
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1022
Preview Abstract
A controlled comparison of the effects of 50 mg. of imipramine hydrochloride given three times daily and 150 mg. of imipramine pamoate in a single bedtime dose revealed no significant difference in either therapeutic effects or side effects in a group of ...
September 1973
Time-Extended Group Therapy Sessions in a Remote Setting
- Pages:1024–1026
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1024
Preview Abstract
This preliminary report draws attention to an innovative group therapy technique that may be beneficial to couples with sexual and emotional difficulties and that may lend itself to more intensive, effective treatment of shorter duration than traditional ...
September 1973
The Nonpsychotic Organic Brain Syndrome
- Pages:1026–1029
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1026
Preview Abstract
The New York State mental hospital system has recently limited the admission of the "simply senile," those with organic brain syndrome who are neither psychotic nor severely depressed. The authors studied 53 such people and concluded that these patients ...
September 1973
The Effects of Social Prejudice on Hospitalized Adolescents
- Pages:1029–1031
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1029
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The authors describe an outbreak of intragroup prejudice on an adolescent service. The disturbance is traced to patient anxiety over prejudice against the mentally ill, as exemplified in a national event, the withdrawal of Sen. Thomas Eagleton as a ...
September 1973
Personality Characteristics of Servicemen Returned from Viet Nam Identified as Heroin Abusers
- Pages:1031–1032
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1031
Preview Abstract
The psychiatric characteristics of a sample of Army enlisted men returning from Viet Nam identified as heroin abusers were examined by means of psychological testing. Marked heterogeneity of psychological test types was noted. The four most common ...
September 1973
An Overview of a Psychiatric Clinic Population
- Pages:1033–1035
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1033
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The author describes a set of criteria designed as guidelines in the evaluation of persons who apply for treatment at a psychiatric clinic. The main focus in this paper is on determining which patients are good candidates for short-term anxiety-provoking ...
September 1973
Metapsychiatry: The Interface Between Psychiatry and Mysticism
- Pages:1036–1038
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1036
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After giving some historical background on psychic phenomena, including research on this subject by psychiatrists, the author sets forth ten distinguishing characteristics of the "ultraconscious summit." He suggests that if clinicians encourage patients ...
September 1973
How Success Nearly Wrecked a Residency Experience
- Pages:1038–1040
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1038
Preview Abstract
The number of residents in a second-year program increased almost threefold between 1965 and 1971. Total patient visits increased by almost 100 percent. However, the average number of monthly patient visits per resident decreased, indicating a loss of ...
September 1973
Are Methadone Withdrawal Patients Overprotected?
- Pages:1041-a–1042
- Published Online:1 April 2006
September 1973
Chlorpromazine Contraindicated in Delirium Tremens
- Page:1042
- Published Online:1 April 2006
September 1973
Chlorpromazine Contraindicated in Delirium Tremens
- Pages:1042-a–1043
- Published Online:1 April 2006
September 1973
The Principles of Medical Ethics With Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry
- Pages:1057–1064
- Published Online:1 April 2006