American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 117, Issue 10
April 1961
Article
April 1961
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS IN BALANCED THERAPY
- Pages:865–872
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.10.865
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Isocarboxazid, an iproniazid analog, showed better results in the treatment of 195 patients with depressive and acute schizophrenic reactions than were seen in varying numbers of patients on 7 other antidepressants, including 223 treated with iproniazid. ...
April 1961
CRIMINAL GENESIS AND THE DEGREES OF RESPONSIBILITY IN EPILEPSIES
- Pages:873–876
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April 1961
A GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR PSYCHIATRIC EDUCATION OF PHYSICIANS IN MENTAL HOSPITAL SERVICE
- Pages:883–886
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April 1961
PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
- Pages:887–890
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.10.887
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Four social history and 12 prognostic factors, reported in the literature to have statistical validity, were studied in this investigation. In addition, personality, historical and demographic data of 80 consecutive first hospital admission patients were ...
April 1961
THERAPEUTIC DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF AN ADOLESCENT RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT SERVICE IN A STATE HOSPITAL
- Pages:891–896
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.10.891
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A total of 47 adolescent patients (26 males and 21 females) were treated in our units in 2⅓ years of operation. This total includes those patients previously mentioned who were subsequently found to be untreatable. There were 39 schizophrenics, 4 ...
April 1961
TEACHING THE INTERPRETIVE PROCESS TO MEDICAL STUDENTS
- Pages:897–902
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.10.897
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We are by no means finished in our exploration of better ways to teach the interpretive process, and it is obvious that many other factors not covered here are involved in the process. Certainly a great deal of psychiatric learning occurs before this ...
April 1961
CLINICAL PROFILES OF PAID NORMAL SUBJECTS VOLUNTEERING FOR HALLUCINOGEN DRUG STUDIES
- Pages:910–915
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.10.910
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1. Psychiatric evaluations were made of 56 volunteers for hallucinogen studies. Diagnoses were made on 46% of the group. Forty-one percent were estimated as needing psychiatric treatment. Twenty percent of these had received some form of psychiatric ...
April 1961
NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY TRENDS IN PSYCHIATRY
- Pages:916–921
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.10.916
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The actual way in which our "mental health statistics" came to be what they are is not through the process of "detecting" a certain number of "cases" in a population as a result of "hospitalization." Instead, the figures which are published are ...
April 1961
CLINICAL REPORT ON METHAMINODIAZEPOXIDE (LIBRIUM)
- Pages:923–924
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.10.923
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Methaminodiazepoxide (Librium) was beneficial for 60% of obsessive compulsive patients and for about one-third of others suffering from chronic neuroses and/or depression. These benefits achieved by patients previously considered therapeutically ...
April 1961
THE CAUSE OF FALSE-POSITIVE TESTS FOR PIPERAZINE-LINKED PHENOTHIAZINES
- Pages:924–926
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.10.924
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We have isolated a compound which is probably responsible for the observation of false-positive phenothiazine tests not attributable to acute or chronic liver disease, phenylketonuria, high salicylate or other drug intake(6). Since the isolated compound ...
April 1961
THE INFLUENCE OF CORTISONE-ACETATE ON SOME SERUM PHOSPHORUS METABOLITES IN YOUNG MALE SCHIZOPHRENICS
- Pages:926–928
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.10.926
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Oral cortisone acetate can differentiate between young male schizophrenics and a comparable control group by inducing an increase in alkaline phosphatases and a decrease in phospho-lipids in the former. No such changes were observed in the latter group.
April 1961
EFFECT OF THE COMBINED ADMINISTRATION OF IMIPRAMINE AND A MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR
- Pages:928–929
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April 1961
COMPARISON OF MARPLAN AND TOFRĀNIL IN THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSIVE STATES
- Pages:929–930
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April 1961
THRESHOLDS FOR DRUG-INDUCED AKATHISIA
- Pages:930–931
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.10.930
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The findings indicate that low-dose akathisia results from an individual's specific sensitivity to a specific molecular configuration. There is a population with a low threshold for the disorder. Thresholds are determined by the spectrum of individual ...
April 1961
CHLORPROTHIXINE (TARACTAN) AND ISOCARBOXAZID (MARPLAN) IN PSYCHOTIC DEPRESSIONS
- Pages:931–932
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.10.931
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Of the 2 drugs, Marplan seems more indicated as the drug of choice for the nonagitated endogenous depression, Taractan for agitated depression.
April 1961
EFFECTS OF TRIFLUOPERAZINE IN AGED DEPRESSED FEMALE PATIENTS
- Pages:932–933
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.10.932
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It would appear that the incidence and severity of Parkinsonism in this age group is so high that trifluoperazine should be used very cautiously. Occurrence of 1 very dramatic recovery and 3 cases of gratifying improvement suggest that trifluoperazine may ...
April 1961
A CASE OF PSYCHOSIS PRECIPITATED BY CONFINEMENT IN LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL BY TRAIN
- Pages:936–937
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April 1961
AORTIC DACRON GRAFT SURGERY AND ELECTROSHOCK: REPORT OF A CASE
- Pages:937–938
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April 1961
IMIPRAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE IN THE TREATMENT OF NARCOLEPSY—A CASE REPORT
- Pages:938–939
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April 1961
ACUTE TOXIC PSYCHOSIS CONCURRENT WITH PHENOTHIAZINE THERAPY
- Pages:939–940
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April 1961
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. Coll Works Vol. 9
- Pages:958-a–959
- Published Online:1 April 2006