American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 127, Issue 11
May 1971
Article
May 1971
The First Three Years of Life: An Overview of a New Frontier of Psychiatry
- Pages:1457–1463
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1457
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Psychiatry must become more concerned with the first three years of life if the roots of later pathology are to be identified so that preventive measures can be undertaken. In this overview the author interweaves newer information with what is already ...
May 1971
A Psychiatric Follow-Up Study of "Normal" Adults
- Pages:1464–1472
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1464
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The author describes a study designed to assess stability and change in mental health over a five-year period, using 123 subjects chosen from the larger Stirling County survey sample. The results showed: 1) a tendency toward stabilization of mental health ...
May 1971
Episodic Dyscontrol: A Study of 130 Violent Patients
- Pages:1473–1478
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1473
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The authors report a two-year study of 130 patients with a chief complaint of explosive violent behavior. When pertinent and possible, neurological and psychological tests, EEGs, pneumoencephalograms, and other tests were made. The authors noted that the ...
May 1971
Psychiatric Education in the Americas
- Pages:1479–1484
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1479
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Changing values regarding the delivery of reparative and preventive health services require increased social sensitivity as well as public health competence on the part of psychiatrists. These goals and more adequate behavioral science education for ...
May 1971
Screening for T-Groups: The Myth of Healthy Candidates
- Pages:1485–1490
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1485
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The authors screened 105 applicants for attendance at a week-long T-group conducted by nonprofessionals. The psychological evaluation and screening procedures included a written application, psychological tests, and a small group experience. Fifteen ...
May 1971
The Development of the Language of Emotions
- Pages:1491–1497
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1491
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A study of 256 school children revealed that with increasing age, children—especially boys—demonstrate increased freedom from the external environment for cues to emotional arousal; girls tend to be more visceral and less cerebral in the body sites they ...
May 1971
Murder in the Family: A Study of Some Homicidal Adolescents
- Pages:1498–1502
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1498
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Five cases are presented in which a homicidal adolescent`s abrupt loss of control was associated with a change in his interpersonal relationship with the victim, together with a sequence of events progressively more unbearable and less amenable to his ...
May 1971
Variables Related to the Selection of Psychiatric Residents
- Pages:1503–1508
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1503
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Ninety physicians who applied for psychiatric residencies were rated on a 32-item scale that included such characteristics as self-awareness, sensitivity to others, and problem-solving ability. Scores significantly discriminated between those applicants ...
May 1971
Desensitization and Flooding (Implosion) in Treatment of Phobias
- Pages:1509–1514
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1509
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A controlled cross-over trial of desensitization and flooding therapy assisted by intravenous thiopental or saline infusion was carried out in 40 patients with agoraphobia or social phobias. Patients showed gradual symptom improvement with desensitization ...
May 1971
Further Experimental Studies of Mental Patients Through the Autokinetic Phenomenon
- Pages:1515–1520
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1515
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This study aimed at replicating an earlier one that demonstrated a relationship between autokinesis—the apparent motion of a pinpoint of light in a dark room—and the major psychiatric syndromes. Data collected on 1,402 psychiatric inpatients revealed ...
May 1971
Studies of the Deaf: Relevance to Psychiatric Theory
- Pages:1521–1526
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1521
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The author reports observations extending over 16 years of persons with early total deafness. Despite the variety and severity of early stresses, schizophrenia did not appear with unusual frequency, although hallucinations (alleged to be auditory) ...
May 1971
A Psychiatric Program for the Deaf: Experiences and Implications
- Pages:1527–1532
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1527
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The authors describe the first psychiatric research and demonstration program for the deaf in the U.S., which began in New York State in 1955. In 1963 a special inpatient unit for the deaf was opened; during its first three years it was able to discharge ...
May 1971
Visual Phenomenology in Recently Blind Adults
- Pages:1533–1539
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1533
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A psychosocial investigation of 66 recently blind adults revealed that depressive reactions were prominent in a generally abating course. Visual residua and behaviors irrelevant to blindness occurred in all subjects. They are described and related to ...
May 1971
Congenital and Perinatal Sensory Deprivation: Some Studies in Early Development
- Pages:1539–1545
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1539
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Very early deficiency of coenesthetic (i.e., nonspecific) sensory experience results in gross, apparently irreversible, personality disturbances. The author presents evidence indicating that the high incidence of autistic disturbances in the congenitally ...
May 1971
Mental Health Director: Bird of Passage
- Pages:1550–1554
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1550
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The state mental health director today is in a position to integrate the mental health services demanded by society. There have been few attempts in the past to provide this position with the uniformity, standards, and security warranted by its potential ...
May 1971
Experimental Withdrawal of Lithium in Recovered Manic-Depressive Patients: A Report of Five Cases
- Pages:1555–1558
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1555
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The authors conducted a single-blind study to determine whether patients with manic-depressive disease who responded favorably to lithium would show significant change when placebo was substituted. Symptoms recurred in all subjects within six weeks of ...
May 1971
Leukocytosis During Lithium Treatment
- Pages:1559–1561
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1559
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An increase in circulating leukocytes accompanied lithium treatment in 28 consecutively studied manic-depressive patients. Acutely manic patients showed the most marked changes and maintained leukocyte counts of 10,000 to 14,000 during the first two to ...
May 1971
Voting Competence and Mental Illness
- Pages:1562–1565
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1562
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Does mental illness render a person incompetent to vote? Two studies highlight the similarity of voting behavior between patients hospitalized in a community state hospital and citizens living in the community. The results of the studies appear to dispel ...
May 1971
Confidentiality in Psychiatric Screening for Security Clearance
- Pages:1566–1568
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.11.1566
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Confidentiality is only partial in psychiatric examinations for security clearance. The applicant for clearance accepts this limitation because he wants clearance. The government protects the applicant's privacy as much as possible within the bounds of ...
May 1971
Women Physicians: Their Professional Performance
- Pages:1569–1570
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May 1971
Obtaining Insurance for People Who Have Had Psychiatric Consultation
- Pages:1571–1572
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May 1971
The Superiority of Lithium Over Methysergide in Treating Manic Patients
- Pages:1573-a–1574
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May 1971
Drug Consumption and the Perpetuation of Symptoms
- Pages:1574–1575
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May 1971
Psychiatric Commitment of Dissenters in Russia: A Myth?
- Page:1575
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May 1971
Poorly Supervised Sensitivity Groups: What They Can Do
- Page:1577
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May 1971
Early Psychic Growth and the Borderline Patient
- Pages:1577-a–1577
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