American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 105, Issue 1
July 1948
Article
July 1948
STUDIES IN ELECTRONARCOSIS THERAPY
- Pages:15–27
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.1.15
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1. Electronarcosis has been administered to a group of 53 mentally ill persons. The results of follow-up studies one month after treatment was completed may be summarized as follows: 37 cases of schizophrenia were treated, 7 recovered; 9 cases of ...
July 1948
BRIEF STIMULUS THERAPY
- Pages:28–39
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.1.28
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1. Brief stimulus therapy was administered to 80 patients, 46 of whom had no other type of shock. In the latter group, patients with affective disorders were recovered in about 80% of cases; the remaining patients were all improved. In 20 schizophrenic ...
July 1948
SIGNIFICANCE OF CHANGES IN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM WHICH RESULT FROM SHOCK THERAPY
- Pages:40–45
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.1.40
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1. In a series of 58 patients receiving shock therapy the character of the preshock EEG record was found to be directly related to age and to severity of clinical disorder. 2. There was an unusually high incidence of abnormal records in this series. 3. ...
July 1948
THE PROBLEM SOLDIER AND THE ARMY
- Pages:46–51
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.1.46
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1. During World War II, neuropsychiatric disorders were the cause of rejections of 12% of all men examined for military service, the basis for 6 to 7% of total admissions to army hospitals, and the reason for 49% of all separations for mental or physical ...
July 1948
PSYCHOSES OCCURRING AMONG PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITIES IN ASSOCIATION WITH INELASTIC SITUATIONS OVERSEAS
- Pages:52–59
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.1.52
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The present study is concerned with a group of 50 psychotic patients with psychopathic personalities, encountered in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II. The heredity, environmental background, personality development, and psychopathology ...
July 1948
THE STERILIZATION OF PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS UNDER STATE LAWS
- Pages:60–62
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July 1948
PENICILLIN THERAPY IN GENERAL PARESIS
- Pages:63–67
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.1.63
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1. One hundred patients with paretic neurosyphilis were followed 6 months to 2 years after treatment. No significant difference was found in the results obtained with penicillin alone and with concurrent malaria-penicillin. 2. Penicillin alone in a total ...
July 1948
Studies of the "Free" Art Expression of Behavior Problem Children and Adolescents as a Means of Diagnosis and Therapy
- Page:76
- Published Online:1 April 2006