American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 104, Issue 2
August 1947
Article
August 1947
CLINICAL AND EEG INVESTIGATION OF PREFRONTAL LOBOTOMY PATIENTS
- Pages:73–80
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.2.73
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1. A folow-up study of 30 cases of prefrontal lobotomy was done. Twenty-three of these patients were operated on after admission to St. Elizabeths Hospital after a prolonged incapacitating illness. Of these 23, 21 were benefited by the operation, 11 were ...
August 1947
THE EFFECT OF BILATERAL FRONTAL LOBOTOMY UPON THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
- Pages:81–82
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.2.81
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1. Cortical representations of the autonomic nervous system are located in the prefrontal area. 2. Following the subcortical section of the frontal lobes, the autonomic nervous system becomes more responsive to stimuli from without. 3. Equilibrium ...
August 1947
THE EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CONVULSIVE THERAPY ON CERTAIN PERSONALITY TRAITS IN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS
- Pages:83–91
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.2.83
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Personality studies were conducted on a group of 75 psychiatric patients classified as psychoneurosis, schizophrenia, manic-depressive psychosis and involutional psychosis, before and after a course of electric convulsive therapy. The personality tests ...
August 1947
EFFECTS OF CEREBRAL ELECTROSHOCK ON EXPERIMENTAL NEUROSES IN CATS
- Pages:92–99
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.2.92
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Six cats were made experimentally neurotic and were then subjected to cerebral electroshocks comparable to those used in clinical therapy. All of these animals showed a marked disintegration of inhibitions, phobias, compulsions and other neurotic patterns,...
August 1947
ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY
- Pages:100–112
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.2.100
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1. Forty percent of the most chronic patients showed significant improvement in ward behavior if adequately and repeatedly treated with suitable type of electroshock therapy. Relapses must be treated whenever they occur over months and years. 2. At least ...
August 1947
CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE IN A LARGE MENTAL HOSPITAL
- Pages:122–125
- Published Online:1 April 2006
August 1947
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EMOTIONAL FACTOR IN THE CONVULSIVE DISORDERS OF CHILDREN
- Pages:126–131
- Published Online:1 April 2006