American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 129, Issue 3
September 1972
Article
September 1972
The Lame Princess: A Study of the Remission of Psychiatric Symptoms Without Treatment
- Pages:257–262
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.257
Preview Abstract
As part of the Stirling County study of sociocultural factors affecting psychiatric symptoms, selected cases are being examined in an attempt to shed light on the process of recovery. The subject presented here (a fictional composite of several cases) not ...
September 1972
Amphetamine Withdrawal: Affective State, Sleep Patterns, and MHPG Excretion
- Pages:263–269
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.263
Preview Abstract
The authors found that the clinical depressions which occurred following withdrawal from amphetamines after prolonged abuse were temporally associated with a decrease in the excretion of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG), a metabolite of ...
September 1972
Short-Term Psychotherapy with the Compulsive Personality and the Obsessive-Compulsive Neurotic
- Pages:270–275
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.270
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The psychotherapist often bypasses short-term treatment of compulsive neuroses and character disorders because of the tenacity with which these patients cling to their defenses and the defense mechanisms they use to deny affect and behavior. Therapeutic ...
September 1972
Automated History Taking in Child Psychiatry
- Pages:276–282
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.276
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A pilot project investigated the feasibility of using the computer as a screening device in child psychiatry. Mothers were asked to carry on a dialogue with the computer, providing it with data regarding their child's behavior. The procedure was generally ...
September 1972
The Foster Community: A Partnership in Psychiatric Rehabilitation
- Pages:283–288
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.283
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While halfway house and foster care programs have returned many chronic mental patients from the state hospital to the community, a number of problems including the patients' lack of acceptance by community residents and the perpetuation of chronicity ...
September 1972
Symbiosis in Adulthood
- Pages:289–292
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.289
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The author describes a symbiotic syndrome in adults that, although similar to the syndrome in children, has some distinguishing features. He cites four case examples. He believes it is useful to be precise in distinguishing symbiosis from other chronic ...
September 1972
Psychiatry and the Criminal Law System
- Pages:293–297
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.293
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To date the interaction between psychiatry and the criminal law system has been frustrating and unproductive. This failure is explained on the basis that psychiatry has always become involved at the request of the legal system and, worse, that its tasks ...
September 1972
Courts, State Hospitals, and the Right to Treatment
- Pages:298–304
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.298
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The author discusses the court decisions revolving around the right to treatment that have culminated in a new legal doctrine holding courts responsible for maintaining state hospital standards. To deal with the resulting dilemma, psychiatry must develop ...
September 1972
The Community Adjustment and Criminal Activity of the Baxstrom Patients: 1966-1970
- Pages:304–310
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.304
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This research examines what happened to the nearly 1,000 patients transferred from two New York State hospitals for the criminally insane to civil mental hospitals in 1966 as the result of a Supreme Court decision. Four years later, about half were in ...
September 1972
The 1971 Amendment of the Illinois Statute on Confidentiality: A New Development in Privilege Law
- Pages:311–315
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.311
Preview Abstract
After reviewing the history of privilege law in psychiatry, the author describes a new Illinois statute that modifies the "patient-litigant exception" so that both patient and psychiatrist have privilege in divorce cases even though "mental cruelty" is ...
September 1972
The New Face of Legal Psychiatry
- Pages:315–321
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.315
Preview Abstract
While the 19th-century psychiatrist occupied a very circumscribed position in society, the role of his present-day counterpart has expanded considerably. Forensic psychiatry is a good example of this; its practitioners are now involved not only with law, ...
September 1972
A Psychiatric Clerkship for Law Students
- Pages:322–326
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.322
Preview Abstract
The need for closer liaison between the legal and medical professions in matters pertaining to human behavior led to the introduction of a psychiatric clerkship for selected law students at the University of Iowa. The objectives were to enable the ...
September 1972
Child Custody Laws: Their Psychiatric Implications
- Pages:326–328
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.326
Preview Abstract
The author believes the time has come for psychiatrists and other behavioral scientists to reevaluate their roles in assisting the legal system in child custody cases. The State of Michigan recently proceeded in this direction by passing the Child Custody ...
September 1972
Psychiatry and the Legal Rights of Patients
- Pages:328–330
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.328
Preview Abstract
This study of psychiatric personnel involved with admissions procedures at a leading New England mental health center demonstrates on a small scale that the psychiatric community is generally unaware of patients' legal rights at the time of their ...
September 1972
Acupuncture: Ancient Enigma to East and West
- Pages:333–336
- Published Online:1 April 2006
September 1972
Biochemical and Pharmacological Variations in Manic-Depressive Illness
- Pages:337–342
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.337
Preview Abstract
The response of 21 manic-depressives to imipramine was followed over a period of two years, during which both manic and depressed states were treated. Most patients responded differently to this treatment at different times. The variation in response is ...
September 1972
The Brief MAST: A Shortened Version of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test
- Pages:342–345
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.342
Preview Abstract
The authors report an abbreviated version of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST). They hypothesized, on the basis of previously published data, that scores based on ten of the questions of the MAST would be as effective in discriminating between ...
September 1972
Akathisia: A Side Effect To Be Remembered
- Pages:345–347
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.345
Preview Abstract
Because of its subtle symptoms, a diagnosis of akathisia is often overlooked when a patient's symptoms worsen during drug treatment. The symptoms, which include restlessness and anxiety, are much like those of such conditions as tardive dyskinesia, ...
September 1972
The Role of Depression in the Treatment of Aggressive Personality Disorders
- Pages:347–349
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.347
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The author believes that patients with aggressive personality disorders can be successfully treated in an outpatient setting. One important aspect of the treatment is getting the patient to confront, understand, and handle the depression ensuing from ...
September 1972
The Firstborn Phenomenon Among Psychiatric Residents
- Pages:350–352
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.350
Preview Abstract
There has been a reawakening of interest in the study of birth order. Investigations have shown a significant preponderance of firstborn children in such areas as medical school. They have also shown that firstborns have a greater achievement level and ...
September 1972
Secondary Gain in Long-Term Hemodialysis Patients
- Pages:352–355
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.3.352
Preview Abstract
Patients on long-term hemodialysis are subjected to many psychological and social stresses. However, through the mechanism of secondary gain, such patients may obtain certain gratifications that they refuse to relinquish. The author presents two case ...
September 1972
The Quality of Life as Opposed to the Right to Life
- Page:358
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September 1972
The Quality of Life as Opposed to the Right to Life
- Pages:358-a–359
- Published Online:1 April 2006
September 1972
Combined Anticholinergic Agents and Atropine-Like Delirium
- Pages:360-a–361
- Published Online:1 April 2006
September 1972
Helping Alcoholics Abstain: An Implantable Substance
- Page:363
- Published Online:1 April 2006
September 1972
Committee on Certification in Administrative Psychiatry
- Page:372
- Published Online:1 April 2006