American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 97, Issue 6
May 1941
Article
May 1941
EARLY BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS AS SIGNPOSTS TO LATER MALADJUSTMENT
- Pages:1261–1271
- Published Online:1 April 2006
May 1941
PSYCHIATRY IN A GENERAL HOSPITAL
- Pages:1272–1287
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.6.1272
Preview Abstract
Of a group of 100 cases seen in psychiatric consultation in the wards of a general hospital, only 12 per cent had mental conditions that could be considered the direct result of organic disease. Fifty-one per cent of the patients were found to have some ...
May 1941
THE INFLUENCE OF VISUAL AND AUDITORY STIMULI ON THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC TRACING OF PETIT MAL
- Pages:1301–1312
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.6.1301
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1. Light stimuli affect the alpha rhythm according to the "all or none" law. 2. Light stimuli have a delayed reaction time in short petit-mal attacks. 3. Light stimuli are not perceived in long petit-mal attacks. 4. Both light and sound stimuli tend to ...
May 1941
A CONVENIENT SELF-ADMINISTERING SCALE FOR MEASURING INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT IN PSYCHOTICS
- Pages:1313–1325
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.6.1313
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A quick, objective, self-administering scale for measuring intellectual impairment has been described. It requires but 20 minutes to give and 2 minutes to score, and is adapted to group, as well as individual use. It consists of a vocabulary and an ...
May 1941
SOME REMARKS ON THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE PSYCHOPATHIC DELINQUENT
- Pages:1326–1340
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May 1941
RORSCHACH STUDIES IN ACUTE EXPERIMENTAL ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION
- Pages:1341–1364
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.6.1341
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1. The Rorschach findings in ten cases of acute mild alcoholic intoxication at a predetermined clinical level are given. 2. Rorschach findings at this level are experimentally shown to validate certain previous theoretical or empirical findings as regards ...
May 1941
THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR
- Pages:1365–1373
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.6.1365
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Internal environment and overt behavior present a reciprocal relation, for the constancy of the body's composition and function depends on behavior for its maintenance, and behavior in turn depends on the body's contents and physiological states. With ...
May 1941
THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR
- Pages:1374–1396
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.6.1374
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Considering the experimental results obtained it is evident that all too often we must rely on rather casual observations, and that the number of experiments planned to determine relationship between behavior and shifts in acid-base equilibrium is ...
May 1941
SOME PROGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR THE RESPONSE OF SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS TO INSULIN TREATMENT
- Pages:1397–1402
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.6.1397
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A study was made of 37 schizophrenic patients in an attempt to discover factors related to their response to insulin shock treatment. Of good prognostic significance were found to be: 1. The presence of atypical schizophrenia. 2. The presence of ...
May 1941
THE BLOOD GLYOXALASE ACTIVITY OF A SERIES OF MENTALLY NORMAL AND MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
- Pages:1403–1405
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May 1941
NEUROMETABOLIC DEFICIENCY IN OLD AGE. (SENILE ENCEPHALOMYELOSIS.)
- Pages:1406–1418
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.6.1406
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1. A series of observations carried out on clinical material seems to justify the delimitation of a clinical picture for which the name of senile encephalomyelosis is suggested. 2. The symptoms of senile encephalomyelosis are acute or sub- acute mental ...
May 1941
PROGNOSIS IN DRUG ADDICTION
- Pages:1419–1433
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.6.1419
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1. Statistically significant criteria distinguishing good, guarded and poor prognoses from each other were determined on the basis of the clinical records of 1,036 drug addicts admitted to the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital at Lexington, Kentucky, ...
May 1941
THE CLINICAL VALUE OF HALLUCINATIONS IN LOCALIZING BRAIN TUMORS
- Pages:1434–1442
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.6.1434
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One or more types of hallucinations were experienced by 96 out of a group of 458 cases of supratentorial brain tumor. Formed auditory hallucinations were related predominantly to temporal lobe lesions, though the frontal and parietal were also involved. ...
May 1941
THE INFLUENCE OF THE TIMES UPON THE TEACHING OF PSYCHIATRY
- Pages:1443–1454
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May 1941
The Etiology of Child Behavior Difficulties, Juvenile Delinquency and AdultCriminality with Special Reference to Their Occurrence in Twins No. I, Psychiatric Monographs.
- Pages:1479–1480
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May 1941
Psychological and Neurological Definitions and the Unconscious
- Pages:1481–1482
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May 1941
Compendium of Regional Diagnosis in Lesions of the Brain and Spinal Cord
- Page:1487
- Published Online:1 April 2006