American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 111, Issue 8
February 1955
Article
February 1955
ON DISCOVERY AND EXPERIMENT IN PSYCHIATRY
- Pages:561–575
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.561
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1. Research in psychiatry as in other disciplines is a vital necessity, not a luxury. 2. Psychiatrists have several functions in improving research: actual participation, active and passive support, and the study of investigators. The enormous importance ...
February 1955
FACTORS INFLUENCING DISCHARGE OF FEMALE PATIENTS FROM A STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL
- Pages:576–582
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.576
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Factors that statistically significantly influence a female patient's discharge from Central State Hospital favorably are (in descending order of significance): (1) Length of stay, (2)Limited education, and (3) Possession of immediate family. Factors, ...
February 1955
INSULIN COMA THERAPY IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
- Pages:583–589
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.583
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1. Insulin coma therapy at the Pennsylvania Hospital produced an immediate improvement or remission in 67.7% of 780 patients treated between 1936 and 1951. 2. At least 334 patients, or 63.3% of all patients who originally improved, had a relapse; 44% of ...
February 1955
THE EEG CHANGES IN UNILATERAL AND BILATERAL FRONTAL LOBOTOMY
- Pages:590–594
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.590
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1. In cases of unilateral and bilateral frontal lobotomy, temporal slow wave activity was found to be a prominent feature, though more transient than the dominant frontal slowing. This nonfrontal slowing may be interpreted as the result of cerebral edema ...
February 1955
ON THE PSYCHODIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF HANDWRITING ANALYSIS
- Pages:595–602
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.595
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The basic psychological rationale of handwriting analysis is rooted in the essential self-consistency of human behavior and more specifically in the fact that handwriting is a product and, at the same time, a record of highly individualized motions. The ...
February 1955
THE EFFECT OF ADRENOCHROME AND NIACIN ON THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM OF EPILEPTICS
- Pages:603–616
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.603
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1. Adrenochrome in dosages of 10 mgms. does not change the EEG of normal volunteers, but in 10, 25, and 50 mgm. doses increases the bilateral paroxysmal abnormalities in the EEG of epileptics, but has very little effect on the cortical focus itself. 2. ...
February 1955
CHANGES IN BLOOD PRESSURE WITH ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY IN A PATIENT RECEIVING CHLORPROMAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE (THORAZINE)
- Pages:617–619
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.617
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A case is presented which did not respond to the administration of chlorpromazine hydrochloride in the level of 450 mgm daily, but instead seemed to become more regressed and hyperactive. Electroshock therapy was given as a lifesaving measure while the ...
February 1955
CASE REPORTS
- Pages:622–623
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.622
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1. A case is reported of complete right hemiplegia following the first electroconvulsive treatment in a physically healthy 43-year-old man with a psychotic depression. 2. A brief review of 3 somewhat similar cases is reported from the literature. 3. A 16-...
February 1955
Psychotic and Neurotic Illnesses in Twins. Medical Research Council, Special Report Series, No. 278
- Pages:633–634
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February 1955
Das Autogene Training (Konzentrative Selbstentspannung)
- Page:634
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February 1955
L'Astinenza Sessuale. (The Sexual Abstinence.)
- Pages:634-a–635
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February 1955
Child Training and Personality: A Cross Cultural Study
- Pages:636–637
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February 1955
Introduction to Psychiatric Occupational Therapy
- Pages:638-a–639
- Published Online:1 April 2006