American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 126, Issue 7
January 1970
Article
January 1970
A Longitudinal Study of Normal Adolescent Boys
- Pages:917–924
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.917
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A seven-year follow-up study of normal adolescent boys revealed that: Independence was being gradually achieved; where conflict was present it generally remained manageable. Heterosexual activity had increased since high school. Social radicalism was not ...
January 1970
Tranylcypromine: Effects on Norepinephrine Metabolism in Rat Brain
- Pages:925–931
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.925
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This investigation examines the effects of tranylcypromine on the uptake, release, and metabolism of intracisternally administered tritiated norepinephrine (norepinephrine-H3) in rat brain. The findings suggest that, in addition to being a potent ...
January 1970
Psychiatric Consultations for Psychiatrists
- Pages:932–937
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.932
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The psychiatrist, working usually in isolation, has more difficulties in communication about his patients than do other specialists. A more frequent use of consultation from psychiatric colleagues is advanced as a means of overcoming this problem and as ...
January 1970
A Controlled Study of Nortriptyline and Imipramine
- Pages:938–945
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.938
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A double-blind comparison was made of the secondary amine, nortriptyline, and the tertiary amine, imipramine, in female outpatients with a primary depressive illness. There was no significant difference in the overall response between the two drugs, ...
January 1970
Separation Reactions of Married Women
- Pages:946–950
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.946
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The author describes the types of reactions to periodic separation of 485 married psychiatric outpatients. The data support Bowlby's hypothesis that the separation reaction is a psychobiological response pattern that has different implications according ...
January 1970
Social Class and Child Psychiatric Practice: The Clinician's Evaluation of the Outcome of Therapy
- Pages:951–956
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.951
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Data from the evaluation and treatment of 364 lower-, lower middle-, and upper middle-class children were compared. There was no significant difference among the three groups as to perceived improvement at termination of treatment, but longer duration of ...
January 1970
The History of Psychiatry: Its Relevance for the Psychiatrist
- Pages:957–967
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.957
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To mark the closing of the APA's 125th anniversary year, the author examines recent progress in the study of the history of psychiatry. He outlines the reasons why the historical study of attitudes toward mental illness and methods of treatment in ...
January 1970
The Psychiatric Interview: The Impact of the First Three Minutes
- Pages:968–973
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.968
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In a two-phase study of diagnostic decision making, psychiatrist observers viewed films of diagnostic interviews and recorded their comments and the symptoms they saw in the patients. Analysis of the results, in terms of the time at which conclusions and ...
January 1970
Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder: A Search for a Syndrome
- Pages:973–983
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.973
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This paper presents data from a seven- to 15-year follow-up study of 100 patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of passive-aggressive personality disorder, who were compared with 50 matched controls with other psychiatric diagnoses. The clinical features ...
January 1970
Establishment of Diagnostic Validity in Psychiatric Illness: Its Application to Schizophrenia
- Pages:983–987
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.983
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A method for achieving diagnostic validity in psychiatric illness is described, consisting of five phases: clinical description, laboratory study, exclusion of other disorders, follow-up study, and family study. The method was applied in this paper to ...
January 1970
Correlation of Psychiatric Diagnoses and EEG Findings: A Double-Blind Study of 184 Hospitalized Children
- Pages:988–996
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.988
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Clinical and EEG data were independently reevaluated for 184 children hospitalized for psychiatric reasons. No significant correlations were noted between clinical diagnoses and EEG findings. A uniform incidence (about 35 percent) of abnormal tracings was ...
January 1970
The Evolution of the Mental Status—Past and Future
- Pages:997–1002
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.997
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There is a need in psychiatry for a system of recording objective observations that are both clinically accurate and conducive to statistical analysis and comparison. The absence of such a system has traditionally served to discourage communication ...
January 1970
The Present Status of Prevention in Psychiatry
- Pages:1007–1009
- Published Online:1 April 2006
January 1970
A House Officer Looks at Medical Student Activism
- Pages:1010–1012
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.1010
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The author discusses the effect of house officership on former activist students. While the pressures of time, tradition, and responsibility discourage activism in interns and residents, they have a unique opportunity to help bring about change on such ...
January 1970
Differential Response to Treatment as a Function of the Changing Character of a Depression
- Pages:1013–1016
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.1013
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The proper choice of an antidepressant in a given clinical situation is often controversial. The case presented points up the necessity for viewing each episode of a recurrent depressive illness in terms of both the psychopathology and the psychodynamics ...
January 1970
Follow-Up Study of Suicidal Patients Seen in Emergency Room Consultation
- Pages:1017–1020
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.1017
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The author describes a study of age, race, and sex distribution, psychiatric diagnoses, and subsequent dispositions of 138 attempted suicides. The large proportion (64.4 percent) of those returned home without arranged-for treatment and the high rate of ...
January 1970
Treatment of Mania with Cinanserin, an Antiserotonin Agent
- Pages:1020–1023
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.1020
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Cinanserin, a new drug with antiserotonin activity, produced a rapid remission of the manic phase of manic-depressive psychosis in five of seven cases described by the author. No significant toxicity was encountered. The findings indicate that this drug ...
January 1970
WATS Telephone Therapy: New Follow-Up Technique for Alcoholics
- Pages:1024–1027
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.1024
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The authors present the rationale and description of a promising development in psychotherapy—WATS telephone therapy. In certain selected cases the formal regular use of the telephone to conduct routine psychotherapy has many advantages over traditional ...
January 1970
Sleep Paralysis, Psychosis, and Death
- Pages:1027–1031
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.1027
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The author presents two case reports of patients who, in their psychotic productions, were unusually preoccupied with death. These contrast with previously reported patients with sleep paralysis who were concerned with various conflicts. He suggests that ...
January 1970
Morita Psychotherapy: The Views from the West
- Pages:1031–1036
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.7.1031
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The authors discuss various Western interpretations of Morita therapy, a Japanese method of treating neurosis. They approach the divergences of opinion through five topics, including the relationship of Morita therapy with Zen Buddhism and its emphasis on ...
January 1970
The Army Psychiatrist—An Adjunct to the System of Social Control
- Page:1039
- Published Online:1 April 2006
January 1970
The Clinician's Role in the Problem of Drug Usage by Young People
- Page:1040
- Published Online:1 April 2006
January 1970
The Management of Self-Destructive Patients
- Pages:1041-b–1042
- Published Online:1 April 2006