American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 120, Issue 2
August 1963
Article
August 1963
THE ANTI-MENTAL HEALTH MOVEMENT
- Pages:105–111
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.2.105
Preview Abstract
Anti-mental health trends are manifestations of an ideological struggle under way in the United States in recent years. "Right-wing" groups in the name of "patriotism" have been attacking various aspects of our democratic process. Psychiatry and the ...
August 1963
OPIUM AS A TRANQUILIZER
- Pages:112–117
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.2.112
Preview Abstract
We have seen in our survey that our current search for a drug that will calm without sedating is not in any sense new. Over the centuries opium has been used as a tranquilizer and also for its effect as a hypnotic. It was used throughout the spectrum of ...
August 1963
THE MARYLAND DEFECTIVE DELINQUENCY LAW: AN EIGHT YEAR FOLLOW-UP
- Pages:118–124
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INTERACTION OF TEMPERAMENT AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE PRODUCTION OF BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCES IN CHILDREN
- Pages:142–148
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SOCIAL CLASS, SCHIZOPHRENIA AND THE PSYCHIATRIST
- Pages:149–154
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.2.149
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In recent years increasing attention has focused on the effect social class has on the clinical picture of various mental disorders as well as the relation of the social class of the psychiatrist to the social class of the patient. Often there has been a ...
August 1963
PERPETUATION OF GERIATRIC PROBLEMS IN CALIFORNIA STATE MENTAL HOSPITALS
- Pages:155–159
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August 1963
THE PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTATION: QUESTIONABLE SOCIAL PRECEDENTS OF SOME CURRENT PRACTICES
- Pages:164–169
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August 1963
CONTROLLING MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR HYPOTENSION WITH 9-ALPHA-FLUORO-HYDROCORTISONE
- Pages:170–171
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August 1963
NICOTINIC ACID: AN ADJUNCT IN THE TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
- Pages:171–173
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August 1963
THE ASSESSMENT OF THE MENTAL STATE OF ELDERLY HOSPITAL PATIENTS USING A SIMPLE QUESTIONNAIRE
- Pages:173–174
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.2.173
Preview Abstract
This preliminary evaluation indicated that a simple questionnaire, which was independent of educational and cultural background, would give a useful quantitative assessment of intellectual impairment in elderly hospitalized patients; and certain features ...
August 1963
MAINTENANCE THERAPY OF CHRONIC PSYCHOTICS WITH PERPHENAZINE
- Pages:176–177
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.2.176
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Perphenazine was used to treat 300 psychotic patients. The dosage usually ranged between 16 and 4 mg. three times daily, for 1 to 9 months. Remission or significant improvement occurred among 80% of first-admission patients and among 70% of those who had ...
August 1963
IMIPRAMINE IN ENURESIS
- Pages:177–179
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.2.177
Preview Abstract
A group of 13 enuretic children was studied in an attempt to specify an antienuretic effect to imipramine. Organic disease was ruled out and safeguards were established for prompt recognition of drug reactions. A double-blind study was made, with children ...
August 1963
TREATMENT OF SEVERE WEIGHT LOSS WITH METHANDROSTENOLONE—A LESS VIRILIZING ANABOLIC AGENT
- Pages:179–180
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.2.179
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Forty-seven mentally disturbed, severely underweight female patients, ranging in age from 15 to 86 years, were treated for an average of 45.55 days with the anabolic agent, methandrostenolone. All patients showed an increase in weight for a group average ...
August 1963
BEHAVIORAL TOXICITY ASSOCIATED WITH BENZQUINAMIDE (QUANTRIL) THERAPY IN SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS
- Pages:180–181
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August 1963
ACANTHROCYTOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
- Pages:182–185
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.2.182
Preview Abstract
A case of acanthrocytosis with mild neurological symptoms but associated with a characteristic acute paranoid schizophrenic reaction following but not necessarily the result of oestrogen therapy is reported and some observations made.
August 1963
NEUROPATHY, AGRANULOCYTOSIS, AND HEPATO-TOXICITY FOLLOWING IMIPRAMINE THERAPY
- Pages:185–186
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.2.185
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Bilateral peroneal nerve palsy, agranulocytosis, and hepato-toxicity following imipramine administration, with improvement after cessation of the drug, were observed. Laboratory tests seemed to rule out other possible sources of the symptoms noted. The 5 ...
August 1963
AN UNUSUAL REACTION TO COMBINED IMIPRAMINE-THORAZINE THERAPY
- Pages:186–187
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.2.186
Preview Abstract
An unusual syndrome with impairment of speech, generalized tremor, hyperactive DTR's, persistent clonus, and equivocal Babinski reflexes is reported with combined imipramine-thorazine therapy.
August 1963
Higher Cerebral Functions and Their Clinical Disorders
- Pages:199–200
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August 1963
Mental Illness and Due Process. Association of the Bar of the City of New York with Cornell University Law School
- Pages:202–203
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August 1963
Specific and Non-Specific Factors in Psychopharmacology
- Pages:203–204
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August 1963
Psychosomatic and Emotional Disturbances. A Study of Mother-Child Relationships
- Pages:206-a–207
- Published Online:1 April 2006