American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 132, Issue 10
October 1975
October 1975
The madness of art
- Pages:1005–1012
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1005
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The author finds a constant thread of what Benjamin Rush termed "tristimania" in works of great authors. The madness of art, Henry James's description of the need to transform and metamorphose personal experience by means of prose, poetry, or other ...
October 1975
Patterns of illicit drug use in the Army
- Pages:1013–1017
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1013
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The authors collected detailed histories of illicit drug use in the Army in individual interviews with a stratified random sample of 262 enlisted men at six military posts across the United States. Approximately half of the sample (N equals 128) were ...
October 1975
The lithium clinic: a new model for the delivery of psychiatric services
- Pages:1018–1022
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1018
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Advances in the diagnosis of recurrent affective disorders and consistently high levels of lithium prophylaxis have made it possible to treat manic-depressive disorders on an outpatient basis. The author describes the experiences and organization of a ...
October 1975
The immediate effects of chlorpromazine in newly admitted schizophrenic patients
- Pages:1023–1026
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1023
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To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of chlorpromazine in comparison with placebo over a brief period of hospitalization, the authors conducted a double-blind study of the drug in 44 acutely ill schizophrenic patients. These patients had been newly ...
October 1975
Identification of women at risk for unwanted pregnancy
- Pages:1027–1031
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1027
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Concern about increasing rates of unwanted pregnancy, particularly among adolescents, has led to consideration of steps necessary to develop effective intervention programs. In order to reach a young woman for counseling and contraceptive assistance ...
October 1975
Mood changes in an alcoholism treatment program based on drinking decisions
- Pages:1032–1037
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1032
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The authors compared the amount of discomfort experienced by 18 alcoholic men who chose to drink and 43 alcoholic men who abstained from drinking during a 6-week treatment and research program. They found that the discomfort of the drinkers increased but ...
October 1975
Persecutory delusions: a cybernetic model
- Pages:1038–1044
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1038
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The authors propose a cybernetic model for the formation and maintenance of persecutory delusions. During the formation of persecutory ideation, the threat of loss of control over the self or others interacts with predictions of control from others. This ...
October 1975
Basic concepts in family therapy: a differential comparison with individual treatment
- Pages:1045–1048
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1045
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The author presents basic differences between the approaches of family therapy and of the individual therapies on three dimensions: personality development, symptom formation, and the approach to producing therapeutic change. Family therapy bases its view ...
October 1975
Psychotherapy of borderline patients: the influence of theory on technique
- Pages:1048–1052
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1048
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Although the treatment of borderline patients has attracted increased attention, there is little agreement on the basic nature of the disorder or the proper techniques for its treatment by analytically oriented psychotherapy. The author states that ...
October 1975
Patients' and observers' assessments of process and outcome in group therapy: a follow-up study
- Pages:1052–1054
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1052
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A six-month follow-up investigation of process and outcome in group therapy was conducted by the authors and patients in two therapy groups. The results indicated that although there were discrete stages in the therapeutic sequence, acceptance was the ...
October 1975
The use of a written summary in group psychotherapy supervision
- Pages:1055–1057
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1055
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Clinical supervision is an important feature of the education of the group therapist. The authors describe the application of a summary written by trainee cotherapists in their supervision. They found that the summary, which is supplied to the patients as ...
October 1975
Psychotherapy patient transfer: secondhand rose
- Pages:1057–1061
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1057
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The author uses the analogy of the marketplace to examine the dynamics of the transfer of psychotherapy patients in university clinic settings. The outgoing therapist is the seller, the prospective therapist the buyer, and the patient the commodity--the ...
October 1975
Issues in developing psychotherapy groups for preschool children in outpatient clinics
- Pages:1061–1063
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1061
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A survey of 10 randomly selected clinics indicated that only 1 offered group psychotherapy for preschool children. Reasons given for the lack of such programs resembled the resistances encountered in the authors' clinic. The authors describe the solutions ...
October 1975
Controversy in medicine and psychiatry
- Pages:1064–1066
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1064
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Factual and ethical controversies confront physicians in medicine as well as in psychiatry. If psychiatrists can impart a perspective on these controversies and their growth-stimulating quality to medical students and thereby increase their tolerance for ...
October 1975
A test of the transmethylation hypothesis in acute schizophrenic patients
- Pages:1067–1071
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1067
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Keeping biochemical determinations and clinical judgements independent, the authors investigated three aspects of the transmethylation hypothesis. They found that 26 acutely schizophrenic patients were no more likely to have bufotenine or N,N-...
October 1975
Positive therapeutic response to lithium in hypomania secondary to organic brain syndrome
- Pages:1072–1073
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1072
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A 57-year-old man with no personal or family history of manic- depressive disease developed symptoms of hypomania after a cerebrovascular accident and surgical trauma to the brain. The patient responded well to lithium carbonate treatment over a 2-year ...
October 1975
A computer-assisted psychiatric assessment unit
- Pages:1074–1076
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1074
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The authors discuss the rationale and functional design for an innovative approach to psychiatric intake decision making, stressing the crucial role of an on-line computer support system. The description of the prototype computer-assisted psychiatric ...
October 1975
Prolonged psychosis attributed to phencyclidine: report of three cases
- Pages:1076–1078
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1076
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After ingesting street drugs sold as "PCP," "THC," and "methadone," three young men developed schizophreniform psychoses, analgesia, anesthesia, and amnesia for the psychotic state. Except for their unusually long duration of 2 to 4 weeks, these reactions ...
October 1975
The chief resident as reluctant staff therapist
- Pages:1078–1081
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1078
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The author discusses the interactional process between the chief resident and ward staff, with reference to Bion's theory of group functioning. He concludes that the primary task of the chief resident is to serve as psychotherapist to the staff, and that ...
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October 1975
On Critiquing Hypotheses: Dr. Abernethy's Response
- Pages:1082-a–1083
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
Letter: Parkinsonism, depression, and ECT
- Pages:1083–1084
- Published Online:23 January 2015
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October 1975
Letter: Parkinsonism masked by ECT and psychotropic medication
- Pages:1084–1085
- Published Online:23 January 2015
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October 1975
Parkinsonism Masked by ECT and Psychotropic Medication
- Pages:1084-b–1085
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
Letter: Amphetamine hyperactivity in rats
- Pages:1085–1086
- Published Online:23 January 2015
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October 1975
Letter: Clarification of short-term analytically oriented psychotherapy
- Pages:1086–1087
- Published Online:23 January 2015
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October 1975
Corrections
- Pages:1088-b–1088
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.10.1088-b
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On page 631 of Dr. Anthony M. D'Agostino's article entitled "Depression: Schism in Contemporary Psychiatry," which appeared in the June issue of theJournal, it was incorrectly stated that the author's father was taken off antihypertensive medication ...
October 1975
Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Vols. 1 and 2
- Page:1089
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
The Year Book of Psychiatry and Applied Mental Health 1975
- Pages:1090-a–1091
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
Behavior Modification in the Human Services: A Systematic Introduction to Concepts and Applications
- Page:1091
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
Communication, Language, and Meaning: Psychological Perspectives
- Pages:1091-a–1091
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
Clinical Interviewing and Counseling: Principles and Techniques
- Page:1092
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
Ethnic Groups of America: Their Morbidity, Mortality, and Behavior Disorders, Vol. II. The Blacks
- Pages:1092-a–1093
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
Women in Therapy: New Psychotherapies for a Changing Society
- Page:1093
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
Frame Analysis: An Essay on the Organization of Experience
- Pages:1093-a–1094
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
Support Systems and Community Mental Health: Lectures on Concept Development
- Pages:1094-a–1095
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
The Patient and the Analyst: The Basis of the Psychoanalytic Process
- Pages:1095-a–1096
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
Early Child Care in Sweden. International Monograph Series on Early Child Care 2
- Page:1096
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
A Practical Guide to the MMPI: An Introduction for Psychologists, Physicians, Social Workers, and Other Professionals
- Pages:1096-a–1097
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
Aggression. Research Publication, Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 52
- Page:1097
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
Report of the Secretary: Summary of Meetings of Board of Trustees and Executive Committee May 1974-May 1975
- Pages:1101–1108
- Published Online:1 April 2006
October 1975
1975 Annual Report of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc
- Pages:1121–1123
- Published Online:1 April 2006