American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 98, Issue 5
March 1942
Article
March 1942
THE HYPOTHALAMUS IN PSYCHIATRY
- Pages:633–637
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.633
Preview Abstract
There has recently arisen among certain psychiatrists a tendency to stress unduly the role of the hypothalamus as a dynamic "source" of emotion and even of "drive" or instinct. A critical evaluation of the evidence, however, reveals the following: 1. ...
March 1942
"SHAM RAGE" IN MAN
- Pages:638–644
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.638
Preview Abstract
1. The literature relative to "sham rage" is reviewed. 2. Two cases of "sham rage" in human beings are presented; one following insulin hypoglycemia, the other following carbon monoxide poisoning. In both cases, the involvement of higher centers is ...
March 1942
A STUDY OF MANIC-DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSES OCCURRING DURING THE LATER LIFE PERIOD
- Pages:645–649
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March 1942
SCHILDER'S DISEASE IN ERGOTAMINE INTOXICATION
- Pages:650–655
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.650
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The case is reported of an adult male patient, who, in the course of prolonged use of excessive doses of ergotamine given by the intravenous route, developed a severe condition characterized by profound mental confusion and tonic and clonic spasms, and ...
March 1942
EXPERIMENTAL "SHOCK THERAPIES" IN CATS WITH INSULIN AND METRAZOL
- Pages:668–672
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.668
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The effect of sniffles on the central nervous system is difficult to evaluate. We are also at a loss to explain the peculiar changes of the pulmonary vessels. We were unable to find any references in the literature pertaining to this condition. Congestion ...
March 1942
SHELL COLLECTING AS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOR PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS
- Pages:676–679
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March 1942
USE OF AMPHETAMINE (BENZEDRINE) SULPHATE IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM
- Pages:680–683
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.680
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The use of benzedrine sulphate in the treatment of a series of 24 general hospital patients all suffering from severe chronic alcoholism and alcoholic addiction yielded poor results. Some of the possible reasons for these results have been discussed.
March 1942
DYNAMIC FACTORS IN THE AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSES
- Pages:684–689
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.684
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1. The thymopathic factor (manic-depressive constitutional tendency) is one among a number of other dynamic factors in the production of manic-depressive and allied psychoses rather than representing an independent disease entity. 2. Although hereditary ...
March 1942
SCHIZOPHRENIA AMONG PRIMITIVES
- Pages:703–707
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.703
Preview Abstract
A survey of the literature reveals that the present state of our knowledge of the schizophrenic reaction in non-literate societies is as inadequate as our knowledge of comparative psychopathology in general. This inadequacy becomes apparent when one ...
March 1942
THE "PETIT MAL" RESPONSE IN ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY
- Pages:708–711
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March 1942
STUDIES IN SENILE AND ARTERIOSCLEROTIC PSYCHOSES
- Pages:712–715
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March 1942
GLIOMA OF THE DIENCEPHALON IN A MANIC PATIENT
- Pages:716–719
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.716
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A physically healthy young woman who suffered from a prolonged attack of mania increasing in severity, died a sudden clinically unexplained death. Post-mortem examination revealed a circumscribed glioma (spongioblastoma polare) in the right diencephalo-...
March 1942
THE PROBLEM OF BRAIN TUMOR IN PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS
- Pages:720–726
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.720
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Brain tumor is found at necropsy in from 3.5 per cent, 6.7 per cent to 13.5 per cent in state hospital material. Brain tumor may occur in a patient with a major psychosis in which instance it is not necessarily the cause of psychotic symptoms but will ...
March 1942
RHEUMATIC EPILEPSY
- Pages:727–732
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.727
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The term "rheumatic epilepsy" has been suggested for patients who develop convulsions following rheumatic fever or chorea, and for epileptic persons with chronic rheumatic cardiovalvular disease. The fundamental process in the brain of these patients ...
March 1942
MENTAL DEFECT IN EPILEPSY AND THE INFLUENCE OF HEREDITY
- Pages:733–739
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.733
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Reports concerning approximately 1900 extramural patients have been analyzed with respect to the present mental state of these patients and the determining influence of heredity on their mentality. Among these patients 64 per cent were mentally normal and ...
March 1942
THE TALKING PICTURES IN PSYCHIATRIC TEACHING AND RESEARCH
- Pages:740–744
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.740
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1. The sound film has a number of definite advantages as an adjunct to psychiatric teaching. Selection of case material can be improved, waste of time in teaching hours reduced, discussion can be free without harm to the patient, significant points can be ...
March 1942
PSYCHOSES AND ALLIED STATES OCCURRING SUBSEQUENT TO THYROIDECTOMY
- Pages:745–749
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.745
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1. The histories of 70 thyroidectomized patients admitted to the Milwaukee Sanitarium in 16¼ years were studied. Clinical data regarding age, sex, residence, occupation, facts before and after thyroidectomy, including Sanitarium residence, are presented. ...
March 1942
CLINICAL AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDIES IN PYKNOLEPSY
- Pages:757–766
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.5.757
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Eight cases of typical pyknolepsy are presented. Four of these ceased spontaneously during the period of observation. Clinically they were similar to petit mal epilepsy except for the mildness of their symptoms, the fairly monotonous course, their lack of ...
March 1942
Curare Versus Hyperextension in Convulsive Treatment
- Pages:773-a–774
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March 1942
L'Enfant et l'Adolescent Instables. (Etudes Cliniques et Psychologiques.)
- Pages:783–784
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March 1942
Die Uneheliche Mutterschaft. (Illegitimate Pregnancy.)
- Pages:784–785
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March 1942
An Annotated Bibliography of Mental Tests and Scales. Volume II
- Pages:785-a–785
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March 1942
Personality and Life. A Practical Guide to Personality Improvement
- Pages:785-b–786
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March 1942
Training and Efficiency: An Experiment in Physical and Economic Rehabilitation
- Pages:786-c–787
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March 1942
Four Treatises of Theophrastus von Hohenheim Called Paracelsus
- Page:789
- Published Online:1 April 2006