American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 117, Issue 9
March 1961
Article
March 1961
DIAGNOSTIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS SEEN IN OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC CLINICS FOR AN ENTIRE STATE (MARYLAND): IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PSYCHIATRIST AND THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM PLANNER
- Pages:769–778
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.769
Preview Abstract
This study demonstrates the feasibility and utility of the routine collection of diagnostic and demographic data from all psychiatric outpatient clinics serving residents of a defined geographic area. These data added to existing mental hospital figures ...
March 1961
THE AMSTERDAM MUNICIPAL PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE: A PSYCHIATRIC-SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW
- Pages:779–783
- Published Online:1 April 2006
March 1961
A COMPARISON OF RESULTS OF CONTROLLED DRUG EVALUATIONS IN TWO STATE HOSPITALS
- Pages:788–790
- Published Online:1 April 2006
March 1961
ALTERNATING PSYCHOSES IN TWINS: REPORT OF 4 CASES
- Pages:791–797
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.791
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In this series, a psychotic reaction in one twin disturbed the twin relationship. When attempts of the other twin to compensate for this disturbance were not successful, an alternating psychotic reaction developed. Most often the psychoses were of ...
March 1961
INDIVIDUALITY IN RESPONSES OF CHILDREN TO SIMILAR ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATIONS
- Pages:798–803
- Published Online:1 April 2006
March 1961
BEHAVIORAL CATEGORIES OF CHILDHOOD
- Pages:806–810
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.806
Preview Abstract
1. Five descriptive categories of behavior in childhood have been outlined. 2. These categories have proven useful in intra-staff communication, and in the organization of work with parents. 3. These or other groupings of symptoms or behavioral features ...
March 1961
RESULTS OF MENTAL HOSPITAL TREATMENT OF TROUBLED YOUTH
- Pages:811–816
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.811
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The life histories of 100 young males between the ages of 14 and 19, admitted to The New York Hospital, Westchester Division from 1946 to 1956, were reviewed, with the following findings: 1. The stress of adolescence was an important precipitating factor ...
March 1961
A COMPREHENSIVE HOSPITAL-COMMUNITY SERVICE IN A STATE HOSPITAL
- Pages:817–821
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.817
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A newly organized, 550 bed hospital, rendering comprehensive, psychiatric care (day hospital, night hospital, post-hospital, pre-hospital and consultation) to residents of Dutchess County, N. Y., has been created within the 5,400 bed Hudson River State ...
March 1961
PROBLEMS IN THE CORRELATION OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY WITH ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES
- Pages:822–824
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.822
Preview Abstract
1. Frequency analysis has been available for nearly 15 years, but its inherent disadvantages have limited its use in correlating the EEG with clinical data. Auto-correlation and cross-correlation techniques are more recent and hold considerable promise. ...
March 1961
THE EFFECT OF PHENOTHIAZINES ON THE INTERACTIONAL BEHAVIOR OF SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS
- Pages:825–829
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.825
Preview Abstract
We have demonstrated that the interaction chronograph interview provides an objective method for determining the behavioral effect of the phenothiazines in schizophrenic patients. This method then contributes in part to the solution of one of the major ...
March 1961
THE RELATION OF ATTITUDE TOWARD MEDICATION TO TREATMENT OUTCOMES IN CHEMOTHERAPY
- Pages:830–832
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.830
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An Attitude Toward Medication Scale was administered before and after treatment to 369 patients in a large-scale chemotherapy study. The hypothesis that the attitude of patients toward medication has an important bearing on treatment effect was not upheld ...
March 1961
THIORIDAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE IN THE TREATMENT OF BEHAVIOR DISORDERS IN EPILEPTICS
- Pages:832–833
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.832
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Mellaril was evaluated as treatment of behavior disorders in 100 epileptic patients in a study extending over a period of 3 to 10 months. Marked improvement in behavior was achieved in 61 patients and moderate improvement in another 28 patients. An ...
March 1961
METHOXYDONE (AHR-233) IN HOSPITALIZED NON-PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS
- Pages:833–834
- Published Online:1 April 2006
March 1961
POST-THYROIDECTOMY PSYCHOSIS TREATED WITH IMIPRAMINE
- Pages:837–838
- Published Online:1 April 2006
March 1961
"PLACEBO" (SIMULATION) ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY
- J. A. GUIDO, and
- J. JONES
- Pages:838–839
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.838
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Nine placebo electroconvulsive tratments produced a definitive symptomatic remission of psychogenic amnesia in a patient diagnosed as Dissociative Reaction. The patient's closeness with the doctor, ward personnel, and ancillary therapies intensified the ...
March 1961
ENURESIS AND THYROTOXICOSIS : A BRIEF CASE REPORT
- Pages:840–841
- Published Online:1 April 2006
March 1961
THE FIRST ELECTROCONVULSIVE TREATMENT GIVEN IN THE UNITED STATES
- Pages:845–846
- Published Online:1 April 2006
March 1961
A Pharmacologic Approach to the Study of the Mind
- Pages:860–861
- Published Online:1 April 2006
March 1961
Diseases of the Nervous System in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence
- Pages:862-a–863
- Published Online:1 April 2006