American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 134, Issue 6
June 1977
June 1977
Images of the mind: psychiatry in the commercial film
- Pages:613–620
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.613
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There are many striking temporal and cultural parallels in the development of commercial films and psychiatry. The psychiatrist has been depicted in widely varying ways--as madman, as a powerful force for tinkering with the soul, and as a wonder worker ...
June 1977
The effect of alcohol and smoking on testosterone function and aggression in chronic alcoholics
- Pages:621–625
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.621
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Forty alcoholics without other significant medical or psychiatric problems were studied on a research ward for two weeks. All subjects abstained from alcohol and cigarettes during the first week; 30 randomly selected subjects were permitted unlimited ...
June 1977
Illustrious psychiatric administrators
- Pages:626–630
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.626
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The authors found several common themes in intensive interviews with 20 prominent psychiatric administrators. The decision to go into administrative work resulted from strong interest in public service, frustration in other roles, and/or situational ...
June 1977
Trends in the frequency of schizophrenia by different diagnostic criteria
- Pages:631–636
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.631
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The authors report results of rediagnoses of 128 cases from two decades (1932-1941 and 1947-1956) by clinicians using the Research Diagnostic Criteria as guidelines and compare these results to rediagnoses by clinicians in a previous study using more ...
June 1977
An examination of the federal psychiatric training grant peer review process
- Pages:637–641
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.637
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The authors present some of the criticisms that have been leveled against the federal peer review system of approving or disapproving monetary grants. They then summarize the process used by the National Institute of Mental Health's Psychiatry Education ...
June 1977
Psychiatry in crisis
- Pages:642–645
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.642
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Psychiatry today faces sociopolitical, economic, and philosophical pressures that threaten its existence as a valued medical specialty. Recent legislation that decreases the numbers of foreign medical graduates eligible to practice in the United States, ...
June 1977
Sexual dysfunctions and psychoanalysis
- Pages:646–651
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.646
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The authors examine the major factors involved in recent changes in the social standards and attitudes related to homosexuality. The principal influences investigated include the misconstrued emphasis given to the humanist ideology, which properly ...
June 1977
Clinical implications of benzodiazepine pharmacokinetics
- Pages:652–656
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.652
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Pharmacokinetic research has shown that clear differences exist among benzodiazepines in rate and route of elimination and in the presence or absence of pharmacologically active metabolites. These findings and other results of pharmacokinetic research ...
June 1977
The role of benzodiazepines in nonpsychiatric medical practice
- Pages:656–658
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.656
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The benzodiazepines are widely prescribed by many physicians for patients with depression, anxiety reaction, circulatory disorders, digestive disorders, tension headache, and pain in chest and back. According to various studies there is reason to believe ...
June 1977
Evaluating antianxiety agents in humans: experimental paradigms
- Pages:659–662
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.659
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Conventional clinical trials using parallel groups are relatively insensitive to the effects of psychotropic drugs, especially antianxiety agents. Experimental paradigms based on the single organism research strategy offer an alternative. A free operant ...
June 1977
Brain mechanisms associated with therapeutic actions of benzodiazepines: focus on neurotransmitters
- Pages:662–665
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.662
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The sedative, muscle relaxant, antianxiety, and anticonvulsant effects of benzodiazepines may involve several distinct mechanisms because dissociation among these actions can be demonstrated with various drugs. Neurotransmitters displaying prominent ...
June 1977
Benzodiazepines: behavioral and neurochemical mechanisms
- Pages:665–669
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.665
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The therapeutic effects of benzodiazepines in psychoneurosis may depend in part on their ability to release or disinhibit a patient's anxiety- suppressed gratification-seeking behavior. Benzodiazepines may disinhibit behavior by reducing the activity of ...
June 1977
Neural mechanisms of benzodiazepine actions
- Pages:669–672
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.669
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Current experimental paradigms emphasize neurotransmitter-specific interactions to explain the behavioral effects of benzodiazepines. According to this approach the broad range of effects observed suggests the involvement of several transmitter systems ...
June 1977
Dysmorphophobia: symptom or disease?
- Pages:673–676
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.673
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Although dysmorphophobia, a subjective feeling of ugliness in a person of normal appearance, constitutes a distinctive symptom cluster occasionally seen in patients requesting cosmetic surgery, it is not included in current major psychiatric diagnostic ...
June 1977
Newborn dopamine-beta-hydroxylase, minor physical anomalies, and infant temperament
- Pages:676–679
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.676
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The authors examined newborn anomaly scores for 193 normal infants in relation to obstetrical history, newborn dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH), and 5-month (N=185) and 1-year (N=123) infant behavior, determined by a questionnaire completed by their ...
June 1977
Depersonalization and temporal disintegration in acute mental illness
- Pages:679–681
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.679
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The authors assessed the relationship between depersonalization (defined by self-estrangement and body image diffusion) and temporal disintegration (impaired goal-directedness and temporal indistinction) in 37 acutely ill hospitalized psychiatric ...
June 1977
Primary and secondary benefits from treatment for alcoholism
- Pages:682–683
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.682
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The authors recorded diagnoses and total number of sick days for 148 men before and after treatment for alcoholism in a Navy alcoholic rehabilitation center. Over a 4-year period (2 years before and 2 years after treatment), there was a reduction of sick ...
June 1977
Homicide and deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill
- Pages:685–687
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June 1977
Side effects of simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use
- Pages:691–692
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June 1977
Testosterone and components of aggressive and sexual behavior in man
- Pages:692–694
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June 1977
Diphenhydramine in the differential diagnosis of neuroleptic-induced oral-facial dyskinesia
- Pages:695–696
- Published Online:1 April 2006
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June 1977
Correction
- Pages:704-c–704
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.704-c
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The 11th line of the précis in Ernest Hartmann's article "L-Tryptophan: A Rational Hypnotic with Clinical Potential" (134:366-370, 1977), should read, "L-tryptophan, unlike other hypnotics...." Lines 8-11 in the second column of p. 369 should read, "...
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June 1977
The Facts of Life: An Essay in Feelings, Facts, and Fantasy
- Page:705
- Published Online:1 April 2006
June 1977
Managing Madness: The Case Against Civil Commitment
- Pages:706-a–707
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June 1977
Depression: Behavioral, Biochemical, Diagnostic and Treatment Concepts
- Pages:707–708
- Published Online:1 April 2006
June 1977
Emotional Expression in Infancy: A Biobehavioral Study. Psychological Issues Monograph 37
- Pages:710-a–711
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June 1977
Psychotherapy of Preoedipal Conditions: Schizophrenia and Severe Character Disorders
- Page:711
- Published Online:1 April 2006
June 1977
Medicine in Chinese Cultures: Comparative Studies of Health Care in Chinese and Other Societies
- Pages:711-a–712
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June 1977
The Emotionally Troubled Employee: A Challenge to Industry
- Page:713
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June 1977
Alcoholism: Interdisciplinary Approaches to an Enduring Problem
- Pages:713-a–714
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June 1977
Position Statement on Meditation
- Page:720
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.6.720
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This statement was approved by the Assembly of District Branches at its May 7-9, 1976, meeting, and by the Board of Trustees at its February 19, 1977, meeting, upon recommendation of the Council on Research and Development. It was prepared by the Task ...