American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 108, Issue 2
August 1951
Article
August 1951
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS IN THE SELECTION AND PLACEMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC AIDES
- Pages:91–97
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.91
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This paper describes the utilization of 2 psychological tests (Revised Beta Examination and Multiple Choice Rorschach) in the prediction of successful psychiatric aides. Psychiatric aides, 113 in number, were first classified into good and poor employees. ...
August 1951
THE CONVERSION OF PASSIVITY INTO NORMAL SELF-ASSERTION
- Pages:98–102
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.98
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A technique for the more rapid and effective conversion of passivity into normal self-assertion has been presented. Where carefully followed out, it has proved successful in a satisfactory percentage of cases.
August 1951
THE ROLE OF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL IN THE CARE OF THE MENTALLY ILL
- Pages:103–106
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August 1951
ATROPINE TOXICITY IN THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISEASE
- Pages:107–112
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.107
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The effect of repeated administrations of 32 mgms. of atropine sulfate to 183 unselected mentally ill patients has been studied. There was one death in this series. One hundred and fifty-four of these cases have been statistically analysed. Five to six ...
August 1951
PSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW EXPERIENCES WITH NEGROES
- Pages:113–119
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.113
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Some observations upon Negro psychiatric patients have been recorded. These observations were made clinically during personal interviews for psychotherapeutic purposes, and were done in the setting of the military service, a VA hospital, and a children's ...
August 1951
INFERIORITY FEELINGS AND HOSTILITY
- Pages:120–122
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.120
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Feelings of inferiority generally stem from warping and impairment of the emotional development, which result from various abuses in the rearing of children. The feeling of inferiority, which may or may not be fully conscious, is reacted against in a ...
August 1951
CORRECTIVE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES IN GROUP THERAPY
- Pages:126–131
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.126
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The parts played by stimulation, support, and reality testing in the corrective emotional experience that constitutes the essence of psychotherapy are discussed and illustrated by 2 examples from group psychotherapy, which could not have occurred in ...
August 1951
RELAXATION METHODS IN U. S. NAVY AIR SCHOOLS
- Pages:132–137
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.132
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1. In 1943 at United States primary naval training stations many cadets (perhaps about half) showed symptoms and signs of restlessness, insomnia, fatigue, and apprehension. Questionnaires filled out by 3,181 cadets at 5 preflight schools in their ninth ...
August 1951
DIAGNOSING MENTAL DEFICIENCY IN PSYCHOTICS
- Pages:138–142
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.138
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The differential diagnosis between a psychotic reaction and a psychotic reaction and mental deficiency is important because of implications regarding prognosis, treatment, and compensation benefits. In 21 patients who had been given the diagnosis of ...
August 1951
SIMILARITY OF CONSTITUTIONAL FACTORS IN PSYCHOTIC BEHAVIOR IN INDIA, CHINA, AND THE UNITED STATES
- Pages:143–144
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August 1951
THE SENSORIUM IN DELIRIUM TREMENS AND ALCOHOLIC HALLUCINOSIS
- Page:145
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August 1951
The Cerebral Cortex of Man: A Clinical Study of Localization of Function
- Page:153
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August 1951
The Eosinophile Count in Health and in Mental Disease: A Biometrical Study
- Pages:153-a–154
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August 1951
Problems of Infancy and Childhood: Transactions Of the Third Conference, March 7-8, 1949
- Page:155
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August 1951
The Family in a Democratic Society. Social Work as Human Relations. Anniversary Papers of the New York School of Social Work and the Community Service Society of New York
- Pages:156-a–156
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August 1951
1950 Year Book of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neurosurgery
- Page:160
- Published Online:1 April 2006