American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 102, Issue 5
March 1946
Article
March 1946
THE HISTORY OF THE MALARIA TREATMENT OF GENERAL PARALYSIS
- Pages:577–582
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March 1946
COMPLICATIONS IN ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY
- Pages:594–598
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.594
Preview Abstract
Therapeutic electric shocks produce some reversible cortical changes, probably together with some irreversible neuronal degeneration and gliosis. The typical memory losses are generally recoverable, and the diversified EEG disturbances tend to disappear ...
March 1946
DISAPPEARANCE OF PAINFUL PHANTOM LIMBS AFTER ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT
- Pages:599–601
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.599
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A 55-year-old male with an involutional psychosis precipitated by the traumatic loss of both legs with very painful phantom limbs was treated with electric shock. An improvement in the psychosis and a disappearance of the painful phantom limbs resulted. ...
March 1946
EXPERIENCES WITH THE PHARMACOLOGIC SHOCK THERAPIES IN THE "PSYCHOSES" IN MILITARY PERSONNEL
- Pages:602–608
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.602
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1. The case histories of psychotics in the military personnel, and the effect of the shock therapies was reviewed and analyzed. The response to treatment was found to differ markedly from the response observed in civil practice. 2. Various modifications ...
March 1946
THE PHYSICIAN AND THE FEDERAL NARCOTIC LAW
- Pages:609–618
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.609
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Dr. Morris Fishbein in his introduction to a series of articles printed in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1931 on the Indispensable Use of Narcotic Drugs, has presented to the medical profession some excellent suggestions dealing with ...
March 1946
MENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER MILITARY LAW
- Pages:619–628
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.619
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In conclusion and to answer more particularly the questions listed at the beginning of this article, it should be observed that military justice in determining the issue of mental accountability is not controlled by any conventional, legal or medical ...
March 1946
MENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER MILITARY LAW IN CANADA
- Pages:629–630
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March 1946
EMOTIONAL REACTIONS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO AN UNFAMILIAR DISEASE
- Pages:631–640
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.631
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This survey indicates that patients suffering from unfamiliar diseases, of which schistosomiasis is an example, tend to develop emotional reactions which impede recovery, such as anxiety, resentment and confusion. To keep disability at a minimum, ...
March 1946
PROGNOSIS OF WAR NEUROSES WITHOUT PSYCHOTHERAPY
- Pages:641–646
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.641
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A series of 58 war neurotic enlisted Air Force returnees from overseas theaters routinely admitted to a United States convalescent hospital were observed for one month without specific psychotherapy. The primary purpose was to determine which patients ...
March 1946
EFFECTS OF HEAVY AERIAL BOMBARDMENT ON PRISONERS OF WAR
- Pages:647–649
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.647
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Examination of a group of German prisoners of war taken from Cassino after the unprecedentedly heavy bombing on May 15, 1944, showed no instance of concussion or neurosis caused by the bombing.
March 1946
PSYCHODYNAMICS OF CONFINEMENT OF WARTIME MILITARY OFFENDERS
- Pages:650–657
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.650
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The psychodynamics of confinement of wartime military prisoners was discussed. The constructive and destructive factors affecting the men were mentioned. The abandonment of diagnostic labels has enabled the psychiatrists to look upon the military ...
March 1946
NEUROSIS AND GROUP MOTIVATION
- Pages:658–665
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.658
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It is impossible to make combat itself any less dangerous or pleasant. It is also impossible to improve to any great degree the inherent emotional stamina of our manpower. It is feasible and essential, to prepare men emotionally in such a way that their ...
March 1946
THE TREATMENT OF HYSTERICAL DEAFNESS AT HOFF GENERAL HOSPITAL
- Pages:666–669
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.666
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This is a preliminary report of our clinical experiences and treatment of 45 patients afflicted with hysterical deafness. These patients were given sodium pentothal narcosynthesis. Of this group 16 had been overseas in combat; 14 had been overseas, but ...
March 1946
"FURLOUGH" PSYCHOSIS
- Pages:670–673
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.670
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Twelve cases were observed showing an acute schizophrenic reaction, seemingly precipitated by the sudden emotional readjustments necessitated by leave or furlough. The onset of the symptoms occurred abruptly a few days after these apparently well adjusted ...
March 1946
PERSONALITY STUDIES OF MARIHUANA ADDICTS
- Pages:674–682
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.674
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1. Sixty infantry soldiers, 55 Negro and 5 white, were studied to determine the basis for their addiction to marihuana. 2. Case histories reveal a background of psychopathic development and behavior. 3. Eighty-five percent of these men were referred for ...
March 1946
PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF UREMIA
- Pages:683–687
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.683
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1. Uremia may result in irreversible damage to the central nervous system. These tissue changes may so disturb cerebral function as to result in a host of personality disorders. 2. A case of uremic psychosis is reported occurring in a 27-year-old male who ...
March 1946
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
- Pages:694–700
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.102.5.694
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Your committee recognized that it was faced with a complicated problem. On the one hand, it had the request of the President of the Association that a definite program be proposed. It also received from a small but very articulate minority of the ...
March 1946
Diseases of the Nervous System in Infancy, Childhood and Adolscence
- Page:718
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March 1946
Our Inner Conflicts. A Constructive Theory of Neurosis
- Pages:718-a–719
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March 1946
The Navaho Door. An Introduction to Navaho Life
- Pages:719-b–720
- Published Online:1 April 2006