American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 131, Issue 9
September 1974
Article
September 1974
From Rationalization to Reason
- Pages:957–963
- Published Online:12 February 2015
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.957
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The author reminds the profession that psychiatry is a branch of medicine, that psychiatrists are physicians especially equipped to treat mental illness, and that the medical model of mental illness is valid, heuristic, and humanitarian. He presents new ...
September 1974
Utilization of Care for Mental Disorders Under the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan for Federal Employees, 1972
- Pages:964–975
- Published Online:12 February 2015
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.964
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The author examines in detail the utilization experience under the Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan for federal employees, especially its high option program, which provides virtually equal benefits for mental as for other conditions. Under this option ...
September 1974
Community Service by Eclectic Private Psychiatry
- Pages:976–980
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September 1974
Rape Trauma Syndrome
- Pages:981–986
- Published Online:12 February 2015
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.981
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The authors interviewed and followed 146 patients admitted during a one-year period to the emergency ward of a city hospital with a presenting complaint of having been raped. Based upon an analysis of the 92 adult women rape victims in the sample, they ...
September 1974
Prognostic Factors in Attempted Suicide
- Pages:987–990
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.987
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The author analyzes clinical and social data collected from 300 patients at the time of a suicide attempt and one year after the attempt. He was able to gather data for 299 patients at one-year follow-up. The results of the follow-up showed prognostic ...
September 1974
Attitudes and Behaviors of Acute and Chronic Schizophrenic Patients Regarding Ambultory Treatment
- Pages:991–995
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.991
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Attiiudes toward and behavioral compliance with ambulatory treatment of acute and chronic schizophrenics of both sexes were examined. The results revealed a marked discrepancy between positive attitudes toward medication, outpatient care, and employment ...
September 1974
Use of Videotape To Induce Attitude Change in Delinquent Adolescents
- Pages:996–999
- Published Online:12 February 2015
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.996
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A representative sample of Hawaii's antisocial adolescents (N = 44) participated in group treatment with and without videotaping. The groups that were videotaped developed an increase in reality-based self/other concept and a more reflective posture ...
September 1974
Gilles de la Tourette's Disease—A Review
- Pages:1000–1003
- Published Online:12 February 2015
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.1000
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The author describes Gilles de la Tourette's disease, noting that it is characterized by sudden involuntary movements, explosive involuntarty utterances, and imitative phenomena; the pathognomonic feature is the sudden, uncontrolled repetitive utterance ...
September 1974
Cannabis Indica in 19th-Century Psychiatry
- Pages:1004–1007
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.1004
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The author presents a stuck of the history and usage of cannabis indicus (the 19th-century pharmacological term referring to the plant we today call cannabis sativa indica). His review of the drug's physiological and psychological effects reveals that ...
September 1974
A Survey of Psychiatrists in Boston and Their Work with Violent Patients
- Pages:1008–1011
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.1008
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A survey indicated that fewer than half the psychiatrists in Boston evaluate or treat violent patients. Psychiatrists working with violent patients tended to be under 40 years of age and in residency training. Patterns of treatment, suggestions for ...
September 1974
Some Refinements in the Measurement and Prediction of Dangerous Behavior
- Pages:1012–1014
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.1012
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Recent analyses of data on the Baxstrom patients1 resuited in some refinements in the authors' measurement of dangerous behavior and the finding that two factors, particularly in combination, were highly related to subsequent arrest and dangerous ...
September 1974
Habitual Violence : A Profile of 62 Men
- Pages:1015–1017
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.1015
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The authors studied a group of 62 habitually violent patient/inmates from a prison population for life history and clinical variables. An extraordinarily high incidence of self-destructive behavior and self-mutilation was found as well as a high incidence ...
September 1974
Habitual Violence and Self-Mutilation
- Pages:1018–1020
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.1018
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Thirty-seven percent of a group of 22 habitually violent patient/inmates were observed on admission to a special prison facility to have scars resulting from self-inflicted wounds. The author found that these men revealed considerable psychopathology ...
September 1974
A Perspective on Confidentiality
- Pages:1021–1024
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.1021
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The confidentiality of communications from psychiatric patients is threatened from many directions. The traditional stance of psychiatrists has been to proclaim total confidentiality as the principle and then to make exceptions. As third-party payers, ...
September 1974
The Tranylcypromine Isomers : A Controlled Clinical Trial
- Pages:1025–1026
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.1025
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The plus (+ ) and minus (–) isomers of tranylcypromine (Parnate) were tested under double-blind conditions on 11 depressed patients. The (—) isomer was the more effective and produced fewer side effects. Because the (–) isomer has been shown to be a ...
September 1974
Doxepin: Is a Single Daily Dose Enough?
- Pages:1027–1029
- Published Online:12 February 2015
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.1027
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The authors conducted a post hoc comparison of two very similar doxepin studies that included outpatients with mixed anxiety and depression. The first study used a three-times-a-day schedule, and the second used a bedtime schedule. All differences between ...
September 1974
A Practical Therapeutic Use of the Telephone
- Pages:1030–1031
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.1030
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The telephone in psychotherapy is frequently used as an emotional safety valve. The author describes its use as a planned, often daily, part of therapy in which positive behavior is reinforced. Two cases are presented, along with a discussion of the ...
September 1974
Chemotherapy of Delirium Tremens: A Survey of Physicians' Preferences
- Pages:1031–1033
- Published Online:12 February 2015
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.1031
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Because of the confusion in the literature concerning the chemotherapy of delirium tremens, the authors sent questionnaires to selected experienced physicians throughout the nation. Out of 101 useful responses, 86 physicians chose a benzodiazepine as a ...
September 1974
Erotomania
- Pages:1033–1035
- Published Online:12 February 2015
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.1033
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The unusual syndrome of erotomania consists of a delusional belief, usually in a woman, that an older man of higher social status is in love with her. The authors review the few cases of erotomania described in the literature and present two new cases. ...
September 1974
A Historical Approach to Understanding Drug Abuse Among Nurses
- Pages:1036–1037
- Published Online:12 February 2015
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.9.1036
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Investigation of the histories of 12 nurses who abused drugs disclosed an early and extensive involvement in medical treatment. A "medical dependence" became evident, manifested by somatic orientation, chronic medical difficulties, dependence on alcohol, ...
September 1974
Comments on "An Overview of Schizophrenia"
- Pages:1039-a–1041
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September 1974
A Case of "Pseudo-Tardise Dyskinesia"
- Pages:1045-a–1045
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September 1974
Position Statement on Public Law 92-603 (PSRO)
- Page:1072
- Published Online:12 February 2015