American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 104, Issue 6
December 1947
Article
December 1947
REPORT ON LOBOTOMY STUDIES AT THE BOSTON PSYCHOPATHIC HOSPITAL
- Pages:361–368
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.361
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It is clear that the results of prefrontal lobotomy are quite variable. Clinically a few cases are dramatically improved and may be restored to a healthy efficient life in the community, a rather large number are partially improved or rendered more ...
December 1947
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALPHA VARIANTS IN THE EEG, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO AN EPILEPTIFORM SYNDROME
- Pages:369–379
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.369
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1. Evidence has been presented to show that the cerebral psychomotor patterns of Gibbs, Gibbs and Lennox are related to certain variations of the 10-cycle or alpha rhythm of the brain, which have been termed alpha variants. The most common variants ...
December 1947
THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS MEDICATIONS ON PATIENTS MANIFESTING AN EPILEPTIFORM SYNDROME
- Pages:380–386
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.380
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One hundred and thirty cases presenting a syndrome including cranialgia, emotional instability, vasomotor instability, impaired consciousness, loss of consciousness, personality disorders and epilepsy, have been found to have a common EEG component, ...
December 1947
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDIES IN IDIOPATHIC EPILEPSY, IDIOPATHIC SYNCOPE AND RELATED DISORDERS IN A U. S. NAVAL HOSPITAL
- Pages:391–401
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.391
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1. The physiological and psychological factors relating to idiopathic syncopal attacks are discussed since this symptom was predominant in the group discharged with non-epileptic diagnoses. 2. The symptoms produced by arresting cerebral circulation in man ...
December 1947
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE SHOCK THERAPIES IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
- Pages:402–409
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.402
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The shock therapies have provided a portion of relief for the enigmas of schizophrenia. However, socio-economic problems of considerable import have emerged together with the partial successes of this therapy. For one thing, there has been a subtle shift ...
December 1947
ELECTRIC CONVULSIVE THERAPY IN STAMMERING
- Pages:410–413
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.410
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1. To illustrate the value of the pluralistic approach to the problem of stammering a case is reported in detail in which psychotherapy speech training, and electric convulsive therapy were utilized. 2. The dominant psychoneurotic traits were amenable to ...
December 1947
GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS RECOVERING FROM PSYCHOSES
- Pages:414–417
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.414
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The literature concerning group psychotherapy is briefly reviewed. A report of group psychotherapy in a group of officers recovering from functional psychoses is made. Patients' opinions of this method are reported. It is believed that group psychotherapy ...
December 1947
Mongolism and Cretinism: A Study of the Clinical Manifestations and the General Pathology of Pituitary and Thyroid Deficiency
- Pages:428-a–429
- Published Online:1 April 2006