American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 127, Issue 7
January 1971
Article
January 1971
The Destructive Potential of Humor in Psychotherapy
- Pages:861–866
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.861
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The author believes that the use of humor by the psychiatrist is potentially destructive to the psychotherapeutic relationship. Sometimes experienced therapists can use humor without doing harm, but beginning therapists who imitate them may do ...
January 1971
A Developmental Approach to the Borderline Patient
- Pages:867–871
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.867
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The treatment of the borderline patient involves considerable activity and definite structure on the part of the therapist, directed mainly toward helping the patient utilize a realistic doctor-patient relationship. Borderline patients are seldom capable ...
January 1971
Studies of Alpha-methyl-para-tyrosine, L-dopa, and L-tryptophan in Depression and Mania
- Pages:872–881
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.872
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L-dopa and L-tryptophan, metabolic precursors of norepinephrine and serotonin respectively, and αMPT, a blocker of catecholamine synthesis, were administered to depressed and manic patients in an attempt to decrease their psychopathology and to test the ...
January 1971
Observations on Suicidal Behavior Among American Indians
- Pages:882–887
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.882
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The authors discuss the sociocultural factors that have produced suicide rates on some Indian reservations that are significantly higher than the national average. Among the most important of these factors are the breakdown of traditional values and ...
January 1971
Lithium in Pregnancy: A Review with Recommendations
- Pages:888–893
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.888
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The authors' review of studies on the teratogenicity of lithium salts during pregnancy revealed conflicting evidence. They believe lithium therapy should be initiated during pregnancy only in severely manic women who are unresponsive to other therapy and ...
January 1971
Training Police in Community Relations and Urban Problems
- Pages:894–900
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.894
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A training program in community relations and urban problems for police trainees in New York City enabled them, in their newly created role of precinct service officers, to function effectively as bridges between the police and community youth. The ...
January 1971
1970 Anniversaries
- Pages:901–907
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.901
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The author recalls 1970 anniversaries of events and individuals prominent in the history of medicine, psychiatry, and psychology and briefly examines their practical or theoretical contributions to the field.
January 1971
Are Urban Mental Health Centers Worth It?
- Pages:908–912
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.908
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On the basis of experience in San Francisco, the authors believe that the community mental health center offers a viable alternative to state hospital care for the mentally ill and is able to do this economically. The centers are functioning reasonably ...
January 1971
Experience with Community Mental Health Centers
- Pages:912–916
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.912
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The authors report on the experiences gleaned from site visits to federally funded mental health centers that are now in operation. Their most important findings were: the formation of public and nonprofit corporations to serve as planning and fiscal ...
January 1971
Psychiatric Services in a Neighborhood Health Center
- Pages:916–920
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.916
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The authors describe the operation of a neighborhood health center, with particular emphasis on psychiatric services. The main unit effecting delivery of all services is the health team, consisting of both professional and nonmedical personnel. The role ...
January 1971
A Hospital-Based School Mental Health Project
- Pages:920–924
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.920
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The authors describe a pilot project designed to provide the wide range of services of a hospital-based team to a group of elementary school children and their families. The team found numerous physical and mental problems as well as serious social ...
January 1971
Factors Affecting the Outcome of Psychiatric Interagency Referral
- Pages:925–934
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.925
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Only 42 percent of patients referred to various community resources by a metropolitan evaluation unit completed the referral. Data about the patients, referring professionals, referral technique, and receiving agency were correlated with the rate of ...
January 1971
The Role of Self-Conducted Group Therapy in Psychorehabilitation: A Look at Recovery, Inc
- Pages:934–937
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.934
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Self-conducted therapeutic clubs fill a need in psychorehabilitation. The emotional climate of the group, its contagiousness, the opportunity to share with and help others— all these are constructive forces of genuine value. Against them must be weighed ...
January 1971
The Mental Health Center: Portents and Prospects
- Pages:940–941
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January 1971
The Marriage—A Basic Unit for Psychotherapy
- Pages:945–948
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.945
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The marriage is a basic system in which most adults attempt to satisfy their needs for unification and autonomy. The author believes that the psychotherapist can be more effective working with an existing system than establishing a competing dyadic ...
January 1971
Studies in Adoption: Requests for Psychiatric Treatment
- Pages:948–950
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.948
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It has been observed that parents of adopted children frequently seek psychiatric treatment for them. The authors conducted a study of the children at the U.C.L.A. Neuropsychiatric Institute and confirmed this finding. They believe that certain patterns ...
January 1971
The Making of a Murderer
- Pages:950–953
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.950
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The author believes that inadequately expressed anger and aggression are largely responsible for atrocities committed by our soldiers in Viet Nam. He describes the case of a young man in late adolescence who attempted suicide after being involved in an ...
January 1971
Emotional Disturbance Related to T-Group Experience
- Pages:954–957
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.954
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The authors conducted a survey to see if adverse reactions to participation in T-groups were seen by psychiatrists in clinical practice. Thirty-one percent of those surveyed reported seeing patients with reactions. Informed consent, screening, limit ...
January 1971
Hysteria and Antisocial Behavior: Further Evidence of an Association
- Pages:957–960
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.957
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The authors report on a controlled comparison of women with hysteria and women with anxiety neurosis that confirms other work, suggesting again that there is a significant clinical and familial association between hysteria and antisocial behavior or ...
January 1971
Delusion of Pregnancy in a Girl with Drug-Induced Lactation
- Pages:960–963
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.960
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The author presents the case of a psychotic girl who developed galactorrhea and a delusion of pregnancy while taking chlorpromazine. The delusion developed as a result of the interaction of the side effects of chlorpromazine and the psychological makeup ...
January 1971
Participant Observation and Attempted Mental Health Consultation in a Public Defender Agency
- Pages:964–969
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.964
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The author describes some problems of the psychiatrist working in a public defender agency. He deals particularly with plea bargaining; differences between therapeutic and legal approaches to offenders; the various "models" of criminal justice; and the ...
January 1971
Marijuana as an Agent in Rehabilitating Alcoholics
- Pages:971–972
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January 1971
Research Aspects of Community Mental Health Centers: Report of the APA Task Force
- Pages:993–997
- Published Online:1 April 2006
January 1971
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Pages:998–1000
- Published Online:1 April 2006