American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 98, Issue 2
September 1941
Article
September 1941
THE USEFULNESS OF STATISTICS TO THE ADMINISTRATOR
- Pages:159–172
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.159
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1. Comparative statistics on the accomplishments of thirteen mental hospitals and three state schools for mental defectives are prepared each month by the Division of Statistics of the Massachusetts State Department of Mental Health. Sets of tables are ...
September 1941
ONE HUNDRED SCHIZOPHRENIC CASES OF LATE HOSPITALIZATION
- Pages:173–179
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.173
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Schizophrenic cases of late onset or late hospitalization were collected up to the number 100, each patient being over forty-five when first admitted to a mental hospital. Thirty patients were upwards of fifty years when mental symptoms were first ...
September 1941
A COMPARISON OF THE RESULTS OF METRAZOL THERAPY WITH A GROUP OF MATCHED CONTROLLED CASES
- Pages:180–184
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September 1941
EEG STUDIES OF NINE CASES WITH MAJOR PSYCHOSES RECEIVING METRAZOL
- Pages:185–191
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.185
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1. The EEG tracings taken during metrazol treatment of 9 psychotic patients are reported. 2. Four of the 9 cases showed no temporary or permanent change in the quality of the EEG tracings other than those changes appearing during and immediately following ...
September 1941
PROTRACTED SHOCK: ITS CAUSE AND ITS PREVENTION
- Pages:192–195
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.192
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(1) An attempt has been made to determine whether or not the medullary phase always precedes protracted shock. The shocks were recorded on the charts designed by the writers and published by Ross and Malzberg. It was shown that no protracted shock occurs ...
September 1941
EFFECT OF BENZEDRINE SULPHATE ALTERNATED WITH SODIUM AMYTAL IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
- Pages:196–200
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.196
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1. Administration of benzedrine sulphate and sodium amytal on alternating days cannot be recommended as a therapeutic procedure for schizophrenia. 2. While the author is not enthusiastic about results obtainable with metrazol shock therapy in ...
September 1941
SHOCK THERAPY IN PSYCHOSIS COMPLICATING PREGNANCY
- Pages:201–202
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September 1941
GENERAL SEMANTICS, PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PREVENTION
- Pages:203–214
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September 1941
AMPHETAMINE (BENZEDRINE) SULFATE AS A CORRECTIVE FOR THE DEPRESSION OF SEDATIVE MEDICATION IN EPILEPSY
- Pages:215–218
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.215
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Amphetamine ( benzedrine) sulfate, (5-30 mgm.) was given to 58 epileptic patients with toxic manifestations as a result of increased anti-convulsant medication, the latter consisting mainly or in part of phenobarbital in all but one case, (receiving ...
September 1941
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CONCEPTION AND TREATMENT OF CERTAIN COMMON "PSYCHONEUROSES"
- Pages:219–226
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.219
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The view is presented that investigations on the electrophysiology of mental activities, although still in their infancy, have opened the way toward understanding and treatment of various common "psychoneuroses" [See Source Pdf for Illustration.] FIG. 6.—...
September 1941
X-RAY EVIDENCE OF EMOTIONAL INFLUENCES UPON ESOPHAGEAL FUNCTION
- Pages:227–228
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.227
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1. Esophageal function is definitely altered by emotional factors. 2. Fear, anxiety, apprehension, anger and inadequacy often cause esophageal spasm with narrowing of the esophageal lumen and the production of esophageal symptoms. 3. Joy, achievement, ...
September 1941
A PSYCHOPATHIC DEPARTMENT OF AN AMERICAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN 1808
- Pages:229–237
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September 1941
A METHOD FOR THE PRELIMINARY PSYCHIATRIC "SCREENING" OF LARGE GROUPS
- Pages:238–242
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.238
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A comparison of the performance of psychotic and neurotic subjects with that of non-psychotic subjects on "General Examination—M" showed that the patients had a distinctive pattern of sub-test achievement. A method was devised for measuring the extent to ...
September 1941
DISTURBANCES OF BEHAVIOR IN PATIENTS WITH DISSEMINATED SCLEROSIS
- Pages:243–249
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.243
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Sixteen of 199 cases of disseminated sclerosis which have been the subject of detailed study were admitted to psychiatric hospitals sometime during the course of their illness. The early transient attacks of numbness or palsy are often considered to be ...
September 1941
THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM OF NORMAL CHILDREN
- Pages:250–256
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.2.250
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1. The electroencephalograms of 100 normal children were studied. 2. Alpha frequency increased and the incidence of slow activity diminished with advancing age, with a critical level being reached at the age of 9½. 3. There was a marked tendency toward ...
September 1941
Growing Out of Babyhood, Problems of the Preschool Child
- Page:310
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September 1941
Your Mental Health or Between Mental Health and Mental Disease
- Pages:312-a–313
- Published Online:1 April 2006
September 1941
Segunda Reunión de las Jornadas Neuropsiquiátricas Panamericanas. Tomo II. Publicadas porHonorio Delgado y J. O. Trelles
- Pages:313-a–313
- Published Online:1 April 2006