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Volume 111, Issue 8

February 1955

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February 1955

ON DISCOVERY AND EXPERIMENT IN PSYCHIATRY

HENRY W. BROSIN

Pages:561–575
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.561

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1. Research in psychiatry as in other disciplines is a vital necessity, not a luxury. 2. Psychiatrists have several functions in improving research: actual participation, active and passive support, and the study of investigators. The enormous importance ...

February 1955

FACTORS INFLUENCING DISCHARGE OF FEMALE PATIENTS FROM A STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL

WILLIAM F. ORR,
RUTH B. ANDERSON,
MARGARET P. MARTIN, and
DES. F. PHILPOT

Pages:576–582
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.576

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Factors that statistically significantly influence a female patient's discharge from Central State Hospital favorably are (in descending order of significance): (1) Length of stay, (2) Limited education, and (3) Possession of immediate family. Factors, ...

February 1955

INSULIN COMA THERAPY IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

FRANKLIN H. WEST,
EARL D. BOND,
JAY T. SHURLEY, and
C. DIXON MEYERS

Pages:583–589
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.583

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1. Insulin coma therapy at the Pennsylvania Hospital produced an immediate improvement or remission in 67.7% of 780 patients treated between 1936 and 1951. 2. At least 334 patients, or 63.3% of all patients who originally improved, had a relapse; 44% of ...

February 1955

THE EEG CHANGES IN UNILATERAL AND BILATERAL FRONTAL LOBOTOMY

RICHARD D. WALTER,
CHARLES L. YEAGER,
LESTER H. MARGOLIS, and
ALEXANDER SIMON

Pages:590–594
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.590

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1. In cases of unilateral and bilateral frontal lobotomy, temporal slow wave activity was found to be a prominent feature, though more transient than the dominant frontal slowing. This nonfrontal slowing may be interpreted as the result of cerebral edema ...

February 1955

ON THE PSYCHODIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF HANDWRITING ANALYSIS

WILLIAM R. PERL

Pages:595–602
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.595

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The basic psychological rationale of handwriting analysis is rooted in the essential self-consistency of human behavior and more specifically in the fact that handwriting is a product and, at the same time, a record of highly individualized motions. The ...

February 1955

THE EFFECT OF ADRENOCHROME AND NIACIN ON THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM OF EPILEPTICS

A. SZATMARI,
A. HOFFER, and
R. SCHNEIDER

Pages:603–616
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.603

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1. Adrenochrome in dosages of 10 mgms. does not change the EEG of normal volunteers, but in 10, 25, and 50 mgm. doses increases the bilateral paroxysmal abnormalities in the EEG of epileptics, but has very little effect on the cortical focus itself. 2. ...

February 1955

CHANGES IN BLOOD PRESSURE WITH ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY IN A PATIENT RECEIVING CHLORPROMAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE (THORAZINE)

DANIEL M. WEISS

Pages:617–619
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.617

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A case is presented which did not respond to the administration of chlorpromazine hydrochloride in the level of 450 mgm daily, but instead seemed to become more regressed and hyperactive. Electroshock therapy was given as a lifesaving measure while the ...

February 1955

KENNETH A. SMITH,
HOWARD T. FIEDLER, and
CHARLES R. YHOST

Page:620
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.620

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February 1955

ELECTROSTIMULATION IN APNEA AFTER ECT

RUSSELL MEADOWS

Pages:620-a–621
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.620-a

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February 1955

ROBERT E. THOMAS

Pages:622–623
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.622

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1. A case is reported of complete right hemiplegia following the first electroconvulsive treatment in a physically healthy 43-year-old man with a psychotic depression. 2. A brief review of 3 somewhat similar cases is reported from the literature. 3. A 16-...

February 1955

Editor, American Journal of Psychiatry:

LOUIS H. GOLD

Page:624
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.624

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February 1955

Editor, American Journal of Psychiatry:

WALTER E. BARTON

Pages:624-a–624
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.624-a

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February 1955

OFFICIAL REPORTS

ARCHIE CRANDELL,
EDGAR C. YERBURY,
ROBERT S. GARBER, and
AUSTIN M. DAVIES

Page:625
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.625

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February 1955

Pages:626–628
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.626

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February 1955

Pages:629–631
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.629

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February 1955

Psychiatric Dictionary

GEORGE N. RAINES

Pages:632–633
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.632

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February 1955

Psychotic and Neurotic Illnesses in Twins. Medical Research Council, Special Report Series, No. 278

NORMA FORD WALKER

Pages:633–634
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.633

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February 1955

Das Autogene Training (Konzentrative Selbstentspannung)

MAX WEISSMAN

Page:634
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.634

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February 1955

L'Astinenza Sessuale. (The Sexual Abstinence.)

HIRSCH L GORDON

Pages:634-a–635
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.634-a

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February 1955

Nurse-Patient Relationships in Psychiatry

HIRAM K. JOHNSON

Page:635
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.635

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February 1955

Science and Man's Behavior

WILFRED C. HULSE

Pages:635-a–636
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.635-a

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February 1955

Child Training and Personality: A Cross Cultural Study

LEON EISENBERG

Pages:636–637
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.636

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February 1955

Principles of Internal Medicine

JAMES L. MC CARTNEY

Pages:637–638
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.637

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February 1955

Psychoanalysis and Personality

JACOB A. ARLOW

Page:638
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.638

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February 1955

Introduction to Psychiatric Occupational Therapy

W. R. D.

Pages:638-a–639
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.638-a

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February 1955

Caricatures of 88 Pioneers in Psychoanalysis

C. B. F.

Page:639
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.639

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February 1955

RILEY H. GUTHRIE, M. D

R. H. FELIX

Page:640
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.8.640

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