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Volume 112, Issue 6

December 1955

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December 1955

MAN—AND HUMAN NATURE

M. F. ASHLEY MONTAGU

Pages:401–410
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.401

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December 1955

NEUROSIS AND THE MEXICAN FAMILY STRUCTURE

ROGELIO DIAZ-GUERRERO

Pages:411–417
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.411

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A presentation is made of the cultural assumptions which it is believed underlie a great deal of the role playing in the Mexican family. Examples are given to demonstrate the effect of the assumptions in actual role playing. Remarks are made regarding (1) ...

December 1955

THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLAY AS A FORM OF THERAPY: FROM ROUSSEAU TO ROGERS

DELL LEBO

Pages:418–422
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.418

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Psychoanalysis, while stimulating an interest in diagnosing and treating emotionally disturbed children, soon found its techniques and approaches had to be modified if they were to be used effectively with children. The child could not become an adult in ...

December 1955

SOME PSYCHIATRIC CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING CREATIVE WRITING AND CRITICISM

MERRILL MOORE

Pages:423–429
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.423

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Certain theoretical aspects of psychiatric causes concerning creative writing and criticism are presented and discussed. Emphasis is placed on present-day concepts of neural mechanisms,"engrams," and with implications that mechanistic factors and ...

December 1955

PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES FOR CHRONIC MENTAL PATIENTS IN STATE AND VA HOSPITALS

ABRAHAM M. ZEICHNER,
JULES D. HOLZBERG, and
EDGAR C. YERBURY

Pages:430–435
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.430

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A questionnaire was submitted to all state and VA hospitals caring for chronically mentally ill patients. Responses were received from 67% and 77% respectively. The survey indicates that VA hospitals are making much greater use of psychological services ...

December 1955

SUPERVISION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA: I

SAMUEL SILVERMAN, and
ARTHUR Z. MUTTER

Pages:436–442
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.436

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December 1955

VERIFICATION OF THE RORSCHACH ALPHA DIAGNOSTIC FORMULA FOR UNDERACTIVE SCHIZOPHRENICS

ZYGMUNT A. PIOTROWSKI, and
DOROTHY A. BERG

Pages:443–450
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.443

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1. The 1950 perceptanalytic alpha formula designed to aid in the differentiation between psychosis and neurosis(8) was tested on a new group of 145 patients, 100 schizophrenics, and 45 neurotics. All patients were followed for at least 3 years and were ...

December 1955

THE SELECTION OF PSYCHIATRIC AIDES: I. CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB

DONALD P. SCHMIDT, and
DAVID COHEN

Pages:451–456
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.451

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The present paper is the first in a series reporting on the development of a pre-employment selection program for psychiatric aides at the VA Hospital, Coatsville, Pennsylvania. 1. A survey of previous research in the area of aide selection suggests that ...

December 1955

PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CORTISONE IN ACUTE CATATONIC EXCITEMENT

WILLIAM S. WIEDORN

Pages:457–459
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.457

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A patient who experienced an acute schizophrenic episode during an otherwise uneventful recovery following gun-shot wounds and surgery was treated with large amounts of cortisone. During cortisone therapy changes were encountered in her behavior, symbolic ...

December 1955

THE PSYCHODYNAMICS OF THE "DRY DRUNK"

J. A. FLAHERTY,
H. T. MCGUIRE, and
ROBERT L. GATSKI

Pages:460–464
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.460

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Our study of the responses of the 52 respondents to the questionnaire on the dry drunk leads us to the following conclusions: 1. The dry drunk is experienced by the majority of alcoholics who have maintained sobriety over a long period. 2. The occupation ...

December 1955

PRELIMINARY CLINICAL REPORT

HERMAN C. B. DENBER, and
ETTA G. BIRD

Page:465
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.465

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December 1955

STRANGULATION OF A DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA AS A COMPLICATION OF ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY

BERCHMANS RIOUX, and
ALEXANDER GRALNICK

Page:466
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.466

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December 1955

CONCERNING THEORIES OF INDOLES IN SCHIZOPHRENIGENESIS

WM. J. TURNER,
SIDNEY MERLIS, and
ANN CARL

Pages:466-a–467
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.466-a

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December 1955

Pages:468–469
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.468

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December 1955

Pages:470–474
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.470

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December 1955

Treatment of Mental Disorder

MERRILL MOORE

Pages:475–476
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.475

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December 1955

An Introduction to Physical Methods of Treatment in Psychiatry

C. B. F.

Page:476
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.476

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December 1955

Psychiatrie Clinique et Therapeutique de L'Encyclopedic Medico-Chirurgicale

C. B. F.

Pages:476-a–477
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.476-a

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December 1955

Denial of Illness

JOHN M. DORSEY

Page:477
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.477

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December 1955

The Therapeutic Community

HIRAM K. JOHNSON

Pages:477-a–478
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.477-a

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December 1955

Basic Problems in Psychiatry

C. H. MCCUAIG

Page:478
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.478

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December 1955

Physiological Foundations of Neurology and Psychiatry

A. HOFFER

Pages:479–480
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.479

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December 1955

MERIAN GROSSMAN

Page:480
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.6.480

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