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Volume 130, Issue 8

August 1973

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August 1973

Social Psychiatry: An Overview

RANSOM J. ARTHUR

Pages:841–849
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.841

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Social psychiatry, which includes the study of the impingement of social phenomena upon the genesis, manifestations, and treatment of mental and physical illness, has in recent decades become an increasingly important part of psychiatry. The epidemiology ...

August 1973

Reentry: II. "Making It" Back in the States

JONATHAN F. BORUS

Pages:850–854
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.850

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The author defines the differential characteristics, adjustment stresses, and coping methods of three groups of successful and unsuccessful Viet Nam veterans attempting to "make it" back in the States. His findings suggest the need for preventive ...

August 1973

Acupunctural Analgesia: Its Explanation by Conditioning Theory, Autogenic Training, and Hypnosis

WILLIAM S. KROGER

Pages:855–860
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.855

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Acupunctural analgesia seems to work—but better for the Chinese than for other nationalities. Significant antecedent, intervening, and dependent variables indicate that the technique can best be understood within the paradigm of contemporary conditioning ...

August 1973

Crisis, Conversion, and Cult Formation: An Examination of a Common Psychosocial Sequence

HERBERT M. ADLER, and
VAN BUREN O. HAMMETT

Pages:861–864
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.861

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An overview of prescientific medicine, therapeutic communities, and psychoanalysis is given in an attempt to discover the generic factors operating in all interpersonal therapies. The authors hypothesize that the placebo effect rests on the universal need ...

August 1973

Telepsychiatry: Psychiatric Consultation by Interactive Television

THOMAS F. DWYER

Pages:865–869
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.865

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The author describes an interactive television (IATV) system set up between Massachusetts General Hospital and a medical station in Boston. The system has proven to be feasible and acceptable to individuals and institutions in the community, providing ...

August 1973

Factors Affecting Referral to Determine Competency to Stand Trial

GERALD COOKE,
NORMAN JOHNSTON, and
ERIC POGANY

Pages:870–875
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.870

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Prior research has suggested that the competency referral has often been utilized for purposes other than evaluation of the defendant's mental competency to stand trial. This study, which analyzed referral rates in terms of differential arrest rates by ...

August 1973

Resentment and Suspicion Among American Men

MONICA D. BLUMENTHAL

Pages:876–880
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.876

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A representative national sample of men between the ages of 16 and 64 were interviewed with respect to their levels of resentment and suspicion and their attitudes toward violence. Resentment and suspicion appeared to be related both to race and to social ...

August 1973

Illnesses of the Spirit Among the Serer of Senegal

MORTON BEISER,
WINTHROP A. BURR,
JEAN-LOUIS RAVEL, and
HENRI COLLOMB

Pages:881–886
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.881

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This report is part of an extensive survey of the Serer tribe in West Africa; the purpose is to assess clinical characteristics and prevalence of psychiatric disorder. Using key-informant interviewing, the authors identified three "illnesses of the spirit"...

August 1973

The Practice of Hospital Psychiatry: A Formulation

GARY J. TUCKER, and
JERROLD S. MAXMEN

Pages:887–891
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.887

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Most psychiatric hospital treatment in this country has been based on the theories and techniques of the office practice of individual psychotherapy. As a result, if a patient requires hospitalization he is apt to automatically get "more of the same" type ...

August 1973

Judgments of Alternatives to Hospitalization

STEVEN H. LIPSIUS

Pages:892–896
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.892

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The author compared staff and hospitalized patients' judgments as to the avoidability of hospitalization by means of alternative treatment facilities. There was surprising validity in most patients' opinions concerning their hospitalization, as judged by ...

August 1973

Brief Hospitalization on a Crisis Service: A Study of Patient and Treatment Variables

W. RAY WALKER,
LOWELL B. PARSONS, and
W. DOUGLAS SKELTON

Pages:896–900
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.896

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The authors conducted a study of a brief hospitalization unit of a general hospital crisis intervention service to obtain empirical data on certain aspects of the patients and of the treatment services. They found that patients admitted to the unit had ...

August 1973

Utilization Review of Psychiatric Inpatient Care

ALEX RICHMAN, and
HENRY PINSKER

Pages:900–903
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.900

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The authors describe a utilization review procedure for inpatient care involving the statement of therapeutic goals, predictions about the time required to reach these goals, and the evaluation of care in terms of whether the goals have been met. The ...

August 1973

Relationships Between Length of Stay in and out of the New York State Mental Hospitals

ABBOTT S. WEINSTEIN,
DIANE DIPASQUALE, and
FREDERICK WINSOR

Pages:904–909
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.904

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Most of the patients who left the New York State hospitals during the past six years remained out for substantial periods of time. The length of time out of the hospitals was related to the length of stay in the hospitals only to a minor degree, but the ...

August 1973

If They Were Here Now

J. MARTIN MYERS

Pages:910–911
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.910

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August 1973

Care of the Chronically Mentally Ill—A National Disgrace

ROBERT REICH

Pages:911–912
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.911

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August 1973

A Criterion Approach to Patient Care Evaluation

GARY L. TISCHLER, and
DONALD C. RIEDEL

Pages:913–916
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.913

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The authors describe the application of a criterion-oriented approach to evaluating the quality of patient care in community mental health centers. The basic approach included a review of the care-giving process by a group of expert clinicians, ...

August 1973

Group Process Research: A Factor Analytical Study

DAVID M. HAWKINS,
C. BRYAN NORTON,
CARL EISDORFER, and
DANIEL GIANTURCO

Pages:916–919
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.916

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In order to gain a clearer understanding of the treatment process in group therapy, the authors devised a questionnaire for observers to use in describing group sessions. After subjecting these observations to factor analysis, five distinct factors were ...

August 1973

Group Psychotherapy Supervision and Its Effect on Resident Training

WILLIAM K. GROSSMAN, and
EDWARD KARMIOL

Pages:920–921
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.920

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The authors describe their experience with three models of group therapy supervision and their effects on resident trainees. Advantages and disadvantages of the models are discussed. The authors suggest that the use of variable models would meet different ...

August 1973

Methylphenidate in Tardive Dyskinesia

WILLIAM E. FANN,
JOHN M. DAVIS, and
IAN C. WILSON

Pages:922–924
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.922

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Methylphenidate, an amphetamine-like central nervous system (CNS) stimulant used successfully in reversing acute neuroleptic-induced neurological symptoms, was given in a placebo-controlled study to 17 patients with tardive dyskinesia. On global ratings ...

August 1973

Management of Tardive Dyskinesia with Thiopropazate

JOHN P. CURRAN

Pages:925–927
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.925

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The author describes the successful management of two severe cases of tardive dyskinesia with thiopropazate. He concludes that the drug does have a place in the management of tardive dyskinesia even though its mechanism of action and long-range effects ...

August 1973

Urinary Cyclic AMP in Periodic Catatonia

THOMAS L. PERRY,
GEORGE I. DRUMMOND,
SUSAN HEMMINGS,
SHIRLEY HANSEN, and
LEIV R. GJESSING

Pages:927–929
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.927

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Urinary excretion of 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cyclic AMP) was measured in two patients with long-established periodic catatonia. One patient exhibited profound stupor in his psychotic phases, while the other exhibited catatonic excitement. No ...

August 1973

Collaborative Provision of Aftercare Services

ROBERT M. PRINCE,
RAYMOND E. ACKERMAN, and
BARBARA S. BARKSDALE

Pages:930–932
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.930

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Data obtained from mental health clinics and private physicians serving 1,182 chronic psychotic patients demonstrated that group methods not only make more efficient use of manpower but are also significantly more effective than traditional individual ...

August 1973

Teenage Helper: A Role in Community Mental Health

G. A. ROGENESS, and
R. A. BEDNAR

Pages:933–936
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.933

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To test the effect of being tutors on black, inner-city teenagers, the authors used high school students to tutor fourth- and fifth-grade children who had demonstrated behavior and personality problems in school. Tutoring took place in two schools and a ...

August 1973

Imipramine in Hyperacusic Depression

JOHN SCOTT CARMAN

Page:937
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.937

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August 1973

Suicide and the Psychiatrist

MATHEW ROSS

Pages:937-a–937
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.937-a

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August 1973

Emotional Involvement in Psychotherapy

DANIEL B. GESENWAY

Pages:937-b–938
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.937-b

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August 1973

Dr. Spotnitz Replies

HYMAN SPOTNITZ

Pages:938–939
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.938

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August 1973

Drug Comparison in Hyperactive Children

DANIEL J. SAFER, and
RICHARD P. ALLEN

Page:939
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.939

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August 1973

Drs. Greenberg, Deem, and McMahon Reply

L. M. GREENBERG,
M. A. DEEM, and
S. MCMAHON

Pages:939-a–940
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.939-a

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August 1973

Sensitivity Reaction to Imipramine

W. S. RYBACK,
PHILIP A. JORGENSEN, and
SHIRLEY E. JORGENSEN

Page:940
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.940

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August 1973

Side Effects of Methylphenidate

J. ROBERT ULLRICH

Page:941
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.941

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August 1973

Dr. Winsberg Replies

BERTRAND G. WINSBERG

Pages:941-a–942
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.941-a

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August 1973

Pages:943–949
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.943

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August 1973

Position Statement on Aging

Pages:950–951
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.950

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This statement was approved by the Executive Committee of the American Psychiatric Association at its February 23, 1973, meeting, upon recommendation of the Council on Mental Health Services. It was prepared by the Task Force on Aging. The Executive ...

August 1973

Committee on Certification in Administrative Psychiatry

Page:952
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.952

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