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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 104, Issue 6

December 1947

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December 1947

REPORT ON LOBOTOMY STUDIES AT THE BOSTON PSYCHOPATHIC HOSPITAL

M. GREENBLATT,
R. E. ARNOT,
J. L. POPPEN, and
W. P. CHAPMAN

Pages:361–368
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.361

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It is clear that the results of prefrontal lobotomy are quite variable. Clinically a few cases are dramatically improved and may be restored to a healthy efficient life in the community, a rather large number are partially improved or rendered more ...

December 1947

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALPHA VARIANTS IN THE EEG, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO AN EPILEPTIFORM SYNDROME

J. E. GOODWIN

Pages:369–379
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.369

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1. Evidence has been presented to show that the cerebral psychomotor patterns of Gibbs, Gibbs and Lennox are related to certain variations of the 10-cycle or alpha rhythm of the brain, which have been termed alpha variants. The most common variants ...

December 1947

THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS MEDICATIONS ON PATIENTS MANIFESTING AN EPILEPTIFORM SYNDROME

LORNE D. PROCTOR

Pages:380–386
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.380

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One hundred and thirty cases presenting a syndrome including cranialgia, emotional instability, vasomotor instability, impaired consciousness, loss of consciousness, personality disorders and epilepsy, have been found to have a common EEG component, ...

December 1947

FIVE YEARS AFTER SHOCK THERAPY

EDWARD N. HINKO, and
LOUIS S. LIPSCHUTZ

Pages:387–390
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.387

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December 1947

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDIES IN IDIOPATHIC EPILEPSY, IDIOPATHIC SYNCOPE AND RELATED DISORDERS IN A U. S. NAVAL HOSPITAL

RALPH ROSSEN

Pages:391–401
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.391

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1. The physiological and psychological factors relating to idiopathic syncopal attacks are discussed since this symptom was predominant in the group discharged with non-epileptic diagnoses. 2. The symptoms produced by arresting cerebral circulation in man ...

December 1947

SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE SHOCK THERAPIES IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

FRED FELDMAN,
SAMUEL SUSSELMAN, and
S. EUGENE BARRERA

Pages:402–409
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.402

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The shock therapies have provided a portion of relief for the enigmas of schizophrenia. However, socio-economic problems of considerable import have emerged together with the partial successes of this therapy. For one thing, there has been a subtle shift ...

December 1947

ELECTRIC CONVULSIVE THERAPY IN STAMMERING

THELMA V. OWEN, and
MARGUERITE G. STEMMERMANN

Pages:410–413
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.410

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1. To illustrate the value of the pluralistic approach to the problem of stammering a case is reported in detail in which psychotherapy speech training, and electric convulsive therapy were utilized. 2. The dominant psychoneurotic traits were amenable to ...

December 1947

GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS RECOVERING FROM PSYCHOSES

RALPH W. COLTHARP

Pages:414–417
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.414

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The literature concerning group psychotherapy is briefly reviewed. A report of group psychotherapy in a group of officers recovering from functional psychoses is made. Patients' opinions of this method are reported. It is believed that group psychotherapy ...

December 1947

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