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Volume 111, Issue 10

April 1955

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April 1955

THE OPERATIONAL MATRIX OF PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE

G. N. RAINES, and
J. H. ROHRER

Pages:721–733
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.721

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1. A group of experienced psychiatrists interviewed, for 20 minutes each, 886 highly selected officer candidates. On the basis of the information gained in the interview, they estimated the probable success of each candidate in the position of Junior ...

April 1955

CLINICAL ASPECTS OF COMBINED PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENTS

DÉSIRÉ ANNAU

Pages:734–742
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.734

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Clinical observations led the author to the following conclusions: 1. Present-day psychiatric treatment methods have no specific, but have, to a certain degree, selective actions. 2. Electroconvulsive treatment relieves all forms of depressions and is ...

April 1955

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS

RUTH EHRENBERG, and
MILES J. O. GULLINGSRUD

Pages:743–747
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.743

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Mental illness in patients over 65 years is not necessarily "organic" and irreversible. So-called "functional" psychoses in the elderly respond well to electroconvulsive therapy and a high percentage of cases can be restored to the community at the pre-...

April 1955

ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT

GUNTHER E. WOLFF

Pages:748–750
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.748

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April 1955

STELLATE GANGLION INFILTRATION IN ORGANIC PSYCHOSES OF LATE LIFE

JOSEPH HABER

Pages:751–755
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.751

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The results of stellate ganglion infiltration in 8 patients, suffering from psychosis with cerebral arteriosclerosis or senile psychosis, are discussed. The rationale of this treatment is presented and a number of papers dealing with the effect of this ...

April 1955

COMPARATIVE DIAGNOSTIC CONSIDERATIONS AND PROGNOSTIC EVALUATIONS OF ELECTROSHOCK AND INSULIN COMA TREATMENTS

LEON FORD,
HELEN MAZZITELLI,
G. LANGFELDT, and
ANNEMARIE R. BOHAN

Pages:756–762
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.756

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In spite of the different opinions as to the diagnosis and prognoses in the 25 cases included in this team study, the following positive conclusions are agreed upon by all members of the team: In those cases, which in the United States are usually ...

April 1955

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WITH "REFRACTORY" PATIENTS

P. O. O'REILLY, and
J. R. HANDFORTH

Pages:763–766
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.763

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The results we have recorded represent no new discoveries. The beneficial effects of suitable occupation in mental illness have been known since the time of Pinel. It is our contention, however, that the staffing and administrative problems of mental ...

April 1955

THE GANSER SYNDROME

HERBERT WEINER, and
ALEX BRAIMAN

Pages:767–773
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.767

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1. Six cases of Ganser's syndrome are described, one occurring in a male prisoner, 5 occurring in civilian patients of whom 4 were women and one a man. 2. Three patients who are described in detail developed the syndrome intercurrently during other ...

April 1955

USE OF WHOLE PROTEIN SUPPLEMENT AS AN ADJUNCT IN INSULIN COMA THERAPY

JOHN D. DEMOTT

Pages:774–775
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.774

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A study with the use of a whole protein supplement and dextrose solution administered orally or by intubation as an adjunct in interruption of insulin coma was conducted to determine if this procedure was more efficacious in reducing the frequency and ...

April 1955

THE PSYCHIATRIC RESOURCES OF NEW JERSEY

HENRY A. DAVIDSON

Pages:776–779
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.776

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April 1955

PRELIMINARY CLINICAL REPORTS

JOSEPH A. BARSA, and
NATHAN S. KLINE

Page:780
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.780

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April 1955

INSULIN COMA THERAPY

S. P. ALEXANDER

Page:781
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.781

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April 1955

REPLY TO THE FOREGOING

JOSEPH E. LIFSCHUTZ

Pages:781-a–782
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.781-a

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April 1955

SALMON LECTURES, 1954

Pages:783–784
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.783

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April 1955

Pages:787–791
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.787

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April 1955

Pages:792–793
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.792

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April 1955

La Psychiatrie Suisse

STONEWALL STICKNEY

Pages:794–795
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.794

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April 1955

Endocrinologische Psychiatrie

OSKAR DIETHELM

Page:795
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.795

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April 1955

The Structure of Human Personality

HIRAM K. JOHNSON

Pages:795-a–796
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.795-a

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April 1955

University Education for Administration in Hospitals. A Report of the Commission on University Education in Hospital Administration, 1954

C. N. BAGANZ

Pages:796–797
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.796

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April 1955

Heredity in Epilepsy: An Electroencephalographic Study of Relatives of Epileptics

WM. G. LENNOX

Pages:797–798
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.797

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April 1955

Psychology in the World Emergency

HIRAM K. JOHNSON

Page:798
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.798

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April 1955

Allgemeine und Spezielle Psychiatrie

EUGEN KAHN

Pages:798-a–799
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.798-a

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April 1955

Emotions and Bodily Changes

C. B. F.

Page:799
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.799

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April 1955

Changing Navaho Religious Values: A Study of Christian Missions to the Rimrock Navahos. Reports of the Rimrock Project Values Series, No. 2, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology

DAVID BIDNEY

Pages:799-a–800
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.799-a

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April 1955

Aphasia Therapeutics

CALVIN S. DRAYER

Page:800
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.800

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April 1955

More Clinical Sonnets

WINFRED OVERHOLSER

Pages:800-a–800
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.10.800-a

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