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Volume 128, Issue 10

April 1972

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April 1972

The Use of Methyldopa in Schizophrenia: A Review and Comparative Study

J. C. PECKNOLD,
J. V. ANANTH,
T. A. BAN, and
H. E. LEHMANN

Pages:1207–1211
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1207

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Since methvldopa has been classified as a central nervous system depressant that produces tranquilization and reversible extrapyramidal symptoms, as well as reducing central amines, it has been suggested that it might have an antipsychotic potential. The ...

April 1972

The Structure of the Depressive Response to Stress

RONALD F. BENTON

Pages:1212–1218
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1212

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The psychiatric literature dealing with the significance of stress in the causation of depression is reviewed. Definitive studies await the indispensable conceptual tools of a comprehensive theory. The author suggests criteria for distinguishing normal ...

April 1972

Multimedia Teaching of Introductory Psychiatry

PAUL R. MILLER, and
JOE P. TUPIN

Pages:1219–1223
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1219

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Preliminary experience and empirical measures suggest that second-year psychiatry can be taught effectively with a multimedia mix of videotaped interviews with patients, an inventory of critical symptoms, a diagnostic chart illustrating clustering of ...

April 1972

Cigarette Smoking and the Psychiatrist

JOHN S. TAMERIN, and
RICHARD A. EISINGER

Pages:1224–1229
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1224

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Physicians have been extremely successful in attempts to quit smoking cigarettes. On the basis of their psychological awareness and espousal of the reality principle, one might expect psychiatrists to be the most successful in changing this maladaptive ...

April 1972

Hormonal Potentiation of Imipramine and ECT in Primary Depression

JOHN P. FEIGHNER,
LUCY J. KING,
MARC A. SCHUCKIT,
JACK CROUGHAN, and
WILLIAM BRISCOE

Pages:1230–1238
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1230

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A double-blind, controlled study with frequent rating of symptoms, using a homogeneous population of 49 patients with primary depression, was conducted to measure the possible enhancement of imipramine's antidepressant activity by T₃ and dexamethasone and ...

April 1972

Symptom Differences in Schizophrenia with Good and Poor Prognosis

MICHAEL S. McCABE,
RICHARD C. FOWLER,
REMI J. CADORET, and
GEORGE WINOKUR

Pages:1239–1243
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1239

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The authors studied 28 good prognosis and 25 poor prognosis schizophrenics, differentiated on the basis of duration of illness and premorbid level of functioning. When compared for differences in symptomatology, the good prognosis group was found to be ...

April 1972

Identification and Treatment of Acute Psychotic States Secondary to the Usage of Over-the-Counter Sleeping Preparations

KENNETH C. ULLMAN, and
ROBERT H. GROH

Pages:1244–1248
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1244

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Within eight months, 36 patients seen at the Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., presented the problem of differentiating between a toxic psychosis caused by ingestion of over-the-counter sleeping medications containing scopolamine and a ...

April 1972

An Essay on Administration

WILLIAM G. REESE

Pages:1249–1256
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1249

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A reasonably sophisticated knowledge of administrative theory and practice is important to psychiatrists in their clinical and educational activities. By virtue of their skills and attitudes, psychiatrists have particular administrative capacities and ...

April 1972

Hale Nui, Schofield Barracks: A Community Mental Health Program

ROBERT L. PETTERA, and
HELEN FECENKO

Pages:1257–1261
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1257

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The authors describe a community-oriented treatment modality called "Hale Nui," in use in a military community in Hawaii. A graduated program stressing group therapy and activity—social as well as therapeutic—encourages the individual to practice using ...

April 1972

Sexual Behavior in Middle Life

ERIC PFEIFFER,
ADRIAAN VERWOERDT, and
GLENN C. DAVIS

Pages:1262–1267
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1262

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Data on sexual behavior were gathered on 261 white men and 241 white women aged 45 to 69. Dramatic differences between men and women of like age were observed in regard to virtually all indicators of sexual behavior, with the men generally reporting ...

April 1972

Homosexual Dynamics in Psychiatric Crisis

IRVING BIEBER

Pages:1268–1272
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1268

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The author sketches some of the psychodynamic insights of certain frequently occurring crisis situations, including work disorders and disruptions in significant relationships. The psychopathology underlying the symptoms of homosexuals and those of ...

April 1972

Drug Use and Sexual Activity on a College Campus

ERICH GOODE

Pages:1272–1276
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1272

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A questionnaire study on one college campus revealed that drug users were significantly more likely to engage in sexual intercourse, to engage in it earlier in life, and to engage in it regularly and with a greater variety of partners. This held true ...

April 1972

Psychiatric Disorders and Sexual Functioning

C. A. PINDERHUGHES,
E. BARRABEE GRACE, and
L. J. REYNA

Pages:1276–1283
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1276

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The responses of 18 psychiatrists and 122 psychiatric inpatients to a questionnaire survey at a Boston hospital showed that most psychiatrists and 20 to 50 percent of the patients believed that sexual functioning might contribute to psychiatric disorders, ...

April 1972

Feminine Behavior in Boys: Aspects of Its Outcome

PHIL S. LEBOVITZ

Pages:1283–1289
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1283

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The author studied the outcome of 16 subjects who had exhibited feminine behavior as young boys. A structured interview, devised b culling from the literature those factors considered to be associated with gender identity disturbances, and a battery of ...

April 1972

Human Sexuality

DANIEL OFFER

Pages:1290–1291
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1290

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April 1972

Toward International Standards of Psychiatric Education

EUGENE B. BRODY

Pages:1291–1293
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1291

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April 1972

"Psychedelic" Effects Produced by Sensory Overload

ARNOLD M. LUDWIG

Pages:1294–1297
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1294

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Despite the volume of research on sensory deprivation, little work has been done on sensory overload. The author reports the preliminary results of a study indicating that approximately 24 percent of 46 normal subjects exposed to sensory overload (...

April 1972

A "Free Clinic" Patient Population and Drug Use Patterns

LEWIS L. JUDD, and
ARNOLD J. MANDELL

Pages:1298–1302
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1298

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The free clinic is a relatively new medical institution and few data exist on the kinds of populations it serves. The authors studied a group of patients who appeared at a free clinic in San Diego. They found that most of the patients were white and ...

April 1972

Hypersomnia and Manic-Depressive Disease

T. DETRE,
J. HIMMELHOCH,
M. SWARTZBURG,
C. M. ANDERSON,
R. BYCK, and
D. J. KUPFER

Pages:1303–1305
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1303

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The authors studied 84 bipolar and unipolar depressed patients by means of a questionnaire to determine whether they showed symptoms of increased sleep time. Their finding that hypersomnia is not an unusual symptom of depression has implications both for ...

April 1972

The First Psychiatric Hospital of the Western World

RUBEN D. RUMBAUT

Pages:1305–1309
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1305

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Although the historic beginnings of genuine psychiatric hospital treatment are still a matter of controversy, evidence is accumulating that the first authentic psychiatric hospitals in the Western world were founded in Spain during the 15th century. This ...

April 1972

S-adenosylmethionine and Catechol-O-methyltransferase in Schizophrenia

STEVEN MATTHYSSE, and
ROSS J. BALDESSARINI

Pages:1310–1312
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1310

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The authors examined the hypothesis of disordered transmethylation in schizophrenia by comparing S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) concentration and cathechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) activities in venous blood of schizophrenic and nonschizophrenic patients. ...

April 1972

Psychosis with Low Sodium Syndrome

GEORGE M. BURNELL, and
TIAH A. FOSTER

Pages:1313–1314
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1313

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Patients hospitalized for medical illnesses may develop a "low sodium syndrome" due either to sodium depletion or to the presence of an inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone. This can be further aggravated by a low sodium diet and can lead to an ...

April 1972

Lobotomy in Limbo?

WALTER FREEMAN

Pages:1315–1316
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1315

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April 1972

Working to Obtain Alcohol: A Reevaluation

ROGER POPPEN

Page:1316
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1316

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April 1972

Certification "Down Under" and the ABPN

JAMES M.A. WEISS

Pages:1316-a–1317
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1316-a

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April 1972

Dealing with Problems of the Therapeutic Community

LEO H. BERMAN

Page:1317
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1317

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April 1972

Dr. Raskin Replies

D. E. RASKIN

Pages:1317-a–1317
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1317-a

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April 1972

Pages:1318–1330
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1318

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April 1972

The Council on Medical Education and Career Development

BERNARD HOLLAND

Pages:1331–1335
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1331

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April 1972

The Council on Mental Health Services

EDWARD O. HARPER

Pages:1335–1337
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1335

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April 1972

The Council on Research and Development

SIDNEY MALITZ

Pages:1338–1339
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1338

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April 1972

The Council on National Affairs and Social Issues

ALEXANDER H. LEIGHTON

Pages:1339–1342
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1339

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April 1972

The Council on International Affairs

HOWARD P. ROME

Pages:1342–1344
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1342

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April 1972

The Council on Professions and Associations

NORMAN Q. BRILL

Pages:1344–1346
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1344

First Page
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April 1972

The Council on Internal Organization

JACK A. WOLFORD

Pages:1346–1347
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1346

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April 1972

The Assembly of District Branches

Page:1348
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1348

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April 1972

Position Statement on the Need for Preserving Confidentiality of Medical Records in Any National Health Care System

Page:1349
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.10.1349

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