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Volume 128, Issue 11

May 1972

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May 1972

Reduced Monoamine Oxidase Activity in Blood Platelets from Bipolar Depressed Patients

DENNIS L. MURPHY, and
RICHARD WEISS

Pages:1351–1357
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1351

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Cellular monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity measured in blood platelets is significantly (45 percent) lower in depressed patients with a history of mania (bipolar patients) than in nonbipolar depressed patients and normal controls of similar age and sex. ...

May 1972

Ethical Issues in Psychiatric Follow-Up Studies

SCOTT H. NELSON, and
HENRY GRUNEBAUM

Pages:1358–1362
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1358

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Conducting a follow-up study of 23 wrist slashers presented an ethical conflict between consideration of the patients' human and medical rights and the investigators' desire for knowledge to improve treatment. The authors feel that many difficulties now ...

May 1972

Wrist-Cutting Syndrome: The Meaning of a Gesture

RICHARD J. ROSENTHAL,
CARL RINZLER,
RITA WALLSH, and
EDMUND KLAUSNER

Pages:1363–1368
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1363

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The phenomenon of repeated wrist cutting in young women, performed in a nonsuicidal manner, was studied through the use of a control group. Histories revealed a significant incidence of early physical illness and surgery and markedly abnormal patterns of ...

May 1972

Racial Perceptions in the Army: An Approach

JONATHAN F. BORUS,
M. DUNCAN STANTON,
BYRON G. FIMAN, and
ALBERT F. DOWD

Pages:1369–1374
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1369

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In order to assess racial attitudes and perceptions of Army life, the authors developed and administered the Racial Perceptions Inventory (RPI) to two widely different military populations (N = 471). The findings demonstrate a significant difference in ...

May 1972

Innovations in Program and Funding of Mental Health Services for Blue-Collar Families

JUDSON L. STONE, and
VIRGINIA CROWTHERS

Pages:1375–1380
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1375

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A public mental health clinic formerly serving only children and seeking to broaden its service and financial base joined with a consumer advocate, the United Auto Workers, to provide treatment to underserved blue-collar workers. Comprehensive outpatient ...

May 1972

Patterns of Drug Use in a Population of Youthful Psychiatric Patients

CHARLES R. SHEARN, and
DAVID J. FITZGIBBONS

Pages:1381–1387
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1381

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The authors used a questionnaire to obtain information on drug use by a group of 167 young psychiatric inpatients and then compared their results with those of a survey of 26,000 college and university students. They found that their subjects showed far ...

May 1972

The Reorganization of the California Department of Mental Hygiene

RICHARD R. PARLOUR

Pages:1388–1394
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1388

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Little has been published about the major reorganization of state hospitals now occurring in several states in line with a currently popular management theory, management by objectives. If viable, this approach could have profound effects on the role ...

May 1972

The Classroom as an Outpatient Kibbutz

JULES M. KLUGER

Pages:1395–1399
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1395

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The author describes an approach to consultation with core city elementary schools that utilizes the concept of encouraging children to be helpful to each other. This approach necessitates a lateral rather than a vertical structure in the classroom, with ...

May 1972

Childhood Schizophrenia and 47, XXY Klinefelter's Syndrome

MICHAEL A. SPERBER,
LUCY SALOMON,
MARY H. COLLINS, and
MORRIS STAMBLER

Pages:1400–1408
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1400

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Klinefelter's syndrome is a genetically transmitted endocrinological disorder characterized by a complement of 44 autosomes with an XXY sex-chromosome complex; it is frequently accompanied by neuropsychiatric disorders, although childhood schizophrenia ...

May 1972

The Speech of a Schizophrenic Child from Two to Six

THEODORE SHAPIRO,
BARBARA FISH, and
GEORGE L. GINSBERG

Pages:1408–1414
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1408

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The language development of a schizophrenic child was systematically observed from ages two to six. While the child attained increasing intelligibility and a normal score on a test of language development, finer analysis revealed a severe impairment of ...

May 1972

Family Characteristics of Obsessive Children

PAUL L. ADAMS

Pages:1414–1417
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1414

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A sociopsychiatric study of 30 obsessive children and their parents found them not to be at all deviant from the norms of middle-class, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant North America. Both demographically and attitudinally, they conformed to these norms and ...

May 1972

Physiological Studies of the Hyperkinetic Child: I

JAMES H. SATTERFIELD,
DENNIS P. CANTWELL,
LEONARD I. LESSER, and
ROBERT L. PODOSIN

Pages:1418–1424
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1418

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The authors conducted a three-week controlled, double-blind (methylphenidate-placebo) study of 31 hyperkinetic boys. Response to treatment was judged on the basis of improvement in pretreatment and posttreatment teacher ratings. Pretreatment measures ...

May 1972

Effects of Imipramine and Dextroamphetamine on Behavior of Neuropsychiatrically Impaired Children

BERTRAND G. WINSBERG,
IRV BIALER,
SAMUEL KUPIETZ, and
JACK TOBIAS

Pages:1425–1431
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1425

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This study assessed the comparative effectiveness of imipramine, placebo, and dextroamphetamine as therapeutic agents for the control of hyperkinetic and aggressive behaviors in children. Behavioral change under the drug conditions was evaluated using a ...

May 1972

A Behavior Rating Scale for Assessing Improvement in Behaviorally Deviant Children: A Preliminary Investigation

SAMUEL KUPIETZ,
IRV BIALER, and
BERTRAND G. WINSBERG

Pages:1432–1436
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1432

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Employing a recently developed behavior rating scale (BRS), it was found that the factors for aggressivity and for hyperactivity clearly differentiated among children in an outpatient psychiatric clinic, in a special school, and in public schools. In ...

May 1972

Mental Retardation: Development of an International Classification Scheme

MICHAEL J. BEGAB, and
GERALD D. LAVECK

Pages:1437–1438
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1437

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May 1972

Research Today or Tragedy Tomorrow

BARBARA FISH

Pages:1439–1440
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1439

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May 1972

Self-Renewal: The Theme of the Seventies

S. MOUCHLY SMALL

Pages:1440–1442
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1440

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May 1972

Training Psychiatrists in Mental Retardation

DAVID E. RASKIN

Pages:1443–1445
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1443

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The author reviews some approaches to training psychiatrists in mental retardation. He describes a program begun in the District of Columbia to provide consultation for mental retardation. In addition to teaching the physical aspects of retardation, this ...

May 1972

The Hospital "Dumping Syndrome": Causes and Treatment

J. F. WILDER,
BYRAM KARASU, and
DEBORAH KLIGLER

Pages:1446–1449
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1446

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The authors describe a network of factors that produce and perpetuate the dumping of patients by the local hospital on the slate hospital system. A change in policy, placing local and state wards under the same administrative authority, alters the ...

May 1972

Three Alcohol Programs for American Indians

JAMES H. SHORE, and
BILLEE VON FUMETTI

Pages:1450–1454
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1450

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The authors report on three tribally sponsored rehabilitation programs for Indian alcoholics. The programs, which represent a recent development in Indian alcoholism rehabilitation services, have matched their treatment philosophy and methods to the needs ...

May 1972

Smoking and Alcoholism: A Brief Report

RALPH G. WALTON

Pages:1455–1456
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1455

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The author draws a correlation between alcoholism and heavy cigarette smoking. He interviewed 130 men who were hospitalized for withdrawal from alcohol and 100 men who were hospitalized for other reasons. Not only did a statistically significant number of ...

May 1972

Safety of High-Dose Tricyclic Antidepressant Therapy

MARC A. SCHUCKIT, and
JOHN P. FEIGHNER

Pages:1456–1459
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1456

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The authors report on a series of depressed inpatients and outpatients who received greater-than-recommended doses of the tricyclic antidepressants for 1,505 patient days. These patients tolerated the drugs with a minimum of side effects and, when tested, ...

May 1972

Prediction of Unauthorized Absence

HAROLD ALTMAN,
HUGH V. ANGLE,
MARJORIE L. BROWN, and
IVAN W. SLETTEN

Pages:1460–1463
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1460

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A multivariate equation for predicting elopement (unauthorized absence from the hospital) was derived from 3,383 psychiatric inpatients and cross-validated with another sample, using mental status, diagnostic, and demographic data. The rate for correctly ...

May 1972

The Significance of Genetics in Schizophrenia

DAVID E. FREEDMAN

Page:1464
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1464

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May 1972

Drs. Kety, Rosenthal, Wender, and Schulsinger Reply

SEYMOUR S. KETY,
DAVID ROSENTHAL,
PAUL WENDER, and
FINI SCHULSINGER

Pages:1464-a–1465
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1464-a

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May 1972

Psychiatric Evaluations for Unfitness: Some Implications

KENNETH ROCKWELL

Pages:1465–1466
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1465

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May 1972

Problems Encountered in a Federal Prison

EMERSON EMORY

Page:1466
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1466

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May 1972

The EEG in Schizophrenia

A. ARTHUR SUGERMAN, and
LEONIDE GOLDSTEIN

Pages:1466-a–1467
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1466-a

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May 1972

Dr. Bruck Replies

MAX A. BRUCK

Page:1467
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1467

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May 1972

The Days... Are Over

D. E. RASKIN

Pages:1467-a–1467
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1467-a

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May 1972

Psychiatry and an Art of Medicine

SAMUEL A. NIGRO

Pages:1467-b–1467
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1467-b

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May 1972

Page:1468
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1468

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Page 943 of the February 1972 issue of the Journal contains an error in the article "Schizophrenia in Veteran Twins: A Diagnostic Review" by Martin G. Allen, Stephen Cohen, and William Pollin. In table 4, Concordance Rates of Schizophrenia in Twins, the ...

May 1972

Pages:1469–1479
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1469

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May 1972

Position Statement on Involuntary Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill

Page:1480
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1480

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May 1972

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Pages:1481–1482
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1481

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