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Volume 128, Issue 12

June 1972

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June 1972

Psychodynamic Considerations of Aging and the Aged: An Overview

MARTIN A. BEREZIN

Pages:1483–1491
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1483

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Until recently aging and the aged tended not only to be neglected but to be subject to misconceptions and myths. In this overview the author points out that most of the elderly are emotionally healthy persons who retain the same drives and ego operations ...

June 1972

Effects of Estrogen Therapy on Plasma MAO Activity and EEG Driving Responses of Depressed Women

EDWARD L. KLAIBER,
DONALD M. BROVERMAN,
WILLIAM VOGEL,
YUTAKA KOBAYASHI, and
DAVID MORIARTY

Pages:1492–1498
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1492

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The authors report that premenopausal depressed women with regular menstrual cycles have higher levels of plasma MAO activity and greater EEG responses to photic stimulation than do nondepressed women. These abnormalities are interpreted as evidence of ...

June 1972

Research on Student Activism

ROBERT S. BERNS,
DAPHNE E. BUGENTAL, and
GERALDINE P. BERNS

Pages:1499–1504
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1499

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The personality structure of activists was compared with those of activist-sympathizers and conservatives on a university campus. The activists were most clearly distinguished from the other two groups in their manifestation of unconscious ambivalence ...

June 1972

Disordered Cognition and Stimulus Processing

JEFFREY L. HOUPT,
GARY J. TUCKER, and
MARTIN HARROW

Pages:1505–1510
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1505

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The perceptual style of processing stimuli (kinesthetic figural aftereffects) by 53 acute psychiatric inpatients was related to disorders in their perceptual experience of the environment and in their formal thought processes (overinclusive and ...

June 1972

Operations Indices for Community Mental Health Centers

LUCY D. OZARIN,
CARL TAUBE, and
FRED E. SPANER

Pages:1511–1515
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1511

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Data obtained from a survey of federally funded mental health centers in operation for more than two months in 1969 revealed that the 205 centers provided care for an estimated 372,000 persons, with 23 percent on inpatient and 73 percent on outpatient ...

June 1972

Health Insurance for Drug Addiction: A Survey

CHARLOTTE MULLER

Pages:1516–1523
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1516

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Coverage for drug addiction is fairly common in both commercial and other health insurance policies, but benefits are often limited. Restrictions pertaining to treatment in specialized facilities or after incarceration, and to care by less traditional ...

June 1972

Automatic Recognition of EEG Correlates of Behavior in a Chronic Schizophrenic Patient

J. HANLEY,
W. R. RICKLES,
P. H. CRANDALL, and
R. D. WALTER

Pages:1524–1528
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1524

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Computer analysis of brain waves telemetered from a freely moving patient with chronic schizophrenia has permitted automatic recognition of a variety of behaviors and successful discrimination between bizarre and normal-appearing behavior in the same ...

June 1972

Principles of Preventive Mental Health Programs for Ethnic Minority Populations: The Acculturation of Puerto Ricans to the United States

RAQUEL E. COHEN

Pages:1529–1533
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1529

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Differences in value orientation cause serious adaptation problems in both the Puerto Rican migrant and in the human and social institutions responsible for his education, employment, health, and recreation. The author discusses methods and techniques by ...

June 1972

The Psychiatrist, the Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure, and the Prolongation of Life: III

HARRY S. ABRAM

Pages:1534–1539
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1534

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A study of 30 kidney transplant patients who had received cadaver homografts focused on their overall adaptation, changes in life-style, and the occurrence of the themes of rebirth, ambivalence over accepting a cadaver organ, and death. In general the ...

June 1972

Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Psychological Function

MARTIN REITE,
KEITH DAVIS,
CLIVE SOLOMONS, and
JOHN OTT

Pages:1540–1546
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1540

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heritable disorder of connective tissue that is characterized by multiple fractures, severe deformities, and disturbances of growth that frequently result in dwarfism. A study of 12 children with OI found them to be ...

June 1972

The Psychiatrist and Huntington's Disease (Chorea)

JOHN R. WHITTIER,
AUDREY HEIMLER, and
CHARLES KORENYI

Pages:1546–1550
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1546

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Huntington's disease is inherited and is usually not detectable until after the affected individual marries and produces children. As genetic knowledge increases there will be a growing awareness of its personal significance to members of kindreds having ...

June 1972

Mental Illness and Susceptibility to Motion Sickness

CHARLES S. MIRABILE

Pages:1550–1552
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1550

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In attempting to explore the relationship between orienting mechanisms and behavior, the incidence of motion sickness in various diagnostic categories was determined and a meaningful diagnostic continuum was constructed. Through examination of unilateral ...

June 1972

Antinuclear Factor in Psychiatric Disorders

HANS VON BRAUCHITSCH

Pages:1552–1554
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1552

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In a double-blind test to determine whether the antinuclear factor (ANF) was present in patients with psychiatric disorders, a significantly greater number of positive ANF results was found in patients whose conditions were characterized by depression.

June 1972

How They Grow Up: 41 Physically Handicapped Children and Their Families

KLAUS K. MINDE,
J. D. HACKETT,
D. KILLOU, and
S. SILVER

Pages:1554–1560
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1554

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The authors followed 41 physically handicapped children through their first few years in school, examining the developmental process in the life of such children. They found that most of the children underwent two well-defined crises related to specific ...

June 1972

Is Psychiatry Failing in Its Responsibilities to Medicine?

GEORGE L. ENGEL

Pages:1561–1564
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1561

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June 1972

The Diagnosis of Alcoholism in a Psychiatric Hospital: A Trial of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST)

ROBERT A. MOORE

Pages:1565–1569
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1565

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In this study the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was given to 400 adult psychiatric inpatients in order to test its capacity for distinguishing between alcoholic and nonalcoholic patients. Thirty percent of the total population—50 percent of ...

June 1972

Review of Drug Effectiveness in the Treatment of Alcoholism

JORGE A. VIAMONTES

Pages:1570–1571
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1570

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In reviewing the British and American literature regarding the effectiveness of drugs in treating alcoholism, the author found that success was frequently claimed in studies that were uncontrolled and that lacked objective means of comparison. Only one ...

June 1972

Failure of Outpatient Treatment of Drug Abuse: II. Amphetamines, Barbiturates, Hallucinogens

WILLIAM H. ANDERSON,
JOHN E. O'MALLEY, and
AARON LAZARE

Pages:1572–1576
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1572

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The authors report their experience over an 18-month period with 208 patients who abused amphetamines, barbiturates, and hallucinogens. Although treatment modalities of psychotropic medications and individual and group psychotherapy were offered, almost ...

June 1972

Single Versus Repeated Dosage of the Minor Tranquilizer Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)

RICHARD I. SHADER,
ALBERTO DIMASCIO, and
JEROLD S. HARMATZ

Pages:1576–1577
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1576

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The authors studied the effects of single and repeated doses of medication on the same individuals. They compared the direction of change found after an individual had taken a single dose of medication with that found after he had taken the same drug for ...

June 1972

Personal and Social Psychopathology and the Primary Prevention of Violence

LEON J. SAUL

Pages:1578–1581
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1578

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Children reared with love and respect mature adequately and become loving, responsible, and productive spouses, parents, and citizens. Those reared in such a way that they hate their parents will also hate other persons for life. If repressed, this ...

June 1972

A Precedent for Modern Psychotherapeutic Techniques: One Thousand Years Ago

MOHAMMAD SHAFII

Pages:1581–1584
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1581

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The author cites a 1,000-year-old case history of a young prince who manifested symptoms of psychotic depression associated with anorexia nervosa. The treatment of this patient by Avicenna, a Persian physician, set a precedent for some psychotherapeutic ...

June 1972

Franklin Gessford Ebaugh 1895-1972

EDWARD G. BILLINGS

Pages:1585–1586
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1585

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June 1972

Regulation: Infringement on Human Rights

JOHN W. GOPPELT

Page:1587
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1587

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June 1972

Dr. Szasz Replies

THOMAS S. SZASZ

Page:1588
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1588

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June 1972

The Problem of Preferences in the Unrestricted Use of Drugs

ROGER D. BLAIR

Pages:1588-a–1589
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1588-a

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June 1972

Dr. Szasz Replies

THOMAS S. SZASZ

Page:1589
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1589

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June 1972

Dr. Cohen Also Replies

SIDNEY COHEN

Pages:1589-a–1590
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1589-a

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June 1972

Addicts' Options

JOSEPH BERGER

Page:1590
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1590

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June 1972

Dr. Cohen Replies

SIDNEY COHEN

Pages:1590-a–1590
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1590-a

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June 1972

Science, Not Opinion

SAMUEL A. NIGRO

Pages:1590-b–1591
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1590-b

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June 1972

Drs. Grunebaum, Abernethy, Weiss, and Rofman Reply

HENRY GRUNEBAUM,
VIRGINIA ABERNETHY,
JUSTIN L. WEISS, and
SAMUEL ROFMAN

Pages:1591–1592
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1591

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June 1972

Dr. Biele Replies

ALBERT M. BIELE

Page:1592
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1592

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June 1972

Dr. Fleck Replies

STEPHEN FLECK

Pages:1592-a–1593
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1592-a

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June 1972

Pages:1594–1602
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1594

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June 1972

Position Statement on Psychiatric Nursing Education

Pages:1603–1604
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1603

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