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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 113, Issue 4

October 1956

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October 1956

EUGEN KAHN

Pages:xiv-1–294
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.xiv-1

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October 1956

PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA AND ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY

FRANK R. DRAKE, and
FRANKLIN G. EBAUGH

Pages:295–301
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.295

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1. A case of pheochromocytoma is reported with a fatal cardiac arrest following electroconvlusive therapy. The diagnosis was particularly difficult as no paroxysm of hypertension was ever detected. In addition, there was no sustained hypertension to ...

October 1956

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY

MARVIN K. OPLER

Pages:302–311
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.302

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October 1956

PHRENOPHAGIA: A FORM OF HUMAN ARTIFICIAL SELECTION

J. M. RADZINSKI

Pages:312–318
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.312

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A process of human artificial selection has been described as it has been practiced for many generations in areas of the world under Russian control. In essence, the process consists of suppression and liquidation of individuals whose personalities and ...

October 1956

INTRACRANIAL TUMORS FOUND AT AUTOPSY IN MENTAL PATIENTS

ROY B. PATTON, and
JOHN A. SHEPPARD

Pages:319–324
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.319

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The intracranial tumors found at autopsy in 2,161 mental patients are reported. This group represents 96.9% of all patients who were autopsied at the Western State Hospital during the 16-year period from October 1, 1938, to October 1, 1954. Seventy-eight ...

October 1956

ARMY PSYCHIATRY IN KOREA FOLLOWING THE CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT

GEORGE H. KLUMPNER, and
J. CARROLL SPANYER

Pages:325–331
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.325

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Follow-up findings of 133 psychiatric patients evaluated between September 1953 and March 1954 from miscellaneous units surrounding the psychiatric section,3rd Infantry Division, reveal that 75% of patients not in the process of separation at the time of ...

October 1956

AN OPERATIONAL CONCEPTION OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

RICHARD G. BOARD

Pages:332–336
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.332

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If the operations stemming from a concept comprise its meaning, the meaning of criminal responsibility is defined as deterrent efficiency and/or efficient punishability, quantitative, operational concepts without the metaphysical connotations of moral ...

October 1956

BRAIN CHANGES IN ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY

LEO MADOW

Pages:337–347
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.337

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1. The brains of 4 patients who died following electroshock treatment were studied. 2. A massive intraventricular hemorrhage was found in one. The other 3 had petechial hemorrhages, particularly in the periaqueductal gray matter and brainstem. 3. Only 1 ...

October 1956

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC INDICES OF EMOTIONAL STRESS

BERNARD WEISS

Pages:348–351
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.348

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Many investigators have reported that persons under emotional stress display characteristic electrocardiographic changes. Some of these reports are reviewed to determine whether any generalizations are evident. From the published data, it appears that ...

October 1956

THE EFFECT OF MESCALINE ON DIFFERENTIATED CONDITIONAL REFLEXES

WAGNER H. BRIDGER, and
W. HORSLEY GANTT

Pages:352–360
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.352

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Mescaline produced an inhibitory state accompanied by a schizokenesis or dissociation of systems. This disharmony was also manifested in that the CS appeared to act in the same manner as the US. On this basis a neurodynamic theory of the mechanism of ...

October 1956

THE NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF BRAIN DAMAGE FROM ALCOHOLISM

FREDERICK LEMERE

Pages:361–362
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.361

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1. Prolonged heavy drinking can produce permanent brain damage. 2. This brain damage is responsible, in many cases, for the permanent loss of control over alcohol that is pathognomonic of alcoholism.

October 1956

SPINAL PUMPING THERAPY IN PSYCHIATRY

MILO TYNDEL

Pages:363–364
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.363

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No noticeable therapeutic results were obtained in a series of 50 psychotic patients treated with spinal pumping procedures (Speransky's method). This method cannot be recommended for the treatment of psychiatric disorders.

October 1956

PSYCHIATRIC ADMISSIONS TO A GENERAL HOSPITAL

ROBERT J. MEARIN, and
LAURETTA A. BLAKE

Page:365
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.365

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A study of emergency psychiatric admissions to a suburban general hospital for a 2-year period is presented. Unfortunately cases listed as "attempted suicides" could not be classified as to diagnosis. Such cases received only emergency treatment and then ...

October 1956

CHRONIC MENTAL PATIENTS' REACTIONS TO OPENING THEIR WARD

DOROTHY SCOTT

Page:366
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.366

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October 1956

IMAGINATION AS A FACTOR IN HYPNOSIS

W. EARL BIDDLE

Page:367
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.367

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October 1956

ON THE APPRAISAL OF CLINICAL DATA

LAWRENCE H. GAHAGAN

Page:368
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.368

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October 1956

REPLY TO THE FOREGOING

HERMAN C. B. DENBER

Pages:368-a–369
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.368-a

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October 1956

ELLIOTT EMANUEL

Pages:369–370
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.369

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October 1956

PRESIDENT'S PAGE

FRANCIS J. BRACELAND

Page:371
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.371

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October 1956

PAUL E. HUSTON, and
JOHN PERRY

Pages:372–374
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.372

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October 1956

Pages:375–379
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.375

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October 1956

The Subnormal Mind

E. J. ENGBERG

Page:380
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.380

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October 1956

Interpretation of Schizophrenia

WALTER L. GRAHAM

Pages:380-a–381
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.380-a

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October 1956

Neuroglia: Morphology and Function

ERIC A. LINELL

Page:381
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.381

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October 1956

Current Therapy—1956

TERVOR OWEN

Pages:381-a–381
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.381-a

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October 1956

The Medical Treatment of Mental Disease

WILLIAM L. LONG

Pages:381-b–382
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.381-b

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October 1956

Stress. Fifth Annual Report, 1955-56

E. A. SELLERS

Page:382
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.382

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October 1956

The Concept Of Schizophrenia

NOLAN D. C. LEWIS

Pages:382-a–383
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.382-a

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October 1956

Studies in Schizophrenia: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Mind-Brain Relationships

NOLAN D. C. LEWIS

Page:383
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.383

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October 1956

Progress in Clinical Psychology. Volume II

HANS A. ILLING

Pages:383-a–384
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.383-a

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October 1956

Year Book of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery (1955-1956 Series)

C. B. F.

Page:384
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.4.384

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