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Volume 125, Issue 10

April 1969

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April 1969

The Fate of the Mentally Ill Physician

IVER F. SMALL,
JOYCE G. SMALL,
CLARE M. ASSUE, and
DONALD F. MOORE

Pages:1333–1342
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1333

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Extensive information collected on 40 Physicians who had been hospitalized for the treatment of a psychiatric disorder revealed that more than half of these doctors were ultimately able to return to active professional lives, despite the generally poor ...

April 1969

Psychiatrists in Court: The Psychiatrist's View

WALTER BROMBERG

Pages:1343–1347
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1343

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Psychiatrists are uneasy in contributing psychiatric knowledge under the restrictions of legal procedures. The author reviews the bases for this discomfort. One objection is the use of stratagems to attack the credibility of expert witnesses; these could ...

April 1969

Psychiatrists in Court: Some Perspectives on the Insanity Defense

ABRAHAM S. GOLDSTEIN

Pages:1348–1351
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1348

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If the insanity defense is to be rescued from the stereotypes that have dominated it, lawyers and psychiatrists will have to learn more about the open texture of the legal process and the variety of evidence and issues that may be presented. The author ...

April 1969

A Controlled Comparison of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) and Dextroamphetamine in Alcoholics

LEO E. HOLLISTER,
JACK SHELTON, and
GEORGE KRIEGER

Pages:1352–1357
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1352

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Seventy-two alcoholic patients were admitted to a controlled comparison of LSD and dextroamphetamine as treatments. In the context of little associated psychotherapeutic intervention, LSD produced slightly better results early, but after six months the ...

April 1969

Family History Studies: V. The Genetics of Mania

THEODORE REICH,
PAULA J. CLAYTON, and
GEORGE WINOKUR

Pages:1358–1369
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1358

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In this study of the families of 59 manic-depressive, manic type probands, the predominant affective illness among the family members was depression without mania, although mania was frequent. The findings suggest that genetic transmission occurred by a ...

April 1969

A Study of Delinquent Girls Who Participated in and Who Abstained from Participating in a Riot

HANUS J. GROSZ,
HERBERT STERN, and
EDWARD FELDMAN

Pages:1370–1379
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1370

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Following a riot at an Indiana correctional institution for delinquent girls, the authors sought to determine whether the girls who took part in the riot differed in some demonstrable way from those who abstained from participating. The differences found ...

April 1969

A Psychoendocrine Study of Pregnancy and Puerperium

C. RICHARD TREADWAY,
FRANCIS J. KANE,
ALI JARRAHI-ZADEH, and
MORRIS A. LIPTON

Pages:1380–1386
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1380

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To investigate the relationship between hormonal changes associated with pregnancy and the increased incidence of psychiatric disturbances during the postpartum period, the authors conducted a controlled psychological and biochemical assessment of 21 ...

April 1969

Criminal vs. Civil Commitment of Psychotic Offenders: A Seven-Year Follow-Up

A. LOUIS MCGARRY, and
RICHARD H. BENDT

Pages:1387–1394
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1387

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Evidence is presented to support the hypothesis that pretrial commitment in a criminal status of mentally ill persons charged with a crime is antitherapeutic compared to the alternative of civil commitment. A seven-year follow-up of 29 persons showed few ...

April 1969

Utilization of an Operant Conditioning Model for the Treatment of Character and Behavior Disorders in a Military Setting

ARTHUR D. COLMAN, and
STEWART L. BAKER

Pages:1395–1403
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1395

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The operant conditioning model was applied to a ward program for delinquent military recruits diagnosed as having character and behavior disorders. Early findings reported here indicate that the program has been quite successful in helping such men adjust ...

April 1969

Reaching the "Externalizers"-A Three-Phase Approach

EDNA OBERMAN,
MARGOT WOOD, and
ANNE CLIFTON

Pages:1404–1411
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1404

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Patients who are initially preoccupied with external problems rather than internal conflict are often considered unsuitable candidates for insight psychotherapy. Many economically deprived patients are so viewed for reasons of both psychopathology and ...

April 1969

Transsexualism—Problems in Treatment

HOWARD J. BAKER

Pages:1412–1418
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1412

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Problems in the treatment of transsexualism, a unique disorder of psychosexual orientation, stem in part from physicians' difficulty in differentiating between it and other psychosexual disorders with similar features and from the physicians' ...

April 1969

The Desire for Sexual Transformation: A Psychiatric Evaluation of Transsexualism

CHARLES W. SOCARIDES

Pages:1419–1425
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1419

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In this author's view, an individual's wish for sexual transformation (transsexualism) does not constitute an independent diagnostic category. It is found in association with several clinical conditions and is a consequence of the inability to develop ...

April 1969

The Etiology of Diagnosis

ALEXANDER H. LEIGHTON

Pages:1426–1427
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1426

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April 1969

Diagnosis: An Important Tool in Program Planning

ERIC D. WITTKOWER

Pages:1427–1428
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1427

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April 1969

Some Thoughts on Thomas Szasz

FRED M. SANDER

Pages:1429–1431
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1429

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The author explores Thomas Szasz's concept of mental illness as socially rather than organically determined, his division of analysands into "seekers" and "avoiders," and the implications of this for autonomy/heteronomy. The author feels that Dr. Szasz ...

April 1969

An "Unscrewtape" Letter: A Reply to Fred Sander

THOMAS S. SZASZ

Pages:1432–1435
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1432

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The author enlarges on Dr. Fred M. Sander's paper summarizing his views and positions in regard to mental illness and its treatment. The difference between voluntary and involuntary assumption of the sick role is emphasized as one of the principal ...

April 1969

Instructions and Reinforcement in the Modification of Neurotic Behavior

STEWART AGRAS,
HAROLD LEITENBERG,
DAVID H. BARLOW, and
LAURENCE E. THOMSON

Pages:1435–1439
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1435

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Two simple variables, instruction and reinforcement, were found to modify chronic neurotic behavior. During the experimental procedure precise control of long-established symptomatic behavior was demonstrated. Findings suggest that behavior to be changed ...

April 1969

Group Therapy for Mothers and Children in Parallel

H. BEVAN JONES

Pages:1439–1442
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1439

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The author describes the use of parallel therapy groups for mothers and children in dealing with childhood psychiatric problems, particularly those related to separation anxiety and school phobia. The therapy groups have proven successful in cutting down ...

April 1969

Follow-Up Studies of Lithium and Thyroid Function in Manic-Depressive Illness

RONALD R. FIEVE, and
STANLEY R. PLATMAN

Pages:1443–1445
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1443

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In an earlier study the authors reported that six out of 19 manic-depressive patients treated with lithium showed evidence of goiter, suggesting that lithium may have goitrogenic properties. They now report the finding of a similar incidence of goiter ...

April 1969

Grand Mal Seizures With Lithium Treatment

RALPH N. WHARTON

Page:1446
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1446

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April 1969

Dr. Cole's Reply

JONATHAN O. COLE

Pages:1446-a–1447
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1446-a

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April 1969

Detection of LSD

JAMES S. KETCHUM

Pages:1447–1448
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1447

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April 1969

Dr. Ungerleider Replies

J. THOMAS UNGERLEIDER

Page:1448
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1448

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April 1969

Psychotherapy and Board Examinations

WILLIAM L. CLOVIS

Pages:1448-a–1449
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1448-a

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April 1969

Simple Schizophrenia

MORTON S. RAPP

Page:1449
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1449

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April 1969

Dr. Stone Replies

ALAN A. STONE

Page:1450
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1450

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April 1969

The Borderline Syndrome

HENRY J. FRIEDMAN

Pages:1450-a–1451
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1450-a

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April 1969

Dr. Chodoff Replies

PAUL CHODOFF

Page:1451
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1451

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April 1969

Alcohol and General Hospital Patients

THOMAS R. KEARNEY

Pages:1451-a–1452
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1451-a

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April 1969

Hyperventilation Syndrome

JOSEPH S. SILVERMAN

Page:1452
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1452

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April 1969

Brief Psychotherapy

L. BRYCE BOYER

Pages:1452-a–1453
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1452-a

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April 1969

Dr. Aldrich Replies

C. KNIGHT ALDRICH

Page:1453
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1453

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April 1969

Television Videotape and Psychodrama

J. L. MORENO

Pages:1453-a–1454
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1453-a

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April 1969

Lunar Effect on Mental Illness

DIANA M. LILIENFELD

Page:1454
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1454

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April 1969

Experimental Design Questioned

JAY R. FEIERMAN

Page:1455
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1455

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April 1969

Dr. Friedman Replies

STANLEY FRIEDMAN

Pages:1455-a–1456
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1455-a

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April 1969

Who Should Have a Gun?

PAUL S. NEMETZ

Page:1456
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1456

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April 1969

More on "Who Should Have a Gun?"

WILLIAM E. LORING

Pages:1456-a–1456
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1456-a

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April 1969

Duality of Human Nature

E. ELIOT BENEZRA

Pages:1456-b–1457
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1456-b

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April 1969

More on Enuresis

HOUSTON BRUMMIT

Page:1457
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1457

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April 1969

Classification of Children's Mental Disorders

DOMINICK CALOBRISI

Pages:1457-a–1458
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1457-a

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April 1969

Concepts of Mental Illness

H. E. MCGREW

Page:1458
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1458

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April 1969

Pages:1459–1472
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1459

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April 1969

Council on Medical Education and Career Development

M. RALPH KAUFMAN

Pages:1473–1475
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1473

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April 1969

Council on Mental Health Services

HAROLD M. VISOTSKY

Pages:1475–1477
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1475

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April 1969

Council on Research and Development

MELVIN SABSHIN

Page:1477
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1477

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April 1969

Council on Professions and Associations

DONALD F. MOORE

Pages:1478–1479
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1478

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April 1969

Council on National and International Affairs

HOWARD P. ROME

Pages:1479–1481
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1479

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April 1969

Council on Internal Organization

JACK R. EWALT

Pages:1481–1483
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10.1481

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