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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 136, Issue 12

December 1979
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December 1979
The psychiatric use of electrically induced seizures
  • Pages:1507–1517
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1507

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December 1979
Psychosocial concomitants of biological maturation in preadolescence
  • Pages:1518–1524
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1518

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December 1979
Psychiatric education at the crossroads: issues and future directions
  • Pages:1525–1529
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1525

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December 1979
The sequelae and nonsequelae of conjugal bereavement
  • Pages:1530–1534
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1530

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December 1979
Families of manic-depressive patients: effect of treatment
  • Pages:1535–1539
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1535

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December 1979
Joint custody: solution or illusion?
  • Pages:1540–1544
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1540

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December 1979
The invested partner in sexual disorders: a profile
  • Pages:1545–1549
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1545

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December 1979
Effect of clozapine on human serum prolactin levels
  • Pages:1550–1555
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1550

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December 1979
Predictors of community tenure of discharged state hospital patients
  • Pages:1556–1561
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1556

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December 1979
Intrapsychic structural effects of psychiatric research
  • Pages:1561–1571
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1561

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December 1979
Ethnic density and psychiatric hospitalization: hazards of minority status
  • Pages:1562–1566
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1562

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December 1979
Intrapsychic Structural Effects of Psychiatric Research
  • Pages:1567–1571
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1567

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December 1979
The evolution of modern psychiatric care in Nigeria
  • Pages:1572–1575
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1572

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December 1979
The present state of child advocacy
  • Pages:1576–1577
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1576

December 1979
Common mistakes in psychotherapy
  • Pages:1578–1580
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1578

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December 1979
Choline chloride in schizophrenia
  • Pages:1581–1584
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1581

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December 1979
Violence associated with phencyclidine abuse
  • Pages:1584–1586
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1584

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December 1979
Colleagues' responses to the pregnant psychiatric resident
  • Pages:1587–1589
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1587

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December 1979
Clinical indications for plasma level monitoring of psychotropic drugs
  • Pages:1590–1591
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1590

December 1979
A case of secondary personality with xenoglossy
  • Pages:1591–1592
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1591

December 1979
Predicting the completion of barbiturate detoxification
  • Pages:1593–1594
  • Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1593

December 1979
Propranolol treatment of an ECT-related ventricular arrythmia
  • Pages:1594–1595
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1594

December 1979
Teaching psychotherapy interventions to family practice residents: a controlled study
  • Pages:1596–1597
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1596

December 1979
Anomalous lateralization associated with a milder form of schizophrenia
  • Pages:1598–1599
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1598

December 1979
Hoarseness and aphonia as a side effect of tricyclic antidepressants
  • Page:1599
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1599

December 1979
The pediatric-psychiatric model for emergencies in child psychiatry: a study of 994 cases
  • Pages:1600–1601
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1600

December 1979
Rapid mood cycles after a noradrenergic but not a serotonergic antidepressant
  • Pages:1602–1603
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1602

December 1979
Affective disorder and suicide in women physicians: other views
  • Pages:1604–1608
  • Published Online:23 January 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.aj136121604

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December 1979
Affective Disorder and Suicide in Women Physicians: Other Views
  • Page:1604
  • Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1604

December 1979
Affective Disorder and Suicide in Women Physicians: Other Views
  • Pages:1604-a–1605
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1604-a

December 1979
Affective Disorder and Suicide in Women Physicians: Other Views
  • Page:1605
  • Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1605

December 1979
Affective Disorder and Suicide in Women Physicians: Other Views
  • Pages:1605-a–1606
  • Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1605-a

December 1979
Affective Disorder and Suicide in Women Physicians: Other Views
  • Page:1606
  • Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1606

December 1979
Affective Disorder and Suicide in Women Physicians: Other Views
  • Pages:1606-a–1606
  • Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1606-a

December 1979
Affective Disorder and Suicide in Women Physicians: Other Views
  • Pages:1606-b–1607
  • Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1606-b

December 1979
Affective Disorder and Suicide in Women Physicians: Other Views
  • Page:1607
  • Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1607

December 1979
Dr. Pitts Replies
  • Pages:1607-a–1608
  • Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1607-a

December 1979
Using physostigmine safely
  • Pages:1608–1609
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1608

December 1979
Does improvement equal diagnostic confirmation
  • Pages:1609–1610
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.aj136121609

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December 1979
Motion Pictures and Psychiatric Symptoms
  • Page:1609
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1609

December 1979
Does Improvement Equal Diagnostic Confirmation?
  • Pages:1609-a–1610
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1609-a

December 1979
Asterixis associated with a high RBC lithium concentration
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.aj136121610

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    December 1979
    Dr. Cavenar Replies
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    https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1610

      December 1979
      Asterixis Associated with a High RBC Lithium Concentration
      • Pages:1610-a–1610
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      https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1610-a

      December 1979
      Industry and Academia: Predator and Prey?
      • Pages:1610-b–1611
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      https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1610-b

      December 1979
      The "Pariah" Status of Schizophrenics in the Community
      • Pages:1611-b–1611
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      https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1611-b

      December 1979
      Dr. Serban Replies
      • Pages:1611-c–1612
      • Published Online:1 April 2006

      https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1611-c

      December 1979
      Benztropine mesylate and social anxiety
      • Pages:1611a–1611
      • Published Online:1 April 2006

      https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1611a

      December 1979
      The "Pariah" status of schizophrenics in the community
      • Pages:1611b–1612
      • Published Online:1 April 2006

      https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1611b

      December 1979
      MSG: a possibility in treating tardive dyskinesia
      • Page:1612
      • Published Online:23 January 2015

      https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.aj136121612

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        December 1979
        MSG: A Possibility In Treating Tardive Dyskinesia
        • Page:1612
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        https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1612

          December 1979
          Dr. Gelenberg and Associates Reply
          • Pages:1612-a–1612
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          https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1612-a

          December 1979
          Hypnotizability and Psychosis
          • Pages:1613-c–1614
          • Published Online:1 April 2006

          https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1613-c

          December 1979
          Is conventional clinicaal wisdom wise?
          • Pages:1613a–1613
          • Published Online:1 April 2006

          https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1613a

          December 1979
          Psychosocial variables in dementia and pseudodementia
          • Pages:1613b–1613
          • Published Online:1 April 2006

          https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1613b

          December 1979
          Hypnotizability and psychosis
          • Pages:1613c–1614
          • Published Online:1 April 2006

          https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1613c

          December 1979
          Complementary and Janusian thinking
          • Pages:1614–1615
          • Published Online:23 January 2015

          https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.aj136121614

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          December 1979
          Drs. Spiegel and Fink Reply
          • Page:1614
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          https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1614

          December 1979
          Complementarity and Janusian Thinking
          • Pages:1614-a–1615
          • Published Online:1 April 2006

          https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1614-a

          December 1979
          Denial, fortitude, and isolation of affect
          • Pages:1615–1616
          • Published Online:23 January 2015

          https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.aj136121615

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          December 1979
          Dr. Rothenberg Replies
          • Page:1615
          • Published Online:1 April 2006

          https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1615

          December 1979
          Denial, Fortitude, and Isolation of Affect
          • Pages:1615-a–1616
          • Published Online:1 April 2006

          https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1615-a

          December 1979
          Orgasmic inhibition by phenelzine
          • Pages:1616–1617
          • Published Online:23 January 2015

          https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.aj136121616

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            December 1979
            Denial, Fortitude, and Isolation of Affect
            • Page:1616
            • Published Online:1 April 2006

            https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1616

              December 1979
              The "Staccato" Syndrome
              • Pages:1616-a–1616
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1616-a

              December 1979
              Orgasmic Inhibition by Phenelzine
              • Pages:1616-b–1617
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              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1616-b

              December 1979
              More on Galactorrhea Associated with Molindone
              • Pages:1617-b–1618
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              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1617-b

              December 1979
              The danger of oral rapid tranquilization
              • Pages:1617a–1617
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1617a

              December 1979
              More on galactorrhea associated with molindone
              • Pages:1617b–1618
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1617b

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              December 1979
              Reserpine and PCP Psychosis
              • Pages:1618-b–1619
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              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1618-b

              December 1979
              Biological heterogeneity in schizophrenic patients
              • Pages:1618a–1618
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1618a

              December 1979
              Reserpine and PCP psychosis
              • Pages:1618b–1619
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1618b

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              December 1979
              Dr. Meltzer Replies
              • Pages:1619–1620
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1619

              December 1979
              Sleepwalking and febrile illness
              • Page:1620
              • Published Online:23 January 2015

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.aj136121620

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              December 1979
              Sleepwalking and Febrile Illness
              • Page:1620
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1620

              December 1979
              Correction
              • Pages:1620-a–1620
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1620-a

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              December 1979
              Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Vols. I-IV
              • Page:1621
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1621

              December 1979
              Legend, Myth, and Magic in the Image of the Artist: A Historical Experiment
              • Pages:1621-a–1622
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1621-a

              December 1979
              The Human Mind Revisited: Essays in Honor of Karl A. Menninger
              • Page:1623
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1623

              December 1979
              Schizophrenia: Towards a New Synthesis
              • Pages:1623-a–1624
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1623-a

              December 1979
              The Nature of Schizophrenia: New Approaches to Research and Treatment
              • Page:1624
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1624

              December 1979
              Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders
              • Pages:1624-a–1625
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1624-a

              December 1979
              Research Design in Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry, 2nd ed
              • Pages:1625–1626
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1625

              December 1979
              Genetic Counseling: Psychological Dimensions
              • Page:1626
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1626

              December 1979
              Current Psychiatric Therapies, Vol. 18—1978. Presidential Issue with Cumulative Subject Index
              • Page:1627
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1627

              December 1979
              Psychotherapy and the Human Predicament: A Psychosocial Approach
              • Pages:1627-a–1628
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1627-a

              December 1979
              Mental Retardation
              • Page:1628
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1628

              December 1979
              An Introduction to the Psychotherapies
              • Pages:1628-a–1629
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1628-a

              December 1979
              Down's Syndrome: The Psychology of Mongolism
              • Page:1629
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1629

              December 1979
              Modern Problems of Pharmacopsychiatry, Vol. 14: Differential Psychopharmacology of Anxiolytics and Sedatives
              • Pages:1629-a–1630
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1629-a

              December 1979
              Psychiatric Hospital Treatment for the 1980s: A Controlled Study of Short Versus Long Hospitalization
              • Page:1630
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1630

              December 1979
              Growing Up to Be Violent: A Longitudinal Study of the Development of Aggression
              • Pages:1630-a–1631
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1630-a

              December 1979
              Stepfamilies: A Guide to Working with Stepparents and Stepchildren
              • Page:1631
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1631

              December 1979
              The Pathologic Physiology of Dementia with Indications for Diagnosis and Treatment
              • Pages:1631-a–1632
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1631-a

              December 1979
              Advances in Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 3: Alcoholism: A Multidisciplinary Approach
              • Page:1632
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1632

              December 1979
              Behaviour and Rehabilitation: Behavioural Treatment for Long-Stay Patients
              • Pages:1632-a–1633
              • Published Online:1 April 2006

              https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.12.1632-a