Sign In

Username

Forgot Username?

Password

Forgot password?

Keep me signed in

Sign in via OpenAthens

Change Password

Old Password

New Password

Too Short Weak Medium Strong Very Strong Too Long

Your password must have 6 characters or more:

a lower case character,
an upper case character,
a special character
or a digit

Too Short

Password Changed Successfully

Your password has been changed

Create your account

Email

Forget yout Password?

Enter your email address below and we will send you the reset instructions

Email

If the address matches an existing account you will receive an email with instructions to reset your password

Close

Forgot your Username?

Enter your email address below and we will send you your username

Email

If the address matches an existing account you will receive an email with instructions to retrieve your username

Skip main navigation

DSM Library
Books
Journals
News
Education & CME
APA Guidelines
Patient Education
Podcasts
Topics
International
My POL
More

Advanced Search

Advanced Search

Current Issue Archive About Residents' Journal AJP In Advance Podcast CME Author Resources Author and Reviewer Guidelines

More

Share on

2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
1930s
1920s
1910s
1900s
1890s
1880s
1870s
1860s
1850s
1840s

2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

July 01, 2024 | VOL. 181, NO. 7
CURRENT ISSUE
pp.565-686
June 01, 2024 | VOL. 181, NO. 6
pp.461-564
May 01, 2024 | VOL. 181, NO. 5
pp.347-460
April 01, 2024 | VOL. 181, NO. 4
pp.255-346
March 01, 2024 | VOL. 181, NO. 3
pp.171-254
February 01, 2024 | VOL. 181, NO. 2
pp.83-170
January 01, 2024 | VOL. 181, NO. 1
pp.1-82

2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010

2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000

1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990

1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980

1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970

1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960

1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950

1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940

1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
1931
1930

1929
1928
1927
1926
1925
1924
1923
1922
1921
1920

1919
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
1913
1912
1911
1910

1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900

1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890

1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880

1879
1878
1877
1876
1875
1874
1873
1872
1871
1870

1869
1868
1867
1866
1865
1864
1863
1862
1861
1860

1859
1858
1857
1856
1855
1854
1853
1852
1851
1850

1849
1848
1847
1846
1845
1844

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has updated its Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, including with new information specifically addressed to individuals in the European Economic Area. As described in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, this website utilizes cookies, including for the purpose of offering an optimal online experience and services tailored to your preferences.

Please read the entire Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. By closing this message, browsing this website, continuing the navigation, or otherwise continuing to use the APA's websites, you confirm that you understand and accept the terms of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, including the utilization of cookies.

cover

Previous Issue Next Issue

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 96, Issue 2

September 1939

Submit an article Subscribe Get Free Publication Alerts

Export Citation

Select Citation format

Download citation
Copy citation

Export Citations Add to Favorites Recommend

Article

September 1939

CORTICAL SPREAD OF EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE AND THE CONDITIONING EFFECT OF HABITUAL SEIZURES

WILDER PENFIELD, and
EDWIN BOLDREY

Pages:255–281
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.255

First Page
PDF/EPUB

September 1939

A STUDY OF ACCIDENTS IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL

C. A. BONNER, and
LOIS E. TAYLOR

Pages:283–295
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.283

Abstract
PDF/EPUB

Preview Abstract

Routine reports of all accidental injuries to patients of Danvers State Hospital were collected for a two-year period, including even those accidents which were so trifling as to result in no visible injury. These reports were analysed statistically with ...

September 1939

A REVIEW OF THE RESULTS OF THE PHARMACOLOGICAL SHOCK THERAPY AND THE METRAZOL CONVULSIVE THERAPY IN NEW YORK STATE

JOHN R. ROSS, and
BENJAMIN MALZBERG

Pages:297–316
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.297

Abstract
PDF/EPUB

Preview Abstract

1. One thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven patients suffering from dementia præcox have been treated thus far with insulin hypoglycemia in the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, and 1140 patients have been treated with metrazol. 2. The ...

September 1939

RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE INSULIN-SHOCK TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

EARL D. BOND,
JOSEPH HUGHES, and
JAMES A. FLAHERTY

Pages:317–326
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.317

Abstract
PDF/EPUB

Preview Abstract

1. In every hospital using insulin-shock the patients treated should be followed for five years. Another group of patients, or other groups, as near alike as possible should be followed for the same time as controls. It seems certain that relapses after ...

September 1939

REGARDING SODIUM AMYTAL AS A PROGNOSTIC AID IN INSULIN AND METRAZOL SHOCK THERAPY OF MENTAL PATIENTS. (DEMENTIA PRÆCOX.)

M. M. HARRIS,
WM. A. HORWITZ, and
E. A. MILCH

Pages:327–333
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.327

Abstract
PDF/EPUB

Preview Abstract

1. A total of 55 cases of dementia præcox were tested by the intravenous injection of prenarcotic doses of sodium amytal prior to treatment with insulin hypoglycemic therapy. 2. An ameliorating response to the injection of sodium amytal was obtained in 30 ...

September 1939

IRREVERSIBLE OR HYPERGLYCEMIC INSULIN COMA

JOSEPH WORTIS, and
RICHARD H. LAMBERT

Pages:335–345
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.335

Abstract
PDF/EPUB

Preview Abstract

1. Irreversible or hyperglycemic insulin presents a typical picture consisting of a sustained high blood sugar (following intravenous glucose administration), fever, rapid pulse and respiration and frequently fits, vomiting or diarrhea. It is a serious ...

September 1939

EVALUATION OF THERAPEUTIC FACTORS IN PHARMACOLOGIC SHOCK

L. S. LIPSCHUTZ,
R. W. CAVELL,
R. LEISER,
E. N. HINKO, and
S. H. RUSKIN

Pages:347–360
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.347

Abstract
PDF/EPUB

Preview Abstract

1. Seven of 20, or 35 per cent, of a group of chronic schizophrenic patients were benefited by insulin to the point of social recovery or marked improvement, as compared with a 20 per cent spontaneous remission rate in a control group of 30 patients. 2. ...

September 1939

OBSERVATIONS OF INSULIN SENSITIVITY

SIDNEY J. TILLIM

Pages:361–369
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.361

Abstract
PDF/EPUB

Preview Abstract

The subject of sensitivity to insulin in the course of shock therapy was discussed in relation to this new treatment for mental diseases. A case of unusually high sensitivity was described, and the effective use of Braunmü hl's Zickzackmethode for ...

September 1939

THE MECHANISM OF THE SYMPTOMS OF INSULIN HYPOGLYCEMIA

H. E. HIMWICH,
J. P. FROSTIG,
J. F. FAZEKAS, and
Z. HADIDIAN

Pages:371–385
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.371

Abstract
PDF/EPUB

Preview Abstract

1. Simultaneous observations of clinical symptoms, cerebral oxygen utilization, blood sugar level and electrical activity of the brain were made on patients with schizophrenia receiving the insulin treatment. 2. Blood sugar decreases during the first ...

September 1939

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BABINSKI SIGN DURING HYPOGLYCEMIC TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

MARCEL HEIMAN

Pages:387–391
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.387

Abstract
PDF/EPUB

Preview Abstract

1. A positive Babinski was found in 92.3 per cent of cases after the onset of unconsciousness and in 74.2 per cent prior to the onset of unconsciousness in patients undergoing insulin treatment for schizophrenia. 2. The positive Babinski has no ...

September 1939

FATAL COMPLICATION FOLLOWING METRAZOL TREATMENT FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA

J. PESSIN, and
H. H. REESE

Pages:393–396
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.393

First Page
PDF/EPUB

September 1939

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CHANGES PRODUCED BY INSULIN

K. E. APPEL,
B. J. ALPERS,
D. W. HASTINGS, and
JOSEPH HUGHES

Pages:397–401
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.397

First Page
PDF/EPUB

September 1939

MENTAL DISEASE IN PERU

HORÁTIO M. POLLOCK

Pages:403–412
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.403

First Page
PDF/EPUB

September 1939

THE PHANTOM LIMB

ALFRED GALLINEK

Pages:413–422
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.413

First Page
PDF/EPUB

September 1939

THE OTHER SIDE OF HALLUCINATIONS

JONATHAN LANG

Pages:423–430
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.423

Abstract
PDF/EPUB

Preview Abstract

The problem of hallucinations looms as an important one for the understanding of the nature of psychopathological conditions. From the viewpoint of actual experience, hallucinations form the epicenter from which the psychosis spreads. The clarification of ...

September 1939

THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION

Pages:431–494
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.431

First Page
PDF/EPUB

September 1939

LEBANON HOSPITAL FOR MENTAL DISEASES

R. STEWART MILLER

Pages:495–496
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.495

PDF/EPUB

September 1939

WILLIAM C. SANDY

Pages:497–498
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.497

PDF/EPUB

September 1939

LEONA M. HAMBRECHT

Pages:499–505
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.499

First Page
PDF/EPUB

September 1939

The Genetics of Schizophrenia

HORATIO M. POLLOCK

Pages:506–507
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.506

PDF/EPUB

September 1939

The Primate Thalamus

ERIC A. LINELL

Pages:507–508
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.507

PDF/EPUB

September 1939

The 1938 Mental Measurements Yearbook of the School of Education, Rutgers University

W. LINE

Pages:508–509
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.508

PDF/EPUB

September 1939

Analysis of Parergasia

JULIUS LOMAN

Pages:509–510
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.509

PDF/EPUB

September 1939

Pastoral Psychiatry

C. B. F.

Pages:510–512
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.510

First Page
PDF/EPUB

September 1939

A. A. BRILL

Pages:512-2–516
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.96.2.512-2

First Page
PDF/EPUB

Contact Us
Alerts
Subscriptions

American Psychiatric Association Publishing

Powered by Atypon Literatum

Information

For Libraries & Institutions
For Advertisers
Subscriptions
Media & Journalists
Reprints & Permissions
Copyright & Legal Disclaimer

Help and About Us

Help
About Us

Terms of Use
Privacy Policy

© 2024 American Psychiatric Association