Ultra-violet Radiation in Mental Hospital Practice: A Preliminary Survey

1927 ◽  
Vol 73 (301) ◽  
pp. 200-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. K. Drury
Keyword(s):  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Ultra Violet ◽  
Preliminary Survey ◽  
Hospital Practice ◽  
Mental Hospitals ◽  
Ultra Violet Radiation ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Violet Radiation

The subject of artificial heliotherapy is at present attracting much attention in both scientific and lay worlds. The Board of Control report for 1925 states that there were only five installations in mental hospitals at that time, but doubtless there are more now. I venture therefore to place before you some notes on ultra-violet therapy in the hope that they may be of interest to those thinking of taking up this line of work; and that by their criticisms and observations I may learn from those who have already done so.

scholarly journals Light Therapy in Mental Hospitals

1929 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-468
Author(s):  
H. Dove Cormac
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Ultra Violet ◽  
Light Therapy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Mental Hospitals ◽  
Ultra Violet Radiation ◽  
Body Tissues ◽  
Violet Radiation

The position of actinotherapy in Mental Hospitals in this country is reviewed. An investigation of the results of ultra-violet irradiation in mental disorders at Parkside Mental Hospital is described and it is shown that certain types of the psychoses appear to benefit. The physiological action of actinic rays in relation to mental disorders is discussed and their mode of action on the nervous system suggested. Reference is made to substances which sensitize the body tissues to sunlight and ultra-violet radiation. An allusion is made to glass, penetrable by a portion of the actinic rays, and its uses. The need for ultra-violet ray apparatus in every mental hospital is urged both for treatment of mental and physical conditions and for the study of its action.

Ultra-Violet Radiation and Varicose Ulcers

BMJ ◽  
1927 ◽  
Vol 2 (3479) ◽  
pp. 472-472
Author(s):  
M. Weinbren
Keyword(s):  
Ultra Violet ◽  
Ultra Violet Radiation ◽  
Violet Radiation

A Special Mental Hospital Unit for the Treatment of Psychosis and Neurosis in Juveniles

1953 ◽  
Vol 99 (414) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalton E. Sands
Keyword(s):  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Psychiatric Illness ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Hospital Unit ◽  
Hospital Practice ◽  
Special Unit ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mental Hospitals ◽  
End Results

Since the treatment of juveniles as in-patients in a special unit is somewhat unusual in mental hospital practice, a brief introduction may not be out of place. These units might be considered as another development in a trend which has been progressing for the past 25 years. Until 1930 certification of all admissions to mental hospitals and a mainly custodial régime ensured the majority of patients being largely the end-results of psychiatric illness. Since 1930 the steadily increasing use of the voluntary system has brought many patients to hospital at a stage when their illness can be favourably influenced by modern therapeutic methods. An associated development was the increased provision of wards or units separate from the chronically disturbed cases, or even, as at this hospital, a complete villa system of detached and semi-detached wards for mainly voluntary adult patients.

Ultra-Violet Radiation and the Production of Twins and Double Monsters

1931 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie A. Hinrichs ◽  
Ida T. Genther
Keyword(s):  
Ultra Violet ◽  
Ultra Violet Radiation ◽  
Violet Radiation

Effects of Ultra-Violet Radiation on Oysters

Nature ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 181 (4614) ◽  
pp. 1013-1013 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. A. ABOUL-ELA
Keyword(s):  
Ultra Violet ◽  
Ultra Violet Radiation ◽  
Violet Radiation
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