Hypnosis in Mental Hospital Practice

1937 ◽  
Vol 83 (344) ◽  
pp. 316-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Copeland ◽  
E. Howard Kitching
Keyword(s):  
Large Class ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Orthodox Medicine ◽  
Hospital Practice ◽  
Mental Treatment ◽  
Made In ◽  
Heterogeneous Class

The Mental Treatment Act of 1930 has brought within the purview of the mental hospital that large class of psychoneurotic and “early psychotic” patients who formerly drifted despairingly in the wilderness between orthodox medicine and the quack. The purpose of this paper is to show how an attempt is being made in this hospital to deal with this heterogeneous class of patients by means of psychotherapy, carried out by the ordinary medical staff of the hospital, without interference with their routine duties.

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.

The Pitressin Diagnosis of Idiopathic Epilepsy

1943 ◽  
Vol 89 (375) ◽  
pp. 284-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Blyth
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Diagnosis ◽  
Idiopathic Epilepsy ◽  
Definite Diagnosis ◽  
Average Hospital ◽  
Hospital Practice ◽  
Hospital Case ◽  
Degree Of Certainty ◽  
Prolonged Observation ◽  
Made In

As a rule, in hospital practice there’ is little urgency for a rapid diagnosis in idiopathic epilepsy to be effected, and doubtful cases can be submitted to prolonged observation until an actual seizure has resulted. There are, however, certain occasions when the necessity arises for the establishment of a definite diagnosis as early as possible. In the average hospital case, the period of observation necessary will be a matter of days or, at the most, a week or so, but in cases of irregular seizures at infrequent intervals, this period may have to be extended into months before any opinion can be offered. It is with a view to curtailing this period of observation that an attempt has been made in this investigation to determine a method whereby the condition can be diagnosed with a degree of certainty in the absence of seizures.

Effect of leaf extracts of Carica papaya (Paw paw) and Pakia biglobosa (African locust bean) on some biochemical parameters of albino rats

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 014-021
Author(s):  
Michael Okey Enemali ◽  
Kingsley Ikechukwu Ubaoji ◽  
Chinenye Enoch Oguazu ◽  
Gambo Sunday Haruna ◽  
Kingsley Kelechi Asogwa
Keyword(s):  
Biochemical Parameters ◽  
Carica Papaya ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Albino Rats ◽  
Serum Concentrations ◽  
Leaf Extracts ◽  
Orthodox Medicine ◽  
Laboratory Methods ◽  
African Locust Bean ◽  
Made In

In spite of the advances made in orthodox medicine, there has been an increasing interest in herbal medicine. The leaves of Carica papaya and Pakia biglobosa have been reported to contain lots of beneficial medicinal compounds, hence their use in the traditional prevention, management and treatment of ailments/diseases. In this study, the effect of varied concentrations of the ethanol leaf extract of the plants on some biochemical parameters of albino rats was assessed. The phytochemical compositions of the leaves were determined using established standard laboratory methods. Fifty four male Albino rats weighing between 150g-200g were randomly distributed into nine groups of six animals each. A daily single dose of 500mg/kg, 1000mg/kg, 1500mg/kg and 2000mg/kg body weight of either of the extracts was respectively, administered to the eight test groups for fourteen days. The control group was given only feed and water. Biochemical parameters such as the serum activities of Aspartate Aminotransferase, Alanine Aminotranferase and Alkaline phosphatase as well as the serum concentrations of Bilirubin, Albumin, HCO3-, Urea, Creatinine and Na+ were assessed. Result of the analyses showed that the administration of the extracts did not significantly raise the serum activity of ALT. The decreases in serum concentrations of Urea and increase in the concentration of HCO3- were directly proportional to the concentration of the extracts. It can be deduced from this study, that 500mg, 1000mg 1500mg and 2000mg/kg bw of either C. papaya or P. biglobosa did not elicit any marked hepatotoxicological or renotoxicological effect on the experimental animals

The Sero-Diagnosis of Syphilis in Mental Hospital Practice

1933 ◽  
Vol 79 (324) ◽  
pp. 52-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ernest Nicole ◽  
E. J. Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Hospital Practice

During the last nine months of 1931 a series of 175 cases were tested for syphilis by means of several reactions, and the results were reported in this journal in January, 1932. During the next nine months the work was continued and considerably extended, and we shall here give the further results thus obtained, together with a statistical expression of the findings of both periods combined.

scholarly journals Practical Experience of Humanistic Care Among Medical Staff in Stroke Wards: A Qualitative Research Study Conducted in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Li ◽  
Wenjing Zhu ◽  
Ziqing Yang ◽  
Qing Luo ◽  
Huang Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Staff ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Step Method ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
Phenomenological Research Method ◽  
Special Patient ◽  
Made In

Abstract BackgroundAs a special patient group, stroke patients have a significant attachment to humanistic care. There are, however, still many problems in clinical practice. Medical staff in stroke wards are the main providers of humanistic care. Finding out the opinions of staff that provide the medical service is vitally important for stroke patients that need access to curative and humanistic care.ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to explore the psychological experiences of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists during the implementation of humanistic care in a stroke ward.MethodMedical staff including doctors, nurses and physiotherapists were selected from stroke wards in general hospitals (minimum level two) from 13 cities within six provinces in China. A purposive sampling method was used until no new data were generated (n=18). Semi-structured interviews were conducted by using a phenomenological research method. The Colaizzi seven-step method was used for analysis.ResultThe end user’s experience incorporated four themes: (1) Gradually improving the perception of humanistic caring in a stroke ward. (2) Required improvement of consciousness and ability of humanistic care implementors in a stroke ward. (3) Main problems and contradictions associated with implementing humanistic care in stroke wards. (4) Critical needs of staff in a stroke ward.ConclusionSteady advances have been made in the prevention and treatment of stroke in China. Care behaviour of staff in stroke wards has gradually improved. Nevertheless, while implementing humanistic care in stroke wards, the consciousness and ability of medical staff needs to be improved, in addition to the practical problems and contradictions affecting the development of humanistic care. In order to improve the level of humanistic care in stroke wards, attention should be paid to the overall improvement of the personal qualities of medical staff in stroke wards and the integration of a humanistic management mode.

scholarly journals Closure of Large Mental Hospitals—Practicable or Desirable?

1985 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 130-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalind C. S. Furlong
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Psychiatric Service ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
View Point ◽  
Mental Hospitals ◽  
Objective Research ◽  
Made In

The move towards community care essentially aims at the provision of a comprehensive psychiatric service in each District with facilities for the chronically disabled based outside the hospital for the greater part. Parallel with this move runs the aim to close all large mental hospitals. The present debate centres around the extent to which we can move towards a system of comprehensive District psychiatric services alone at this stage in time and the question of whether it is desirable to abandon totally the large psychiatric hospital style of care. The brief of this paper is to summarize the reasons for concern about a wholesale move towards District-based services from the large mental hospital from the psychiatrists' view-point. Unfortunately, much of the debate is based on speculation because of the experimental nature of this move and the fact that objective research is lacking on any changes already made in this country.

Nembutal in Mental Hospital Practice

1932 ◽  
Vol 78 (323) ◽  
pp. 892-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan MacMillan
Keyword(s):  
General Anaesthesia ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
General Hospitals ◽  
Hospital Practice ◽  
Sodium Ethyl

Nembutal (sodium ethyl [1-methyl-butyl] barbiturate) has recently come into use in general hospitals in this country as a preliminary to and partial substitute for general anæsthesia.

The Treatment of the Voluntary Boarder

1933 ◽  
Vol 79 (324) ◽  
pp. 102-136
Author(s):  
Henry L. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Mental Hospitals ◽  
Mental Treatment

The following paper is the result of experience gained during two and a half years' work at The Retreat, York.It was prepared at the time that public attention was being focused upon the Mental Treatment Act, 1930. One of the most striking features of that Act was the provision that any person—pauper or otherwise—could be received into any mental hospital by applying for admission voluntarily. The removal of the bar of certification was widely welcomed; this welcome was believed by the writer to be partly a sentimental one. So little was known of any of the legal and medical difficulties which the voluntary boarder system had produced during the forty years it had been in fairly constant use in the registered mental hospitals, that these problems were seldom referred to when the Mental Treatment Act was under consideration.

A Note on the Potential use of Temporary Treatment

1936 ◽  
Vol 82 (336) ◽  
pp. 43-46
Author(s):  
J. K. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Mental Hospital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mental Hospitals ◽  
Temporary Treatment ◽  
Mental Treatment ◽  
Potential Use

Since the passing of the Mental Treatment Act of 1930 the use made of Section 5, dealing with temporary treatment without certification, has varied considerably in different areas, and has, in general, been much less than had been hoped for. In a discussion of this section of the Act held at a quarterly meeting of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association on November 20, 1934, Sir Hubert Bond stated that, while in the opinion of the Board of Control temporary patients should form 15% of the admissions to a mental hospital, in 1933 the proportion of such patients to total admissions was 6·5% in registered hospitals and licensed houses, and only 1·8% in the public mental hospitals.

The Bi-Coloured Guaiac Reaction in Mental Hospital Practice

1934 ◽  
Vol 80 (328) ◽  
pp. 87-93
Author(s):  
S. W. Hardwick
Keyword(s):  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Laboratory Diagnosis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Colloidal System ◽  
Supernatant Fluid ◽  
Hospital Practice ◽  
General Paralysis ◽  
Mental Hospitals ◽  
Gold Sol

The object of this investigation was to ascertain the value of the bicoloured guaiac reaction on the cerebro-spinal fluid in mental hospital practice. The reaction, which was first described by de Thurzo (i), is similar in principle to the Lange gold sol test, in that under certain conditions precipitation occurs from a colloidal system. Its originality depends on the fact that two dyes, naphthol green and brilliant fuchsin are contained in the system, one of which attaches itself to the precipitating colloid (brilliant fuchsin), whilst the other (naphthol green) remains in the supernatant fluid. It is claimed that it is not so susceptible to possible fallacies as the gold sol test (such as chemical uncleanliness), that it is possibly more selective in its action, and that it has the same practical value in the laboratory diagnosis of neuro-syphilis. Results have been reported on hospital cases (2) showing fair agreement with the Lange and Wassermann tests, but so far no records are available showing the value of this test in a series of neuro-syphilitic cases from mental hospitals, with the exception of a brief report on 10 cases (3). The present report deals with 325 fluids obtained from cases in L.C.C. mental hospitals, and these included 125 cases of general paralysis treated by malaria and other pyrexial therapies.

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