Garfield Tourney

Electroencephalographic artifact arising from dental restorations

Abstract Artifact resulting from the presence of metal in a patients mouth has been described. It is suggested that this type of artifact may be ruled out by recording from electrodes placed on the patients face over the area of the metal in the patients mouth.

The depressive illnesses: Their diagnosis and treatment

0 NE of the most ubiquitous phenomena of man’s affective experiences is the disorder of mood called depression. Depression is a normal emotional response to a loss, such as a loss of a close interpersonal relationship, of prestige and position, of finances, or similar experiences. In addition depression is probably the most common of psychiatric symptoms, being associated with many psychiatric conditions and various types of physical disease. The symptom of depression can occur at any age, although it is difficult to recognize this during infancy and childhood. Definite depressive illnesses occurring in adolescence, adulthood, and during the senium have been described and are the subject of this presentation. The primary symptom of depressive illness is the generally depressed affect of the individual. This varies considerably with the type of depressive illness, the personality make-up of the patient, his emotional defense patterns, and the nature of the precipitating factors. Often mild depressive symptoms are not overtly expressed by the individual in that his depressive preoccupations are suppressed from others, and therefore may be difficult to detect. However, indications of the depression are usually manifest in some patterns of behavior such as a general pessimistic attitude, hopelessness about the future, vague somatic complaints, fatigue, loss of sleep, appetite, and weight, difficulty in concentration, and disturbed psychomotor activity, such as either retardation or agitation. These symptoms may develop acutely and persist for a short time or occur in chronic form. The thoughts of the individual dwell on feelings of self-blame, worthlessness, self-abnegation, and frequently suicide. Associated physiologic phenomena are often of considerable significance and include such things as blurring of vision, dryness of the mouth, anorexia, constipation, general fatigue, and sometimes such symptoms as amenorrhea in women or failure of potency in men.

Psychiatrie Symptoms Associated with Occlusive Cerebral Vascular Disease

The principal interest in cerebral vascular disease began in the last century with the concern for hemorrhagic collections on the surface of the brain-the epidural and subdural hematomas. In this century, with the development and use of cerebral angiography since the thirties, cerebral aneurysms and their intracranial complications have gained increasing attention. Of more than academic interest, many aneurysms are now amenable to surgical treatment. Cause of occlusive cerebral vascular disease is cerebral arteriosclerosis. A diverse pattern of symptoms occurs in this disturbance, which usually begins during the sixth decade. These symptoms include fatigue, headaches, dizziness, insidious changes in physical and mental abilities, difficulties in concentrating, episodes of confusion, excitement, gradual intellectual deterioration, changes in personality with exaggeration of premorbid personality characteristics, depression, anxiety, irritability, delusions, and hallucinations. The purpose of the present st...