S. Bernard Wortis

Abnormal Catechol Amine Metabolism in Familial Dysautonomia

FAMILIAL dysautonomia is a rare congenital disorder that occurs primarily in Jewish children.1 The more striking manifestations of the disease include reduced or absent tearing, transient skin blot...

Some new chemotherapeutic agents reported useful in psychiatric practice.

The newer psychopharmacologic agents facilitate the control of nervous and mental illness but are not a substitute for proper physical, mental or social adjustment of the patient. They are best used as a supplement to other direct measures aimed at obtaining a cure. All of them may produce troublesome, even dangerous side effects or complications.The newer psychopharmacologic agents facilitate the control of nervous and mental illness but are not a substitute for proper physical, mental or social adjustment of the patient. They are best used as a supplement to other direct measures aimed at obtaining a cure. All of them may produce troublesome, even dangerous side effects or complications.

A SOCIOPSYCHIATRIC STUDY OF TWENTY-FIVE YOUNG OFFENDERS

A review of the case material points up 4 significant findings: 1. The short period of residence in New York City of a large number of offenders, i.e., less than 6 months at the time of arrest. As is to be expected, the greatest metropolis in the world attracts the unstable, unrooted, impulsive adolescent who seeks his fortune and anonymity because life in his home town offers little adventure. They seem to take jobs of short duration, with little compensation in terms of monetary reward or satisfaction, and thus, frustrated and disappointed again, are apt to choose an easy way of survival. 2. The loss of parents by death, desertion, and broken homes was found in the life history of almost half of the offenders. In this respect this group is similar to younger and adolescent offenders, as reported by others studying delinquency. It is fair to assume, therefore, that separation from parents at the early age cited, before the tenth year, is a serious predisposing factor toward antisocial and delinquent beha...

THE PSYCHIATRIC RESOURCES OF NEW YORK

JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, a short history of psychiatric facilities in New York City. In that article he described the outstanding features of the different psychiatric services available. It would be apropos at this time to bring this material up to date and we felt that it would be best to grot ip the facilities under their different functional purposes, thus making information available to those visiting psychiatrists who have specific interests. In our listing we include some of the psychiatric facilities in the nearby states of New Jersey and Connecticut. For those who are interested in detailed information, this can be obtained by referring to Dr. Hamilton’s article in the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, Volume 13, ‘March 1934, page 1097, from the offices of The American Psychiatric Association, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, or from the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, Incorporated, 1790 Broadway, New York 19, New York.