Arresting the vicious cycle: care and treatment of adolescents displaying the Ovinnik syndrome.
Published in Canadian Psychiatric Association journal
Nutrition and behaviour.
Published in Canadian Psychiatric Association journal
Treatment of minimal brain dysfunction in a young adult.
Published in Canadian Psychiatric Association journal
A discussion of the clinical picture and treatment of minimal brain dysfunction in post adolescence is presented. Small amounts of methylphenidate appear to have a salutary effect on symptoms such as irritability, moodiness, restlessness and poor concentration .
Notes on the treatment of anhedonia.
Published in Canadian Psychiatric Association journal
This paper discusses the concept of anhedonia defined as the inability to experience pleasure. Many authors have noted the presence of anhedonia as a personality feature in patients with schizophrenia and other disorders. Anhedonia apparently begins early in life in relation to pathological reactions within the core family. Many authors feel that a...
Poppers, a new recreational drug craze.
Published in Canadian Psychiatric Association journal
The study was conducted to obtain information on the recreational use of the vasodilators (RVs) amyl nitrite and butyl nitrite in Toronto. The results of 70 interviews (40 complete) indicate that sniffing these RVs gives a 'high' lasting from a few seconds to a few minutes with headache being the most common side effect. None of the more serious si...
A pathography of Louis Riel.
Published in Canadian Psychiatric Association journal
This child is mine! The battle cry for custody.
Published in Canadian Psychiatric Association journal
History and the psychiatrist.
Published in Canadian Psychiatric Association journal
The custody assessment.
Published in Canadian Psychiatric Association journal
Louis Riel: a case study in involuntary psychiatric confinement.
Published in Canadian Psychiatric Association journal
Louis Riel was confined against his will in insane asylums from March 6, 1876 to January 23, 1878. Psychiatrists and historians have generally interpreted his certification as an act of benevolence to Riel at a time when he was non compos mentis. However, detailed study of surviving records and manuscript sources shows that the commitment was legal...
