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BASAL METABOLISM IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

BASAL METABOLISM IN SCHIZOPHRENIA Abstract The fact that more than one sixth of all hospital beds in the United States are devoted to victims of schizophrenia would seem to constitute this disorder the most insistent problem now confronting the medical profession. That it is receiving study, however, comparable in quantity or quality to that devoted to several disorders numerically less important can scarcely be maintained. When one considers the extent of present day medical research on such conditions as diabetes or cancer, it is astonishing that schizophrenia is relatively so much neglected. A comparison of any of the standard monographs on diabetes and on schizophrenia, for instance, brings out a remarkable discrepancy in the knowledge of the physical and metabolic conditions in the two disorders. One of the most significant criteria of the functional state of the patient is his basal rate of oxygen consumption. Although the basal metabolism in persons with schizophrenia has been References 1. Bornstein, A.: Untersuchungen über die Atmung der Geisterkranken , Monatschr. f. Psychiat. u. Neurol. 24:392, 1908.Crossref 2. Langfeldt's (1926) 3. Frenkel: Ueber Untersuchungen des respiratorischen Stoffwechsels bei Psychosen , Psych. Verein z. Berlin , (March) , 1909 4. Neurol. Centralbl. 28:443, 1909. 5. Gräfe, E.: Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Stoffwechselverlangsatmung (Untersuchungen bei stuporösen Zustäden) , Deutsches Arch. f. klin. Med. 102:15, 1911. 6. Bowman, K. M.; Eidson, J. P., and Burladge, S. P.: Biochemical Studies in Ten Cases of Dementia Praecox , Boston M. & S. J. 187:358, 1922. 7. Bowman, K. M., and Grabfield, G. P.: Basal Metabolism in Mental Disease , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 9:358 ( (March) ) 1923. 8. Gibbs, C. E., and Lemcke, Dorothea: Study in Basal Metabolism in Dementia Praecox and Manic-Depressive Psychoses , Arch. Int. Med. 31:102 ( (Jan.) ) 1923. 9. Farr, C. B.: Results of Basal Metabolism Tests in One Hundred Mental Cases , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 12:518 ( (Nov.) ) 1924. 10. Walker, J.: Basal Metabolism in Mental Disorders, Especially Dementia Praecox and the Influence of the Diathermic Current on the Same , J. Ment. Sc. 70:47, 1924. 11. Whitehorn, J. C., and Tillotson, K. J.: Oxygen Consumption in Dementia Praecox , Boston M. & S. J. 192:1254, 1925. 12. Bowman, K. M., and Fry, C. C.: Basal Metabolism in Mental Disease , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 14:819 ( (Dec.) ) 1925. 13. Langfeldt, G.: The Endocrine Glands and Autonomic Systems in Dementia Praecox , Bergen, J. W. Eides Boktrykkeri, 1926, p. 326. 14. Bowman, K. M.: Endocrine and Biochemical Studies in Schizophrenia , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 65:465, 1927. 15. Steinhaus, A. H.: Studies in the Physiology of Exercise: I. Exercise and Basal Metabolism in the Dog , Am. J. Physiol. 83:658, 1927. 16. Gustafson, Florence, and Benedict, F. G.: The Seasonal Variation in Basal Metabolism , Am. J. Physiol. 86:43, 1928. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry American Medical Association

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Abstract The fact that more than one sixth of all hospital beds in the United States are devoted to victims of schizophrenia would seem to constitute this disorder the most insistent problem now confronting the medical profession. That it is receiving study, however, comparable in quantity or quality to that devoted to several disorders numerically less important can scarcely be maintained. When one considers the extent of present day medical research on such conditions as diabetes or cancer, it is astonishing that schizophrenia is relatively so much neglected. A comparison of any of the standard monographs on diabetes and on schizophrenia, for instance, brings out a remarkable discrepancy in the knowledge of the physical and metabolic conditions in the two disorders. One of the most significant criteria of the functional state of the patient is his basal rate of oxygen consumption. Although the basal metabolism in persons with schizophrenia has been References 1. Bornstein, A.: Untersuchungen über die Atmung der Geisterkranken , Monatschr. f. Psychiat. u. Neurol. 24:392, 1908.Crossref 2. Langfeldt's (1926) 3. Frenkel: Ueber Untersuchungen des respiratorischen Stoffwechsels bei Psychosen , Psych. Verein z. Berlin , (March) , 1909 4. Neurol. Centralbl. 28:443, 1909. 5. Gräfe, E.: Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Stoffwechselverlangsatmung (Untersuchungen bei stuporösen Zustäden) , Deutsches Arch. f. klin. Med. 102:15, 1911. 6. Bowman, K. M.; Eidson, J. P., and Burladge, S. P.: Biochemical Studies in Ten Cases of Dementia Praecox , Boston M. & S. J. 187:358, 1922. 7. Bowman, K. M., and Grabfield, G. P.: Basal Metabolism in Mental Disease , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 9:358 ( (March) ) 1923. 8. Gibbs, C. E., and Lemcke, Dorothea: Study in Basal Metabolism in Dementia Praecox and Manic-Depressive Psychoses , Arch. Int. Med. 31:102 ( (Jan.) ) 1923. 9. Farr, C. B.: Results of Basal Metabolism Tests in One Hundred Mental Cases , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 12:518 ( (Nov.) ) 1924. 10. Walker, J.: Basal Metabolism in Mental Disorders, Especially Dementia Praecox and the Influence of the Diathermic Current on the Same , J. Ment. Sc. 70:47, 1924. 11. Whitehorn, J. C., and Tillotson, K. J.: Oxygen Consumption in Dementia Praecox , Boston M. & S. J. 192:1254, 1925. 12. Bowman, K. M., and Fry, C. C.: Basal Metabolism in Mental Disease , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 14:819 ( (Dec.) ) 1925. 13. Langfeldt, G.: The Endocrine Glands and Autonomic Systems in Dementia Praecox , Bergen, J. W. Eides Boktrykkeri, 1926, p. 326. 14. Bowman, K. M.: Endocrine and Biochemical Studies in Schizophrenia , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 65:465, 1927. 15. Steinhaus, A. H.: Studies in the Physiology of Exercise: I. Exercise and Basal Metabolism in the Dog , Am. J. Physiol. 83:658, 1927. 16. Gustafson, Florence, and Benedict, F. G.: The Seasonal Variation in Basal Metabolism , Am. J. Physiol. 86:43, 1928.

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Published: Apr 1, 1929

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