Toxic and Functional Psychoses
Authors: CHARLES W. WAHL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

The UCLA Interdepartmental Conference1 May 1967Toxic and Functional PsychosesDiagnosis and Treatment in a Medical SettingCHARLES W. WAHL, M.D., JOSHUA S. GOLDEN, M.D., EDWARD H. LISTON JR., M.D., DAVID G. RIMER, M.D., F.A.C.P., AUGUSTUS S. ROSE, M.D., DORIS SOGHOR, M.D., DAVID H. SOLOMON, M.D., F.A.C.P.CHARLES W. WAHL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOSHUA S. GOLDEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EDWARD H. LISTON JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DAVID G. RIMER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, AUGUSTUS S. ROSE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DORIS SOGHOR, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DAVID H. SOLOMON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-5-989 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDr. Charles W. Wahl: Among the most interesting and significant advances in our knowledge of disease states and in our understanding of mental states are the complex interactions of psychic, physical, and organic stresses in the production of illness. In my opinion, nowhere is this more evident than in the toxic psychoses, formerly believed to be produced exclusively by a toxic insult to the cerebrum, whether by a drug or by some altered state of nutrition. It is now very definitely known from studies using sensory deprivation and lysergic acid diethylamide, plus a broadened clinical experience, that all of us...References1. ENGELROMANO GLJ: Delirium, a syndrome of cerebral insufficiency. J. Chronic Dis. 9: 260, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. BETHUNETURPIN JERA: A simplified concentration procedure for the assay of urinary parathyroid hormone-like material (PTH) in man (abstract). Clin. Res. 14: 174, 1966. Google Scholar3. LIPSETTODELLROSENBERGWALDMANN MBWDLETA: Humoral syndromes associated with nonendocrine tumors: combined clinical staff conference at the National Institutes of Health. Ann. Intern. Med. 61: 733, 1964. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: CHARLES W. WAHL, M.D.; JOSHUA S. GOLDEN, M.D.; EDWARD H. LISTONJR., M.D.; DAVID G. RIMER, M.D., F.A.C.P.; AUGUSTUS S. ROSE, M.D.; DORIS SOGHOR, M.D.; DAVID H. SOLOMON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Los Angeles, CaliforniaThis is an edited transcription of an Interdepartmental Clinical Case Conference arranged by the Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif.Requests for reprints should be addressed to C. W. Wahl, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHospital in the home: a randomised controlled trialSubstance-Induced Organic Mental DisordersWith the eyes of the mindPsychiatry and Surgical Delirium 1 May 1967Volume 66, Issue 5Page: 989-1007KeywordsDrugsLysergic acid diethylamideNutritionPsychoses ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1967 PDF downloadLoading ...