Schizophrenia From the Physiological Point of View

Article1 October 1933SCHIZOPHRENIA FROM THE PHYSIOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEWR. G. HOSKINS, PH.D., M.D.R. G. HOSKINS, PH.D., M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-4-445 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe schizophrenic psychosis, of all unsolved problems, presents to the medical profession the outstanding challenge of our day. This disorder alone fills one-fifth of all hospital beds in the United States. It is presumably equally prevalent in other parts of the world. Its cost is incalculable. Its onset is commonly in the early years of maturity and it persists to a greater or lesser degree of severity throughout a lifetime that is not greatly curtailed. To the patient it represents exclusion from family and friends—literally in many cases, spiritually in any case. It casts a pall of undeserved stigma upon... This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: R. G. HOSKINS, PH.D., M.D.Affiliations: Worcester, Massachusetts*Read at the Montreal Meeting of the American College of Physicians, February 9, 1933. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInteroception abnormalities in schizophrenia: A review of preliminary evidence and an integration with Bayesian accounts of psychosisA translational approach for NMDA receptor profiling as a vulnerability biomarker for depression and schizophreniaA Case Report: Irbesartan and Naltrexone Treatment of Polydipsia in a Patient with Schizophrenia64-Year-Old Male with Undifferentiated Schizophrenia, Lengthy Institutionalization, Water ImbalanceTolvaptan: a new tool for the effective treatment of hyponatremia in psychotic disordersFactors Which Influence the Internal Body Water Level of Schizophrenics and Characteristics of Internal Body Water Distribution of Patients with PolydipsiaDouble-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trial of a Vasopressin V2-Receptor Antagonist in Patients with Schizophrenia and HyponatremiaThe Consulting Psychiatrist and the Polydipsia-Hyponatremia Syndrome in SchizophreniaWhen They Drink Too Much Nursing Interventions for Patients with DISORDERED WATER BALANCEThe Link Between Fluid Intake and Weight Gain in PsychosisPolydipsia in the chronically mentally ill: A reviewSurvey of Diurnal Weight Gain and Urine Volume in Chronic Schizophrenia *Abnormal diurnal weight gain among chronically psychotic patients contrasted with acutely psychotic patients and normalsFailure of antipsychotic drug dose to explain abnormal diurnal weight gain among 129 chronically psychotic inpatientsDiurnal variation in water homeostasis among schizophrenic patients subject to water intoxicationSimilarity of patterns of urine excretion among nonpolyuric and polyuric patients with thought disordersAbnormal diurnal weight gain among long-term patients with schizophrenic disordersWater homeostasis in psychiatric patientsDiurnal variation of urinary excretion for patients with psychosis, intermittent hyponatremia, and polydipsia (PIP syndrome)Polyuria and schizophreniaCorrelation of Cigarette-Induced Increase in Serum Nicotine Levels with Arginine Vasopressin Concentrations in the Syndrome of Self-Induced Water Intoxication and Psychosis (SIWIP)Psychogenic polydipsia and water intoxication—Concepts that have failedPatterns of urinary excretion among patients with self- induced water intoxication and psychosisIncreased urine volume in chronic schizophrenic patientsStudies of Norepinephrine in SchizophreniaTvångsmässigt vattendriekande: Vattenintoxikation och njurfunktion i samband med neuroleptikabehandlingSelf-induced Water Intoxication Case Study of a Chronically Schizophrenic Patient with Physiological Evidence of Water Retention Due to Inappropriate Release of Antidiuretic HormoneJ. ALLAN HOBSON, M.D., JOSEPH T. ENGLISH, M.D.The Somatic Manifestations of SchizophreniaReview, case studies, therapy, and interpretation of the acute exhaustive psychosesÜber vasomotorische Reaktionen und Wärmeregulation im katatonen StuporPhysical Research in Psychiatry: With Notes on the Need for Research into Hereditary Factors and for a System of Pedigree-Keeping 1 October 1933Volume 7, Issue 4 Page: 445-456 Keywords Schizophrenia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...