Autonomic and Respiratory Responses of Schizophrenic and Normal Subjects to Changes of Intra-Pulmonary Atmosphere

Bibliographic Data

ID19306253
AuthorsHarry Freeman (0000-0002-3872-8537, State Hospital, corresponding author), Eliot H Rodnick (Worcester State University, corresponding author)
Year1940
Volume2
Issue2
Pages93-94
Publication date1940-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychosomatic Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-3174 • E-ISSN: 1534-7796
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00006842-194004000-00001
OpenAlexW2315567711
LanguageEN
Citations received2

The cardiovascular and respiratory reactions of 31 normal subjects and 29 schizophrenic patients have been studied in response to a thermal stress placed upon the organism by having them inspire oxygen in which the temperature was raised to 41° C. and the humidity to the saturation point. As indicators, the blood pressure, heart rate, galvanic skin resistance, and respiratory rate and amplitude were used. Although the basal levels of the various indicators during a control period were quite comparable for both the normal controls and the patients, the control subjects gave significantly larger autonomic and respiratory responses to the increase in temperature and humidity of the inspired oxygen. The findings lend experimental support to indications that the schizophrenic patient is sluggish in adaptive reactivity of the autonomic nervous system

Anesthesia · Audiology · Autonomic nervous system · Blood pressure · Cardiology · Heart rate · Oxygen · Oxygen saturation · Respiratory frequency · Respiratory Rate · Respiratory system · Chemistry · Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments