In this book, Dr. Rollin shows that there is a group (composed almost entirely of chronic schizophrenics) who do extremely badly after their discharge from mental hospitals. They break the law because of their inability to look after themselves in the community and although proceedings are sometimes taken against them before they are transferred to a mental hospital, others are never prosecuted...

The present experiment was designed to investigate some of the labile discharge characteristics of single units in the medial geniculate body (MGB) of the locally anesthetized, paralyzed cat. In particular, the following problems were addressed : To what extent do MGB cells exhibit stationary discharge rates; what are the effects of phasic arousal (produced by infrequent shock to the paw) upon ...