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                  <text>�Reprinted from Psychopathology of Communication
Grime &amp; Strstton. Inc., 1958
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CHANGES IN LANGUAGE DURING
ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY
By ROBERT L. KAHN, PH.D.,

I

AND

MAX FINK, M.D.*

Weinstein and his associates have described patterns
of symbolic adaptation in patients with cerebral dysfunction.l The
main emphasis in their work has been placed on altered language patterns. Their observations have shown the similarity and relationship
between various kinds of behavior which were previously regarded as
disparate phenomena. Instead of being isolated defects due to focal
brain lesions, these phenomena can be understood as uniﬁed aspects of
an altered pattern of adaptation under the conditions of a diffuse disturbance in brain function. Some of the factors which determine the particular type of adaptation shown include the premorbid personality and the
nature of the environmental stresses.
This emphasis on language has been shown to be a useful method of
study. For example, the presence of certain characteristic changes in
language under the influence of amobarbital sodium, such as disorienta—
tion for time and place, denial of illness, and reduplication, has been
standardized as a diagnostic test of brain disease in neurological patients?! 3
This technique has application in the study of other conditions of
altered brain function, as in the somatic therapies. The electroshock
population is of interest for two reasons. It is possible in these patients,
as it is not in those with neurological diseases, to manipulate experimentally the stimulus causing changes in brain function. Secondly, the mode
of action and the psychological changes associated with electroshock
treatment remain poorly understood. In a previous study we have shown
that a favorable clinical response to electroshock treatment is related to
early and persistent manifestations of language changes with amobarbiN RECENT YEARS

*

Department of Experimental Psychiatry, Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, New
York. Prepared with assistance from the National Institute of Mental Health, Public Health Service and the Dazian Foundation for Medical Research.

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tal sodium characteristic of altered brain function} This ﬁnding was
considered to support the hypothesis advanced by Weinstein and
Kahnl’ 5 that the mechanism of therapeutic action of electrically induced convulsions lay in the creation of a condition of altered brain
function in which the patient might express his problems in a new
symbolic fashion, particularly in the form of denial.
The present investigation is a further attempt to test this hypothesis
by studying changes in language that occur with treatment. The following questions speciﬁcally were studied:
1. Are there characteristic identiﬁable changes in language which develop in the course of electroshock treatment?
2. Are these changes related to the clinical response?
3. Are these changes related to the degree of alteration of brain function?
4. Does the administration of amobarbital sodium prior to treatment
produce any changes in language which have prognostic value for the
eventual clinical response to treatment, the development of altered brain
function, and the development of language changes during treatment?
METHOD

Population: Sixty-ﬁve consecutive referrals for electroshock treatment
at the Hillside Hospital were studied. The Reiter electrostimulator was
used on 49 patients, while 16 were treated with the Medcraft. There were
20 men in the series and 45 women and ages ranged from 21 to 68.
Each patient was tested prior to treatment and retested during the
second week of treatment after having received 4-6 convulsions, and during the third week after having received 7-9 convulsions. On each of
these occasions the patient was ﬁrst tested clinically and then after
amobarbital sodium had been administered at the rate of .05 grams per
minute until nystagmus, slurred speech, drowsiness, and errors in counting backward were noted.2
The test consisted of a standardized series of questions concerning
orientation and awareness of illness. This study is based, however, on
the response to only three of the questions used: (1) What is your main
trouble? (2) Why did you come to this place? (3) If you could have
one wish, what would you wish for? All responses were recorded verbatim. Observations were also made on such nonverbal aspects as smiling, laughing, gestures, and other bodily movements.

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RESULTS

Patterns of Language Change Noted Clinically During Treatment
In evaluating the changes in language, the original responses to the
three questions given clinically prior to treatment were used as the baseline. The evaluation of what constituted a change was based on explicit
objective changes in grammar rather than on subjective or interpretative
changes as to affect, mood, feeling, pitch, voice quality, etc. In this
manner the following types of language change were noted clinically
during the course of treatment: (1) alteration in the syntactical use of
person, (2) evasion, (3) verbal denial, (4) qualiﬁcation, (5) change in
tense, (6) displacement, (7) stereotyped expressions and cliches, and
(8) smiling and laughing.
Alteration in the syntactical use of person. Instead of using the ﬁrst
person singular as in the pretreatment period, 28 patients used the second or third person and, occasionally, the ﬁrst person plural. To the
question concerning main trouble such responses were given as, “It’s
what they call a depression,” “They told me I was emotionally and
mentally sick,” “We’re having a lot of trouble with my mother-in-law,”
“My cousin brought me; she said I was nervous,” “What’s your main
trouble, or don’t you know?” and “My Mrs. is sick and I would appreciate it if they would let her in here as soon as possible.” The reason for
coming to the hospital was variously given as, “My wife brought me,”
“My father told me to come here,” or “My doctor said this was a good
hospital.” The wish was given as “Perfect health for my family,” “My
children, my husband, and all my good friends should be healthy and
happy,” and “There should be peace in the world.”
Evasion. Evasion in answering the question about their illness was
shown by 27 patients. This commonly took the form of answering this
question with another, as, “What do you mean by my main trouble?,”
“What do you expect me to say?,” “Well, what it it?,” and “What did I
say last time?” Other language patterns considered evasive included
such responses as, “I don’t know how to tell you,” “I don’t get what you
mean,” “Let me think,” “It’s hard to say,” and “I just don’t know how
to express it.’ One patient asked the examiner to give her a hint.
Verbal denial. Explicit verbal denial of illness was shown by 23 patients. They either said they had no main trouble, were well or else, after
giving evasive ‘I don’t know” responses, denied their illness and symptoms when speciﬁcally questioned about them.

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Qualiﬁcation. Qualiﬁcation of a response in the direction of less commitment was shown by 19 patients. This language pattern was characterized by the use of such words as “guess,” “kind of,” “sort of,” “think,”
“apparently,” “probably,” “possibly,” “might be,” “seem,” “assumed,”
9,
and “perhaps. Thus such responses were given as, “I guess I have
been jittery,” “I seem to be very much depressed,” “Probably that I’m
nervous,” “I suffer from anxieties, apparently,” “Possibly worry about
the future,” “I have sort of gotten frightened,” “Mentally upset, I assume,” and “I think I’m a little insecure.”
Change in tense. In 18 patients there was a change in tense in describing their illness. In most cases the patient used the past tense: “I was
depressed when I came here” or “I had been nervous.” In other cases
the patient answered the question about his main trouble by putting it
in the future tense as a wish.
Displacement. In 20 cases there was a displacement of the complaint
to something other than originally given prior to treatment. This was
invariably less serious than the original complaint. Sometimes the displacement was in the form of a somatic complaint, as saying the main
trouble was “diarrhea,” “headaches,” “pain in the feet,” “I slammed the
ﬁnger in the door,” and “I’ve got an itch.” In other cases the displacement was to some concrete aspect of the hospital situation, as “My main
trouble is getting these treatments,” or “I’m upset because I was transferred to another ward.”
Stereotyped expressions and cliches. The use of stereotyped expressions and cliches was shown by 11 patients. They gave such responses
as “It seems to me under the proper circumstances I’d be all right,” “ [My
trouble is] monetary problems with people that are honorary and sincere,” “That’s the root of the whole thing,” “The only thing certain is
death and taxes,” “Learn my lesson and be a good boy,” “To be a person
of pep and reliability,” and “I just want to stop being a lazy lout.” One
woman responded to a question of her one wish with, “I think I should
consult my husband before I make a wish because he’s a lawyer and the
father of my children.”
Smiling and laughing. In 20 cases the patient was noted to smile or
laugh either immediately preceding or following his response to the
question concerning his illness.
Language Changes Shown with Amobarbital Sodium During Treatment
The language patterns after amobarbital sodium during the second

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and third weeks of treatment were similar to those noted clinically. With
the drug, however, the changes appeared earlier in the course of treatment. A given language pattern might be noted in the second week of
treatment with the drug, but would not occur clinically until the third
week. In addition, the reactions to the drug took more extreme forms,
which are described as (l) cryptic responses, and (2) withdrawal reactions.
Cryptic responses. These were shown by 23 patients. Responses were
classed as cryptic when they had no obvious relevance to the test question or when their meaning was obscure, representing a very personalized expression. Thus one patient, when asked his main trouble, said,
“Nightmare of the afternoon of the evening of the nightmare.” Others
do
the
know
the
didn’t
“I
such
problems—couldn’t
as
responses
gave
problems,” “Getting my husband to write down what he does,” or “What
could I say—you don’t get the crossword.”
Withdrawal reactions. Some pattern of withdrawal was noted in 33
patients. This behavior was characterized by incomplete sentences, incoherent mumbling, neologisms, perseveration, the use of a foreign
language by bilingual patients, and delay or failure to respond to the
questions. These patients would characteristically lie with their eyes
open, would smile or turn their heads when the examiner spoke, and
would speak clearly and promptly and in English when asked questions
not pertaining to their illness.
Other Changes in Language
Other changes in language were noted both clinically and with amobarbital sodium in response to the other questions of the test battery but
not as a part of this study. There was frequent misnaming of the examiner or reference to him as “Mister.” With the drug those patients
who had a “positive reaction,” i.e., one characteristic of altered brain
function, showed the characteristic patterns of disorientation for place
and time and confabulation described in previous communications. (2)
Relation of Language Changes to Clinical Response
The evaluation of clinical response to treatment was made independently of this study. The patients were rated by the supervising psychiatrist in charge of the treatments, by the patient’s own therapist and supervising psychiatrist, and by the medical director. On the basis of these
ratings the patients were classiﬁed into three groups: 28 patients were

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13].

considered much improved, no longer showing the symptoms which had
brought them into the hospital; 22 patients were rated as moderately
improved, showing some symptomatic relief but still showing disturbing
features; and 15 were regarded as unimproved, having shown only
equivocal or transient changes at best. The ratings were short term
evaluations, being made within two months after completion of treatment.
For quantitative purposes the language changes shown during both
the second and third weeks of treatment have been grouped together as
though the patients had been tested only once. If a particular pattern
was shown during both periods, the item was scored only once. Altogether, 89 per cent of the patients showed at least one of these patterns of
language change clinically during treatment. Such changes were found
in all of the much improved patients but in only 73 per cent of the unimproved group. It was apparent that there was a relation between the
degree of clinical improvement and the number of changes in language
patterns. When the data are analyzed for the patients who showed three
or more language pattern changes, there is a signiﬁcant difference between the groups (table 1). While 68 per cent of the much improved
patients showed three or more language changes, only 20 per cent of
the unimproved patients showed this degree of language change. Using
Chi-square, the over-all difference is signiﬁcant at better than the 1 per
cent level of conﬁdence.
TABLE

1.—Relation of Language Changes Shown Clinically to Response to

Treatment

Three or more
*
patterns

Fewer than three

Change

No.

Much improved
Moderately
improved
Unimproved

28

19

22

7

32

15

68

15

3

20

12

80

65

29

45 per cent

36

55 per cent

Total

*X’

=

11.26; P

&lt;

68 per cent

patterns
9

*

32 per cent

.01

When each language pattern is analyzed individually (as shown in
fig. 1) it becomes apparent that not all patterns discriminated equally

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between the groups. In all but one case, a greater percentage of the
much improved group was most likely to show denial, use of the second
or third person, evasion, and displacement of complaint. The only lanmuch
the
between
found
diﬁerence
which
little
was
on
pattern
guage
improved and unimproved patients was the incidence of smiling and

laughing.
Analysis of the changes shown by the diﬁerent groups under amytal is
shown for the cryptic and withdrawal reactions only in ﬁgure 1. While
the crytic responses did not vary much with the different groups, the
showing of a withdrawal reaction differentiated the three groups signiﬁcantlyﬁ‘ occurring in 71 per cent of the much improved, 45 per cent of
the moderately improved, and only 20 per cent of the unimproved patients.
Relation of Language Changes to Electroencephalographic Response
In a previous communication a method of quantitatively evaluating
electroencephalographic records was described.6 Criteoria were established for rating records as showing relatively high, middle or low degree of slowing according to ﬁve criteria: average per cent time delta
waves (waves of six or fewer cycles per second), the highest per cent time
delta waves at any one lead, the lowest frequency in the record, the
highest amplitude of delta waves, and the longest duration of a burst
of delta waves. In the present study, an electroencephalogram was obtained prior to treatment and in the second and third weeks of treatment.
Each record was evaluated according to the dichotomy of showing a
relatively high degree of delta activity or not, using these criteria.
In table 2 the relationship is shown between electroencephalographic
slowing and changes in language. Those patients with the highest
degree of cerebral dysfunction, having high degree delta in both the
second and third weeks of treatment, show a greater number of language
changes both clinically and with amobarbital sodium. Using the withdrawal reaction as an index of the drug effect, however, the difference
just fails to be statistically signiﬁcant.

Pretreatment Language Patterns
The language patterns described in this study were considered as
changes only when they occurred after the original pretreatment clinical
test which was used as a baseline. Seven patients, however, showed some
"

X2

=

10.72, signiﬁcant at better than the 1 per cent level of conﬁdence.

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TABLE

2.—Relation of Language Change to High Degree Delta on the Electroencephalogram During the Second and Third Weeks of Treatment

Withdrawal reactions
with amobarhital
sodium T

Change

No.

Three or more
changes clinically

Both weeks
high
Delta
Activity
One week
high
Delta
Activity
No high
Delta
Activity

25

16

16

8

50

9

56

24

6

25

8

33

= 7.62; P &lt;
TX” = 4.87; P &lt;
* X2

*

64 per cent

15

60 per cent

.05
.10

M

form of these language patterns in the initial clinical test. The manifestation of these same patterns by these patients at any other time was
accordingly not scored as a change.
When given amobarhital sodium prior to treatment, however, 30 patients (or 46 per cent of the total) showed some language change comparable to that noted during treatment. Table 3 shows the relation between
such changes at this time and the eventual clinical
response. These
changes were found in 68 per cent of the much improved patients, in 36
per cent of the moderately improved, and in 20 per cent of the unimproved groups.
TABLE 3.—-—Relation

of Pretreatment Language Changes with Amobarbital Sodium
to Eventual Clinical Response

Change

No.

Much improved
Moderately
improved
Unimproved

28

19

22

8

36

15

3

20

“ X2

=

10.30; P

&lt;

.01

Change with amobarhital sodium
68 per cent

*

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In table 4 it is demonstrated that the pretreatment change with the
drug was also prognostic of the eventual physiological response to treatment as measured by the degree of electroencephalographic slowing.
The over-all distribution just falls short of statistical signiﬁcance, although when those who showed high delta activity in both periods are
compared with all the other cases as a group, the difference is signiﬁcant
at the 5 per cent level of conﬁdence.
of Pretreatment Changes with Amobarbital Sodium to High
Degree EEG Delta Activity During the Second and Third Weeks of Treatment

TABLE 4.———Relation

Both weeks
high Delta Activity
One week
high Delta Activity
No high
Delta Activity
"‘X2

= 5.27;

Change with amobarbital sodium

No.

Change

P

&lt;

*

64 per cent

25

16

16

6

38

24

8

33

.10

Finally, the initial response to amobarhital sodium was also prognostic
of the degree of language change shown clinically and to the manifestation of withdrawal reactions with the drug during treatment (table 5).
Between Pretreatment Language Response to Amobarbital
Sodium and Clinical Changes and Withdrawal During Treatment

TABLE 5.——Relati0n

No.

Pretreatment

Three or more
clinical lan*
guage patterns

barbital sodium

= 4.26; P &lt;
'l'X2 = 6.88; P &lt;
"‘X2

.05
.01

tions to amobarbital sodium '1‘

30

18

60 per cent

21

70 per cent

35

11

31

12

34

response to amobarhital sodium
N0 pretreatment
response to amo-

Withdrawal reac-

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DISCUSSION

The relationship of the language changes to the development of altered
brain function and to the clinical response is consistent with our original
hypothesis concerning the mode of action of electroshock treatment. In
6
studies4’
we have shown that the clinical outcome is related
previous
to the presence and degree of alteration in cerebral function. Using the
“amytal test”2 and the EEG as indices, it has been found that those
patients with the earliest and most persistent manifestations of cerebral
dysfunction were most likely to have a favorable response. Such physiological changes create the milieu which facilitates behavioral change.
The present study, analyzing language patterns, clariﬁes the nature of
the behavioral changes that occur with treatment.
The language shown originally (prior to treatment) may be summarized in the statement, “I have this particular illness.” The subject of
this sentence answers the question “who,” the predicate refers to “what,”
and the verb describes the relationship, including the temporal and intensity aspects. During treatment the subject of the sentence may be modiﬁed by changes in the use of person, so that the sentence might read,
“You [or he, she, or they] have this particular illness.” Changes in the
predicate are shown by such patterns as displacement or evasion. In displacement the sentence might read, “I have some other kind of illness,”
while, with evasion, it would be, “I have something, but I don’t know
what.” Changes in the verb are shown by denial, qualiﬁcation, or alteration of tense. In denial the statement would be, “I don’t have this particular illness;” a qualiﬁed sentence would read, “I might have this particular illnessg” while with alteration of tense the sentence would be, “I had
this particular illness.”
Some language patterns modify the sentence as a whole. If the patient
smiles, or if he introduces his statement by saying, “The doctors tell me
that . . . ,” any part or all of the sentence may be modiﬁed. In other
reactions, particularly those noted under amytal, the patient avoids giving any meaningful statement at all. In the withdrawal reaction he says
nothing or omits part of the sentence. In the use of cliches or cryptic
expressions no speciﬁc referential meaning can be drawn from the language.
It is evident from this analysis that the language changes are not
random or bizarre, but form a patterned reorganization of communica-

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tion characterized by an alteration in the patient’s attitudes to his problems and his illness. The patient either says he is not now and never has
been ill, displaces his illness temporally, spatially, or personally, is less
committed to his awareness of his illness by the use of qualiﬁcations, or
avoids the whole problem by evasion and noncommunication.
These patterns are comparable to those noted previously by Weinstein
and Kahn:l in patients with cerebral disorders, and referred to by these
authors as the “language of denial.” Similar language changes have also
been described following other somatic therapies. Frank“ 8 reports that
lobotomized patients avoid talking about the operation, and he states
that “the facility and glibness with which they say ‘well I had an operation for my nerves, I guess’ contain the quality of unconscious denial.”
Legault,9 working intensively with post-lobotomy patients, found persistent attitudes of denial. One patient, when asked why she came to see
the doctor, said it was her relatives’ idea. Many gave qualiﬁed responses,
saying they “supposed” they had had an operation. Others doubted that
the operation was on the brain, or used an evasive, stereotyped expression
as “some nerve in there,” or displaced the procedure as in, “Oh, yes, I
went to the hospital and got two black eyes.” When asked about the symtoms that led up to the operation, patients gave such response as, “It
seems to have gone.” In studying patients who showed clinical improvement following prolonged coma reactions in insulin coma therapy, we
have noted similar changes in language. In a case report10 we noted the
appearance of reduplicative phenomena, evasion, verbal denial, displacement, increased use of stereotyped expressions and cliches, cryptic responses, and much smiling and laughing, at a time when clinical improvement was most marked.
Since these language changes occur most frequently in patients who
are clinically evaluated as improved, may not the language patterns
themselves be the critical cues that give a favorable clinical impression?
There is traditionally much difﬁculty in rating patients after treatment.
Such evaluations are highly variable because of the lack of suitable
objective criteria. While there are other objective cues which can be used,
such as the amount of sedation required or the quantity of food eaten,
the appearance of these language patterns may constitute an operational
basis for clinical evaluation in the psychiatric interview.
Not all patients, however, who showed at least three of the language
changes were regarded as much improved, and not all of the much im-

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137

proved patients showed this degree of change. There may be other
aspects of language and communication not covered by this study which
are signiﬁcant. Another explanation is that the use of these language
patterns may vary in time or in different situations. On the basis of our
previous observations of the “Amytal test” and the electroencephalogram
in electroshock patients, we should predict that unimproved patients
would show these language changes only transiently, while improved
patients would show them persistently. Future work should also be
directed toward comparison of language patterns shown when the patient
is speaking to a physician with those used when he is with his family or
friends. The degree to which members of the patient’s family are made
more comfortable by the changed language, and even their inclination to
use similar language, may explain the variability in the duration of
11 and
Both
Kahnl'
Weinstein
and
improvement following treatment.
Legault9 have indicated a relationship between the patterns of communication of the patient and those of his family.
Finally, our results demonstrate the prognostic usefulness of amobarbital sodium administered prior to treatment. The prognostic value of
the drug in the somatic therapies has been noted previously by Hoch12
and others,““14 who felt that patients who became more normal in
speech, ideation, and behavior under the inﬂuence of barbiturates were
most likely to improve with treatment. In the present study the manifestation of a change in language with the drug was related not only to
the development of altered brain function and to the clinical outcome,
but to the eventual manifestation of these language patterns clinically.
On this basis, an operational deﬁnition of the goal of electroshock therapy might be described as enduring clinical manifestation of those language patterns which occur initially only with amobarbital sodium.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

consecutive patients referred for electroshock treatment
were studied prior to and during the second and third weeks of treatment.
Each patient was tested at these times both clinically and with amobarbital sodium with a standard series of questions concerning attitude toward
illness.
2. The results showed that characteristic changes in language occurred
both clinically and with amobarbital sodium during treatment. These
changes were signiﬁcantly related to the clinical response to treatment
1. Sixty-ﬁve

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and to the degree of alteration of brain function as measured by the
electroencephalogram.
3. The presence of these language patterns with amobarbital sodium
prior to treatment was related to the eventual clinical response, the development of altered brain function, and the development of language
changes clinically during treatment.
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Relation of each language pattern to response to treatment.

4. It is felt that these language changes constitute an operational basis

for the evaluation of the clinical response.
5. The results support the hypothesis that the therapeutic mechanism
of electroshock treatment is the development of different patterns of
symbolic adaptation to the patient’s problems and illness under the conditions of altered brain function.
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14. GOTTLIEB, J. 5., AND HOPE, J. M.: Prognostic value of intravenous administration of Sodium Amytal in cases of schizophrenia. Arch. Neurol. &amp;
Psychiat. 46: 86-100, 1941.

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m pal-amt imadglﬁm 1- 5 mm»: «mm t0 tut this Methods by

studying changes in

1mm:

um. ocetu' wﬁh transom.

speculum,

in: quantum war. ”mad:
1) he then numb-nun 1631153113131. chug“ in language
in the
a: 93.00th tmmu
2) An thug changes routed tn the clinical
rum?

cm
3)

1;)

tho

Imm-

which develop
‘

mmwmmmadummrmumz
1:.an
m
&lt;3th

no»

mum-mum at amour-him swim prior to

mm mane

pm

«no any chaugu Salaam
mu tax-tho mutual 611M681
“spams t0 tmtmnt, tho Moment 6:! ahead brain mum, and the m1»-

mt of language We! during treatment?

�www.—

mm
Pbpﬂatim

8mm.” «causative mun-.1- for 0103th mama

3W.

n: tho 3:11.146. Hoopim were
ha

ma Rutter mootmtimlator

was used an

puma, m: 16 mm trhud with m Index-art. mm was 20 m m that

nﬂaoanthm,andthoagaamngoﬁfm21t068o

1361th mudprbrto What, and nuuuddurxng tbs soc.
nadmok o: tmhent arm-hum medMM amen... and man; the third
Each

Mattel-havingmiv'ud'l-‘P

convulsions.

am was first team clinically,

m

and

muchatthcnoemiona tbsp“-

that after

Win]. ”dim had bun mun-

mm, slurred speech, dram

intend at the at. of .05
Per mm mm
sine” and awn 1n counting hackurd was We! (2).

m tut consist-d of

a.

“1m and ”mane” at 111m".

a»

standardised

an» of Question concerning orient»

nu stumr in band, hammer,

on

thg

mm”

to

was a.) ﬂaw in your Iain troublo? 2) Why am you
com to this 131100? 3)Ifmcon1dhnve mum, whutwoﬂdmwinhfar? 111
responses was mom 19mm. Mmum am: also
on such mam}.
only three or

.

aspects as

questions

mum,

laughing, gestural: and cum- bodily

m

mu.

�._.

m-

WW.Mmmmmm.m

W

—...—

,

"Hwy—n

warm

munmmgtmmsmmmemom nmaeatothathm
questions

gm clinically prior to treatment. were and at tho Malina.

uﬁmofwhat

mﬁWaWmewut
a:
chug-l,

1)

as to affect, mod,

um mm: m. mum Amen a: mg.

mum m.

nag. change wars noud

oval-

objoeuva changaain

gm author than mm” or inﬁerprouuw
In
mung, pitch, vein.

The

clinical): during the

saw at {amen-at:

alumna in ma tynucuml m a: pox-on, 2) 0mm. 3) «M

ma. h) Mama, 5) ohms. mu, 6) amt, 7) stereotyped
11:

oxpzésum and cliches, and a)
1. Album

ﬁrst pom singular is

wing and 12mm.

,

in tho pmtmttmt

Warmingtha

patient. used the second
or third pom and occasionally the ﬁrst. person plural. to me question anoaming min trouble such reopen.” ward given us ”It's what they call a depress-

10a.”-

17823.64, 28

Whaytoldmlmmﬁomuyandmmliuck,‘ We'mhavingalatef

trouble with

w mﬂme-lm,“ my cousinbrnght

no; she said

I was

mus,“

mam troublo, er mm mm,“ and my lira. it sick and I tram
tppmciato it
bar in how u soon a pas-ibis.”
thq mum
team
for coming to the heapiul m anomaly given a W wife hm: no," "W
"What‘s

11‘

tamortaldm to

m hora! oriwdeow mid mama mumm.‘

will: an: grim as “Part-rat
'

The

3.0%

mu: for w M13,"

W alumna.-

my

Tho

husband and

anwgoodfm uhauldbelnnlﬂvandhappy' mﬁmmaummmm
m Md.“

�“”1

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I

LAW

Men Wiring
m.
m
M
2.

w

1::

21

patients. rm-

with a question, as

”What. do.

mm; m
Wm momma

the queetioh about their
tea: the tom of

you new by

m main trouble?,' “that

do you

«poet

mo; won, what 1:: m,“ and "What «he 1 may last than?“ Gum-1W
patterns considered and" included such responses as ”I don't know how
to tell
you,“ ”I don’t get what you mean," "Let ale think,“
um hard to any,“ ad “I
no

to

m

Just don‘t
hint.

how

to expanse

11:."

One

patient asked the «minor to give her a

W. mutwmmammummwzspu
an,”
Wm
W.

1mm. they either

math-y

had no

um

«am or an

axing evasive “I don't mow” reapeneeo, denied
specifically questioned about. him.
'

eomltmont
the use

their illness and

a... arm-

mention a: a meme in the dimtion a: 1»-

m ohm by 19 patients.

a: were. as

”31103:,"

ably, " "possibly,“ ”man. be,“
were given no

'1 gun: I have

”pmbably that I'm

This lulguago pattern was characterised
by

”kind of,

“an,“

been

'

,

“sort at " ”think " “apparentlyﬂ "prob-

“assumed," and “perhape." That such

Jittery,” “I seen to

he very

ream

mammaed,“

mom,” “I suffer from emotion, apparently,“ ”Poenbly early
about the fume," ”I have sort or! gotten
momma,“
upset, I
and ”I think I'a a little inseam..."

W.

”W

‘

Inlapntiente therewaeaohangein

um,”

mum»

in; their 1111:)“. In most cane the patient used the past tense, as "I wan
depressed when I one here” or 'I had been
mm.” In other canoe the patient answered
the question about his main trmzble by
'

131%(2mg. In 20 cases

mung it in the future
there no a diamamnt

tense as 3 Huh.

of the

Wt

‘

W

to something other than originally given prior to
treatment. This was mummy
lest Bonan- than the original comm. Sometimes the
dilplacamnt was in the
tom of a emetic complaint, as laying the main trouble
was ”diarrhea," “headaches,“

�WWWWMI—Fr‘

.6.

'

”pm in the tests," “I slams the rings;- in the door,“

stair case: the displacemnt
as

‘33: main

form»!

m to some mores. aspect or the:

itch.” In
hospital situation,

trauma in getting those treatments," or “I'm upset because I

to another
7.}

and "I‘vs got. an

was

trans-

wand.”

Suﬁsm mania and 011mg.

Tho

use of stereotyped sxpmssim

andsliohumaambyupltisntl. Thsygan-uehnnponauunltmtam
undo:- the proper circumstance: Igd be

alright,"

with pupils than. are honorary and sinners,“
“The only
'1‘0 be

thing

«mm is

“(my

tmblo in)

monetary

"Tut’- the root of the

(bath and taxes,“ "Loam

my

pmblou

whole thing,“

lesson and be a

good boy,”

person a! pep Ind

nhtbility,” and “I just want to stop being a hly lent.“
Muhammlpmbdto‘aqusstimothsrmwishuth, 'Imnkllhmaoonsultw
a.

W.

husband borers

8.
laugh

I make a wish

became ho'a a

lawn: and the {nth-r or

InﬁOcaauthopatimtmmtodtoamoor

01m manuly wounding or following his

coming

xv childish."

suspense to the question can-

nu 111m".
to.

language

”zoom um:- ambarbitsl mom during to. mono and tom:

units of treatment. were 11min:- to those noted clmenlly. with the drug, haunt,
the changes 5mm earlier in the sour» or treatment. A given Imguags
pattern
might be noted in the second was]: at insistent with tho drug, but. would not occur

annually until the third

mt.

In Audition, the motions to the drug took more
extreme forms, which are ascribed
cryptic responses and withdrawal remnants.

1.

W.

u

patients. 3031mm” wars class-sdas cmtiswhmthsyhndmobﬁm relevance to the testqueetion ormthsir
31118

was shown by 23

m obscure, 1'31)an a very momma-d «pr-union. Thu: ms patient,
MWMsMntmnble, ma'mghmoftmuumomofmmmgattm
naming

night-am.” Others gave such msponsoa an

to. problem," ”gutting no husband to
you duo‘s get. the

naturism."

'1 MN. know the pmblsm -

cm‘t do

ma dm mo he does,“ or ﬁrm oouu I uy ..

�M_W~«W.“hm... ,Wﬁr—yyw'V‘amn"WW—wzmw. wm-u.www‘wex"w\’murvxl'ww’byum—lam. 7, am....-.. We.
.:

.

~

.

,

V

.

...

7

or

Wham-x“...

.3».

&gt;

my-

a.

~u..r-_..L-r.-‘~w

ﬂaw. ,‘m,r__ wry",

“Tee

‘11ng reaction. 8m pattern or withdrawal was noted in 33 patients.

2.

m: behavior we: ohenoteriled by ineomlete
egim, pomemtdon, the use
or failure to

eve-pond

of e

totem Manage

by

bilingual patients, and delay

to the questions. meet; patiente would cheruoterietioelly lie

m1.

with their eyes open, would

or turn their heed

clearly end promptly and in

would speak

eentencee, incoherent mumbling, mela-

when

the

miner epoke,

and

Well when asked motions not pertaining

to their illness.

comm

sodium

My

endwith ambarbitel
oom- changes in hnguege were newborn
in neponee to the other qua-time of the tut battery but not part of thie
more use frequent dimming of the manner, or uteri-mg to hm :- .‘Eﬂater.’

with the drug these Intimate

who had

e “punitive reaction,“

my

one

characteristic

characteristic patterns of acclimation for
place and time and contebuhtion deeorlbed in preview! communion! (2) .
of altered

man Motion,

showed the

the evaluation of clinioel

memo

to treatment we

mede

independently of

thie may. The Intimate were mted by the supervising peyohietnet in charge of
the teammate, the patient‘ﬂ om therapist end eupenieing peydxiatﬂat, anaby
the
director. 0:: the beeie of these ratings the petiente were unsealed

“eel

into three gmpa:

W

turned,

28

pmenu um widened much

which brought then

aiming

em

into the hoepitel;

eynptometio

22

improved, no longer showing the

petiente were rated as moderately

relief, but still

ehowing

dimming restore"

15 were ragweed ee mmproved, having elbow: on]: equivocal or

trmeient

and

We at

beet. me rating: were abort term evaluations, being ude within two loathe after
coupletim of

them.

�PERCENTAGE SHOWING EACH LANGUAGE PATTERN
ACCORDING TO RESPONSE TO TREATMENT

70
60

CLINICAL

I—————————-‘

WITH

AMOBARBITAL

l———_I

I

MUCH IMPROVED

El

UNIMPROVED

I400. IMPROVED

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For quantitative purposes the language change: diam during both the

mead

third week: of tmtaent have been grouped together“ as though the patient: had
been tested only once. If e particular pattern we chm during both periods, the
the: me scored only wee. ntegether, 895 of the petiente enabled at least one at
and

then patterns of

We manually

dining treatment. Such changes were

fomdinullthemch mpmvoepauembntinonly7motuuunmpmdm.

It as

nmt. and the amber
[the

patients

a:

chengee

who showed

mungmgo patterns.

three or

more leaguege

language change.

em

a.“ is

analysed

for

Wed petm
enlyZOSottbeunimpmedpaﬂenu

ienteehmdthmotmnlmgugechangee,
this degree of

When

We-

petum changes, there is a signiﬁ-

I).

‘gieent differ-wee between the groups (Table
shaved

clinieel

apparent that. there me e relation between the degru of

681 of the much

Bung cm! the menu dietdbuﬁdnie lim-

mMatbetmtnmth-uwaercmnm.
Relatian

of.

W

m 1mm (28)
WW MW (22)

W

(15)

1‘0“!- (65)

Chang"

W

Shawn

3.

Wally to Ream“ to Treatment.

lie.

lo.

5

1

19

685

9

32:

7

)2!

15

681

3

201

12

895

29
'

W

36

551

:2 - 11.25
1!

&lt;m

Hheneachlengmge pettemiemelyeedmdivimm,um1nﬂ¢m1,

itbecaneeeppemtthetnotenpe‘btem

wcmmequmymmw.

Inﬁlbntoaeem,emmmtmeftmmmmdpeumuwmmn

’

�Y

«my

v m. n.“ .-‘

nmxw

“gamma. — yawn
,

v

mama-gm

m

w“... n-

,.—., »1—0”

—W -.~.-

-

V

,

,

n «Fur

run...“ .-

-

. 17,1,»

-

.

,

men-1mm, mottheeecmdormmpeum, Wanda-Newt
o!

ambush;

The

aﬂy

1111311130

petum

on While}:

little airtime

was found between

mmmmmmmdmmamemdmmmum.

.Anuymatmmemwmwrmmmup-meumm
termerypueandwithdmel mam anlyinrigun 1. mmaypuc reepeneee did

mtnrymeh

with the

afferent groups, the

withdml,

moving of e

mum differentiated the three gmupe eigﬁfimm: occurring in 711 of the mach
Whﬂdthemdenﬂhhpmndmdmmzﬁottbmnpmdpauwu.
x.

:

mu.“

Mum of
In a

e to

.,

vs;

mea
new

M
of qumtitaﬁvm Mam electro-

Mama
pm
ducribed (6).
emeMgraphic
'

a

resend:

records an

m

inning relatively high,

middle

,a;

criteria
62‘

~

were established

low degree

for rating

of abnonnliia according

to five agitating avenge percent. time delta. wee (waves at :11 cycles per mood
or lees), the highest percent time delta. mm at my one low. the lowest tremmney

lathe moord,thehigheetamplitudeofdelteme,
burst. of delta

me.

mummumote

In the present study, an electroencephelogm wee obtained
priortotmmntandm the ”Windmirdmk a: treatment. Each ”comm

«alum mending to the dichom at showing
eliw er m, using the-e axe-Lurk.
In Table

ality
V

and changes

the relation-hip

2

in

animation, Wag
show a

1mm.

am

reletively h1g1 demo at ebnon'e-

mm mm abetroonaeplulognphtc linem.

Tho: patients with the

in
Why
of

high

mate; mm:

18

I.

greatest degree at cerebral

both the «can!

I2 a 10.72,

thinner:- at

mmt,

hmge change- both clinicallyxand with Waite]. and“...
the mama.
mum at! mime-u: at the drug effect.
'

m,

was the
3m. ran- to be statistically signiﬁcant.
I»

end.

Wimt

1%

better than the

'

11

level or

comm.

�ﬂ‘rﬁwwwme—wmm.
.

‘ermmmﬁmvﬁmimmw'

TABLE

Relation of Language Ghana.

’60

High

3

WW

(25)

OnMunimzé)

‘

lo 315: Ahnamauw (2h)

mm

withdrawal Motion!
with W191}. Seem:

i

lo.

1

15

as

a

50%

6

255

-

15

601

_

9

5“

‘

B

335

. Yoa
P &lt; 0°,

:2

12

Language

when they

._._.r,._r.

Eloctmmmalom Dunne

,

m1:

&lt;

‘

Both Weeks 31g:

2h:

,

of Treatment

clinical]:

lo.

may
“at

on the

or Kan

changes

m._.—r.m~.

2.

83m and Third ﬂecks

the

,

P

pat-Mm «termed in that: stuck wan

manned afar tho original

’ has?
.19

&lt;

midsmd a:

change:

mmmm clinical test which an

and u a. baseline. Bum patients, 11mm, .Ihmd can form of than 1mm
puttem in the initial 91.1mm test. me minimum or thus same pattern!

bythaeepnuenuatmomrtimmmonnnmnatuconduachmgo.
mm gum

Wits). actual prior to tmtmt, War, 30 patients", at

Wot‘ﬂwmu,mmdmhngmgammnbhmmntnommtmh
neat. In‘hbh3thonhumbomahmgamhchmguat mamumhm
m'mmmeumm mm». Manfmdméﬁﬁdmmw
pmdpmmnu, thwzyséiutlmnoammynwdwamozmmmd

W.

.

‘

,

par" .—
.V

�w :u—v-r—wwxv—mww:

Relatim of

W

W3

Pn-tmmt Language

Ghangon

autumnal Mun

with

mm

and

clinical Mona

cm. with Ambarbital mu
1

Ho.
Knob Impravod (28)

Hodomtely

MIMI:

W

68$

19

(28)

8

36%

3

W

30

It“

(15)

Tom (65)

l

:3 - 10.30

P&lt;
In Tab}.
was

I;

.01

it 1. “inﬁltrated that the pm-vtmtmnt change with the

also prognostic of tho eventual

drug

Widow anionic to tmtment as mound

ouctmcaphalogmmc abnomanw. Tho mun distribution 3m;
tall: chart at statistical lawman, although
than who
my: almonby

m.

magic.

01'

m

mlityinboﬂpeuoda an conpnrodwiﬂzall’ehsothor
crence is significant at th- 51 1m]. 91‘ canﬂdonoo.
Relation of

ma

mnuam, thaw:-

Pwtmmt Languag- Ghanges with manual. Sodium and High Basra

Em Abnomliw Drug the Second and Third Weeks of Tmman‘b

Both Wuks High
One week

mmty (25)

M Announnw (16)

Chung: With Amobarbital Sodium
Ho.
1

16

6&amp;1

6

.

38$

’

la

High Abnormality (2h)

8

335

- 5.27
P&lt;olO

1a

�many,

the

initial

degru a! Ianguagl clung. I‘hm cunicamand
"actions with the drug during twat-ant (km: S).
tho

m
hcpom to
5

.

human at Pro-tantalum

sodium.an pregnant?“ at
to tho Mutation otirithdmnl

response to ambarbital

Language

.

NW
mm mm:

5041mm

.

1':

011mm Chang“

and Withdrawal Remuom

3

Clinical
PatternLeague.
03' Hora

lo.

Pmtmmm Respom to

max-mm Sodium

(30)

In l’ru—treatment Response
to Mammal Soditm (35)

18

,

11

:2 aims

9‘00;

Withdrawal Reaction!
ﬁo Amour-Mu]. Sodium

1

30.

i

601

21

705

311

12

3M

- 6.38
P&lt;ll°1

x2
_

�'Iwwa‘v-rI—Ku,WM wc-v—

~33-

w".—

«my. qzwrr

*

Discussim
the relationship or the language changes to the development of sltsred brain
function and to the clinicsl reepcnee is cmistent with our original vaethesie cenceming the nude
have shown

ct action or electmehock treatment. In previous stmnee

that the clinical

outcome

is related to the

(hﬁé) we

presence and degree of

alter-

”mm

test" (2) and the we as indicse, it
has been fomd that those patients with the earliest and most persistent Mutations
were met likely to have a favorable response. Such physioof cerebral
aticn in cerebral function. Using the

mm

logical changes create the milieu which facilitates behavioral change.
present study, analysing language petteme, clezii’ies the nature a: the
beheviorel changes that occur with treatment.
the language chem criginelly, mic:- tc. treatment, my be amused in the
The

statement, "I have this particular illness.”

The

subject or this sentence answers

the questicn 'Who,’the predicate refers to What,‘ and the verb describes the relationship, including the femoral and intensity aspects. During treatment the sub-

dectoi’thesentencemybenoﬂtiedbycmngesinthemotpereon, eothntthe
sentence night read "You (or he, she or they) have this particular illness." Changes
in the predicate are shown by such. ﬁettem as displacement or evasion. In displncs-

nent the eentencc night tied “I have ecu other kind of illness," em... with evasion,
whet.” Change: in the verb are
it would be, "I have something, but I don't

m

qualification or alteration of tones. In denial the statement would
be, “I don‘t have this particular illnessg' a. qualified sentence would read, “I light
have this particular illneseg“ while with alteration or tense the sentence would be,
"I as this particular illness,”
ﬂown by deniel,

Sons language psttems- modify

the sentence as a whole.

"

If

the patient

mice,

or 1: n. introduces his etstewent by saying. "no doctors tell me theta...“ any, pert
or all of the sentence my be emailed. Other reactions, particularly those noted
under mytcl amid giving any meaningful
statemt at ell. In the withdrawal reaction

w”...

�W,

wwcww—mw '-—-—'- ..r.-_m..—w.,

”ﬁr .,,,,.:.._._‘,._.. r_.‘-“‘1KvW“ﬁW——r—W‘w‘wwﬂwmwwi'w

,_,.
WWW .Vw—ya-awwmwnmr

an...

Wpemsaysnoﬂﬁngormiupertottlnsen’om. Intheuseotoliohesot
cryptic expxessions no specific referential meshing can be dram free the language.
or

numemm-WumtwmoW-mmom
bot rose mourned

him,

mrzaniutim

a

of

omioeuon Motorised by

so

alteration in the petient's attitudes to his problems and his illness. The patient
either says he is not now and never has
ill, displaces his illness temporslly,
or parsmslly, in less committed to his
or his illness by the
use of quelifioeums, or avoids the whole problem by evasion and
These pettems en oonpereble to these noted previously by Weinstein end
Kahn (1) in patients with cerebral disorders, and who Memo to than as the
"m3.

w

spam

use

of detain."

Sinus: lsngusge

mm”

Manon.

changes have also been described following other

emetic therapies. Frank (7,8) reported that lebotonised ptiente avoid talking
sheet the operation, end he states that " the teoility and glibness with which they
say Well 1 had so operation for
nerves, I guess' contain the quality a! moon-:'

scion!»

q

denial." Benoit (9), working

mummy with postnlobotouy patients,

some

‘

persistent attitudes a: denial. the patient. when asked why she ems to see the doot-or, said it was her, relatives' idea. new game qulii'ied responses, saying they
owned the operation was on the brain, or
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