Letters to the Editor

Barbeau A. L-Dopa and juvenile Huntington's Disease. Lancet 1969;II:1066

Beal M.F. Kowall N.W. Ellinson D.W. Mazurek M.F. Swartz K.J. And Martin, J.B. Replication of the neurochemical characteristics of Huntington's Disease by quinolinic acid. Nature 1986; 321:168–171

Belendiuk L. Belendiuk G.W. And Freedman, D.X. Blood monoamine metabolism in Huntington's Disease. Archives of General Psychiatry 1980;37:325–332

Boman B. L-tryptophan: A rational anti-depressant and a natural hypnotic. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1988;22:83–97

Bucci L. Ioppolo, A., Chiaverelli, A.R. and Bigotti, A., The central nervous system toxicity of long-term oral administration of L-tryptophan to porto-caval-shunted rats. British Journal of Experimental Pathology 1982;63:235–241

During M.J. Freeze A. Heyes M.P. Swartz K.J. Markey S.P. Roth R.H. Martin J.B. Neuroactive metabolites of L-tryptophan, serotonin and quinolinic acid, in striatal extracellular fluid: Effect of systemic tryptophan administration. Submitted for publication

Gousin D.B. Central nervous system hypersensitivity to tryptophan. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1971;24:821–825

Schwarcz R. Brush G.S. Foster A.C. And French, E.D. Seizure activity and lesions after intrahippocampal quinolinic acid injections. Experimental Neurology 1984;84:1–17

Stone T.W. And Perkins, M.N., Quinolinic Acid: A potent endogenous excitant at amino acid receptors in the rat brain. European Journal of Pharmacology 1981;72:411–412

Whetsell W.O. , The use of organotypic tissue culture for the study of amino acid neurotoxicity and its antagonism in the mammalian CNS. Clinical Neuropharmacology 1984;7:248–250

Lawrence J . The psychiatry of leadership and the psychiatrist as leader. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1988; 22: 246–256

Schioldann-Nielsen J . The life of D.G.Monrad 1811–1887. Manic-depressive disorder and political leadership. Odense University Press, 1988

Lange-Eichbaum W Kurth W . Genie, Irrsinn und Ruhm: Genie-Mythus und Pathographie des Genies. Munich: Reinhardt Verlag, 1967 (6th ed. 1979)

Gilbert JB . Disease and destiny: A bibliography of medical references to the famous. London: Dawsons, 1962

Gilmore W . Psychohistorical inquiry: A comprehensive research bibliography. New York: Garland, 1984

Schioldann-Nielsen J . Famous and very important persons. Medical, psychological, psychiatric bibliography, 1960–1984. Odense: Odense University Press, 1986

Roos CA . Physicians to the Presidents, and their patients: A bibliography. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1961; 49:292–360

Greenblatt M . Power and the impairment of great leaders. American Journal of Social Psychiatry 1984; 4: 11–18

Weinstein E . Woodrow Wilson: A medical and psychological biography. Princeton University Press, 1981

The United States Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on constitutional amendments. Presidential inability; hearings before the Subcommittee … of the Committee … Eighty-eighth Congress, S.J. Res. 28, S.J. Res. 35 and S.J. Res. 84 relating to the problem of presidential inability, June 11 and June 18, 1963. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963

Boroson W . Beyond the Twenty-fifth Amendment. Fact 1966: Sept/Oct

Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Committee on Government Agencies. The VIP with psychiatric impairment. Vol. 8, Report No. 83. New York, 1973

Torre MP . Psychopathology and political leadership. American Journal of Psychotherapy 1970; 24: 611–626

Gambill J . Potential problems of detecting and treating psychosis in the White House. Potential psychosis in the White House. International Journal of Social Psychiatry 1980; 26: 255–262

Walsh M . Historical responsibility of the psychiatrist. Archives of General Psychiatry 1964; 11: 355–9

Lord Moran . Winston Churchill. The struggle for survival 1940–1965. Taken from the diaries of Lord Moran. London: Constable, 1966

Minas I.H. Persistent psychotic symptoms at discharge in patients with schizophrenia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1988; 22: 166–172

Darcy L . Tardive dyskinesia clinic. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1988; 22: 325

Kalachnik JE Larum JG Swanson A . A tardive dyskinesia monitoring policy for applied facilities. Psychopharmacology Bulletin 1983; 19:277–282

Ellard J . Where we are, and where we are going. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1988; 22: 258–263

Historical Notes. The word “psychiatry”. American Journal of Psychiatry 1951; 107: 868–869

Strömgren E . [Who has first used the word “psychiatry”]. Medicinsk Forum (Copenhagen) 1952; 5:238–240

Mechler A . Das Wort “Psychiatrie”. Historische Anmerkungen. Nervenarzt 1963; 34:405–406

Pelicier Y . Histoire de la psychiatrie. Presses Universitaires de France, 1971