American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 138
- Number 3
- March 1981
Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages279–285Allegations of psychiatric misdiagnosis of black patients are supported by only a few examples of such errors, but there is a modest body of circumstantial evidence suggesting that black patients run a higher risk of being misdiagnosed than white ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.279Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages286–296The authors reviewed the studies on obsessive-compulsive disorders published from 1953 to 1978. They report on various theories of the etiology of the disorders and provide an overview of the studies based on these theories. The treatment modalities ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.286Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages297–309Dyskinesia is found significantly more often among neuroleptic-treated psychiatric patients than among non-neuroleptic-treated patients. The epidemiology of tardive dyskinesia is changing; its reported prevalence among neuroleptic-treated psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.297Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages310–314The U.S. Air Force prisoners of war (POWs) experienced a profound degree of stress during the Viet Nam War. The psychiatric status of this population has been monitored by an ongoing voluntary follow-up program from the time of repatriation through the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.310Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages315–318The author examines the role of the preexisting personality structure in the development of psychiatric illness after prisoner of war (POW) experience using case studies of six repatriated Viet Nam POWs who were coincidentally evaluated before their ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.315Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages319–323The authors review data from 12 major outcome studies of anorexia nervosa published in the 15 years since the last review article of Ziolko (1966). Across the 12 studies the mortality rate from self- starvation was 6%. On follow-up, well over half of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.319Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages324–327Recently published studies vary widely in the quantitative assessment of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in lithium-treated patients. Therefore, the authors tested 99 lithium-treated manic-depressive patients using several techniques to measure GFR. Ten ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.324Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages328–333In a retrospective analysis, the course, symptoms, treatment response, and personality of 54 delusional and 66 nondelusional unipolar depressed patients were compared. The delusional patients had more guilt feelings and were more ruminative, agitated, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.328Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages334–339The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act in California has been acclaimed for protecting the civil rights of the mentally ill and curbing unnecessary involuntary psychiatric hospitalization. Its passage, however, has not prevented an increase in the rate of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.334Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages340–344Psychiatrists who completed residency between 1967 and 1978 completed questionnaires about their experiences with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). Although the 1,160 respondents were basically positive about the ABPN, performance on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.340Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages347–350There is probably no area in which there has been more misinformation, inconsistency, and stereotyping than in discussions about the role and efficacy of psychotherapy with the elderly. In this paper the author attempts to lay the foundation for an ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.347Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages351–354While seeking research subjects to test the effect of hemodialysis on schizophrenia, the authors noted that the relatives of schizophrenic patients tried to involve themselves excessively in the selection process. Of 27 patients referrals meeting ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.351Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages354–357The author presents prospective data on 140 child and adolescent military dependents and 234 nonmilitary subjects to assess the validity of the "military family syndrome." The only significant diagnostic difference was that military dependents had a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.354Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages357–360The authors studied the effect of LRH and TRH on HGH in 10 adolescent schizophrenic boys and 9 age-matched normal boys. Before antipsychotic treatment, LRH and TRH induced a marked rise in hGH in 8 of 10 patients and 4 of 6 patients, respectively. No ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.357Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages361–364The authors describe the development of patient and therapist alliance scales and their application to the therapies of selected patients with good and poor outcomes following brief psychodynamic psychotherapy. They focus on therapist and patient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.361Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages365–367The authors treated 16 outpatients and 1 inpatient who had diagnoses of schizophrenia in exacerbation with haloperidol as the sole neuroleptic agent and obtained ratings of psychopathology and serum levels of haloperidol. Improvement in schizophrenic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.365Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages368–370The authors briefly review the literature on the use of toluene as an intoxicating agent. They describe two cases in which the habit of sniffing toluene vapors extended over many years, discuss the rarity of this condition, and speculate about the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.368Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages371–373The authors measured platelet MAO activity with phenylethylamine and tryptamine substrates in a group of 20 subjects with chronic anxiety before and after they underwent relaxation training. Levels of anxiety were quantified using a self-rating scale. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.371Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages373–376Although depression appears to be common in patients with Briquet's syndrome, there is a paucity of literature dealing with the efficacy of treatment of this depression and the effect of treatment on the overall course of the illness. The author presents ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.373Publication date: 01 March 1981
Pages376–378The authors describe a 2 1/2-day training program designed to teach mental health professionals how to use a new DSM-III classification scheme. The 251 participants had previous clinical training but no prior exposure to DSM-III. They were asked to ...
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Pages397-b–397The name of Abraham L. Halpern, M.D., was inadvertently omitted from the list of reviewers recognized by the Editor in his January 1980 "New Year's Reflections." The Editor now extends his thanks to Dr. Halpern as well and apologizes for the omission. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.397-bPublication date: 01 March 1981
Pages397-c–397In "Religiousness, Conversion, and Subjective Well-Being: The `Healthy-Minded' Religion of Modern American Women" by Phillip Shaver, Ph.D., Michael Lenauer, M.A., and Susan Sadd, Ph.D., in the December 1980 issue, there were three errors. The last ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.3.397-cPublication date: 01 March 1981
Pages397-d–397The work described in " `Ex-Gays': eligiously Mediated Change in Homosexuals," by E. Mansell Pattison, M.D., and Myrna Loy Pattison, in the December 1980 issue was supported while Dr. Pattison was with the Department of Psychiatry, University of ...
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