American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 139
- Number 3
- March 1982
Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages261–266The processes that augment the continued development of psychotherapeutic competence are little understood. One readily available source of learning is the life experiences of the therapist, particularly those situations which invoke intense affects and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.261Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages267–274In 1977 the American Psychiatric Association called for a critical examination of the clinical effectiveness of meditation. The author provides a review of the literature bearing on clinical and physiological comparisons of meditation with other self-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.267Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages275–282In order to assess which of three current models is most useful in understanding paranoia, the authors applied computer speech content analysis to 55 patients--24 of whom were in four groups expressing paranoid delusions and 31 of whom were in four groups ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.275Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages282–286The authors administered the thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation test and the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) to 54 patients who met DSM-III criteria for major depressive disorder and to 19 nondepressed patients. A blunted thyrotropin (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.282Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages287–291The authors report data on the overnight dexamethasone suppression test (DST) from 64 patients with primary affective disorder (41 unipolar, 17 bipolar-depressed, and 6 bipolar-hypomanic) and 53 healthy control subjects. No difference between the patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.287Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages292–296Ventricular enlargement in schizophrenia as measured by ventricular- brain ratio (VBR) has been described by three different research groups. Because of the possibility that the samples might not be representative of the broad population of schizophrenic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.292Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages297–302The authors explored the clinical correlates of ventricular enlargement in schizophrenia by comparing 16 patients with "large" ventricles (ventricles more than I SD above the control mean) with 16 patients with the smallest ventricles from a sample of 52 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.297Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages302–307Suicide rates among adolescents (15--19-year-olds) in the United States are currently higher than ever recorded. The authors examined the relationship between suicide rates and population changes among adolescents. They found significant positive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.302Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages307–311The authors compared plasma dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH), platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO), whole blood serotonin, and RBC catechol O- methyltransferase (COMT) in 25 children with conduct disorder and 20 control children. They found that children ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.307Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages321–324The authors evaluated 18 dysphoric children aged 6--12 years by structured clinical assessments and an overnight dexamethasone suppression test (DST) administered on an outpatient basis. Nine children met diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.321Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages325–329In this study 10 of 17 patients receiving long-term amitriptyline treatment (average duration: 3.7 years, average dose: 138 mg) had their medication tapered and discontinued under double-blind conditions. Eight became depressed within 3 to 15 weeks. None ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.325Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages331–334There are important differences between general and forensic psychiatry. In forensic psychiatry the psychiatrist serves a third party rather than the patient; both the patient and the psychiatrist must understand this to avoid misrepresenting the doctor's ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.331Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages341–343The authors used the Simpson-Angus Neurological Rating Scale and the Simpson Abbreviated Dyskinesia Rating Scale to evaluate 132 psychiatric inpatients for the presence of parkinsonism-like symptoms and tardive dyskinesia, respectively. Ninety-four ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.341Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages344–347Because of the controversy regarding research involving human subjects, the authors designed an 18-item questionnaire to measure research patients' satisfaction with hospital treatment. They compared the questionnaire scores of 25 hospitalized depressed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.344Publication date: 01 March 1982
Pages348–351In order to help physicians provide informational support to young patients with cancer, 63 adolescent cancer patients and 53 physicians completed self-administered questionnaires; 30 disease-related information items were included on the questionnaire. ...
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Pages387-a–387In the December 1981 issue, on page 1555 of the article "Neuroendocrine and Neurochemical Measurements in Depression" by Kenneth L. Davis, M.D., Leo E. Hollister, M.D., Aleksander A. Mathé, M.D., Ph.D., et al., the précis, line 9, should read, "Plasma ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.3.387-aPublication date: 01 March 1982
Pages387-b–387In the January 1982 issue, the first six sentences of the third paragraph in the letter to the Editor "Dyskinesia and Unipolar Depression" by Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., p. 140, should read as follows: At the time of admission, Ms. A had been receiving ...
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