American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 143
- Number 3
- March 1986
Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages279–289The authors present three major models for the joint effect of genes and environment on liability to psychiatric illness: additive effects of genotype and environment, genetic control of sensitivity to the environment, and genetic control of exposure to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.279Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages290–299The authors review the relationship between affective disorder and anorexia nervosa and bulimia across five lines of inquiry: clinical reports, psychometrics, family history, drug studies, and follow-up investigations. They conclude that affective ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.290Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages300–305Patients with Alzheimer's disease and nondemented elderly control subjects participated in studies of cortisol secretion during sleep and at 9:00 a.m. and were given dexamethasone suppression tests (DSTs) and lumbar punctures. Nocturnal and 9:00 a.m. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.300Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages306–311The authors assessed 47 formerly hospitalized manic patients for thought disorder 2-4 years after discharge and studied the relationship between thought disorder and other major clinical variables. Fourteen (30%) of the manic patients showed severe ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.306Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages312–316This study assessed alexithymia in six patients with complete cerebral commissurotomy, two patients with partial commissurotomy, and eight matched control subjects. Comparisons were based on content-analytic measures of the subjects' spoken and written ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.312Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages317–322The authors present the clinical characteristics, demographic features, and family history of a clinical sample of 44 patients who met DSM-III criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Their findings are consistent with those of previous epidemiologic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.317Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages323–328Although the clergy have been identified as a major community mental health resource, few epidemiologic studies of clergy practices have been conducted. The authors report a comprehensive survey of the counseling activities of clergy groups serving south-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.323Systematic analysis of research on religious variables in four major psychiatric journals, 1978-1982
Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages329–334The authors conducted a systematic analysis of quantitative research on religious variables found in four psychiatric journals between 1978 and 1982. Of the 2,348 psychiatric articles reviewed, 59 included a quantified religious variable. In this research,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.329Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages335–339The authors evaluated high-affinity [3H]imipramine binding and [3H]serotonin uptake to platelets in eight adolescent and 10 adult patients who met DSM-III criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder in comparison with those of normal control subjects of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.335Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages340–344Sixty patients treated in the outpatient psychiatric clinic of a large urban teaching hospital were surveyed regarding their beliefs about the causes of their illness. Patients' beliefs were found to be related to two measures of compliance: number of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.340Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages345–348In an attempt to identify characteristics of tricyclic antidepressant nonresponders, the authors reviewed the records of inpatients with unipolar, nondelusional depression who had received adequate treatment (confirmed by plasma level determination) with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.345Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages349–352Most previous research on mitral valve prolapse investigated its prevalence in patients whose primary diagnosis was one of the anxiety disorders. This study explored the inverse, i.e., the prevalence of anxiety disorders in patients manifesting mitral ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.349Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages352–355A recent Vermont Supreme Court decision adopts and extends the Tarasoff precedent. This paper emphasizes three aspects of the new precedent that are of possible consequence to providers of mental health care. First, the decision imposes the Tarasoff duty ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.352Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages356–358The authors studied seven children with symptoms of seasonal affective disorder. During the winter months the children regularly experienced irritability, fatigue, school difficulties, sadness, and sleep changes as well as other symptoms of seasonal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.356Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages359–362To test the hypothesis that any change in urinary noradrenergic excretion accompanies drug-induced improvement in attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, the authors gave pemoline (mean dose, 2.9 mg/kg of body weight) to 11 boys with this disorder ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.359Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages363–366In this retrospective study the authors determined the efficacy of lithium added to a combined antipsychotic-antidepressant drug regimen in 21 psychotically depressed patients who had been refractory to combined drug treatment. Response to lithium was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.363Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages367–370The relationship of depression to homicide has been overlooked in clinical psychiatry. The authors report on six homicidal depressed control compare them with nonhomicidal depressed control subjects. They also analyze data from 81 case summaries found ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.367Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages371–373The authors treated 12 consecutive bulimic patients with nomifensine, a novel antidepressant recently approved for American use. Two patients developed fever, necessitating discontinuation of the drug. Of the other 10 patients, nine showed moderate or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.371Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages373–374Four out of five patients with bulimia who were treated with nomifensine recovered. The drug was well tolerated for a lengthy follow- up period.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.373Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages375–377Ten patients with chronic schizophrenia completed a 3-month double- blind, placebo-controlled trial with a vasopressin analogue. Modest improvement occurred, but several patients also experienced significant fluid and electrolyte imbalance.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.375Lithium-antidepressant combinations in the treatment of depressed, physically ill geriatric patients
Publication date: 01 March 1986
Pages378–379The combination of low-dose lithium therapy and antidepressant drugs produced rapid, lasting remission of depression in five physically ill geriatric patients. Low serum lithium levels helped ensure safety of treatment.
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Pages398-a–398In the letter "Anorexia Nervosa Following Trauma" (January 1986 issue, p. 122) by Gregory J. O'Shanick, M.D., and Robert Hart, Ph.D., the information in reference 3 is incorrect. The correct citation is: O'Shanick GJ: Psychopharmacologic strategies after ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.398-aPublication date: 01 March 1986
Pages398-b–398In the author footnote (p. 77) of the article "Influence of Factors Before and During Medical School on Choice of Psychiatry as a Specialty" by George H. Zimny, Ph.D., and Lindbergh S. Sata, M.D. (January 1986 issue, pp. 77-80), the dates of receipt, ...
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