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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 143
  • Number 4
  • April 1986

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages417–429

New surgical procedures have revolutionized the treatment of morbid obesity (more than 100% overweight), a condition associated with serious medical complications and for which conservative treatment has been largely ineffective. These procedures, which ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.417

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages430–436

The differences in the theoretical and clinical approaches that Kernberg and Kohut have defined are used to discuss the psychodynamics and psychotherapy of the narcissistic personality disorder patient. Their contrasting contributions help clarify the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.430

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages437–441

Obsessive-compulsive symptomatology has been described in schizophrenia for more than 60 years, but its clinical significance has yet to be explored systematically. This report details the clinical characteristics and long-term course of a group of 21 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.437

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages442–446

The course of Alzheimer's disease can be complicated by depressive illness, often presenting enigmatically. To determine whether the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) can help distinguish patients with coexisting dementia and depression from those with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.442

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages447–452

To determine the prevalence of major depression in cancer patients and assess the usefulness of the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) and the thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation test for diagnosing major depression in these patients, the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.447

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages452–456

Dexamethasone suppression tests (DSTs) were performed for 18 moderately demented elderly patients, 66 depressed elderly outpatients, and 25 age- and sex-matched healthy elderly control subjects. Seventeen percent of the demented patients and 4% of the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.452

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages457–462

The authors measured the in vitro lithium ion ratio and maximal rate of sodium-lithium countertransport in erythrocytes of 739 randomly selected blood donors and 42 manic-depressive patients to determine the frequency distributions of these two variables ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.457

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages463–468

The authors describe changes in DSM-III substance use disorders to be included in the revised version, DSM-III-R. Major revisions include removal of the distinction between "abuse" and "dependence" and broadening the definition of "dependence" to a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.463

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages469–477

Positron emission tomography was used to study eight patients with panic disorder who were vulnerable to lactate-induced panic, eight patients with panic disorder who were not vulnerable to lactate-induced panic, and 25 normal control subjects. Patients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.469

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages478–482

Of 33 "panic" attacks reported by patients wearing an ambulatory solid- state heart rate/activity monitor for 6 days, 19 (58%) occurred at heart rates disproportionate to activity levels and different enough from surrounding heart rates to indicate a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.478

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages483–494

Lactate infusions are anxiogenic in patients with panic disorder or agoraphobia with panic attacks, but few neuroendocrine profiles of this effect have appeared. The authors measured the number and intensity of panic symptoms and blood hormone levels ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.483

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages495–502

Forty-three patients with panic disorder or agoraphobia with panic attacks and 20 control subjects received 0.5 M racemic sodium lactate intravenous infusions, single-blind as to duration and sequence. During the procedure, pulse; blood pressure; blood L-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.495

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages503–507

The authors studied the TSH and prolactin responses to a standard 500- micrograms thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation test in 12 patients with panic disorder and 10 control subjects. As a group, panic disorder patients had lower mean TSH and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.503

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages508–510

An earlier follow-up of inpatients with panic disorder attributed excess mortality among men to death from unnatural causes and from cardiovascular disease. The present study sought to determine the stability of this finding with a 12-year follow-up of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.508

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages511–515

Of 131 patients with panic disorder or agoraphobia, 44 (34%) had definite mitral valve prolapse on the basis of clinical findings of an apical mid- or late systolic click and a murmur and/or a two- dimensional echocardiogram showing prolapse of one ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.511

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages519–522

In a double-blind crossover trial, carbamazepine, an anticonvulsant with primary effects on subcortical limbic structures, decreased the severity of behavioral dyscontrol in 11 women with borderline personality disorder significantly more than placebo. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.519

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages523–526

Two studies were conducted to evaluate the clinical efficacy of intensive social skills training in medicated schizophrenic inpatients at risk for relapse. In study 1, three patients were treated; two showed reductions in psychopathology and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.523

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages527–529

The authors used structured clinical interviews to compare depressive symptoms in 43 patients with poststroke major depression and 43 patients with major depression without a known medical cause. The depressive syndrome profiles in the two patient groups ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.527

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages530–532

Despite advances in the management of patients with obsessive- compulsive disorder, some remain refractory to treatment. The authors retrospectively examined characteristics of 43 treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive patients and found that those with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.530

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages533–535

Forty-four anxious patients with a history of panic attacks had a significantly higher prevalence of mitral valve abnormalities than 20 patients with generalized anxiety only. The higher number of mitral valve abnormalities was not correlated with the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.533

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages535–536

Retrospective chart review of 30 Asian patients and 30 matched Caucasian patients failed to replicate a previous report's finding that Asian patients require lower doses of neuroleptic medications than do Caucasian patients.

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.535

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages537–539

Two scales developed to assess combat exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology in Vietnam veterans displayed very high reliability. High levels of posttraumatic stress disorder were associated with more current life stresses and other ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.537

Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages539–541

Twenty-two patients with recurrent affective disorders received 1-mg dexamethasone suppression tests (DSTs) during multiple hospitalizations. Interepisode consistency of DST results was found in 82% of the subjects, which supports the use of this test as ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.539

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Publication date: 01 April 1986

Pages560-c–560

In the article "Childhood Parental Death and Adult Psychopathology" (February issue, pp. 153-157), by Drs. Ragan and McGlashan, the first author's middle initial was given incorrectly. The correct name is Lt. Cdr. Paul W. Ragan, MC, USNR. The staff ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.560-c

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