American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 143
- Number 9
- September 1986
Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1077–1087The psychobiological life history approach to psychiatry is perhaps the most important of Adolf Meyer's contributions to psychiatric thinking. The author outlines the implications of that approach for current concepts and practice. He reviews the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1077Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1088–1097The authors review the literature on hallucinations; provide theoretical background on these phenomena from physiological, biochemical, and psychological points of view; and discuss the presentations of hallucinations in different diagnostic categories. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1088Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1098–1105The authors conducted a blind DSM-III family study based on probands diagnosed from long-term follow-up information as having schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, or psychotic affective illness. The pattern of psychopathology in relatives ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1098Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1106–1112Sixty-two agoraphobic patient who had completed a controlled study of therapist-assisted in vivo exposure (flooding) and imipramine were assessed 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years later. Overall, improvement during treatment was maintained throughout ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1106Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1113–1118CSF homovanillic acid levels showed a significant negative correlation with ventricle-brain ratios (VBRs) in a group of drug-free chronic schizophrenic male veterans, while CSF 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid levels showed a similar, nearly significant trend. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1113Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1118–1125Educators in psychiatry face an important challenge in deciding what quantitative skills to teach and where in the educational agenda to teach them. One strategy is to focus the quantitative training of psychiatrists on techniques they need to be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1118Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1126–1131In a nationwide survey of U.S. psychiatrists, 7.1% (N = 1,057) of the male and 3.1% (N = 257) of the female respondents acknowledged sexual contact with their own patients. Eighty-eight percent of the sexual contacts occurred between male psychiatrists ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1126Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1132–1137The authors used symptom profiles, demographic data, and other variables to compare 316 patients representing all specific DSM-III anxiety disorders except posttraumatic stress disorder to each other and to published norms for both an unselected ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1132Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1138–1143This multiphasic study used four independent sources of information to investigate depression and depressive symptoms in a sample of preschool- age children from a general population. The study provides evidence that major depressive disorder exists in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1138Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1144–1148Julia Rush (1759-1848), wife of Benjamin Rush (1745-1813), recorded her thoughts over a 33-year period in an unpublished devotional journal. Many of the entries relate to her experience of the loss of Benjamin Rush. Although the diary is inadequate as a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1144Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1151–1154The relationship of response to neuroleptic dose and desipramine plasma concentration was examined in 31 patients with unipolar delusional depression. The patients received either perphenazine or haloperidol for 1-2 weeks, after which desipramine, 2.5 mg/...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1151Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1155–1158One-year relapse rates were assessed in a group of 64 patients diagnosed by Research Diagnostic Criteria who were hospitalized for their first psychotic episode. Life-table analysis showed that of the 51 remitted patients, 71.4% of the schizophrenic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1155Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1159–1161Eighteen of 20 survivors of a heart transplant used denial as a coping mechanism. In seven of the subjects, denial was expressed toward the graft, in five it was toward the donor, and in six it was toward both. Other feelings expressed at the time of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1159Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1162–1165Factors associated with the emergence or nonemergence of involuntary movements (tardive dyskinesia) during long-term neuroleptic treatment were investigated in an atypical, isolated population of 31 schizophrenic inpatients with an unusually high ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1162Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1166–1169To determine the effect of lithium carbonate on the productivity and idiosyncrasy of written associations of euthymic outpatients with affective disorder, the authors assessed 22 patients at weekly intervals during lithium treatment, 2 consecutive weeks ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1166Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1170–1171Administration of amantadine was associated with psychotic decompensations in two schizophrenic patients being maintained on concomitant neuroleptic medication. Despite a postulated dopaminergic mechanism, there seems to have been only one previous report ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1170Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1172–1173Three patients with agitated depression showed rapid and persistent response to alprazolam. At least two of the patients had prior panic disorder. Several lines of evidence suggest that agitated depression may sometimes be caused by unremitting panic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1172Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1174–1176The plasma levels of 20 healthy Asian subjects who received a single dose of desipramine were compared with those of 20 healthy Caucasian subjects who received such a dose. The groups differed significantly only in that Asian subjects had an earlier time ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1174Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1176–1177Two hyperactive boys who had developed motor and phonic tics during stimulant treatment reacted similarly to low doses of haloperidol and thioridazine. Neuroleptic-induced tics may be a consequence of presynaptic dopamine blockade.
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Publication date: 01 September 1986
Pages1204-a–1204In the byline of the article "Prevention of Acute Dystonic Reactions in Patients Beginning High-Potency Neuroleptics" by Richard S. Winslow, M.D., et al. on pages 706-710 of the June 1986 issue, the name of one of the coauthors was misspelled. The correct ...
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