American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 145
- Number 9
- September 1988
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Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1070–1076This is the second of two articles on the conceptual and methodological problems involved in comparing the effectiveness of drugs and psychotherapy in the treatment of mental disorders. Part II focuses on differences between psychotherapy and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1070Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1077–1083To determine which dimensions of psychopathology are associated with a greater liability to develop schizophrenia, the authors examined the case histories of 151 monozygotic probands from five twin studies. Proband twins from pairs concordant for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1077Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1084–1088The authors compared the results of computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of 16 psychotic patients with various diagnoses whose neurologic examinations suggested structural brain abnormalities. Blind readings showed a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1084Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1089–1093New brain imaging techniques may provide evidence for a biological basis for severe psychiatric disorders. The authors used quantitative X- ray computed tomography (CT) to analyze the brain volume of 10 male patients with severe primary obsessive-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1089Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1094–1098Plasma luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin, testosterone, and cortisol levels were determined in 16 patients after hospital admission for cocaine abuse, during the course of 4 weeks of hospitalization, and before discharge. Hyperprolactinemia was found at ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1094Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1099–1103The authors analyzed the pretreatment clinical presentations of 14 patients with depressive pseudodementia and 28 patients with primary degenerative dementia as measured by the Mini-Mental State, the Blessed Dementia Rating Scale, and the Hamilton Rating ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1099Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1104–1109The authors conducted a controlled study of carbamazepine in the treatment of 14 patients with panic disorder. Although there was a statistically significant reduction in symptoms of anxiety on several measures, only one of the patients was judged to have ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1104Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1110–1114The antidepressant properties of S-adenosylmethionine, an endogenous methyl donor, were studied in inpatients who met the DSM-III criteria for major depression. Nine patients given intravenous S- adenosylmethionine and nine given low oral doses of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1110Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1115–1121This paper focuses on the follow-up results of a randomized clinical trial of inpatient family intervention (IFI) that emphasized psychoeducation. Results for the sample of 169 psychiatric patients suggested that adding family treatment to standard ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1115Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1122–1126The authors describe a psychiatric clerkship organized to achieve goals relevant to all medical students, regardless of their future specialty choice. The clerkship had been in place for 8 years in 1986, and standardized program evaluations were available ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1122Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1127–1129The authors evaluated personality dysfunction in 23 patients with primary obsessive-compulsive disorder and an age- and sex-matched group of patients with major depressive disorder. There were no significant differences between the two patient groups with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1127Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1130–1132Delusions presented by patients with psychiatric disorders are often a combination of psychopathology and current events. The authors present three cases that document the delusion of having acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in patients who were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1130Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1133–1137The 24-hour patterns of body temperature and plasma thyrotropin (TSH) were measured in eight bipolar patients in both depressed and recovered (after 3 weeks of treatment) states and in eight normal control subjects. Clear circadian patterns were detected ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1133Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1138–1140Of 43 patients with panic disorder or agoraphobia with panic attacks who took placebo for 8 weeks in two double-blind studies, one in four markedly improved. Those with consistently normal dexamethasone suppression test results were significantly more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1138Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1141–1144Twelve filicidal men were examined on a forensic psychiatric service. The majority suffered from severe mental impairments due to psychosis, neurological disorders, substance abuse, or mental retardation. Most of the filicidal acts committed by these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1141Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1145–1148The presenting complaints of 503 subjects who contacted a mental health clinic serving an inner-city, low-income group were classified into mental state, physical functioning, social relations, and social performance. The authors examined the relationship ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1145Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1149–1152Fifty-two patients with panic disorder who had been receiving active benzodiazepine treatment for 8 weeks were assessed by using the outcome measures of spontaneous and situational panic attacks, scores on the Hamilton scales for anxiety and for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.9.1149Publication date: 01 September 1988
Pages1153–1156In two studies using the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) to evaluate the efficacy of newer antidepressants in depressed outpatients, the authors found a DST nonsuppression rate of 13% (11 of 86 patients). Thirty-three of the DST suppressors received ...
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