American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 149
- Number 1
- January 1992
Article
Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages9–21The finding that expressed emotion is associated with the course of psychiatric disorder has generated a great deal of clinical and research interest in expressed emotion as an important risk factor. Theoretical elucidation of the construct of expressed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.9Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages22–32OBJECTIVE: Although most modern investigators accept the Kraepelinian view that schizophrenia and affective disorder are biologically distinct, others have suggested the psychoses are on a continuum of liability. This article is a selective review of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.22Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages33–40OBJECTIVE: The authors reviewed basic science and clinical data on caffeine abuse, dependence, and withdrawal in order to make a conclusion about whether these disorders exist and should be included in DSM-IV and ICD-10. METHOD: Studies were located ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.33Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages41–44OBJECTIVE: The results of epidemiologic surveys on attempted suicide are often difficult to interpret; they compare and provide varying estimates of the prevalence of attempted suicide. The authors sought to estimate the prevalence of attempted suicide in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.41Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages45–51OBJECTIVE: Although the relationship between experience of problematic life events and adolescent suicidal behavior has frequently been recognized during the past decade, few studies of life events have been initiated that discriminated between adolescent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.45Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages52–56OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to describe more precisely the type of psychiatric illness associated with incest during childhood. METHOD: The Diagnostic Interview Schedule was administered to 52 adult women who had been victims of incest during ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.52Congenital malformations and structural developmental anomalies in groups at high risk for psychosis
Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages57–61OBJECTIVE: Early somatic developmental anomalies may be one expression of a genetic influence toward psychosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether higher rates of early developmental anomalies are associated with heightened genetic risk ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.57Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages62–67OBJECTIVE: Schizophrenic patients typically perform poorly on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, which is a putative index of prefrontal functioning. The authors attempted to remediate the deficits of schizophrenic patients on this measure by giving ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.62Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages68–72OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and clinical relevance of weight gain during clozapine treatment. Previous reports indicated clinically significant weight gain in 13% to 85% of patients and an average gain of 9.0 to 24.7 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.68Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages73–81OBJECTIVE: The aim of this research was to determine whether a seasonal pattern to symptoms of bulimia nervosa could be identified. METHOD: In study 1, seasonal patterns of binge-purge frequency and mood were compared between 31 patients with bulimia ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.73Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages82–87OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relative effectiveness of desipramine, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and their combination in the treatment of bulimia nervosa, together with the effects of withdrawing medication after two different lengths of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.82Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages88–92OBJECTIVE: There are no reliable data on the prevalence of multiple personality disorder. The objective of the study was to determine whether and, if so, how frequently patients with multiple personality disorder are encountered and diagnosed in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.88Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages93–99OBJECTIVE: In spite of the prevalence and chronicity of major depression, there is no consensus regarding which clinical and psychosocial variables are associated with recovery. The authors examined the probability of recovery from a major depressive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.93Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages100–107OBJECTIVE: Anxiety symptoms often appear within depressive episodes, but their significance is uncertain. This study sought to determine whether they indicate the coexistence of a separate disease process and whether they have prognostic significance. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.100Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages108–111OBJECTIVE: This study was carried out to compare the efficacy of lithium carbonate with that of valproate in acute mania and to determine whether pretreatment clinical characteristics, such as the presence of a mixed affective state, might predict a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.108Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages112–117The authors discuss aspects of the decision-making process for including "new" diagnostic categories in DSM-IV. They detail the different kinds of new categories proposed for inclusion in DSM-IV and discuss the risks and benefits of incorporating them. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.112Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages118–120The authors measured intracellular Ca2+ concentrations in four manic and five bipolar depressed patients and seven comparison subjects. Platelet and lymphocyte intracellular Ca2+ concentrations were comparable. The patients' mean intracellular Ca2+ ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.118Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages121–122Twenty acutely manic patients were studied in a double-blind randomized trial comparing verapamil with lithium. The Petterson Mania Scale, the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), and the Clinical Global Impression (CGI) were administered before ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.121Publication date: 01 January 1992
Pages123–124Systematic examination of the use of the word "binge" by 243 young women revealed discrepancies between the lay and technical uses of the term; the young women placed great emphasis on loss of control and less on the quantity eaten. These discrepancies ...
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