American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 149
- Number 3
- March 1992
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Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages305–317OBJECTIVE: The primary focus of this review is to examine the usual dichotomy between depressive dementia as functional and reversible and degenerative dementia as organic and irreversible. METHOD: The authors propose viewing depression, cognitive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.305Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages318–327OBJECTIVE: The authors reviewed available studies of DSM-III-R impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified in order to determine the relationship of these disorders to one another and to other psychiatric disorders. METHOD: The review focused on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.318Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages328–332OBJECTIVE: This study compared current dissociative symptoms and dissociation at the time of specific traumatic events in Vietnam combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Vietnam combat veterans without PTSD. METHOD: Vietnam combat ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.328Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages333–336OBJECTIVE: The authors' objective was to explore aspects of trauma associated with severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Vietnam veterans. METHOD: Several ratings of stress exposure and symptom severity were administered to 40 patients with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.333Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages337–340OBJECTIVE: Survivors of the Holocaust are expected to be at risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but few empirical data are available. This study investigated PTSD symptoms in Holocaust survivors with well-documented exposure to trauma. METHOD: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.337Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages341–345OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to clarify the meaning and importance of mania in old age. METHOD: The authors conducted a retrospective study of 50 elderly patients consecutively admitted to a private mental hospital with an index episode of mania. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.341Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages346–351OBJECTIVE: Delineation of factors that predict depressive symptom severity 6 or more months after the loss of a spouse may help identify individuals at risk for persistent depressive symptoms. In this study, sociodemographic and clinical correlates of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.346Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages352–357OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the behavior of psychotherapy supervisors by using the Psychotherapy Supervision Inventory. METHOD: The authors used the Psychotherapy Supervision Inventory to rate 53 videotaped supervision sessions of 34 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.352Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages358–362OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the effectiveness of well-defined outpatient psychotherapy for patients with borderline personality disorder. METHOD: Thirty patients with borderline personality disorder diagnosed according to the DSM-III criteria were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.358Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages363–366OBJECTIVE: Clomipramine, a serotonin reuptake blocker that has unique antiobsessional properties, was hypothesized to have a different effect from that of desipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant with selective adrenergic effects, for the stereotyped, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.363Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages367–370OBJECTIVE: Prolactin is a neurohormone that may be secreted in response to stress and also has regulatory effects on the immune system. Some, but not all, studies suggest that prolactin levels are higher than normal in persons with HIV infection. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.367Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages371–375OBJECTIVE: In the mid-1980s the form of cocaine called "crack" became widely available in New York City. The authors sought to determine the prevalence of cocaine metabolites detected at autopsy in persons who committed suicide in New York City during ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.371Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages376–378OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to help clarify whether the higher cholesterol levels found in patients with panic disorder are a complication of panic disorder only or are associated with any psychiatric disorder. METHOD: The subjects of the study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.376Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages379–384OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of racial/ethnic identity to the amount and type of psychiatric treatment received by white, black, Latino, and Asian patients in the Los Angeles County mental health system. METHOD: The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.379Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages385–390OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the propositions that a revolving state hospital door is an inevitable consequence of deinstitutionalization and that enhancing resources for community-based care can limit this phenomenon. METHOD: They analyzed the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.385Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages391–393The authors compared vitamin E with placebo in a double-blind randomized crossover study of 27 patients with tardive dyskinesia. Each treatment period lasted for 6 weeks. Vitamin E showed no differences from placebo in the treatment of tardive dyskinesia.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.391Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages394–395Alcohol use was correlated with depression and suicidal behavior in two independent studies of schizophrenic outpatients. Depression alone accounted for over 80% of the explained variance in suicidal behavior in both studies; alcohol use alone and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.394Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages396–398Among psychiatric consultation patients, 322 AIDS patients were significantly less suicidal than 82 other HIV-positive patients and were comparable in suicidality to 1,086 patients with negative or unknown HIV status. AIDS patients had significantly more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.3.396Publication date: 01 March 1992
Pages399–400Twenty-three patients with major depressive disorder were treated with bupropion in an open-design protocol. Fifteen (65.2%) of the 23 responded with a more than 50% decrease in scores on the Beck Depression Inventory. Patients with trough blood levels of ...
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Pages431-a–431In the article "Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Psychiatry: Potential, Pitfalls, and Promise" by M.S. Keshavan, M.D., et al. (August 1991 issue, pp. 976-985), the term "phosphocreatinine" should be read as "phosphocreatine" throughout.
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