American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 149
- Number 4
- April 1992
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Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages443–454OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this review is to provide an update of the research regarding depression in Parkinson's disease and to synthesize the information into a neurobiological model relating the structural and biochemical changes in this disorder to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.443Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages455–463OBJECTIVE: It is of considerable theoretical and clinical importance to assess whether childhood sexual abuse is a risk factor for the development of bulimia nervosa. The authors reviewed the scientific literature bearing on this issue. METHOD: Since ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.455Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages464–469OBJECTIVE: Earlier, the authors reported on the association of nicotine dependence with major depression and anxiety disorders in a group of young adults. This report describes the occurrence of withdrawal symptoms and their sociodemographic and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.464Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages470–474OBJECTIVE: Several lines of investigation suggest that the noradrenergic neurotransmitter system may be involved in the pathogenesis of panic disorder. Since a mutation in a gene coding for one of the adrenergic receptors could account for both the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.470Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages475–481OBJECTIVE: Previous work suggested that children of parents with panic disorder and agoraphobia were likely to be classified as behaviorally inhibited and that behaviorally inhibited children were likely to develop anxiety disorders. However, the factors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.475Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages482–487OBJECTIVE: A pattern of chronic adult antisocial behavior is not sufficient for the DSM-III-R diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder unless the early-onset criteria are satisfied, even if the adult criteria are met. The utility of the early-onset ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.482Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages488–493OBJECTIVE: It has been widely hypothesized that sensory gating failures and sensory overload occur in schizophrenic patients compared to normal subjects. The authors of this study sought to confirm and extend results of earlier studies that showed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.488Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages494–499OBJECTIVE: Bizarre delusions are assigned greater weight relative to other delusions in the DSM-III-R diagnosis of schizophrenia. The decision to emphasize bizarre delusions was based largely on historical tradition rather than empirical evidence. This ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.494Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages500–505OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between plasma haloperidol and clinical response. METHOD: Sixty-nine newly admitted drug-free schizophrenic men were randomly assigned to receive haloperidol, 5, 10, or 20 mg daily for 4 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.500Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages506–510OBJECTIVE: While neuroleptics remain the mainstay of drug intervention in the emergency management of psychosis, a variety of agents have received study as alternatives or adjuncts to these drugs in an attempt to improve the safety and efficacy of acute ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.506Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages511–513OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to conduct a prospective study comparing the rate of occurrence of neuroleptic-induced dystonia in a group of consecutively admitted manic and schizophrenic patients receiving typical inpatient treatment from several ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.511Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages514–520OBJECTIVE: The authors' objective was to test the hypothesis that fatigue affects the activities and employment of subjects with HIV infection and that indices of immunosuppression and inflammation may have statistical utility in predicting fatigue and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.514Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages521–524OBJECTIVE: The American College of Psychiatrists conducted research to validate the content outline of the Psychiatry Resident In-Training Examination (PRITE) and to assess what residency training directors think about the examination. METHOD: A mail ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.521Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages525–530OBJECTIVE: The American Psychiatric Association's DSM-IV Work Group on Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder (LLPDD) reanalyzed existing data from prospective, daily symptom ratings to evaluate the DSM-III-R criteria for LLPDD. The objectives were to 1) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.525Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages531–533OBJECTIVE: Patients from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of progesterone suppository treatment for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) were followed up to determine poststudy PMS symptom levels and medication use. METHOD: An average of 1 year ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.531Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages534–537OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to determine if women with chronic pelvic pain are significantly more likely to use dissociation as a coping mechanism than women without pain. METHOD: The subjects were recruited from women who attended a university women'...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.534Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages538–543OBJECTIVE: Sleep deprivation is a rapid, nonpharmacologic antidepressant intervention that is effective for a subset of depressed patients. The objective of this study was to identify which brain structures' activity differentiates responders from ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.538Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages544–545Serological testing of waste bloods revealed that 25 (7%) of 350 acutely ill psychiatric inpatients had HIV infection. Eight of the 10 HIV-positive patients whose serological status was not recorded on admission were discharged with their status still ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.544Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages546–548The clinical correlates of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) functioning were examined in 29 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease. The 8:00 a.m. postdexamethasone cortisol levels of these patients were highly correlated with higher agitation ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.546Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages549–551Spin-lattice (T1) and spin-spin (T2) magnetic resonance relaxation times were examined in frontal, temporal, and striatal regions of 24 patients with schizophrenia and 10 normal comparison subjects. The schizophrenic patients had more prolonged T2 values ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.549Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages552–553To evaluate the effects of previous alcohol and drug use on the course and symptoms of schizophrenia, the authors compared 34 patients with schizophrenia who had histories of substance abuse with 17 patients with schizophrenia who were lifelong ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.552Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages554–556Comorbidity was studied in 41 manic and mixed-state bipolar patients at first hospitalization. The lifetime prevalence of comorbidity was high; 21 subjects (51.2%) had at least one other psychiatric diagnosis (N = 16, 39.0%) or medical disorder (N = 9, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.554Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages557–559The authors assessed all measures of religious commitment (N = 139) reported in research studies published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and Archives of General Psychiatry in 1978 through 1989 (N less than 35). For nearly two-thirds of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.557Publication date: 01 April 1992
Pages560–562Test-retest diagnostic reliability interviews using the Upjohn version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III (SCID) were conducted with 72 patients at 13 international sites of the Cross-National Collaborative Panic Study. Agreement on the ...
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Page586This statement was prepared by the Task Force on Day Care for Early Pre-School Children1 of the APA Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families. It was approved by the Assembly of District Branches in November 1991 and by the Board of Trustees in ...
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