American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 149
- Number 7
- July 1992
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Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages858–866Psychiatry's appropriate agenda and severe distractions in sustaining it are presently a concern and have historically been so as we struggle with the issues of linking body, mind, and human purpose. Biology requires behaving, variability, and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.858Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages867–876The authors review current understanding of manic syndromes and bipolar disorders in the elderly, emphasizing the limited number of systematic studies available. Discussion is focused on the validity of late age at onset as a nosologic distinction in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.867Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages877–885OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to consider the extent to which key characteristics of their parents influence children's later socialization in terms of social networks and intimate relationships and thus to examine whether there is evidence of such ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.877Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages886–889OBJECTIVE: There is growing concern that chronic mentally ill adults living in the community have a high risk for HIV infection. The purpose of this study was to identify risk knowledge, high-risk behaviors, and risk-related encounters of chronic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.886Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages890–897OBJECTIVE: The authors previously reported that in monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia the affected twin almost invariably had a smaller anterior pes hippocampus, measured with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and invariably had less regional ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.890Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages898–903OBJECTIVE AND METHOD: This study compared 32 consecutively admitted first-episode schizophreniform patients, 26 patients with chronic schizophrenia according to the DSM-III-R criteria, and 25 normal comparison subjects on a comprehensive battery of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.898Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages904–908OBJECTIVE: The objectives were 1) to investigate differences among patients with subjective insomnia (sleep state misperception), patients with objective findings of insomnia, and normal volunteers and 2) to assess the consistency of the sleep findings ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.904Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages909–913OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the conservatorship process in California by studying a group of psychiatric patients for whom conservatorship was sought; their goal was to determine its effectiveness both during and after the period of conservatorship. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.909Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages914–917OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the relationship between marital disruption and major depressive episodes. METHOD: The analyses were based on longitudinal, community-based data from the New Haven Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) program on respondents ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.914Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages918–923OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to examine patients with closed head injuries for the presence of depressive disorders. METHOD: A consecutive series of 66 patients with closed head injuries but no significant spinal cord or other organ system injury ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.918Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages924–930OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated a possible cortical brain dysfunction associated with infantile autism. METHOD: They measured regional cerebral blood flow with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and xenon-133 in 21 children with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.924Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages931–935OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to examine subjective and objective predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD: Hospitalized burn patients were assessed 1 week after injury with both objective predictors (percent of burned area and facial ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.931Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages936–943OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of a group stress reduction program based on mindfulness meditation for patients with anxiety disorders. METHOD: The 22 study participants were screened with a structured clinical interview ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.936Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages944–946OBJECTIVE: Most research on treatment for panic disorder has involved chronic forms of the illness. To determine the efficacy of early intervention, the authors examined the effects of treatment for patients with panic attacks who were seen in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.944Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages947–950OBJECTIVE: Although the role of pregnancy and childbirth in postpartum psychosis and depression has been studied, the association between pregnancy and obsessive-compulsive disorder has not been specifically addressed. The authors evaluated the role of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.947Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages951–957Homeless mentally ill persons are highly visible subjects of ongoing public discussion and potent symbols of a host of contemporary social problems. They present psychiatry with a scientific challenge that calls for further elucidation of the sources of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.951Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages958–961Six patients with anorexia nervosa, the same patients after weight normalization, and six healthy control subjects had similar fasting and postprandial plasma cholecystokinin concentrations. These data do not support the hypothesis that low levels of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.958Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages962–964Eleven patients with panic disorder were challenged with cholecystokinin tetrapeptide (CCK-4) on two occasions. The effects of CCK-4 were consistent except symptom onset was more rapid with the second injection. Demonstrating that the effects of CCK-4 are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.962Publication date: 01 July 1992
Pages965–967The authors prospectively examined the prevalence of somatization symptoms among community respondents after a natural disaster in Puerto Rico. Exposure to the disaster was related to a higher prevalence of medically unexplained physical symptoms, ...
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