American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 150
- Number 12
- December 1993
Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1769–1778OBJECTIVE: Oppositional defiant disorder is a common clinical diagnosis that has attracted little research interest, and doubts about its validity as a distinct category remain. However, it underwent substantial changes from DSM-III to DSM-III-R, and more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1769Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1779–1791OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to examine comorbidity in the context of child and adolescent depression. METHOD: The authors reviewed recent epidemiological studies using standardized interviews and DSM-III or DSM-III-R criteria. RESULTS: There ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1779Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1792–1798OBJECTIVE: Although attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a common disorder of childhood, its status as a disorder in adults is not clear. The authors reasoned that if the adult diagnosis of the disorder is a valid clinical entity, it should be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1792Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1799–1805OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated the impact of Medicare's Prospective Payment System on aspects of quality of care and outcomes for depressed elderly inpatients in acute-care general medical hospitals. METHOD: The depressed elderly inpatients (N = 2,746) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1799Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1806–1812OBJECTIVE: Psychiatric symptoms account for much of the morbidity of vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The goals of this study were to extend previous observations of the psychopathology and behavioral problems associated with vascular dementia ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1806Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1813–1819OBJECTIVE: Executive deficits have traditionally been associated with frontal lobe brain damage. They are relevant to a variety of disabling mental conditions, including schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. To measure these deficits, the authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1813Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1820–1825OBJECTIVE: This research examined demographic, clinical, and family factors in elderly depressed patients in order to ascertain which ones were related to the patients' recovery from and relapse into major depression. METHOD: One hundred twenty-seven ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1820Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1826–1831OBJECTIVE: The authors estimated the heritability of the basic dimensions of personality disorder and the relative proportions of the variance attributable to genetic and environmental sources. METHOD: The subjects were 175 volunteer twin pairs (90 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1826Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1832–1835OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether rates of psychopathology differed between the families of a group of children and adolescents with borderline personality disorder and the families of a psychiatric comparison group. METHOD: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1832Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1836–1842OBJECTIVE: Two major psychodynamic theories of the etiology of borderline personality disorder posit two aspects of mother-child interaction as uniquely pathogenic: maternal over-involvement with the child and mismanagement and inappropriateness of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1836Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1843–1848OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of low- dose neuroleptic medication and monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) antidepressant medication in continuation pharmacotherapy of patients with borderline personality disorder. METHOD: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1843Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1849–1855OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated the neuropsychological correlates of temporal lobe abnormalities in schizophrenic patients. METHOD: Fifteen schizophrenic patients underwent assessment of memory, by the Wechsler Memory Scale--Revised, and abstraction/...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1849Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1856–1861OBJECTIVE: Because many schizophrenic patients are heavy smokers, it has been suggested that nicotine normalizes some neuronal deficit involved in their illness. Schizophrenic subjects have various difficulties with maintenance of attention and selective ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1856Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1862–1867OBJECTIVE: Information processing measures that serve as biological markers for schizophrenia can help to define the boundaries of schizophrenia. Prepulse inhibition and habituation of the blink reflex component of startle, which are thought to reflect an ...
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Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1869–1871Twenty-seven female inpatients with borderline personality disorder were assigned to two groups on the basis of whether they did (N = 14) or did not (N = 13) report experiencing pain during self-injurious episodes. Ratings of depression, anxiety, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1869Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1872–1874Trauma histories were obtained from 711 subjects in a large study of anxiety disorders, with the intent of determining the prevalence and nature of psychological trauma in this group. Twenty-seven percent of subjects reported significant trauma; 35% of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1872Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1875–1877Persons who handled human remains in Operation Desert Storm (N = 116) were compared with those who did not handle remains (N = 118) on symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Subjects who handled remains reported more intrusive and avoidant symptoms ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1875Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1878–1880In a prospective 2-year follow-up study, 32 patients with panic disorder alone and 20 with panic disorder and concomitant depression were investigated. After controlled treatment with either imipramine or doxepin, patients received naturalistic treatment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1878Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1881–1883The authors determined whether fear of anxiety symptoms mediates panicogenic responses to cholecystokinin tetrapeptide (CCK-4) in healthy subjects. Individuals with a preexisting high level of anxiety sensitivity (N = 10) experienced significantly more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1881Publication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1884–1885The authors reviewed Appendix C of DSM-III-R, Glossary of Technical Terms, for its references to religion. Religion was referred to more frequently in this glossary than it is in psychiatric research. The authors conclude that although the Glossary uses ...
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Pages1910-a–1910In tables 2 and 3 of the article "Association of Binge Eating Disorder and Psychiatric Comorbidity in Obese Subjects" by Susan Zelitch Yanovski, M.D., et al. (October 1993 issue, pp. 1472-1479), the column heading "Relative Risk" should be "Odds Ratio." ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1910-aPublication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1910-b–1910In the review by Alan A. Stone, M.D., of the book Sexual Science and the Law by Richard Green (October 1993 issue, pp. 1552-1553), the last sentence should read, "However, he has not made clear how he has weighed the dubious scientific evidence he wants ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.12.1910-bPublication date: 01 December 1993
Pages1910-c–1910In the letter "Atropism May Precipitate Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome During Treatment With Clozapine" by Doug Nemecek, M.D., et al. (October 1993 issue, p. 1561), in the second paragraph, third line, of the case report, the dose of clozapine should be ...
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