American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 151
- Number 1
- January 1994
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Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages10–17OBJECTIVE: A few widely publicized cases have made sexual harassment a salient subject in the 1990s. This article reviews the topic in a comprehensive manner, with particular attention to demographic information, psychosocial consequences, appropriate ...
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Pages20–26OBJECTIVE: Clozapine is an atypical neuroleptic with superior efficacy in severely ill, treatment-resistant inpatients with schizophrenia. To determine if clozapine's differential efficacy generalizes to less ill, outpatients populations, the authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.20Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages27–34OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to estimate the prevalence of simple schizophrenia, compare the clinical presentations and courses of simple and "typical" schizophrenia, and examine psychopathology in first- degree relatives of probands with simple ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.27Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages35–39OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the relation between plasma fluphenazine levels and clinical response in first-episode schizophrenic patients. METHOD: Data from 36 first-episode schizophrenic or schizoaffective inpatients diagnosed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.35Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages40–48OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive assessment of neuropsychological functioning in schizophrenia so as to evaluate hypotheses of lateralized or differential cognitive impairment in this disorder. Furthermore, the study sought ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.40Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages49–56OBJECTIVE: The primary purpose of this study was to assess whether an interaction between subtle neurological impairment and haloperidol plasma level affects treatment response and, if so, the impact on negative symptoms in particular. METHOD: Forty-three ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.49Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages57–63OBJECTIVE: To characterize changes associated with lactate-induced panic, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) was used to measure brain lactate during intravenous infusion of 0.5-M sodium lactate in panic disorder patients and comparison ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.57Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages64–70OBJECTIVE: Clinical experience and recent reports suggest that there is a high prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with panic disorder and that there is a high prevalence of panic disorder in patients with irritable bowel syndrome, a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.64Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages71–75OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated the impact of continuous and repeated stress on Israeli civilians exposed to missile attacks during the Gulf War. METHOD: Study 1 included 26 healthy volunteers aged 28-59 years. Their scores on the Hamilton Anxiety ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.71Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages76–81OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to investigate the long-term effects of torture in a group of former political prisoners. METHOD: The study was carried out in Istanbul, Turkey, where 55 Turkish political activists who had been tortured were compared ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.76Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages82–88OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been best studied among combat veterans. Less is known about PTSD among civilian populations exposed to traumatic events. A recent mass murder spree by a gunman in a cafeteria in Killeen, Tex., has ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.82Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages89–95OBJECTIVE: The authors develop a classification of psychiatric practice based on primary and secondary work settings. METHOD: Data from the 1988-1989 APA Professional Activities Survey were used to characterize seven practice groups: public psychiatrists, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.89Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages96–101OBJECTIVE AND METHOD: Using data from the APA's 1988-1989 Professional Activities Survey, the authors compared male and female psychiatrists on demographic characteristics, training, practice patterns, and income. RESULTS: In keeping with previous studies'...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.96Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages102–106OBJECTIVE: Previous linkage and allelic association studies using DNA polymorphisms, cosegregation of cytogenetic abnormalities with psychiatric illness, and assignment of genes involved in neutotransmitter metabolism suggested that chromosome 11 may ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.102Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages107–111OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to assess the possible involvement of the dopamine D3 receptor gene (DRD3) in the etiology of schizophrenia. The authors' approach included a population study and a family study using both parametric (lod score) and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.107Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages112–116OBJECTIVE: Studies from the authors' laboratory have shown that major depression is accompanied by significantly increased plasma concentrations of positive acute-phase proteins such as haptoglobin. Haptoglobin is characterized by a molecular variation ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.112Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages117–119The question of whether prenatal exposure to influenza epidemics is associated with an increased risk of later schizophrenia remains controversial. The authors examined this relationship, using data on the dates of birth and gender of 3,827 schizophrenic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.117Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages120–122The authors used the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test to study 50 hospitalized psychiatric patients: 28 with schizophrenia, 17 with affective disorders, and five with schizoaffective disorder. The schizophrenic patients performed significantly more poorly than ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.120Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages123–125Serum concentrations of clozapine, norclozapine, and clozapine-N-oxide were assayed in psychotic patients treated with clozapine alone (N = 17), clozapine with fluoxetine added (N = 6), or clozapine with valproic acid added (N = 11). Subjects were matched ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.123Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages126–129In a double-blind trial, 12 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease were treated for 6 weeks with placebo and 6 weeks with monosialoganglioside (GM1) (100 mg/day i.m.), which potentiates the actions of nerve growth factor. GM1 failed to produce ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.126Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages130–132Among 14 elderly patients (mean age = 74.6 years) with first-episode mania who were followed for 3 to 10 years, men had a higher risk of mortality. Compared to 36 elderly patients with multiple episodes of mania, patients with first-episode mania were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.130Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages133–135The authors examined continued neuroleptic exposure following inpatient treatment of mania with neuroleptics and lithium through structured chart review of 40 consecutive patients. At discharge, patients were receiving a mean of 793 mg/day (SD = 695) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.1.133Publication date: 01 January 1994
Pages136–138It is not understood why disturbed menstrual function occurs in as many as 50% of women with bulimia nervosa who are at normal weight. The authors measured luteinizing hormone (LH), estradiol, and progesterone in 13 women with bulimia nervosa who were at ...
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Page159In lines 10 and 11 of the fifth paragraph of the review by David V. Forrest, M.D., of Cognitive Science and Clinical Disorders in the Book Forum (November 1993 issue, pp. 1743-1744), the phrase should be "motifs that have an analyzable story schema or ...
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