American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 151
- Number 4
- April 1994
Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages482–488This article documents the high prevalence of mood disorders in a group of 15 of the mid-twentieth-century Abstract Expressionist artists of the New York School. These artists, using the technique of psychic automatism (based on free association) in order ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.482Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages489–498OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of existing systems for the diagnosis of the endogenous (melancholic) subtype of major depression. METHOD: The authors review the critical empirical research examining this subtype and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.489Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages500–505OBJECTIVE: A great majority of the evidence pertaining to the effectiveness of the time-limited psychotherapies as treatments of major depression are derived from studies of either predominantly or entirely female subject groups. Depressed men and women ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.500Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages506–515OBJECTIVE: The validity of rapid cycling as a distinct course modifier for bipolar disorder was assessed by comparing patients with and without a history of rapid cycling (4 or more affective episodes in 12 months) on demographic, clinical, family history,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.506Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages516–523OBJECTIVE: The authors' first objective was to ascertain whether imipramine is superior to placebo in treating axis I depressive disorders in the context of HIV illness. Supplementary questions were whether severity of immunodeficiency is associated with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.516Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages524–529OBJECTIVE: Although early surveys of psychological adjustment among gay men and lesbians suggest only minor and not clinically relevant differences from heterosexual populations, concerns about psychiatric morbidity associated with HIV infection have ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.524Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages530–536OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine a sample representing all suicide victims with current DSM-III-R major depression in Finland within 1 year in aspects relevant to suicide prevention, including comorbidity, clinical history, current ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.530Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages537–540OBJECTIVE: Two issues that may influence the diagnosis of depression in the medically ill are 1) the severity with which symptoms must be expressed before they are considered clinically significant and 2) how to deal with somatic symptoms that may be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.537Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages541–546OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to test the hypothesis that patients with both major depressive disorder and panic disorder exhibit more clinical symptoms and have a more protracted course of illness than patients with major depressive disorder only. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.541Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages547–553OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have indicated that patients with panic disorder are more likely than normal subjects to have acute panic attacks during inhalation of CO2, but methodological objections have been raised. In this study the authors attempted to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.547Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages554–559OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the long-term impact of war captivity and combat stress reaction on rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Israeli veterans of the 1973 Yom Kippur war. METHOD: One hundred sixty-four former ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.554Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages560–567OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of DSM- III-R self-defeating personality disorder. METHOD: Applicants for inpatient treatment of personality disorders (N = 100) or psychoanalysis (N = 100) were independently evaluated face ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.560Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages568–573OBJECTIVE: Difficulties in the assessment of personality disorders and the burgeoning interest in axis II have led to increased use of informants when studying these conditions. The present study sought to evaluate the correspondence between patients and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.568Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages574–579OBJECTIVE: In family history interviews, mentally ill individuals ascribe their own disorders to relatives more frequently than informants who are not ill. Whether this reflects increased or decreased reporting accuracy remains unknown. This study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.574Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages580–585OBJECTIVE: This article examines some of the factors that influence the extent to which psychiatrists provide pharmacotherapy to their outpatients. METHOD: Data from the 1988-1989 APA Professional Activities Survey are used to define the characteristics ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.580Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages586–590OBJECTIVE: This article reports the results of a survey to collect data on the characteristics of patients in psychoanalysis under a nationalized health insurance scheme. METHOD: A questionnaire, to be answered anonymously, was sent to all 174 accredited ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.586Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages591–593In a study of the quantitative relationship between ambient light and depression in winter seasonal affective disorder, 13 outpatients and 13 normal comparison subjects each wore a light monitor for 1 week. The patients and normal subjects showed similar ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.591Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages594–596Stimulatory (Gs) and inhibitory (G(i)) guanine nucleotide binding protein alpha subunit levels were measured in mononuclear leukocytes from 22 drug-free depressed patients (eight with bipolar disorder, 14 with major depressive disorder) and a comparison ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.594Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages597–599The Depressive Experiences Questionnaire was used to assess the personality dimensions of dependency and self-criticism in 52 depressed patients before and after treatment and in 22 healthy family practice patients. Neither personality dimension was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.597Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages600–602Since there have been reports of elevated CSF concentrations of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in depression, the authors compared the TRH levels of 17 depressed patients and 19 normal subjects. All subjects underwent lumbar punctures after fasting ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.600Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages603–605Among 547 elderly inpatients grouped by DSM-III-R axis I diagnoses, the diagnostic rate of comorbid personality disorder varied four-fold, from 6% in patients with an organic mental disorder to 24% in those with major depression. The previously reported ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.603Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages606–608To assess the impact of the 1978 Canadian gun control law on suicide rates in Ontario, the authors compared firearm and nonfirearm suicide rates for 1965-1977 with those for 1979-1989. There was a decrease in level and trend over time of firearm and total ...
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Page630This statement was written by the Council on National Affairs.1 It was approved by the Assembly in November 1993 and by the Board of Trustees in December 1993.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.151.4.630Publication date: 01 April 1994
Pages630-a–630This statement was written by the Committee on Women1 of the Council on National Affairs. It was approved by the Assembly in November 1993 and by the Board of Trustees in December 1993.
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Page632This statement was written by the Council on Psychiatric Services.1 It was approved by the Assembly in November 1993 and by the Board of Trustees in December 1993.
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