American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 152
- Number 10
- October 1995
Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1416–1426OBJECTIVE: In 1994, only 3.2% of U.S. medical school graduates chose psychiatry, the lowest proportion since 1929. Success in recruiting such graduates is necessary to maintain adequate numbers of psychiatrists. The authors' goal was to gain an ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1416Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1427–1437OBJECTIVE: In preparing for the publication of ICD-10, the Division of Mental Health of the World Health Organization developed several versions of chapter V, which deals with mental and behavioral disorders. The version for research purposes is called ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1427Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1438–1443OBJECTIVE: This analysis describes subjects who met rigorous criteria for DSM-III-R agoraphobia without a history of panic disorder and makes inferences from these data regarding relationships among agoraphobia without a history of panic disorder, panic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1438Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1444–1449OBJECTIVE: Central D1, D2, and 5-HT2 receptor occupancy in schizophrenic patients treated with clozapine was determined and related to clozapine serum concentrations. METHOD: Seventeen patients treated with clozapine (125-600 mg/day) were examined with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1444Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1450–1457OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to examine different models of the factor structure of negative symptoms in schizophrenia through the use of a confirmatory factor analysis procedure. METHOD: The cohort comprised 253 inpatients diagnosed with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1450Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1458–1463OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to answer the following questions: 1) Can we reliably measure the psychopathologic dimensions of schizophrenia by using a lifetime frame and by rating acute and interepisode periods separately? 2) Can we reproduce in subjects ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1458Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1464–1469OBJECTIVE: Dopamine function has been hypothesized to be involved in both producing schizophrenic symptoms and mediating cocaine's reinforcing properties. As a result, cocaine abuse in schizophrenic patients may be seen as a natural experiment that may ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1464Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1470–1475OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether psychosis in Alzheimer's disease is associated with cerebral perfusion patterns appreciable by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans. METHOD: All cooperative outpatients enrolled in an Alzheimer's ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1470Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1476–1484OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to determine the accuracy of clinical diagnoses of dementia in a large group of patients evaluated in a multicenter, university-based, Alzheimer's disease diagnostic and treatment program. METHOD: Clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1476Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1485–1492OBJECTIVE: This article reports on a prevalence study of dementia and Alzheimer's disease among two groups of subjects with the same ethnic background but widely differing environments. METHOD: The study was conducted among residents aged 65 years and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1485Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1493–1499OBJECTIVE: This study examined psychiatric sequelae of traumatic brain injuries in outpatients and their relation to functional disability. METHOD: Fifty consecutive outpatients with traumatic brain injuries who came to a brain injury rehabilitation ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1493Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1500–1503OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to quantify the proportion of patients who show no response to a fixed dose of fluoxetine after 2, 4, and 6 weeks of treatment and then respond by week 8. METHOD: In an open trial, 143 outpatients who met DSM-III-R ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1500Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1504–1509OBJECTIVE: The authors present preliminary data from two treatment modalities of a randomized clinical trial in which they compared 16- week interventions of interpersonal psychotherapy to supportive psychotherapy. METHOD: HIV-positive patients who were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1504Article
Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1511–1513OBJECTIVE: This study sought to characterize a subset of patients with DSM-III schizophrenia or schizophreniform disorder who respond to lithium. METHOD: Sixty-six psychotic patients were given a systematic therapeutic trial of lithium alone. Differences ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1511Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1514–1516OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether weekend drug holidays would improve sexual functioning in recovered depressed patients with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)-induced sexual dysfunction. METHOD: Thirty outpatients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1514Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1517–1519OBJECTIVE: Studies of working memory dysfunction in schizophrenia have focused largely on prefrontal components. This study investigated the integrity of auditory sensory ("echoic") memory, a component that shows little dependence on prefrontal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1517Publication date: 01 October 1995
Pages1520–1522OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the rate of prescription psychotropic drug use among suicide victims at the time of their death. METHOD: From a total of 1,970 suicides that occurred in New York City from 1990 to 1992, 1,635 cases that had a complete ...
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Pages1540-a–1540In the book review by Capt. John R. Cusack, MC, USN, of Torture and Its Consequences: Current Treatment Approaches (August 1995 issue, pp. 1230-1231), the correct spelling of the editor's name is Metin Başoglu. The diacritical marks were garbled because ...
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