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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 152
  • Number 10
  • October 1995

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1416–1426

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1416

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1427–1437

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1427

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1438–1443

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1438

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1444–1449

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1444

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1450–1457

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1450

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1458–1463

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1458

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1464–1469

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1464

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1470–1475

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1470

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1476–1484

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1476

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1485–1492

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1485

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1493–1499

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1493

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1500–1503

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1500

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1504–1509

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1504

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Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1511–1513

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1511

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1514–1516

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1514

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1517–1519

OBJECTIVE: 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.152.10.1517

Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1520–1522

OBJECTIVE: 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 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1520

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Publication date: 01 October 1995

Pages1540-a–1540

In 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 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.10.1540-a

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