American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 152
- Number 11
- November 1995
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Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1563–1575Objective: The purpose of this article is to review the development of concepts about the contribution of nature and nurture to brain structure and mental function, and to derive the implications of these changing concepts for clinical practice. Method: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1563Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1563b–1575OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to review the development of concepts about the contribution of nature and nurture to brain structure and mental function, and to derive the implications of these changing concepts for clinical practice. METHOD: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1563bPublication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1576–1585OBJECTIVE: This study used positron emission tomography to examine two kinds of personal memory that are used in psychiatric evaluation: focused episodic memory (recall of past experience, employed in "taking a history") and random episodic memory (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1576Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1586–1594OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the stability of behavioral and emotional problems from adolescence into young adulthood. METHOD: Subjects from the general population (N = 459), aged 13-16 years, were evaluated initially with the Child Behavior ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1586Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1595–1600OBJECTIVE: Nothing is known about biological factors that protect a predisposed individual from becoming criminal. This 14-year prospective study tested the hypothesis that antisocial adolescents who desist from crime by age 29 have greater physiological ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1595Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1601–1607OBJECTIVE: This study examined how accurately routine inpatient clinical assessments documented a history of overt suicidal behavior in inpatients with a diagnosis of major depressive episode. Secondary questions involved the exploration of possible ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1601Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1608–1614OBJECTIVE: Diagnoses obtained by family history agree only modestly with those obtained through personal interview. If personal interview diagnoses are the "gold standard," these findings suggest that family history diagnoses have low validity. Here the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1608Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1615–1622OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe who comes to a voluntary depression screening program by analyzing findings from the 1992 National Depression Screening Day. METHOD: Survey results from 5,367 adult volunteers at 345 facilities were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1615Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1623–1629OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to examine changes in prevalence of dieting behavior and eating disorder symptoms from 1982 to 1992. METHOD: In 1982, 625 women and 276 men participated in a study examining body weight, eating habits, dieting tendencies, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1623Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1630–1634OBJECTIVE: It is well recognized that patients with anorexia nervosa have perfectionistic and obsessive behaviors. This study investigated whether such behaviors persist after recovery. METHOD: Twenty subjects who had recovered from anorexia nervosa were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1630Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1635–1640OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of bipolar disorder in the context of maintenance pharmacotherapy. METHOD: Eighty-two bipolar outpatients were followed prospectively for a mean of 4.3 years (minimum of 2 years); symptom ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1635Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1641–1645OBJECTIVE: The postpartum period has typically been considered a time of heightened vulnerability for development of affective disorders, and women with bipolar disorder have consistently demonstrated vulnerability to puerperal worsening of mood. This ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1641Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1646–1651OBJECTIVE: Using an epidemiologic approach, the authors attempt to elucidate relationships between Tourette's disorder and bipolar disorder. METHOD: Of 205 patients with Tourette's disorder in the North Dakota Longitudinal Tourette Syndrome Surveillance ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1646Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1652–1658OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated the association between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and psychoactive substance use disorders in adults with ADHD, attending to comorbidity with mood, anxiety, and antisocial disorders. It was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1652Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1659–1663OBJECTIVE: Sleep disturbance is an important dimension of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but most of the limited available data were obtained years after the original traumatic event. This study provides information on sleep disturbance and its ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1659Article
Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1665–1667OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated the frequency of body dysmorphic disorder in patients with a primary diagnosis of anxiety disorders and major depression. METHOD: Patients with social phobia (N = 54), obsessive-compulsive disorder (N = 53), generalized ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1665Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1668–1671OBJECTIVE: Data suggest that serotonin activity is reduced in women at normal weight who have bulimia nervosa. The authors tested whether acute perturbations in serotonin activity could alter short-term eating behavior and mood. METHOD: They examined the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1668Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1672–1674OBJECTIVE: In an effort to begin to construct a psychological profile of anabolic steroid users, the authors compared weight lifters and bodybuilders who did or did not use anabolic steroids on an objective measure of narcissism and on clinical ratings of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1672Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1675–1677OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the relationships among history of previous assault, severity of rape, acute plasma cortisol level after rape, and development of rape-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD: Blood samples were drawn from 37 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1675Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages1678–1680OBJECTIVE: The authors examined ambulatory ECG changes during panic attacks in patients with panic disorder. METHOD: Ten otherwise healthy women with panic disorder and complaints of chest pain during panic attacks underwent a symptom-limited exercise ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.11.1678Article
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Page1700This position statement was written by Norman Clemens, M.D., in consultation with the Committee on the Practice of Psychotherapy.1 It was approved by the Assembly in May 1995 and by the Board of Trustees in July 1995.
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