American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 152
- Number 7
- July 1995
Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages967–972OBJECTIVE: The concepts of prodrome and precursor are used to show how epidemiologic data on age at onset can be used in timing preventive interventions and selecting target populations. METHODS: Data concerning onset of DSM-III major depression and panic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.967Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages973–981OBJECTIVE: Studies in nonhuman primates suggest that high levels of cortisol associated with stress have neurotoxic effects on the hippocampus, a brain structure involved in memory. The authors previously showed that patients with combat-related ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.973Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages982–986OBJECTIVE: The authors' objective was to compare the urinary cortisol excretion of Holocaust survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (N = 22) to that of Holocaust survivors without PTSD (N = 25) and comparison subjects not exposed to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.982Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages987–994OBJECTIVE: The authors recently reported smaller basal ganglia volumes for patients with HIV-associated dementia than for HIV-infected patients without dementia and a seronegative comparison group. The purpose of the current study was to determine whether ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.987Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages995–1001OBJECTIVE: Substantial progress has been made in identifying how the treatment parameters used in ECT impact on cognitive side effects. However, there is limited information regarding individual differences in vulnerability to these side effects. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.995Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1002–1008OBJECTIVE: Major depression is significantly influenced by the family environment of the depressed patient. In order to explore how family functioning relates to this illness, the authors examined changes in family functioning over a 1-year course of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1002Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1009–1015OBJECTIVE: This research examined whether deficits in premorbid functioning are associated with a vulnerability to psychosis in unipolar major depressive disorder. METHOD: A group of 92 inpatients with unipolar major depression were assessed for premorbid ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1009Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1016–1019OBJECTIVE: The authors estimated the frequency of seasonal affective disorder in children and adolescents and examined the relationship of this rate to age and pubertal status. METHOD: A modified version of the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1016Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1020–1025OBJECTIVE: Populations enrolled in various health insurance plans may differ in their health care needs. Whether mental health affects choice among competing health plans is not clear. This study examined self- selection by participants in a Swiss ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1020Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1026–1032OBJECTIVE: This is the first in a series of investigations of the social consequences of psychiatric disorders based on the National Comorbidity Survey. Data on the relationship between preexisting psychiatric disorders and subsequent educational ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1026Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1033–1037OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the proportion of psychiatric and medical patients who are impaired in their decision-making abilities in relation to each of several major legal standards for determining competence to consent to treatment. METHOD: The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1033Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1038–1044OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated recent and current use of antipsychotics by psychiatric inpatients. METHOD: Computer-based hospital pharmacy records identified prescriptions for antipsychotics in 1993. Medical records were reviewed to verify prescription ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1038Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1045–1051OBJECTIVE: The relation between chronic alcohol abuse and male sexuality remains uncertain. This study assessed the effect of chronic alcoholism on sexual function, marital adjustment, sleep-related erections, sleep disorders, and hormone levels during ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1045Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1052–1058OBJECTIVE: Previous epidemiological studies of bulimia nervosa have generated differing estimates of the incidence and prevalence of the disorder. These differences are attributable, in part, to varying definitions of the illness and a range of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1052Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1059–1064OBJECTIVE: This study explored the relationship of specific symptoms of borderline personality disorder to dimensions of severity of sexual abuse experiences in childhood. METHOD: A group of 41 patients with borderline personality disorder who ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1059Article
Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1066–1069OBJECTIVE: This is a time of major shifts in the perception of medical specialties. The authors have attempted to assess current attitudes of potential applicants for a residency in psychiatry. METHOD: Pilot interviews with fourth-year medical students at ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1066Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1070–1072OBJECTIVE: Because recent limitations in health care coverage have resulted in shorter lengths of inpatient stay, many patients with anorexia nervosa are discharged while still underweight. The authors' goal was to determine whether anorectic patients who ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1070Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1073–1074OBJECTIVE: The author's goal was to shed light on the debate regarding the mortality rate over time associated with anorexia nervosa. METHOD: He conducted a meta-analytic study using weighted linear regression to combine crude mortality proportions from ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1073Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1075–1076OBJECTIVE: The authors hypothesized that significantly more living monozygotic than dizygotic co-twins of twin suicide victims would themselves have attempted suicide. METHOD: They determined the absence or presence of an attempt at suicide at any time ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1075Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1077–1080OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to identify factors that increase the risk of suicide in urban jails. METHOD: They examined and verified all suicides as of 1992 in a representative large jail in Detroit since the beginning of record keeping in 1967 to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1077Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1081–1083OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to determine whether 35% carbon dioxide (CO2) challenge would discriminate between patients with panic disorder and patients with other anxiety disorders. METHOD: Nine patients with panic disorder and nine with generalized ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1081Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1084–1086OBJECTIVE: Because they found in an earlier study that inositol, an important intracellular second-messenger precursor, was effective against depression in open and double-blind trials, the authors studied its effectiveness against panic disorder. METHOD: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1084Publication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1087–1089OBJECTIVE: The authors studied the effects of the alpha 2-receptor agonist clonidine on stuttering in children. METHOD: Using a double- blind crossover study, they gave placebo or 4 micrograms/kg body weight per day to 25 stuttering children who were 6-13 ...
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Pages1106-a–1106In the essay "Eliot Slater, 1904-1983," by Robin M. Murray, M.D. (Images in Psychiatry, February 1995 issue, p. 264), the concluding phrase of the first sentence of the fourth paragraph should read "including Gottesman and Shields's twin study of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.7.1106-aPublication date: 01 July 1995
Pages1106-b–1106In the article "Alcoholism in Manic-Depressive (Bipolar) Illness: Familial Illness, Course of Illness, and the Primary-Secondary Distinction" by George Winokur, M.D., et al. (March 1995 issue, pp. 365-372), on page 368, at the end of the second full ...
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