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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 153
  • Number 2
  • February 1996

Article

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages151–162

OBJECTIVE: This article describes a paradigm--initiation and adaptation- -within which to conceptualize the drug-induced neural plasticity that underlies the long-term actions of psychotropic drugs in the brain. METHOD: Recent advances in neurobiology are ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.151

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages163–173

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to review the literature concerning gender differences in the course of bipolar illness and discuss issues relevant to the treatment of women with the illness. METHOD: The literature concerning the following ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.163

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages174–182

OBJECTIVE: For over 25 years, it has been hypothesized that major depression is due to a deficiency of available serotonin or subsensitivity of key serotonin receptors in relevant brain regions. Direct evidence supporting this hypothesis has been lacking ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.174

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages183–190

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the binding of various typical and atypical neuroleptics to striatal D2 dopamine receptors in schizophrenic patients. METHOD: Fifty-six inpatients with schizophrenia, including 14 with schizoaffective ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.183

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages191–199

OBJECTIVE: This study reports the first paired measurements of glucose metabolism and size of thalamic regions in never-medicated schizophrenic patients using coregistered magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) templates. METHOD: Positron emission tomography ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.191

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages200–205

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to test the feasibility of using functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine changes in cortical activation in response to verbal tasks in two brain regions. METHOD: Twelve schizophrenic patients and 11 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.200

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages206–212

OBJECTIVE: The study addressed the question of whether unsolvable as opposed to solvable cognitive problems activate discrete neuronal systems in the human brain. METHOD: Twelve healthy humans tried to solve unsolvable anagrams. Solvable anagrams and a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.206

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages213–218

OBJECTIVE: The authors compared the health-related quality of life of patients with panic disorder to that of patients with other major chronic medical and psychiatric conditions. METHOD: The physical and mental health of a group of 433 patients with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.213

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages219–225

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to prospectively examine the relationship between immediate and short-term responses to a trauma and the subsequent development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD: All patients consecutively admitted to a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.219

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages226–230

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the hypothesis that following a pregnancy loss, women have more mental health complaints than women who give birth to a living baby. METHOD: Mental health was assessed for 2,140 women during their first trimester of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.226

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages231–237

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy and side effects of haloperidol, chlorpromazine, and lorazepam for the treatment of the symptoms of delirium in adult AIDS patients in a randomized, double-blind, comparison trial. METHOD: ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.231

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages238–242

OBJECTIVE: This study surveyed HIV-infected patients' attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide and examined the relationship between interest in physician-assisted suicide and physical and psychosocial variables. METHOD: Three hundred seventy-eight ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.238

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages243–247

OBJECTIVE: This study explored the relationship between aggressive behavior and other neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease. METHOD: Consecutively assessed outpatients with probable or possible Alzheimer's disease (N = 75) were ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.243

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages248–255

OBJECTIVE: This exploratory study examined the characteristics of a group of unusual and previously undescribed patients with major affective disorder who not only had been continuously symptomatic for prolonged periods of time but were also so ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.248

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages256–260

OBJECTIVE: The increasing involvement of insurers and hospitals in monitoring patient care is encroaching on the psychiatrist's autonomy in making clinical decisions. This study examined the prevalence of constraints on psychiatric inpatient practices, as ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.256

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages261–263

A 33-year-old pregnant woman at 26 weeks gestation, who had a history of bipolar mood disorder, type I, was admitted to the hospital for hypomania and poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. The patient had had her first episode of affective illness at age ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.261

Article

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages265–267

OBJECTIVE: This study examined which characteristics of hallucinations are most likely to change after inpatient treatment. METHOD: Fifty hallucinating psychiatric inpatients were given semistructured interviews shortly after admission and again shortly ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.265

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages268–270

OBJECTIVE: Catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) inactivates catecholamines by methylating their m-hydroxy group. Some previous studies using biochemical methods have found higher levels of COMT activity in schizophrenic patients. Recently, the genetic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.268

Article

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Page270

In the article "Is Poor Insight in Psychotic Disorders Associated With Poor Performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test?" by Manuel Cuesta, M.D., et al. (September 1995 issue, pp. 1380-1382), the description of awareness of illness was not given. The ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.270

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages271–274

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to confirm or refute previous reports that link bipolar affective disorder to polymorphic DNA markers at or near the gene for tyrosine hydroxylase. METHOD: A previous linkage analysis, which used a tetranucleotide ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.271

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages275–277

OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated whether histories of childhood physical or sexual abuse were reported more frequently in a clinical sample of patients with anxiety disorders than in a matched community comparison sample. METHOD: A standardized ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.275

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages278–280

OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated features of social anxiety in a group of adult stutterers to explore the soundness of the DSM-IV requirement that social phobia not be diagnosed in patients who stutter if their phobia relates to their stuttering. METHOD: ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.278

Publication date: 01 February 1996

Pages281–283

OBJECTIVE: This study tested the hypothesis that naltrexone reduces relapse rates among alcoholics by modifying the reinforcing effects of initial alcohol consumption and alcohol-induced craving. METHOD: Sixteen alcoholic patients treated with naltrexone ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.2.281

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