American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 153
- Number 3
- March 1996
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Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages311–320OBJECTIVE: This review evaluates the in vitro and in vivo evidence for inhibition of cytochrome P450 enzymes by the newer antidepressants and provides clinical recommendations for avoiding and managing drug interactions. METHOD: The international ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.311Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages321–330OBJECTIVE: It has been well established that schizophrenic patients have neurocognitive deficits, but it is not known how these deficits influence the daily lives of patients. The goal of this review was to determine which, if any, neurocognitive deficits ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.321Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages331–338OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the impact of increasing cost sharing on use of outpatient mental health services. METHOD: A quasi- experimental design was used to study outpatient utilization by members of a health maintenance organization (HMO) who were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.331Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages339–345OBJECTIVE: There is little current understanding of how managed care strategies affect hospital inpatient psychiatric care for mentally ill patients. This study examined one prominent form of managed care, utilization management, which reviews requests ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.339Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages346–354OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this report was to determine 1) the effects of chronic haloperidol treatment on cerebral metabolism in schizophrenic patients, 2) the relation between negative symptoms and haloperidol-induced regional changes in cerebral glucose ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.346Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages355–361OBJECTIVE: Neurodevelopmental models of schizophrenia imply that a more severe early brain lesion may produce earlier onset of psychotic symptoms. The medial temporal lobes have been proposed as possible locations for such a lesion. The authors tested ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.355Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages362–368OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the current study was to test the specificity of an association between eye tracking abnormality and schizophrenia spectrum personality symptoms in the family members of schizophrenic patients. The studies of biological markers ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.362Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages369–375OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to measure the longitudinal course of specific symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related symptoms of alcohol and substance abuse and the effects of alcohol and substances on the symptoms of PTSD. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.369Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages376–381OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the correlates of a childhood history of anxiety disorders in adult patients participating in a longitudinal study of panic disorder. The authors hypothesized that a history of anxiety during childhood would be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.376Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages382–385OBJECTIVE: The status of patients and research subjects is usually considered in terms of self-reported symptoms. Measures seldom include disturbances in a conscious sense of the self. An additional brief measure of the sense of current self-regard is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.382Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages386–391OBJECTIVE: Since patients being treated for bulimia nervosa constitute only a minority of persons with the disorder, the cases seen in clinics may be subject to sampling bias. The aim of this study was to investigate sampling bias as it affects secondary ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.386Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages392–396OBJECTIVE: The authors describe demographic data, the distribution of diagnoses, and comorbid psychoactive substance use in a large sample of patients involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric hospital from multiple crisis centers and explore the relative ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.392Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages397–403OBJECTIVE: This study tested the hypothesis that psychiatric comorbidity measured in medical and surgical general hospital inpatients predicts increased readmissions and days spent rehospitalized at the same hospital up to 4 years after discharge. METHOD: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.397Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages404–405This case highlights the complexities of evaluating and treating psychiatric symptoms that are concurrent with a seizure disorder. Interictal and postictal psychoses, affective disorders, personality changes, and cognitive deficits are common problems ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.404Article
Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages411–413OBJECTIVE: Various somatic antidepressant treatments of depression are associated with substantial but limited decreases in T4 levels. This study examined changes in patients' thyroid hormone levels during a period of cognitive behavior therapy. METHOD: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.411Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages414–416OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of fluvoxamine in the treatment of delusional depression. METHOD: Fifty- nine inpatients who met the DSM-III-R criteria for major depression with psychotic features were treated with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.414Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages417–419OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the side effect +profiles of clozapine and risperidone. METHOD: The subjects were 20 outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who were clinically stable on a regimen of clozapine at the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.417Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages420–423OBJECTIVE: The primary goal of this study was to evaluate increased platelet membrane fluidity as a putative risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. METHOD: This report describes the initial results of a prospective, longitudinal study of 330 initially ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.420Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages424–426OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to demonstrate that negative symptoms are prominent in patients with Alzheimer's disease and are distinct from depression. METHOD: patients with Alzheimer's disease (N=24) and a group of cognitively intact older adults ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.424Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages427–428OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effects of an innovative treatment model that was designed to reduce treatment dropout among substance abusing or dependent juvenile offenders. METHOD: One hundred eighteen delinquents who met diagnostic criteria for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.3.427Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages429–431OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to gather baseline data on physician caseloads, particularly psychiatric caseloads, at public mental hospitals. METHOD: A 26-item survey was sent to medical directors of public mental hospitals in the United States ...
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