American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 153
- Number 5
- May 1996
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages592–606OBJECTIVE: Given concerns about use of psychotropic medication during pregnancy, the authors reviewed the literature regarding the effects of prenatal exposure to psychotropic medications on fetal outcome. METHOD: A MEDLINE search of all articles written ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.592Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages607–617OBJECTIVE: This review is an update on the research evidence supporting psychosocial treatment for schizophrenia. It extends previous review articles by summarizing the literature on social skills training, family interventions, cognitive rehabilitation, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.607Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages618–625OBJECTIVE: The Challenger spacecraft explosion of Jan. 28, 1986, offered an opportunity to study the memories of normal latency and adolescent children of different emotional involvements following one sudden and distant disaster. How would children of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.618Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages626–635OBJECTIVE: The aim of this research was to determine whether and in whom stressors and depressive symptoms facilitate clinical recurrence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) and progression of HIV. METHOD: Meta- analytic techniques were used to review the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.626Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages636–644OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to cross-validate the earlier finding of the Groningen Primary Care Study that recognition of psychological disorders was associated with better patient outcomes. METHOD: The 12- item General Health Questionnaire was used ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.636Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages645–649OBJECTIVE: The National Institute of Mental Health developed the Depression Awareness, Recognition, and Treatment Program to provide up- to-date information and training to health, mental health, and social service professionals regarding the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.645Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages650–658OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify patterns of family functioning in adult families after the death of a parent. METHOD: One hundred fifteen families completed measures of family functioning, grief, psychological state, and social adjustment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.650Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages659–666OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the intensity of grief, the psychosocial morbidity, and the coping patterns in members of families classified according to a typology of family functioning comprising supportive, conflict-resolving, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.659Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages667–673OBJECTIVE: There have been few psychological autopsy studies of suicide among individuals with personality disorders. The possible specificity of characteristics of suicide among such individuals has been little investigated. METHOD: A random sample of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.667Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages674–676OBJECTIVE: Patients with mixed or manic bipolar disorder were studied to determine whether suicidality in mania is associated with increasing depression in general (i.e., a dimensional construct based on symptom severity) or with the presence of a mixed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.674Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages677–681OBJECTIVE: High prevalence rates of psychiatric illness and high levels of behavioral disturbance have been reported in studies of nursing home residents; however, the populations evaluated have been predominantly Caucasian. The aims of the present study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.677Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages682–686OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated factors associated with change in diagnosis from schizophrenia to other disorders and from other disorders to schizophrenia, as well as the time elapsed before diagnostic change. METHODS: Using a longitudinal study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.682Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages687–692OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of patients with schizophrenia on tests of visual discrimination and recognition of different stimulus features. METHOD: Thirteen medicated male schizophrenic patients and 13 normal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.687Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages693–697OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study were to compare first-time performance on the oral examination for certification in child and adolescent psychiatry with first-time performance on the written and oral examinations for certification in general ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.693Article
Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages705–707OBJECTIVE: The authors documented the frequency of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in civilian victims of urban terrorism. METHOD: A recent shooting attack on a van of Hasidic students provided a unique opportunity to document responses of survivors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.705Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages708–710OBJECTIVE: This study examined the timing of acute dystonic reactions in 200 patients taking neuroleptic medication for the first time. METHOD: Two hundred patients received a twice-daily regimen of low-dose neuroleptic. RESULTS: Over 80% of the episodes ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.708Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages711–713OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to determine if the actual treatment of schizoaffective and bipolar affective disorders had changed in light of recent clinical drug trials that have suggested that valproate and carbamazepine may be equivalent in efficacy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.711Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages714–717OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to quantify the complexity of behavioral sequences of patients with schizophrenia and comparison subjects by using methods from nonlinear dynamical systems theory. METHOD: A simple choice task consisting of predicting 500 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.714Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages718–720OBJECTIVE: Plasma gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels have been reported to be low in some patients with major depressive disorder. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is often associated with major depressive disorder. Therefore, the authors sought to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.718Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages721–724OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential effectiveness of dynamic susceptibility contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to discriminate elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease from normal matched comparison subjects. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.153.5.721Article
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Publication date: 01 May 1996
Pages740-b–740Reference 5 in the review by Mark S. Gold, M.D., of Addiction Psychiatry: Current Diagnosis and Treatment in the Book Forum (March 1996, pp. 439-440) should have been as follows: Dalack GW, Glassman AH, Rivelli S, Covey L, Stetner F: Mood, major ...
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