American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 154
- Number 10
- October 1997
Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1360–1368OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of common late-life mental disorders on the life expectancy and causes of death of older psychiatric patients. METHOD: The study population consisted of 809 older psychiatric patients who met ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1360Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1369–1375OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine antidepressant use by nonpsychiatrists in the treatment of depressed elderly medical inpatients. METHOD: Patients aged 60 or older who were admitted to medical services at Duke Hospital were evaluated by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1369Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1376–1383OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine and compare rates of depression, correlates, and course of symptoms in medically ill hospitalized elders through use of six diagnostic schemes (inclusive, etiologic, exclusive-inclusive, exclusive-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1376Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1384–1390OBJECTIVE: Most research examining age as a risk factor for depression has been based on cross-sectional data. To investigate the effect of aging on rates of depression prospectively, the authors used two waves of data from a panel study of community ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1384Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1391–1397OBJECTIVE: The effectiveness of a voluntary depression screening program was assessed by determining 1) whether participants in the 1994 National Depression Screening Day went for recommended follow-up examinations and 2) the characteristics that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1391Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1398–1404OBJECTIVE: Social support is a widely used construct in the fields of mental health, sociology, and medicine and has typically been conceptualized as an environmental factor that influences the risk for dysfunction and disease. In this study a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1398Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1405–1411OBJECTIVE: The subject of this study was the relation between retrospectively reported early-onset psychiatric disorders and subsequent teenage parenthood in the general population. METHOD: The data were from 5,877 respondents aged 15-54 years in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1405Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1412–1416OBJECTIVE: Primary insomnia and insomnia related to mental disorders are the two most common DSM-IV insomnia diagnoses, but distinguishing between them is difficult in clinical practice. This analysis was performed to identify clinical factors used by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1412Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1417–1423OBJECTIVE: The prevalence, burden, and management of insomnia among primary care patients were evaluated. METHOD: Consecutive patients aged 18 to 65 years in primary care clinics of a staff-model health maintenance organization (N = 1,962) were screened ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1417Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1424–1429OBJECTIVE: Down's syndrome is associated with structural brain abnormalities and language deficits. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the superior temporal gyrus and the planum temporale, both parts of the anatomic substrate for language, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1424Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1430–1435OBJECTIVE: This study compared the nature and magnitude of the relationship between aggression and CSF 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5- HIAA) concentration with that between aggression and the prolactin response to d-fenfluramine challenge in human ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1430Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1436–1441OBJECTIVE: Both late luteal phase dysphoric disorder (LLPDD) and seasonal affective disorder are cyclical disorders often manifested by "atypical" depressive features. The goal of this study was to determine whether patients with LLPDD demonstrate ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1436Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1451–1453OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to test the hypothesis that serotonin-system-related genes may be correlated with suicide risk. METHOD: Fifty-one unrelated Caucasian inpatients with major depression, with or without a history of suicidal acts, were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1451Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1454–1455OBJECTIVE: Luteinizing hormone (LH) pulse characteristics in depressed and normal women were compared to determine whether hypothalamic dysregulation in depression extends to the hypothalamic-pituitary- gonadal axis. METHOD: The subjects were 10 depressed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1454Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1456–1458OBJECTIVE: The authors studied the efficacy of valproate plus lithium and of triple therapy with lithium, carbamazepine, and valproate in refractory bipolar illness. METHOD: The subjects were 24 bipolar outpatients who had completed an intended 3-year ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1456Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1459–1461OBJECTIVE: Higher than normal cellular levels of the phospholipid catabolic intermediate glycerophosphocholine have been found in postmortem brain tissue of persons with Alzheimer's disease. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) can detect a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1459Publication date: 01 October 1997
Pages1462–1464OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to characterize primary care patients with false positive results on screens for mental disorders. METHOD: A sample of 1,001 primary care patients completed self- administered screens and structured interviews for DSM-...
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