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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 154
  • Number 10
  • October 1997

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1360–1368

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1360

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1369–1375

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1369

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1376–1383

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1376

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1384–1390

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1384

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1391–1397

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1391

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1398–1404

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1398

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1405–1411

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1405

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1412–1416

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1412

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1417–1423

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1417

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1424–1429

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1424

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1430–1435

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1430

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1436–1441

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1436

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1451–1453

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1451

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1454–1455

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1454

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1456–1458

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1456

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1459–1461

OBJECTIVE: 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.154.10.1459

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages1462–1464

OBJECTIVE: 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-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.10.1462

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