American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 154
- Number 11
- November 1997
Editorial
Images in Neuroscience
Special Article
Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1497–1503OBJECTIVE: Although hypersecretion of cortisol has frequently been reported in psychotic depression, the findings have been mixed. The authors performed a meta-analysis of the existing studies to determine the significance of differences in nonsuppression ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1497Regular Article
Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1504–1513OBJECTIVE: The study of individual psychotherapeutic approaches to the treatment of schizophrenia has yielded equivocal findings, partly because of methodologic problems. Further, the ability of psychosocial treatments to prevent psychotic relapse appears ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1504Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1514–1524OBJECTIVE: Previous analyses of the personal and social adjustment of outpatients with schizophrenia have either relied on the assessment of unrepresentative patients who survived without relapse or used analyses that included relapse assessments, a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1514Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1525–1529OBJECTIVE: Loxapine, a dibenzoxazepine antipsychotic, is closely related to clozapine and shares clozapine's high affinity for binding to serotonin 5-HT2 and dopamine D4 receptors. The purpose of this study was to document loxapine's 5-HT2 and D2 receptor ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1525Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1530–1537OBJECTIVE: Source monitoring, an aspect of memory that involves judgments about the origin of information, has been found to be more prone to errors in schizophrenic subjects than in normal persons. To examine the precise nature of such errors and their ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1530Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1538–1543OBJECTIVE: This study investigated clinical correlates of memory impairment in schizophrenic patients. In particular, the authors hypothesized that depressive symptoms would be linked to memory efficiency, as found in other clinical populations. In ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1538Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1544–1550OBJECTIVE: This research examined social functioning in childhood and adolescence among patients with schizophrenia and patients with bipolar disorder compared with healthy subjects and investigated the relation between premorbid adjustment and risk ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1544Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1551–1556OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relation between the presence of depressive symptoms in schizophrenic patients with a recent first psychotic episode and affective disorders among their relatives. METHOD: Data on depressive symptoms in 70 patients with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1551Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1557–1565OBJECTIVE: Respiratory abnormalities may play a central role in the pathophysiology of panic disorder. The current study was undertaken to examine the respiratory response in the largest series of subjects to date during three respiratory challenges that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1557Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1566–1570OBJECTIVE: An important recent hypothesis suggests that panic disorder results from a false suffocation alarm. However, the association of panic disorder with a history of traumatic suffocation experiences (e.g., near-drowning and near-choking) has not ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1566Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1571–1575OBJECTIVE: To address the lack of a simple and standardized instrument to assess overall panic disorder severity, the authors developed a scale for the measurement of panic disorder severity. METHOD: Ten independent evaluators used the seven-item Panic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1571Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1576–1581OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to assess and describe the long-term impact of traumatic prisoner of war (POW) experiences within the context of posttraumatic psychopathology. Specifically, the authors attempted to investigate the relative degree of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1576Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1582–1588OBJECTIVE: High rates of violence and trauma in many American Indian communities have been reported. The authors investigated the relationship between both the frequency and type of traumatic events and the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1582Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1589–1592OBJECTIVE: DSM-IV lists increased anxiety as a nicotine withdrawal symptom. Increased anxiety has been reported to follow smoking cessation in most but not all studies. Indeed, there is some evidence for a reduction in anxiety, compared with precessation ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1589Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1593–1598OBJECTIVE: The present study examined the comparability of data obtained by telephone and face-to-face interviews for diagnosing axis I and II disorders. METHOD: Sixty young adults from the community were interviewed face-to-face and over the telephone ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1593Clinical Case Conference
Images in Psychiatry
Brief Report
Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1603–1604OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to measure the response of basilar artery blood flow to hyperventilation in patients with panic disorder. METHOD: Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography was used to measure basilar artery flow during rest and after ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1603Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1605–1607OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the long-term mental health effects of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. METHOD: Two population samples (N=3,044), one from the Gomel region, close to the accident site, and one from Tver, 500 miles away, were studied 6 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1605Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1608–1609OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to determine whether there is a selection bias against international medical graduate applicants for U.S. residency training positions in psychiatry. METHOD: Identical requests for a program application were sent by two ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1608Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1610–1612OBJECTIVE: Service utilization and outcomes of dually diagnosed patients with independent mental disorders and those with substance-induced mental disorders were compared. METHOD: Diagnosis, service use, and severity of substance use problems at baseline ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1610Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1613–1615OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether adolescent schizophrenia is characterized by neuropsychological deficits. METHOD: The performance on a battery of neuropsychological tests of 17 adolescents with schizophrenia (mean age=15.71 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.11.1613Book Forum: EMOTION, MIND, AND BODY
Book Forum: PSYCHIATRY AND GENERAL MEDICINE
Book Forum: VIOLENCE
Book Forum: SUICIDE
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