American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 155
- Number 10
- October 1998
Editorial
Images In Psychiatry
Special Article
Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1310–1318Objective:The author summarizes current knowledge about the diagnosis and treatment of testosterone decline in healthy aging men and the associated clinical issues for psychiatry. Method:A MEDLINE search was conducted in which the search terms “male ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1310Regular Article
Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1319–1324Objective:This study compared the mental health and cognitive development of 9- to 12-year-old Eritrean war orphans living in two orphanages that differed qualitatively in patterns of staff interaction and styles of child care management. Method:The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1319Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1325–1331Objective:The therapeutic effects of methylphenidate in the treatment of attention deficit disorder have been attributed to its ability to increase the synaptic concentration of dopamine by blocking the dopamine transporters. However, the levels of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1325Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1332–1338Objective:The SLC6A4 locus encodes the serotonin transporter, which in turn mediates the synaptic inactivation of the neurotransmitter serotonin. A polymorphism located in the 5′ promoter region of the gene is associated with altered transcriptional ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1332Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1339–1345Objective:Because selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) require 2–4 weeks to reach efficacy, the authors determined whether clonazepam augmentation of fluoxetine is superior to fluoxetine alone at the beginning of treatment for major ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1339Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1346–1351Objective:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of pindolol to accelerate the onset of action of paroxetine in patients suffering from major depression.Method:Patients who met DSM-IV criteria for a nonpsychotic disorder, who had no ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1346Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1352–1357Objective:The authors tested the hypothesis that eye tracking disorder in schizophrenia is associated with neurological signs.Method:The subjects were 93 normal comparison subjects and 59 schizophrenic patients. They were evaluated with the Neurological ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1352Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1358–1364Objective:Studies of sex differences in neuropsychological performance in schizophrenia report inconsistent results, due in part to methodological artifacts. The study presented here was specifically designed to examine sex differences in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1358Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1365–1375Objective:This study set out to determine, in a homogeneous sample with nationwide coverage in Finland, whether siblings treated for schizophrenia are more often of the same sex than expected by chance, and whether this is especially so when the disorder ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1365Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1376–1383Objective:Multislice proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (1H-MRSI) permits simultaneous acquisition and mapping of signal intensities of N-acetyl-containing compounds (mainly N-acetylaspartate, NAA), choline-containing compounds (CHO), and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1376Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1384–1391Objective:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of schizophrenic patients have revealed structural brain abnormalities, with low volumes of gray matter in the left posterior superior temporal gyrus and in medial temporal lobe structures. However, the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1384Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1392–1397Objective:Little is known about the relationship between insurance and care in the early course of psychosis. This study explored the insurance status of first-admission psychotic patients and the relationship between type of insurance and care received ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1392Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1398–1406Objective:Although clinical trials have documented the importance of identifying individuals with major depression with atypical features, there are fewer epidemiological data. In a prior report, the authors used latent class analysis (LCA) to identify a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1398Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1407–1414Objective:The authors’ goal was to estimate the lifetime and 12-month rates of major depressive episodes and dysthymia for Chinese Americans who reside in Los Angeles. This effort, the Chinese American Psychiatric Epidemiological Study, is the first large-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1407Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1415–1422Objective:The authors describe the timing of the first treatment contact following new-onset DSM-III-R mood, anxiety, and addictive disorders in community samples from the United States and Ontario, Canada, before and after passage of the Ontario Health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1415Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1423–1428Objective:The authors’ purpose in this study was to investigate the interrater agreement among psychiatrists in psychiatric emergency service settings. The interrater reliability of many of the key concepts in psychiatric emergency service settings has ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1423Clinical Case Conference
Brief Report
Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1434–1436Objective:This study investigated risks for rapid cycling, as defined by DSM-IV, in women and men with bipolar disorders. Method:The results of 10 studies with a total of 2,057 bipolar patients were meta-analyzed by pooled contingency methods. Results:The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1434Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1437–1439Objective:The purpose of this study was to determine whether men and women with schizophrenia demonstrate differences in cognitive abilities.Method:Two cohorts of patients with schizophrenia, an acute first-episode and a chronically hospitalized group, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1437Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1440–1442Objective:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the personality trait involving personal detachment and dopamine D2 receptor specific binding in healthy subjects.Method:Eighteen adult subjects completed the Karolinska Scales of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1440Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1443–1445Objective:The authors’ goal was to determine whether cognitive behavioral treatment of residual symptoms of depression might have a significant effect on relapse rate. Method:A 6-year follow-up assessment was conducted of 40 patients with primary major ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.10.1443Publication date: 01 October 1998
Pages1446–1448Objective:Clinical trials generally allocate patients to equal-sized treatment groups. The authors propose that it may be more efficient to allocate unequal proportions of the total sample size to treatments when more than two treatments are being ...
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