American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 155
- Number 12
- December 1998
Editorial
Images In Neuroscience
Special Article
Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1661–1670Objective:The author 1) reassesses the case against a neuronal degeneration hypothesis for schizophrenia; 2) demonstrates that the hypothesis that schizophrenia is a disorder caused by early (i.e., pre- or perinatal) and static (i.e., fixed, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1661Regular Article
Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1671–1676Objective:Few studies have explored in detail the relation of cognitive deficits in attention, working memory, and semantics to thought disorder. The authors sought to determine whether thought disorder resides in the semantic system or elsewhere. Method:...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1671Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1677–1684Objective:In part I of this series, the authors found that semantic knowledge and organization accounted for most of the variance in thought disorder in a group of chronic schizophrenic patients. In the present study, they examined a possible cognitive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1677Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1685–1690Objective:The authors examined word recall of patients with schizophrenia by using an experimental paradigm generated from connectionist models of memory.Method:Schizophrenic patients and normal comparison subjects first studied and then recalled a list ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1685Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1691–1694Objective:This study’s goal was to replicate the finding that family members of schizophrenia patients show poor P50 suppression during a paired-click auditory evoked response paradigm. Method:The paired-click paradigm was used to test 44 schizophrenia ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1691Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1695–1702Objective:The aim of this study was to assess the frequency and type of minor physical anomalies in schizophrenic patients and their normal siblings.Method:Sixty adult patients with schizophrenia, 21 siblings of these patients, and 75 normal comparison ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1695Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1703–1710Objective:Family studies have shown that abnormalities of smooth pursuit eye movement are increased in the adult relatives of schizophrenic probands as well as in the probands themselves. More recently, an inability of schizophrenic subjects to inhibit ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1703Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1711–1717Objective:This study examined whether subcortical volumes of the basal ganglia and thalamus in schizophrenic patients are related to neuroleptic exposure and symptom severity. Method:Basal ganglia substructures and thalamic volumes were measured with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1711Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1718–1719Objective:This was a study of posttraumatic stress symptoms in children and adolescents during siege conditions in Sarajevo.Method:Seven hundred ninety-one students aged 7–15 years were surveyed to assess symptoms of posttraumatic stress and level of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1718Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1720–1726Objective:The authors sought to describe the use of the testimony method of psychotherapy in a group of traumatized adult refugees from genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Method:The subjects were 20 Bosnian refugees in Chicago who gave written informed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1720Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1727–1732Objective:This study investigated the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and comorbid symptoms among professional firefighters in Germany and examined not only primary but also secondary traumatic stress disorder experienced by these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1727Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1733–1739Objective:The purpose of this study was to assess the lifetime rates of occurrence of a full range of DSM-III-R axis I disorders in a group of patients with criteria-defined borderline personality disorder and comparison subjects with other personality ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1733Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1740–1745Objective:The authors assessed DSM-III-R disorders among American former prisoners of war. Comorbidity, time of onset, and the relationship of trauma severity to complicated versus uncomplicated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were examined. Method:A ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1740Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1746–1752Objective:Numerous studies have linked childhood trauma with depressive symptoms over the life span. However, it is not known whether particular neurovegetative symptom clusters or affective disorders are more closely linked with early abuse than are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1746Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1753–1755Objective:The authors’ goal was to examine suicidality in relation to acute symptom remission in inpatients with mixed and pure bipolar disorder.Method:Using chart review of 184 adult inpatients with bipolar I disorder, the authors assessed patients’ past ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1753Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1756–1762Objective:The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of fluvoxamine in the treatment of binge-eating disorder. Binge-eating disorder is a newly described eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating but without purging ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1756Clinical Case Conference
Images In Psychiatry
Brief Report
Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1767–1771Objective:DSM-IV’s axis II is limited to severe personality disturbances, posing difficulty for diagnosing less severe but nonetheless clinically significant personality pathology. The authors examined the percentage of patients treated in clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1767Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1772–1774Objective:The characteristics of private psychotherapy patients of medical psychoanalysts are described. Method:A structured interview was administered to 51 medical psychoanalysts. Patients’ demographic characteristics, historical features, and other ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1772Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1775–1777Objective:The authors examined the barriers to receipt of medical services among people reporting mental disorders in a representative sample of U.S. adults.Method:The sample was drawn from adults who responded to the 1994 National Health Interview Survey ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1775Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1778–1780Objective:The authors’ goal was to investigate the treatment received by suicide attempters with major depression before and after the index attempt.Method:Forty-three patients with current unipolar DSM-III-R major depression were identified in a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1778Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1781–1783Objective:The authors’ goal was to assess the efficacy and tolerability of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluvoxamine in the treatment of pathological gambling. Method:Sixteen patients with pathological gambling entered an 8-week placebo lead-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.12.1781Publication date: 01 December 1998
Pages1784–1786Objective:The authors’ goal was to compare the thalamic, total brain, and intracranial volumes of patients with schizophrenia, their healthy siblings, and normal comparison subjects.Method:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans were obtained for 32 ...
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