American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 155
- Number 2
- February 1998
Editorial
Images in Neuroscience
Regular Article
Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages163–171OBJECTIVE: The aim of this historical study was to examine the methods actually used by Sigmund Freud in his practice of psychoanalysis in his mature years (1907–1939) and to assess the relationship between these methods and Freud's published ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.163Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages172–177OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the boundaries between major depression and milder subsyndromal depressive states. With respect to depressive symptoms, does DSM-IV “carve nature at its joints”? METHOD: In personally interviewed female twins from a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.172Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages178–183OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether elderly patients with psychotic depression differed in long-term outcome from patients with nonpsychotic depression. METHOD: The study group consisted of 19 patients with psychotic major ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.178Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages184–191OBJECTIVE: A 55-year prospective study attempted to determine the antecedents and consequences of positive mental and physical health in adult men. A substudy was conducted to look at the late-life physical health of men selected to be as unlike men with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.184Controlled Comparison of Electrophysiological Sleep in Families of Probands With Unipolar Depression
Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages192–199OBJECTIVE: This study presents polysomnographic data and psychiatric history for parents and siblings of probands with unipolar depression and short REM latency, probands with unipolar depression and normal REM latency, and normal comparison probands. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.192Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages200–206OBJECTIVE: Because cocaine enhances dopamine brain activity and dopamine signals are transferred through γ-aminobutyric acid pathways, the authors hypothesized GABA-ergic disruption in cocaine-abusing subjects. This study tests this hypothesis. METHOD: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.200Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages207–213OBJECTIVE: Earlier platelet and postmortem brain studies have found alterations in serotonin transporter function in ethanol-abusing human subjects. The present investigation tested the hypothesis that brain serotonin transporter function is altered in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.207Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages214–219OBJECTIVE: This study examined the prevalence of lifetime traumatic events and current symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among treatment-seeking cocaine-dependent outpatients and compared patients with and without PTSD on current substance ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.214Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages220–225OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated the theoretical and clinical role of depression among cocaine abusers in treatment. METHOD: Eighty-nine cocaine-abusing patients underwent 2 weeks of substance abuse treatment. Posttreatment major depressive disorder, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.220Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages226–231OBJECTIVE: Violent behavior among individuals with severe mental illness has become an important focus in community-based care. This study examines the joint effect of substance abuse and medication noncompliance on the greater risk of serious violence ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.226Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages232–238OBJECTIVE: Despite high rates of co-occurring substance use disorder in people with severe mental illness, substance use disorder is often undetected in acute-care psychiatric settings. Because underdetection is related to the failure of traditional ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.232Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages239–243OBJECTIVE: The authors assessed the nature and stability of remission of substance use disorder among persons with severe mental illness at index hospitalization and at 1-year follow-up. METHOD: Consecutively admitted inpatients with severe mental illness ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.239Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages244–249OBJECTIVE: The present study examines whether concomitant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) indicates a poorer prognosis for patients with anorexia or bulimia nervosa. METHOD: Seventy-five female inpatients who met DSM-IV criteria for anorexia or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.244Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages250–254OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the presence and severity of eating disorder pathology in students representing South Africa's ethnically and culturally diverse population. METHOD: A questionnaire survey, which involved the Eating ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.250Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages255–263OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to determine the long-term outcome of subjects with severe and refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who had undergone ventromedial frontal leukotomy during the 1970s. Special emphasis was given to the analysis of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.255Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages264–271OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics of a novel group of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and tic disorders, designated as pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.264Clinical Case Conference
Images in Psychiatry
Brief Report
Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages278–279OBJECTIVE: Studies have shown memory deficits among combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, high rates of comorbid conditions, including alcoholism, make it difficult to definitively associate these findings with the PTSD ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.278Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages280–282OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated respiratory response to cholecystokinin tetrapeptide (CCK-4) in healthy volunteers. METHOD: Subjects were randomly assigned to either a CCK-4 (N=15) or placebo (N=15) challenge under double-blind conditions. RESULTS: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.280Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages283–285OBJECTIVE: Epidemiologic surveys have found that the incidence and prevalence of panic disorder decline in later life. The goal of this study was to determine whether aging has an effect on healthy subjects' responses to the panicogenic agent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.283Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages286–289OBJECTIVE: The authors examined longitudinal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function in Alzheimer's disease. METHOD: Cortisol levels of 30 patients with Alzheimer's disease and 17 healthy elderly subjects were measured before and after ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.286Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages290–292OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to determine the effect of clinically equivalent doses of fluoxetine on mood and other psychological variables in normal subjects. METHOD: Fifteen healthy volunteers received placebo for 2 weeks; fluoxetine, 10 mg/day, for 1 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.290Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages293–294OBJECTIVE: Previous reports of side effects from light therapy were mostly based on administration of 2,500-lux treatments. It has become common practice to use brighter, 10,000-lux exposure when treating seasonal affective disorder. The authors studied ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.293Publication date: 01 February 1998
Pages295–297OBJECTIVE: The primary purpose of this study was to compare the reliability of differing sets of criteria for attachment disorders by using a retrospective case review. METHOD: Forty-eight consecutive clinical case summaries from an infant behavior clinic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.2.295Book Forum: PSYCHOTHERAPY
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