American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 155
- Number 7
- July 1998
Editorial
Images in Neuroscience
Special Article
Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages862–870OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to review critically the data on the adult outcomes of adolescent girls with antisocial behavior. METHOD: Five literature databases were searched for studies on the adult outcomes of girls with either conduct ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.862Regular Article
Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages871–877OBJECTIVE: The authors examined whether depression is associated with greater use of health services by elderly medical patients before and during hospitalization. METHOD: Depression and recent use of health services were assessed in 542 patients aged 60 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.871Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages878–882OBJECTIVE: This study used a national employee survey to test the hypothesis that symptomatic individuals in general, and individuals with depressive symptoms in particular, are disproportionately enrolled in fee-for-service health care plans as compared ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.878Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages883–888OBJECTIVE: Health policy makers lack accurate information about per capita spending for the treatment of major depression, the distribution of those expenditures, and the proportion of the health care dollar consumed by depression treatment. METHOD: The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.883Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages889–894OBJECTIVE: Use of ECT is highly variable, and previous study has linked its availability to the geographic concentration of psychiatrists. However, less than 8% of all U.S. psychiatrists provide ECT. The authors analyzed the characteristics of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.889Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages895–898OBJECTIVE: Several reports have raised concern that the discontinuation of lithium may result in treatment resistance following recurrence of affective disorder. This report explores this possibility. METHOD: The data derive from a large, naturalistic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.895Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages899–904OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this pilot study was to gain information about attitudes of individuals with bipolar disorder and their spouses toward some of the ethical and social issues arising from rapidly advancing genetic research on bipolar disorder. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.899Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages905–909OBJECTIVE: The authors compared hospital outcomes for depressed patients hospitalized between 1988 and 1996. METHOD: Between 1988 and 1996, 206 depressed patients in three cohorts were evaluated at admission; of these, 161 (78.2%) were evaluated at ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.905Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages910–913OBJECTIVE: There is evidence from animal studies that fluoxetine may enhance the concentrations of neuroactive steroids. Therefore, the authors investigated whether clinically effective treatment with antidepressants may alter the concentrations of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.910Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages914–920OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of olanzapine with that of chlorpromazine plus benztropine in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. METHOD: One hundred three previously treatment-resistant patients with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.914Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages921–928OBJECTIVE: Olanzapine is a new atypical antipsychotic recently introduced for the treatment of schizophrenia. The purpose of this study was to investigate olanzapine's binding to the serotonin 5-HT2 and dopamine D2 receptors in schizophrenic patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.921Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages929–933OBJECTIVE: This study analyzed questionnaire items that address complaints about sleep from the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study, a nationally representative sample of the 3.1 million men and women who served in Vietnam. This study compared ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.929Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages934–938OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in health care workers exposed to a disaster, in order to facilitate early case identification and prevention of subsequent morbidity. METHOD: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.934Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages939–946OBJECTIVE: Although there have been many studies of the outcome of anorexia nervosa, methodological weaknesses limit their interpretation. The authors used a case-control design to try to improve knowledge about the outcome of anorexia nervosa. METHOD: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.939Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages947–953OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of guided self-change for bulimia nervosa. METHOD: Sixty-two patients with DSM-III-R-defined bulimia nervosa were randomly assigned to 1) use of a self-care manual plus eight fortnightly ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.947Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages954–959OBJECTIVE: The present study examined whether physical abuse functions as an additional risk factor for adolescent psychopathology after other important known risk factors are controlled for. METHOD: The authors recruited 99 adolescents aged 12 to 18 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.954Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages960–963OBJECTIVE: The authors explored the family history and psychiatric comorbidity of a group of compulsive buyers who volunteered for medication studies. Compulsive buying is characterized by inappropriate shopping and spending behavior that leads to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.960Clinical Case Conference
Images in Psychiatry
Brief Report
Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages969–971OBJECTIVE: The authors tested the hypotheses that medical illness burden is independently associated with depression and that this association is moderated by neuroticism. METHOD: Multiple regression techniques were used to determine the independent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.969Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages972–973OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the efficacy of verapamil in acute mania. METHOD: The study was a 3-week double-blind, random-assignment, parallel-group, placebo-controlled inpatient trial of verapamil for patients with acute mania. Of the 32 study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.972Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages974–975OBJECTIVE: This study was an uncontrolled trial to assess the efficacy of a smoking cessation group program modified for individuals with schizophrenia. METHOD: Fifty outpatients with schizophrenia were divided into five groups who met separately for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.974Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages976–978OBJECTIVE: Because both smooth pursuit eye tracking dysfunction and obstetrical complications are significant risk factors for schizophrenia, the authors tested the predictions of a two-factor model of how eye tracking dysfunction and obstetrical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.976Effect of Acute Metabolic Stress on Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activation in Patients With Schizophrenia
Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages979–981OBJECTIVE: Although several lines of evidence suggest that stress plays a role in the course of schizophrenia, studies that have assessed stress-relevant neurobiological measures have not produced consistent results. The authors examined the effects of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.7.979Publication date: 01 July 1998
Pages982–984OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about mental illness and providers held by a group of deaf adults. METHOD: The American Sign Language interviews of 54 deaf adults were analyzed. RESULTS: Recurrent themes included ...
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