American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 157
- Number 11
- November 2000
Editorial
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1731–1737OBJECTIVE: This article is a discussion of the use of large clinical databases in population-based research on psychiatric disorders. METHOD: The authors review uses of large clinical databases in research on the etiology, impact, and treatment of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1731Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1738–1751OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this review is to integrate insights regarding novel neurotransmitters or neuromodulators of neuropsychiatric significance. METHOD: Evolving concepts of neurotransmitter criteria are reviewed in light of the unexpected properties ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1738Images in Neuroscience
Introspections
Clinical Case Conference
Images in Psychiatry
Presidential Paper
Article
Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1772–1781OBJECTIVE: Neurodegenerative or traumatic lesions of the frontal lobes often lead to abnormally aggressive behavior. The authors hypothesized that the imaginal evoking of scenarios involving aggressive behavior would be associated with a modulation of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1772Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1782–1788OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to assess brain glucose metabolism and its relationship to dissociation measures and clinical symptoms in DSM-IV depersonalization disorder. METHOD: Positron emission tomography scans coregistered with magnetic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1782Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1789–1798OBJECTIVE: Cocaine-related cues have been hypothesized to perpetuate drug abuse by inducing a craving response that prompts drug-seeking behavior. However, the mechanisms, underlying neuroanatomy, and specificity of this neuroanatomy are not yet fully ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1789Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1799–1805OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the role of perfectionism as a phenotypic trait in anorexia nervosa and its relevance across clinical subtypes of this illness. METHOD: The Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale and the perfectionism ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1799Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1806–1810OBJECTIVE: Involuntary treatment of any psychiatric disorder has always been controversial, especially for eating disorders. Patients with an eating disorder of life-threatening severity frequently refuse hospitalization. In this study, the authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1806Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1811–1823OBJECTIVE: Both thalamic and glutamatergic dysfunction have been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The authors examined ionotropic glutamate receptor expression in postmortem samples from patients with schizophrenia and comparison ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1811Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1824–1828OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to determine whether the duration of illness before antipsychotic drug treatment for schizophrenia was associated with the severity of cognitive deficits and volumetric brain structure anomalies observed in some ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1824Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1829–1834OBJECTIVE: Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies that focus on first-episode psychosis avoid some common confounds, such as chronicity of illness, treatment effects, and long-term substance abuse. However, such studies may select subjects ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1829Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1835–1842OBJECTIVE: Schizophrenic patients have high rates of cigarette smoking. The authors compared the outcomes of two group psychotherapy programs for smoking cessation in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who were also treated with the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1835Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1843–1846OBJECTIVE: Although previous studies have suggested that sexual orientation is influenced by familial factors, which may be partly genetic, these studies have relied on unrepresentative and potentially biased samples. The authors attempted to estimate the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1843Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1847–1850OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the ability of phallometry to discriminate among homicidal child molesters, nonhomicidal child molesters, and a comparison group of nonoffenders. METHOD: Twenty-seven child molesters who had committed or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1847Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1851–1857OBJECTIVE: The study examined the relationship between mental disorders and the use of complementary and alternative medicine. METHOD: Data from a national household telephone survey conducted in 1997–1998 (N=9,585) were used to examine the relationships ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1851Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1858–1863OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated the reliability and convergent and discriminant validity of the DSM-IV Global Assessment of Functioning Scale and two experimental DSM-IV axis V global rating scales, the Global Assessment of Relational Functioning ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1858Brief Report
Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1864–1866OBJECTIVE: The authors’ goal was to replicate a previous finding that smokers have lower brain monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) levels than comparison nonsmoking subjects and to determine if levels recover after overnight cigarette abstinence. METHOD: Brain ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1864Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1867–1869OBJECTIVE: Characteristics of the subsequent treatment received by people who screened positive for depression in the 1996 National Depression Screening Day were investigated. METHOD: A follow-up telephone survey was completed by 1,502 randomly selected ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1867Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1869–1872OBJECTIVE: The authors’ goal was to investigate the treatment received before receipt of a disability pension for major depression in a representative sample of depressed patients. METHOD: The medical statements for a random sample of 277 subjects drawn ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1869Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1873–1875OBJECTIVE: Bipolar spectrum disorders, which include bipolar I, bipolar II, and bipolar disorder not otherwise specified, frequently go unrecognized, undiagnosed, and untreated. This report describes the validation of a new brief self-report screening ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1873Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1876–1878OBJECTIVE: The authors’ goals were to examine predictors of suicidal behavior and provide guidelines for assessing suicide risk in patients with panic disorder. METHOD: Four hundred ninety-eight patients with panic disorder were followed for 5 years. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1876Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1878–1880OBJECTIVE: This report contains preliminary data from an open trial of brief psychodynamic psychotherapy for panic disorder. METHOD: Fourteen patients with primary DSM-IV panic disorder completed a 24-session, twice-weekly course of psychodynamic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1878Publication date: 01 November 2000
Pages1881–1883OBJECTIVE: People with alcoholic relatives have high rates of alcohol abuse and dependence as adults, but their patterns of problems earlier in life are less clear. Many studies have not controlled for parental disorders other than alcoholism or for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1881Letter to the Editor
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