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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 157
  • Number 9
  • September 2000

Editorial

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1375–1378

OBJECTIVE: The author sought to establish a common set of interactional dynamics involved in growth-facilitating interpersonal relationships. METHOD: Empirical studies of the three most common dyadic relationships associated with personality growth were ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1375

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1379–1389

OBJECTIVE: The author sought to provide a contemporary understanding of depression in schizophrenia and promote a treatment orientation. METHOD: Computer and library-based resources were used to review the literature on depression in schizophrenia. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1379

Introspections

Clinical Case Conference

Images in Psychiatry

Article

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1399–1405

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the predictive utility of olfactory identification deficits in patients with mild cognitive impairment for follow-up diagnosis of probable Alzheimer’s disease. METHOD: Ninety outpatients with mild cognitive impairment were ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1399

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1406–1412

OBJECTIVE: A community-based, longitudinal prospective study was conducted to investigate whether personality disorders during adolescence are associated with elevated risk for violent behavior during adolescence and early adulthood. METHOD: A community-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1406

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1413–1415

OBJECTIVE: This study compared the HIV-risk-related behaviors and attitudes of adolescents with and without a history of sexual abuse who were in intensive psychiatric treatment. METHOD: Adolescent patients (N=208) completed measures of psychological ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1413

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1416–1422

OBJECTIVE: Childhood neurobehavioral deficits in offspring of schizophrenic, affectively ill, and psychiatrically normal parents were evaluated as predictors of schizophrenia-related psychoses in adulthood. METHOD: The offspring were tested with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1416

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1423–1428

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the time until onset of antidepressant response with fluoxetine treatment. METHOD: The authors evaluated 182 outpatients with major depression who had a sustained acute response to fluoxetine treatment. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1423

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1429–1435

OBJECTIVE: Use of lithium to augment antidepressant medication has been shown to be beneficial in the acute treatment of depression. The authors examined the efficacy of lithium augmentation in the continuation treatment of unipolar major depressive ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1429

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1436–1444

OBJECTIVE: Although previous studies have shown that dysthymia, or chronic depression, commonly responds to antidepressant medications (with improvements in depressive symptoms and psychosocial functioning), there have been no systematic studies of the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1436

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1445–1452

OBJECTIVE: The authors examined gender differences in treatment response to sertraline, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), and to imipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant, in chronic depression. METHOD: A total of 235 male and 400 female ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1445

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1453–1460

OBJECTIVE: The study compared the neuropsychological functioning of patients with first-admission schizophrenia with that of patients with first-admission psychotic affective disorders. METHOD: Data came from the Suffolk County Mental Health Project, an ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1453

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1461–1466

OBJECTIVE: The study examined the primary versus secondary character of negative symptoms in a group of first-episode, neuroleptic-naive psychotic patients before and after they started neuroleptic treatment. METHOD: Forty-seven inpatients with a first ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1461

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1467–1474

OBJECTIVE: Although childhood-onset schizophrenia is rare, children with brief psychotic symptoms and prominent emotional disturbances commonly present diagnostic and treatment problems. Quantitative anatomic brain magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1467

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1485–1491

OBJECTIVE: This study characterized the prevalence, characteristics, and impact of mental and general medical disabilities in the United States. METHOD: The 1994–1995 National Health Interview Survey of Disability was the largest disability survey ever ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1485

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1492–1498

OBJECTIVE: The study examined the associations between several sociodemographic and psychosocial variables and unexplained chronic fatigue in the community before and after adjustment for psychiatric morbidity and determined the prevalence of fatigue and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1492

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1499–1501

OBJECTIVE: A model in which cerebrovascular disease contributes to the pathogenesis of depression in later life was the basis of the authors’ hypothesis that cerebrovascular risk factors at intake are independently associated with depression at 1-year ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1499

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1501–1504

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the influence of incomplete recovery from first lifetime major depressive episodes on long-term outcome. METHOD: After their first lifetime major depressive episode, patients were divided into asymptomatic (N=70) and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1501

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1504–1506

OBJECTIVE: Greater ECT stimulus efficiency allows for a lower stimulus dose and should diminish the side effects of ECT. METHOD: Four different ECT stimuli of identical charge (average mC=2.5 times age) with pulse widths of 0.5 msec and 1 msec and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1504

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1506–1508

OBJECTIVE: This study tested whether a relationship exists between concentration and response following discontinuation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. METHOD: Eight patients with remitted major depression who were taking 20 mg/day of either ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1506

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1509–1511

OBJECTIVE: Although sex differences occur with some psychotropic drug treatments, they are not well defined for mood-stabilizing agents, including lithium. The authors’ goal was to investigate whether there are differences between the sexes in response to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1509

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1511–1513

OBJECTIVE: In a previous twin study, congenital dermatoglyphic abnormalities, such as ridge dissociations and abnormalities of palmar flexion creases, were more prevalent in twins with psychotic and related disorders than in comparison twins. This study ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1511

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1514–1516

OBJECTIVE: The goal of the current study was to compare premorbid behavioral and cognitive functioning between co-twins discordant for psychotic disorder and between these pairs of twins and pairs of twins with no psychotic disorders. METHOD: The authors ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1514

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1517–1519

OBJECTIVE: The authors’ goal was to investigate brain regions involved in the deficiency of working memory control processes in patients with schizophrenia. METHOD: Regional cerebral blood flow was measured with positron emission tomography in eight men ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1517

Publication date: 01 September 2000

Pages1520–1522

OBJECTIVE: The authors’ goal was to investigate the effect of imagining food on the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) of anorexia nervosa patients with and without habitual binge/purge behavior. METHOD: The subjects included seven female patients with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1520

Letter to the Editor

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