American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 158
- Number 2
- February 2001
Editorial
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages163–175OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to update the randomized controlled trial literature of psychosocial treatments for schizophrenia. METHOD: Computerized literature searches were conducted to identify randomized controlled trials of various psychosocial ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.163Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages176–184OBJECTIVE: Novel antipsychotic medications have been reported to have beneficial effects on cognitive functioning in patients with schizophrenia. However, these effects have been assessed in studies with considerable variation in methodology. A large ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.176Images in Neuroscience
Introspections
Images in Psychiatry
Article
Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages188–197OBJECTIVE: This study investigated whether alcoholic women manifest deficits in cortical gray and white matter volumes and ventricular enlargement similar to those seen in alcoholic men. METHOD: Volumetric measures of intracranium, cortical gray matter, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.188Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages198–204OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to compare brain volumes of alcoholic and nonalcoholic men and women and determine if the magnitudes of differences in brain volumes between alcoholic women and nonalcoholic women are greater than the magnitudes of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.198Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages205–212OBJECTIVE: This study assessed within-gender differences between psychiatrists and other physicians by using data taken from a large national sample of U.S. female physicians. METHOD: The authors used data from the Women Physicians’ Health Study, a large, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.205Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages213–219OBJECTIVE: This investigation assessed the detection and treatment of psychiatric disorders and at-risk substance use among pregnant women in the obstetric sector. METHOD: The Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders Patient Health Questionnaire and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.213Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages220–226OBJECTIVE: Epidemiological studies in the 1980s have suggested that depression is rare in the Chinese population and there is no postpartum depression among Chinese women. However, subsequent small-scale studies of postpartum depression in China have ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.220Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages227–233OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effects of hormone-replacement therapy on memory and other cognitive abilities in cognitively intact older women. METHOD: This prospective observational study in nondemented postmenopausal women aged 50–89 from the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.227Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages234–243OBJECTIVE: Imaging studies of schizophrenia have repeatedly demonstrated global abnormalities of cerebral and ventricular volumes. However, pathological changes at more local levels of brain organization have not yet been so clearly characterized because ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.234Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages244–255OBJECTIVE: People with schizophrenia exhibit abnormalities in brain structure, often in the left hemisphere. Disturbed structural lateralization is controversial, however, and effects appear mediated by gender. The authors mapped differences between ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.244Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages256–265OBJECTIVE: Within the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenic subjects, alterations in markers of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmission, including decreased immunoreactivity for the GABA membrane transporter GAT-1, may be most prominent in a subset of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.256Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages266–269OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the rehospitalization rates of patients discharged from the hospital while being treated with risperidone, olanzapine, or conventional antipsychotics. METHOD: By using Israel’s National Psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.266Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages270–274OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the relationship between treatment with clozapine and rates of arrest of psychotic outpatients with criminal histories. METHOD: Patients who had been given a DSM-IV psychotic diagnosis were selected from an urban outpatient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.270Sertraline Treatment of Generalized Social Phobia: A 20-Week, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages275–281OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of sertraline, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, in the treatment of generalized social phobia. METHOD: Adult outpatients with generalized social phobia (N=204) from 10 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.275Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages282–288OBJECTIVE: Despite the increasing recognition of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults, there is a paucity of controlled pharmacological trials demonstrating the effectiveness of compounds used in treatment, particularly nonstimulants. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.282Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages289–294OBJECTIVE: This study presents data on the use of complementary and alternative therapies to treat anxiety and depression in the United States. METHOD: The data came from a nationally representative survey of 2,055 respondents (1997–1998) that obtained ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.289Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages295–302OBJECTIVE: Utilization of mental health treatment was compared in patients with personality disorders and patients with major depressive disorder without personality disorder. METHOD: Semistructured interviews were used to assess diagnosis and treatment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.295Brief Report
Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages303–305OBJECTIVE: The study examined 1-year recovery and relapse rates for mania in subjects who met criteria for a prepubertal and early adolescent bipolar disorder phenotype. METHOD: Outpatients identified by consecutive new-case ascertainment were assessed by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.303Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages305–308OBJECTIVE: The antidepressant action of ECT may be related to its anticonvulsant properties. Positron emission tomography (PET) studies of regional cerebral metabolic rate for glucose were used to test this hypothesis. METHOD: Ten patients with major ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.305Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages308–311OBJECTIVE: The study examined gender differences in extrastriatal dopamine D2-like receptor levels in the human brain in vivo. METHOD: [11C]FLB 457, a high-affinity radioligand for extrastriatal D2-like receptors, and a three-dimensional positron emission ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.308Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages311–314OBJECTIVE: The authors added haloperidol, a potent D2 blocker, to ongoing treatment with clozapine in patients with schizophrenia to determine the effects of this combination on dopamine D2 receptor blockade, prolactin level, and extrapyramidal side ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.311Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages314–316OBJECTIVE: The study assessed striatal presynaptic dopamine function in patients with different subtypes of depression. METHOD: Magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography with [18F]fluorodopa ([18F]DOPA) were used to compare six depressed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.314Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages316–318OBJECTIVE: The study investigated whether results on the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire, which is used for diagnosis of seasonal affective disorder, differed by the season in which the questionnaire was completed. METHOD: Every third month from ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.316Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages319–321OBJECTIVE: To address both clinical and ethical concerns in psychiatric research, the study assessed the subjective experience of being a participant in a feasibility study of outcome in long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. METHOD: A ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.2.319Letter to the Editor
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