American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 158
- Number 7
- July 2001
Editorial
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages989–1000Of all the human professions, psychiatry is most centrally concerned with the relationship of mind and brain. In many clinical interactions, psychiatrists need to consider both subjective mental experiences and objective aspects of brain function. This ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.989Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1001–1009OBJECTIVE: The authors reviewed the risks and benefits regarding the use of psychiatric medications during breast-feeding as they relate to the health and well-being of mothers and their infants. Strategies are discussed to limit infant exposure to a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1001Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1010–1018OBJECTIVE: Psychiatrist-patient relationships after termination of treatment are fraught with complexities and are the subject of ongoing debate. The authors discuss the issue of boundary violation allegations that arise after treatment has ended, with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1010Images in Psychiatry
Article
Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1020–1026OBJECTIVE: The authors assessed the long-term consequences of the SCUD missile attack in Israel on children as a function of their mothers’ psychological functioning, family cohesion, and the event itself. METHOD: Five years after the Gulf War, the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1020Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1027–1033OBJECTIVE: In contrast to trauma’s relationship with the other dissociative disorders, the relationship of trauma to depersonalization disorder is unknown. The purpose of this study was to systematically investigate the role of childhood interpersonal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1027Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1034–1039OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the role of dissociation as a mediator of mental health outcomes in children with a history of sexual abuse. METHOD: The study group consisted of 114 children and adolescents (ages 10–18 years) who were wards of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1034Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1040–1051OBJECTIVE: Fragile X syndrome is a neurogenetic disorder that is the most common known heritable cause of neurodevelopmental disability. This study examined the neural substrates of working memory in female subjects with fragile X syndrome. Possible ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1040Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1052–1057OBJECTIVE: Family, twin, and adoption studies show attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to have a substantial genetic component. Although several studies have shown an association between ADHD and the 7-repeat allele of the dopamine D4 receptor ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1052Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1058–1066OBJECTIVE: Measures of cholinergic transmitter activity were investigated in patients with autism because of reported neuropathological abnormalities in cholinergic nuclei in the basal forebrain. METHOD: Levels of cholinergic enzyme and receptor activity ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1058Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1067–1074OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of guanfacine in treating children with tic disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHOD: Subjects from a specialty tic disorders clinic were randomly assigned to receive 8 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1067Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1075–1083OBJECTIVE: This study investigated functional cerebral correlates of craving in alcoholic patients and examined the state/trait characteristics of the regional cerebral network implicated in craving. METHOD: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1075Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1084–1090OBJECTIVE: The prognostic validity of the DSM-IV diagnoses of alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence was evaluated by examining the 5-year clinical course associated with those diagnoses in a large group of predominantly blue-collar men and women. METHOD: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1084Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1091–1098OBJECTIVE: This study reports results of a large-scale epidemiological investigation of the prevalence of mental disorder in Oslo. METHOD: A random sample of Oslo residents age 18–65 years was drawn from the Norwegian National Population Register. A total ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1091Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1099–1104OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether criminals with organic brain syndrome could be divided into two distinct types. The authors proposed that early starters (onset of criminal activity by age 18) would display a persistent, long-lasting pattern of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1099Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1105–1113OBJECTIVE: The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex has been implicated in both working memory and the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. A relationship among dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activity, working memory dysfunction, and symptoms in schizophrenia has ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1105Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1114–1125OBJECTIVE: Neuropsychological studies have shown that deficits in verbal episodic memory in schizophrenia occur primarily during encoding and retrieval stages of information processing. The current study used positron emission tomography to examine the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1114Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1126–1133OBJECTIVE: Schizophrenia is associated with deficits in higher-order processing of visual information. This study evaluated the integrity of early visual processing in order to evaluate the overall pattern of visual dysfunction in schizophrenia. METHOD: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1126Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1134–1139OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine the relationship of estrogen levels with psychiatric symptoms and neuropsychological function in female patients with schizophrenia. METHOD: Psychiatric symptoms were assessed and average estrogen and progesterone ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1134Brief Report
Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1140–1142OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the relationship between outcome and structural brain abnormalities in schizophrenia. METHOD: Intracranial volume and volumes of the cerebrum, gray and white matter, lateral and third ventricles, frontal lobes, thalamus, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1140Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1143–1145OBJECTIVE: The efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the right prefrontal cortex for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was studied under double-blind, placebo-controlled conditions. METHOD: Patients were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1143Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1146–1148OBJECTIVE: The authors’ goal was to determine whether treatment of panic attacks has a protective effect on the risk of major depression in the community. METHOD: Data were drawn from the National Comorbidity Survey, a community-based household sample ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1146Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1149–1151OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated the comparative efficacy and safety of intramuscular olanzapine, intramuscular haloperidol, and intramuscular placebo for the treatment of acute agitation in schizophrenia. METHOD: Hospitalized patients with schizophrenia ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1149Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1152–1155OBJECTIVE: The authors’ goal was to confirm that brain serotonin (5-HT) alterations are present in patients who have recovered from bulimia nervosa. Positron emission tomography imaging with [18F]altanserin was used to characterize binding of the 5-HT2A ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1152Publication date: 01 July 2001
Pages1155–1157OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated differences between twins in nine pairs of female monozygotic twins in the Australian Twin Registry who were discordant for lifetime bulimia nervosa. METHOD: The twins affected and unaffected by lifetime bulimia nervosa ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1155Letter to the Editor
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