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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 158
  • Number 7
  • July 2001

Editorial

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages989–1000

Of 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.158.7.989

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1001–1009

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1001

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1010–1018

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1010

Images in Psychiatry

Article

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1020–1026

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1020

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1027–1033

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1027

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1034–1039

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1034

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1040–1051

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1040

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1052–1057

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1052

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1067–1074

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1067

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1075–1083

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1075

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1084–1090

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1084

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1091–1098

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1091

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1099–1104

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1099

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1105–1113

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1105

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1114–1125

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1114

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1126–1133

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1126

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1134–1139

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1134

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1140–1142

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1140

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1143–1145

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1143

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1146–1148

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1146

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1152–1155

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1152

Publication date: 01 July 2001

Pages1155–1157

OBJECTIVE: 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.158.7.1155

Letter to the Editor

Book Forum: Changing Paradigms in Education and Psychiatry

Book Forum: Child Psychiatry

Book Forum: Compulsions and Panic Disorder

Book Forum: Stress

Correction

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