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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 158
  • Number 8
  • August 2001

Editorial

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1184–1190

OBJECTIVE: Alcohol use disorders and other substance use disorders are extremely common among patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This article reviews studies pertaining to the epidemiology, clinical phenomenology, and pathophysiology of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1184

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1191–1198

OBJECTIVE: The authors reviewed the pathogenesis of cocaine-related cerebral ischemia, appraised current knowledge of its sequelae, and assessed the role of putative therapeutic agents, particularly dihydropyridine-class calcium channel antagonists. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1191

Images in Neuroscience

Clinical Case Conference

Images in Psychiatry

Article

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1206–1214

OBJECTIVE: A positron emission tomography (PET) study has suggested that dopamine transporter density of the caudate/putamen is reduced in methamphetamine users. The authors measured nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex density, in addition to caudate/...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1206

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1215–1219

OBJECTIVE: Although suicidal behavior is frequent among cocaine-dependent patients, it has been little studied. Therefore, the author examined the characteristics of cocaine-dependent patients who had attempted suicide. METHOD: Cocaine-dependent patients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1215

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1220–1226

OBJECTIVE: The central nervous system representation of social phobia (social anxiety disorder) is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to examine brain activity during symptom provocation in social phobics. METHOD: Positron emission tomography with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1220

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1227–1230

OBJECTIVE: Despite evidence of hyperresponsive peripheral and central nervous system (CNS) noradrenergic activity in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), direct measures of CNS norepinephrine in PTSD have been lacking. The goal of this study was to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1227

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1231–1238

OBJECTIVE: The authors’ goal was to identify predictors of 1-year outcomes for consecutive patients in a hospital emergency department following motor vehicle accidents and to describe the prevalence and course of four types of psychiatric outcomes after ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1231

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1239–1247

OBJECTIVE: Peritraumatic dissociation has been associated with subsequent development of posttraumatic stress disorder, but supporting data have been largely retrospective. The current study was designed to assess the nature and prevalence of dissociative ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.158.8.1239

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1239–1247

OBJECTIVE: Peritraumatic dissociation has been associated with subsequent development of posttraumatic stress disorder, but supporting data have been largely retrospective. The current study was designed to assess the nature and prevalence of dissociative ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.158.8.1239b

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1239–1247

OBJECTIVE: Peritraumatic dissociation has been associated with subsequent development of posttraumatic stress disorder, but supporting data have been largely retrospective. The current study was designed to assess the nature and prevalence of dissociative ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1239

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1248–1251

OBJECTIVE: The authors prospectively explored whether a reduction in the volume of the hippocampus occurs in recent trauma survivors who develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD: Thirty-seven survivors of traumatic events were assessed within ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1248

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1258–1264

OBJECTIVE: Symptomatic overlap between affective disorders and schizophrenia has long been noted. More recently, family and linkage studies have provided some evidence for overlapping genetic susceptibility between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. If ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1258

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1265–1270

OBJECTIVE: To assess the risk for subsequent development of mania or hypomania, the authors conducted a 15-year prospective follow-up study of a large, young cohort of patients originally hospitalized for unipolar major depression. METHOD: Patients who ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1265

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1271–1275

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine if fear of an increased risk of attempted suicide in placebo groups participating in placebo-controlled studies is an argument against the performance of placebo-controlled trials in studies of major ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1271

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1276–1285

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the interrelationship between negative symptoms, orofacial tardive dyskinesia, and specific neurocognitive processes, particularly those involved in memory and executive function, in patients with schizophrenia. METHOD: A ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1276

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1286–1290

OBJECTIVE: Impaired olfactory identification ability has previously been demonstrated in patients with schizophrenia. This study assessed olfactory function in psychotic and nonpsychotic members of multigenerational families with familial schizophrenia to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1286

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1291–1298

OBJECTIVE: Although childhood-onset schizophrenia is relatively rare, a sizable group of children with severe emotional disturbances have transient psychotic symptoms that fall outside of current syndrome boundaries. The relationship of this group of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1291

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1299–1304

OBJECTIVE: The superior temporal gyrus is associated with developmental mechanisms of brain lateralization and the pathogenesis of language-related schizophrenic symptoms. It therefore lends itself to investigation of developmental deviance in the early ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1299

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1305–1313

OBJECTIVE: This prospective, double-blind, multicenter, parallel-group study compared the efficacy and safety of therapeutic doses of clozapine and risperidone in patients with severe chronic schizophrenia and poor previous treatment response. METHOD: ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1305

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1314–1316

OBJECTIVE: Using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, the authors measured thalamic N-acetylaspartate (NAA) concentrations in patients with schizophrenia. METHOD: The study included 15 schizophrenic patients on a stable medication regimen and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1314

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1316–1319

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the effect on brain morphology of an interleukin-1β genetic polymorphism (C→T transition at position –511) in patients with schizophrenia. METHOD: In vivo magnetic resonance imaging and genotype analysis were used in the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1316

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1319–1321

OBJECTIVE: Disturbed sensory gating has been related to attention deficit and greater distractibility in patients with schizophrenia, and dysfunction of the alpha-7 subunit of the cholinergic nicotinic receptor has been discussed as its biological basis. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1319

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1321–1323

OBJECTIVE: The authors assessed frontotemporal function in patients with geriatric depression, a debilitating and increasingly prevalent disorder that has not been examined with brain activation paradigms. METHOD: Six depressed elderly patients and five ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1321

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1324–1326

OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to determine whether the manic/mixed episode distinction in patients with bipolar disorder runs true over time. METHOD: Over an 11-year period, the observed distribution of manic and mixed episodes (N=1,224) for patients with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1324

Publication date: 01 August 2001

Pages1326–1328

OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated the relationship between anxiety—a facet of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory dimension of neuroticism—and serotonin 5-HT1A receptor binding potential. METHOD: Positron emission tomography with [11C]WAY-100635 was ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1326

Letter to the Editor

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