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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 159
  • Number 3
  • March 2002

Editorial

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages351–358

OBJECTIVE: Disruptive behavior problems are the most common reason preschool children come to mental health clinics. Yet consensus on the conceptualization and measurement of such problems in young children is lacking. DSM-IV is the most widely used ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.351

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages359–371

OBJECTIVE: A longstanding belief among many clinicians is that patients with depression and comorbid personality pathology have a worse response to standard depression treatment. This presents potentially significant treatment implications, since ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.359

Images in Neuroscience

Clinical Case Conference

Images in Psychiatry

Article

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages380–386

OBJECTIVE: The text of the DSM-IV states that a diagnosis of conduct disorder should be made only if symptoms are caused by an internal psychological dysfunction and not if symptoms are a reaction to a negative environment. However, the DSM-IV diagnostic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.380

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages387–393

OBJECTIVE: Previous research has reported an association between childhood adversity and the nonendogenous subtype of depression. The present study sought to address this association by 1) investigating the relationship between depression subtype and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.387

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages394–400

OBJECTIVE: A community-based prospective longitudinal study was conducted to investigate the association between childhood adversities and problems with eating or weight during adolescence and early adulthood. METHOD: A community-based sample of 782 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.394

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages401–407

OBJECTIVE: The authors determined the impact of different pathways of psychopathological development on adult outcome in subjects followed from ages 11–18 to ages 21–28. METHOD: Problem behaviors of subjects from a general population sample were assessed ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.401

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages408–411

OBJECTIVE: The authors assessed lifetime and 6-month occurrence and phenomenology of self-injurious behavior in patients with eating disorders. METHOD: Women (N=376) in inpatient treatment for an eating disorder (anorexia: N=119, bulimia: N=137, eating ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.408

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages412–418

OBJECTIVE: The latent structure of eating disorder symptoms, as defined by DSM-IV, was tested in a group of 341 women with and without an eating disorder diagnosis. METHOD: The study group consisted of 201 participants with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa,...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.412

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages419–429

OBJECTIVE: Abnormalities of serotonin (5-HT) receptor subtypes have been observed in the postmortem brains of adult suicide victims; however, their role in teenage suicide is unexplored. The authors examined whether 5-HT2A receptor subtypes are altered in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.419

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages430–435

OBJECTIVE: Earlier work has shown markedly lower density of serotonin 2A (5-HT2A) receptors in elderly subjects than in young healthy subjects. In this study the authors used positron emission tomography (PET) and [18F]altanserin, a ligand with high ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.430

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages436–442

OBJECTIVE: This study was a prospective, population-based examination of the evolution of cognitive impairment, no dementia (CIND). METHOD: Subjects 75 years old or older living in Stockholm were assessed at baseline and 3 and 6 years later. The severity ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.436

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages443–449

OBJECTIVE: Patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia display cognitive impairments and abnormal sensitivity to stress. However, little is known about the relationship between these two endophenotypes. METHOD: Neuropsychological tests were administered to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.443

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages450–455

OBJECTIVE: The authors’ goal was to study the importance of different psychiatric disorders in relation to suicide in individuals 65 years old or older. METHOD: The psychological autopsy approach was used to study 85 cases of suicide among subjects who ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.450

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages456–459

OBJECTIVE: A decline in hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis function is often seen in elderly men, and dysthymic disorder is common. Symptoms of both HPG axis hypofunction and dysthymic disorder include dysphoria, fatigue, and low libido. The ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.456

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages466–468

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effects of maintenance treatment for late-life depression on social adjustment. The authors hypothesized that elderly patients recovering from depression would have better social adjustment with medication and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.466

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages469–473

OBJECTIVE: The methods used to evaluate the efficacy of antidepressants differ from treatment for depression in routine clinical practice. The rigorous inclusion/exclusion criteria used to select subjects for participation in efficacy studies potentially ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.469

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages477–479

OBJECTIVE: Studies have reported that countries with high rates of fish oil consumption have low rates of depressive disorder. The authors studied a specific omega-3 fatty acid, the ethyl ester of eicosapentaenoic acid (E-EPA), as an adjunct to treatment ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.477

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages480–482

OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated the clinical effects of d-cycloserine when added to treatment with conventional neuroleptics, olanzapine, or risperidone for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. METHOD: Twenty-four patients participated in a double-blind,...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.480

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages483–486

OBJECTIVE: Studies in adults have reported changes in concentration, learning, and memory in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, there are few studies of cognitive function in children with PTSD. The goal of the current study ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.483

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages486–488

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to investigate associations between empirically defined dimensions of spirituality, personality variables, and psychiatric disorders in Vietnam era veterans. METHOD: One hundred pairs of male twins from the Vietnam ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.486

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages489–491

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate temperamental, psychodynamic, and cognitive factors associated with dissociation. METHOD: Fifty-three subjects with DSM-IV-defined depersonalization disorder and 22 healthy comparison subjects were ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.489

Letter to the Editor

Book Forum: Neuropsychiatry

Book Forum: Psychotherapies

Book Forum: Psychoanalysis

Book Forum: Mental Illness and Its Boundaries

Correction

Publication date: 01 March 2002

Pages514-a–514https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.159.3.514-a

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