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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 159
  • Number 5
  • May 2002

Editorial

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages695–704

OBJECTIVE: This article examines the historical basis for the divergence of neurology and psychiatry over the past century and discusses prospects for a rapprochement and potential convergence of the two specialties in the next century. METHOD: The author ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.695

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages705–712

OBJECTIVE: Informed consent is built upon the elements of information, decisional capacity, and voluntarism. Of these elements, voluntarism in clinical and research consent is the least well understood. This has interfered with the ability to resolve key ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.705

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages713–719

OBJECTIVE: Onset of schizophrenia occurs during the reproductive period in more than 80% of those affected. The author reviews neuroendocrine and physiologic events that occur in the basal forebrain at the initiation of and throughout the reproductive ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.713

Images in Neuroscience

Clinical Case Conference

Images in Psychiatry

Article

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages728–737

OBJECTIVE: Administration of placebo can result in a clinical response indistinguishable from that seen with active antidepressant treatment. Functional brain correlates of this phenomenon have not been fully characterized. METHOD: Changes in brain ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.728

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages738–745

OBJECTIVE: It is well established that regional cerebral metabolic rates for glucose assessed by [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease in the mental resting state (eyes and ears covered) ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.738

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages746–754

OBJECTIVE: A multivariate analysis of baseline brain metabolism was used to investigate the relationships among pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for cognitive dysfunction and dysphoria in nondemented patients with Parkinson’s disease. METHOD: ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.746

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages755–760

OBJECTIVE: Pediatric populations, including those with autistic disorder or other pervasive developmental disorders, increasingly are being prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Little is known about the age-related brain ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.755

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages761–767

OBJECTIVE: Postmortem studies and a positron emission tomography (PET) study have suggested that there is a disturbance of central D1 dopamine receptor function in schizophrenia. The objective of the present PET study was to compare D1 receptor binding in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.761

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages775–783

OBJECTIVE: This research extends a series of studies that have examined the process of psychotherapy. The authors hypothesized that manualized regimens of psychotherapy compared in a controlled clinical trial would overlap considerably in process and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.775

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages784–788

OBJECTIVE: This study sought to understand affective instability among patients with borderline personality disorder by examining the degree of instability in six affective domains. The authors also examined the subjective intensity with which moods are ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.784

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages789–796

OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether there were differences in the rate of depressive and anxiety disorders between HIV-infected women (N=93) and a comparison group of uninfected women (N=62). Secondary objectives were to examine correlates of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.789

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages797–802

OBJECTIVE: Ethical concerns persist over research participation of decisionally impaired persons, such as those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Such persons may be poor judges of the burdens and risks of specific research protocols. Since even ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.797

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages813–820

OBJECTIVE: Disruptions in connectivity between the frontal and temporal lobes may explain some of the symptoms observed in schizophrenia. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies, however, have not shown compelling evidence for white matter ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.813

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages821–828

OBJECTIVE: It has been suggested that the primary focus of the pathological process in schizophrenia is on the limbic system, and there have been several postmortem reports of changes in the histological structure or volume of the hippocampus, as well as ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.821

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages829–837

OBJECTIVE: Although skills training is a validated psychosocial treatment for schizophrenia, generalization of the skills to everyday life has not been optimal. This study evaluated a behaviorally oriented method of augmenting clinic-based skills training ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.829

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages838–844

OBJECTIVE: The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) was designed as a cognitive screening test, providing both a total scale score and five specific cognitive ability index scores. This study examined the test-retest ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.838

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages845–851

OBJECTIVE: The authors interviewed individuals treated for self-described mental health problems in the preceding year to examine patterns and predictors associated with dropping out of treatment. METHOD: Subjects were drawn from respondents to community ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.845

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages852–854

OBJECTIVE: The study tested the effect of comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on behavior therapy outcome for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). METHOD: Subjects were 15 patients with treatment-refractory OCD who were admitted consecutively to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.852

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages855–857

OBJECTIVE: Disturbed sleep is a common complaint among patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that appears in the reexperiencing and hyperarousal symptom clusters in DSM-IV. The causal relationship between sleep complaints and PTSD is unclear. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.855

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages857–859

OBJECTIVE: Psychiatric disorders were studied in a volunteer group of 181 firefighters who served as rescue/recovery workers after the Oklahoma City bombing. METHOD: Approximately 34 months after the disaster, the authors retrospectively assessed ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.857

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages860–862

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the rates and correlates of mental health care performance measures in the Health Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS). METHOD: For all 384 health maintenance organizations (HMOs) participating in the HEDIS program of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.860

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages863–865

OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to determine the interrater reliability and predictive validity of a set of diagnostic criteria for the prodrome of the first episode of schizophrenic psychosis when based on the Structured Interview for Prodromal ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.863

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages869–871

OBJECTIVE: Subjects with schizotypal personality disorder demonstrate deficits in inhibition when assessed on prepulse inhibition, P50 suppression, and antisaccade paradigms. This study determined if distinct subgroups of subjects with schizotypal ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.869

Letter to the Editor

Book Forum: Psychotherapies

Book Forum: Suicide

Book Forum: Child/Adolescent Psychiatry

Book Forum: Substance Abuse/Addictions

Book Forum: Geriatric Care

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