The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Twenty-two depressed adults were scanned with perfusion single-photon computed emission tomography before and after 2 weeks of left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in a parallel design, double-blind treatment study. At medication-free ...

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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Temporal Lobectomy, and Major Depression

Publication date: 01 November 1999

Pages436–443

Sixty-two patients with medically intractable complex partial seizures who had either surgical or no surgical intervention were followed up at a mean of 10.9 years after surgery or initial evaluation. Of the 49 surgical patients, 45% had a lifetime ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.11.4.436

Alteration of Intention and Self-Initiated Action Associated With Bilateral Anterior Cingulotomy

Publication date: 01 November 1999

Pages444–453

Neuropsychological manifestations of bilateral anterior cingulate cortex lesions were studied in patients treated with cingulotomy for chronic intractable pain. Cingulotomy patients more than 1 year postsurgery were contrasted with nonsurgical chronic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.11.4.444

Violence, Criminal Behavior, and the EEG

Publication date: 01 November 1999

Pages454–457

The authors studied the relationship of EEG abnormalities and violent criminal behavior in 222 defendants referred for psychiatric evaluation. There was no connection between the number of violent offenses and EEG abnormalities in general. Focal ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.11.4.454

Predictive Factors for Outcome of Nonepileptic Seizures After Diagnosis

Publication date: 01 November 1999

Pages458–463

The aim of this study was to assess prognosis among adult patients with nonepileptic seizures (NES) and to determine predictor variables for resolution of NES after diagnosis. Six to 9 months after receiving a video-EEG-documented diagnosis of NES, 43 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.11.4.458

Personality Disorders Among Medically Refractory Epileptic Patients

Publication date: 01 November 1999

Pages464–469

DSM-III-R personality disorders were assessed in 52 medically refractory epileptic patients. Twenty-one percent of patients met threshold criteria for an Axis II disorder. Dependent and avoidant personality disorders were the most common diagnoses. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.11.4.464

An MRI Study of the Corpus Callosum and Cerebellum in Mentally Retarded Autistic Individuals

Publication date: 01 November 1999

Pages470–474

The areas of seven subregions of the corpus callosum and three subregions of the cerebellum were examined on midsagittal magnetic resonance imaging scans of 27 low-IQ autistic individuals and 17 nonautistic individuals of comparable mental age. Autistic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.11.4.470

Secondary Mania in Patients With HIV Infection

Publication date: 01 November 1999

Pages475–480

A case-control study of 19 patients with HIV-associated mania and 57 HIV-seropositive control patients matched by CD4 cell count, age, and year of treatment was undertaken to investigate associations with risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.11.4.475

Effects of Clozapine on Psychiatric Symptoms, Cognition, and Functional Outcome in Schizophrenia

Publication date: 01 November 1999

Pages481–489

This study focused on the symptomatic and cognitive effects of the atypical antipsychotic clozapine in chronic hospitalized schizophrenia patients. Further, it explored how these effects might be related to discharge, an important functional outcome. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.11.4.481

Remote Memory in Alzheimer's Disease

Publication date: 01 November 1999

Pages490–497

The authors examined the severity and type of deficits in remote memory in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the first study, 40 AD patients showed significantly more severe deficits on both the free-recall and the recognition sections ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.11.4.490

Distinctive Neurobehavioral Features Among Neurodegenerative Dementias

Publication date: 01 November 1999

Pages498–503

The distinctive neuropsychiatric features of Alzheimer's disease (AD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) were investigated by using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory. The patients with FTD had significantly more euphoria, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.11.4.498

Clinical and Research Reports

Persisting Insomnia Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Publication date: 01 November 1999

Pages504–506

Persisting insomnia secondary to traumatic brain injury, rarely reported and documented, is described in an adult male following head injury. The neuronal mechanisms underlying this sleep disorder as well as the neuropsychological concomitants and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.11.4.504