The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Volume 12
- Number 2
- May 2000
Windows to the Brain
Special Article
Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages177–192Growing numbers of people throughout the United States (40% in 1998) are using various forms of alternative therapies. A MEDLINE literature search of journals from the past three decades and an Internet database query were performed to determine the types ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.177Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages193–198The cerebellum has traditionally been seen primarily to coordinate voluntary movement, but evidence is accumulating that it may play a role in cognition and behavior as well. This is a selective review of studies assessing potential cognitive deficits and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.193Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages199–208Memory circuits of the brain are activated by self-generated brain waves, primarily during sleep. These activations refresh the efficacies (strengths) of synapses in affected circuits, maintaining the efficacies at the “dedicated” values that support ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.199Regular Article
Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages209–218The authors retrospectively explored the behavioral and functional imaging profile of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients who respond to cholinesterase inhibitor therapy by using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) and baseline [99mTc]HMPAO SPECT. Thirty ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.209Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages219–225Evidence from previous studies of neuroleptic side effects suggests that acute dystonic reactions are rare in elderly patients. The authors report 9 cases of dystonic reactions in patients with dementia following the initiation of antipsychotic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.219Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages226–232An 8-week, nonrandomized, single-blind, placebo run-in trial of sertraline was conducted on 15 patients diagnosed with major depression between 3 and 24 months after a mild traumatic brain injury. On the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, 13 (87%) had ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.226Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages233–239The Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) is a validated clinical instrument for evaluating psychopathology in dementia. The authors developed a brief questionnaire form of the NPI (NPI-Q), intended for use in routine clinical practice, and cross-validated it ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.233Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages240–245The authors examined the factor structure and discriminant validity of the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) in adults seeking evaluation for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Three factors (Dysthymia, Oppositional/Defiant Behavior, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.240Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages246–250MRI was performed in 7 patients with general paresis before or at a very early stage of treatment. A large dose of antibiotics, mainly penicillin, was given to all patients, and the effects of treatment, the patients' outcome, and MRI findings were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.246Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages251–256The aim of this study was to identify whether specific deficits in cognitive processing are present in schizophrenia and whether these are related to the volume of temporal and limbic structures. Twenty-seven schizophrenic outpatients were compared with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.251Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages257–264The authors assessed whether cognitive functioning and negative symptoms are related to functional outcome across severity of negative symptoms and examined relationships between symptom domains in patients with high versus low negative symptom severity. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.257Clinical and Research Reports
Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages265–268Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common and potentially disabling illness with onset usually in the second or third decade of life. Onset after age 50 is relatively rare and may be more likely to have an organic etiology. Out of an OCD patient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.265Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages269–272The authors report 5 cases of acquired obsessive-compulsive disorder occurring later in life. Patients' presentations, which could be readily mistaken for a delusional disorder, were associated with depressive symptoms and basal ganglia lesions, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.269Publication date: 01 May 2000
Pages273–275Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration (CBGD) is a neurodegenerative dementia characterized by asymmetric parkinsonism, ideomotor apraxia, myoclonus, dystonia, and the alien hand syndrome. This report describes a patient with CBGD who developed Balint's ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.2.273Neuropsychiatric Practice and Opinion
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