The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Volume 12
- Number 3
- August 2000
Editorial
Calendar
Windows to the Brain
Special Article
Publication date: 01 August 2000
Pages305–315This study examined differences between vascular dementia (VaD) by the NINDS/AIRENS criteria and Alzheimer's disease (AD) on clinical grounds. A consecutive series of 517 patients with probable and possible VaD or AD were evaluated for cognitive, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.3.305Publication date: 01 August 2000
Pages316–327Traumatic brain injury (TBI) may cause psychiatric illness. This article reviews the evidence on the basis of an established set of causation criteria. The evidence is convincing for a strong association between TBI and mood and anxiety disorders. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.3.316Publication date: 01 August 2000
Pages328–343Sensitization or “kindling-like” phenomena have been implicated in the pathophysiology of a number of psychiatric illnesses. A basic understanding of the prototypical sensitization phenomenon, the kindling model of epilepsy, is thus of increasing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.3.328Regular Article
Publication date: 01 August 2000
Pages344–349Enlarged cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) is a neurodevelopmental anomaly that has been associated with schizophrenia. This study was designed to evaluate, in patients with schizophrenia, the relationship between the severity of this anomaly and measures of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.3.344Publication date: 01 August 2000
Pages350–358The authors investigated age disorientation in chronic schizophrenia to determine whether specific symptomatic, neurologic, and cognitive disturbances were linked to its presentation. Disorientation to their age was detected in 30% (16/54) of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.3.350Publication date: 01 August 2000
Pages359–363At least 30 different missense mutations have been identified within the presenilin 1 (PS1) gene in pedigrees transmitting familial Alzheimer's disease. The authors investigated the clinical and pathological features of affected members of two pedigrees ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.3.359Publication date: 01 August 2000
Pages364–369The authors compared efficacy and safety of risperidone and clozapine for the treatment of psychosis in a double-blind trial with 10 subjects with Parkinson's disease (PD) and psychosis. Mean improvement in the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale psychosis ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.3.364Publication date: 01 August 2000
Pages370–375The authors examined specific deficits of cerebral blood perfusion in autistic patients as measured with [99mTc]HMPAO single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The study, conducted in an outpatient clinic setting, included a consecutive series ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.3.370Publication date: 01 August 2000
Pages376–384Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a tool with antidepressant potential that uses a coil placed on the scalp to produce a powerful magnetic field that directly stimulates only the outermost cortex. MRI scans were obtained in 29 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.3.376The Role of Pre-injury IQ in the Determination of Intellectual Impairment From Traumatic Head Injury
Publication date: 01 August 2000
Pages385–388The subjects were 17 head trauma patients whose pre-injury IQ and post-injury IQ scores on the Chinese Revised Version of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-RC) were collected and analyzed. All patients had a neuroradiological imaging study. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.3.385Clinical and Research Reports
Publication date: 01 August 2000
Pages389–394Vitamin B12 deficiency has long been associated with a wide variety of hematological, neurological, and psychiatric disorders. The role of vitamin B12 deficiency as one of the few treatable causes of dementia, however, is still controversial. The authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.3.389Publication date: 01 August 2000
Pages395–397This is the largest case series (N=29) to date describing divalproex for agitation symptoms. Chart information was abstracted retrospectively for all patients who received divalproex for agitation symptoms during a 22-month period in one inpatient brain ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.3.395