The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Volume 15
- Number 2
- May 2003
Windows to the Brain
Special Article
Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages130–144The authors describe the memory stimulation programs used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and review their efficacy. Visual imagery, errorless learning, dyadic approaches, spaced retrieval techniques, encoding specificity with cognitive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.130Regular Article
Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages145–154Electrophysiological technology is noninvasive and relatively inexpensive. In order to assess the usefulness of this technology in probing the pathophysiology of borderline personality disorder (BPD), we reviewed the literature in which an ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.145Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages155–160The authors assessed aggressive behavior in 89 patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and 26 patients with multiple trauma but without TBI using a quantitative scale (the Overt Aggression Scale) and examined its clinical correlates. Aggressive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.155Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages161–167Changes in Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores were examined over a median of 12.8 years in a population of 361 community-dwelling postmenopausal women who had never received estrogen replacement therapy. In a linear regression model that took ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.161Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages168–174Previous research has found that animals as well as persons with psychotic disorders preferentially orient away from the cerebral hemisphere with the more active dopamine system. This study investigated the modulation of spatial behavior by a mode of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.168Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages175–179Previous studies have consistently found a selective delay of the P2 flash visual evoked potential (VEP) component among groups of patients with Alzheimer's dementia (AD) compared with control groups. Several authors have termed the selective P2 delay a “...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.175Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages180–186The purpose of this study was to assess the cross-sectional prevalence and characteristics of anxiety among patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), as compared with patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), patients with vascular dementia (VaD), and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.180Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages187–193Clinical subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder may have differing pathophysiological mechanisms and treatment outcomes. The subtypes identified by the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) Symptom Checklist, clustered by clinical consensus, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.187Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages194–199Actometry enables quantitative and qualitative analysis of various hyperactivity disorders. Antisocial violent offenders have demonstrated diurnal increases in motor activity that may be related to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.194Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages200–207This study compared the sensitivity and specificity of DSM-IV criteria for delirium with the sensitivity and specificity of DSM-III and ICD-10 criteria among elderly medical inpatients with or without dementia. Secondary objectives were to examine the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.200Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages208–214This longitudinal natural history study aimed to assess the pattern and durability of neurocognitive benefits of progressively more potent combination antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 infection. A cohort of 141 homosexual or bisexual men were assessed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.208Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages215–220This study documented the association between neurocognitive impairment and methamphetamine dependence in a sample of 27 methamphetamine-dependent individuals who achieved 5 to 14 days of continuously monitored abstinence and in 18 control subjects. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.215Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages221–226The specific effects of visual and verbal memory on the ability of emotional arousal to enhance declarative memory were examined by using multiple linear regression analysis on data from a sample of 56 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD). The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.221Clinical and Research Reports
Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages227–230Antidepressants may exacerbate manic or psychotic symptoms in vulnerable individuals. The authors discontinued antidepressants in 16 consecutive cases in which patients with manic or psychotic symptoms were otherwise judged to be on a satisfactory regimen ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.15.2.227Neuropsychiatric Practice and Opinion
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