The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Volume 5
- Number 1
- February 1993
Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages9–17Clinical impulsivity has been characterized in both dimensional and categorical terms. Whereas DSM-III-R classifies personality disorders characterized by impulsivity and impulse control disorders as discrete entities, impulsive symptoms and traits can ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.9Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages18–29In the last two decades, many biological functions of iron have been identified, in particular its role in many enzymatic processes, its effect on dopamine D2 receptor function, its interaction with other neurotransmitters (gamma-aminobutyric acid, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.18Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages30–36Deficiency of hexosaminidase A causes the GM2 gangliosidosis known as Tay-Sachs disease. It is now known that this condition has several late- onset variants that cause numerous neuropsychiatric disturbances. Early recognition is important because ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.30Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages37–42Antiphospholipid antibodies, including lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin antibodies, are increasingly recognized as a cause of neurological morbidity. They may occur with or without evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus and have been associated ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.37Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages43–49Sixty-six patients admitted for the treatment of acute closed head injury were assessed for the presence of mood disorders during the in- hospital period and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups. Diagnosis was made using a structured psychiatric interview ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.43Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages50–55Atypical panic attacks include features such as focal paresthesias or sensory distortions, but attempts to demonstrate a relationship to partial seizures have been unsuccessful. Two patients with atypical panic attacks had attacks during EEG monitoring: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.50Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages56–60Geriatric research clinicians were readily trained to use three scales initially developed for rating neuroleptic-induced movement disorders in mixed-age patients: the Abnormal Involuntary Movements Scale (AIMS), Simpson Extra Pyramidal Side Effect Scale (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.56Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages61–65Cognitive performance was assessed in 107 psychiatric patients whose age exceeded 59 years and who did not carry the diagnosis of organic mental syndrome. In this sample, tardive dyskinesia (TD) was associated with greater impairment in each of the seven ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.61Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages66–72Factor analysis of cognitive scores from 150 patients with Alzheimer's disease yielded two orthogonal factors: one (Factor 1) loading high on spontaneous speech, repetition, comprehension, reading, writing, digit span, and left/right discrimination; the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.66Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages73–77A brief assessment of cognitive and motor functions associated with the frontal/subcortical system was evaluated for discriminant validity. Patients with dementia of Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease performed as well as normal control subjects ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.73Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages78–85Discrepancies were examined in diagnostic outcome between a monodisciplinary approach and a multidisciplinary, criteria-based approach in patients referred to a university memory clinic. Of 278 patients not fulfilling dementia criteria, 19 had been ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.78Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages86–93Seventy-nine military medical beneficiaries infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV+) and 27 HIV-seronegative control subjects (HIV-) completed a neuropsychological evaluation and a semistructured interview inquiring about difficulties in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.86Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages94–101The relationship between cognitive-intellectual abilities and whole- blood serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) in 18 autistic probands and their first-degree relatives (n = 21 parents, n = 13 siblings) was investigated. Whole-blood 5-HT was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.94Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages102–104A retrospective study of 14 patients with epileptic seizures and 11 with nonepileptic seizures, all taking antiepileptic drugs, found epileptic patients had significantly longer P160, N200, and P300 latencies on auditory event-related potential ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.5.1.102Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages104–107This pilot study evaluated neuropsychological dysfunction in obsessive- compulsive disorder (OCD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Both OCD and PD patients had impairment on visuoconstructional tasks but not on tasks of immediate memory and focused attention,...
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Publication date: 01 February 1993
Page116The introduction to the Practice and Opinion essay "Skeptics and Enthusiasts in Neuropsychiatry" (1992, 4:458-462) listed incorrectly the academic appointment of one of the authors. M. Eileen McNamara, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Neurology and ...
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