The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Volume 7
- Number 3
- August 1995
Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages281–286Despite a 40% prevalence of depression in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD), an extensive literature search found only 12 controlled studies of treatment efficacy. A meta-analysis of these was performed in pursuit of guidelines for pharmacological ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.281Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages287–289The ANPA Committee on Research conducted a survey of its members and those of the British Neuropsychiatry Association to determine the extent to which neuropsychiatrists employ formal measures of clinical outcome. Results revealed that although ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.287Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages290–294Psychiatric residency training directors are faced with the daunting challenge of incorporating an avalanche of neuroscientific advance into their programs. This survey of U.S. psychiatric residency training directors reveals that 1) the majority of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.290Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages295–303Relative stimulus intensity above seizure threshold has been shown to affect therapeutic outcome with unilateral ECT. The authors sought to explore whether a multivariate ictal EEG model would permit ongoing clinical assessment of this parameter. Twenty-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.295Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages304–307Drug-induced psychosis is a serious late complication of Parkinson's disease (PD) that requires aggressive treatment. Recent studies have found clozapine a highly effective and ECT a possibly useful intervention. Two cases are presented that illustrate a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.304Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages308–313The authors examined the presence of significant regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) differences between Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with and without extrapyramidal signs (EPS). Nine patients with probable AD and EPS (resting tremor or rigidity and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.308Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages314–319Ten nursing home patients ages 71 to 94 years with dementia and behavioral agitation were treated prospectively with open-label valproate at doses of 375 to 750 mg/day over periods of time ranging from 4 to 34 weeks. Change in behavioral agitation was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.314Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages320–324This study examined the relationship between alexithymia and specific domains of cognitive function. Fifty-nine neurologically intact combat veterans completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS), a number of other symptom measures, and several ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.320Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages325–333Covert orienting of visuospatial attention (COVAT) was examined in 88 homosexual or bisexual men: 12 with mild HIV-associated dementia complex (ADC), 30 neurologically intact with AIDS (NI-AIDS), 23 asymptomatic HIV+ (HIV+ASX), and 23 HIV-negative control ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.325Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages334–337Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) and associated risks for ischemic vascular dementia (IVD) and dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) among postmenopausal women were investigated by determining whether ERT was differently distributed among control ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.334Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages338–344The authors examined the prevalence and correlates of anosognosia in a consecutive series of patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD). Patients were examined with the Anosognosia Questionnaire-Dementia (AQ- D), which showed good reliability and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.338Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages345–347The authors report a case of fatal neuropsychiatric Lyme disease (LD) that was expressed clinically by progressive frontal lobe dementia and pathologically by severe subcortical degeneration. Antibiotic treatment resulted in transient improvement, but the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.345Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages347–350Psychostimulants used in the treatment of psychiatric conditions, including depression, alleviate some of the observed psychomotor retardation. We describe 3 patients with impairments of arousal and psychomotor speed secondary to tumor-related organic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.347Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages350–352A chart review of 134 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) showed a 2.2% prevalence of mania, lower than previously cited. Of 3 patients with mania, 2 had a history of mania before the onset of AD. Prevalence rates and the role of Alzheimer's disease in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.350Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages352–357Five patients had brief simple partial seizures that mimicked panic disorder. The following features assisted diagnosis: Seizures were briefer and more stereotyped than panic attacks; some progressed to typical complex partial seizures; and aphasia and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.3.352Publication date: 01 August 1995
Pages357–360The validity of the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale (DRS) for detecting neuropsychological impairment was evaluated in 22 elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment and 48 rigorously screened control subjects. A cutoff score was identified that ...
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