The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Volume 7
- Number 4
- November 1995
Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages437–444Despite a plethora of studies on the behavioral and pharmacologic treatment of self-injurious behavior, and despite our best efforts, many patients continue to harm themselves. The authors review the literature on the use of opiate antagonists for the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.4.437Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages445–456This study aimed to clarify prevalence and type of psychiatric disorders among 97 consecutive patients with seizures who were admitted for neurodiagnostic monitoring. Of the 97 patients, 33 (34%) had an atypical mood disorder, 21 (22%) had pseudoseizures, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.4.445Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages457–465Cerebral glucose metabolic rates were determined in normal control subjects (n = 26) and schizophrenic patients with tardive dyskinesia (n = 14). Globus pallidus and primary motor cortex (precentral gyrus) metabolic values divided by those of the cerebral ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.4.457Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages466–470The authors hypothesized that patients who develop gross EEG abnormalities during clozapine treatment would have a less favorable outcome than patients who did not develop abnormal EEGs. The clinical EEGs and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.4.466Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages471–475In a prospective, open-label study, 12 patients manifesting psychosis associated with Parkinson's disease were treated with clozapine. Cognitive functioning and type of psychotic symptoms were measured prior to treatment, and changes in psychiatric and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.4.471Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages476–484Cognitive and noncognitive psychiatric symptoms were systematically evaluated in 21 patients with Alzheimer's disease by using the Neurobehavioral Rating Scale. Regional cerebral metabolic activity was measured in each patient by [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.4.476Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages485–490The partial serotonin agonist m-chlorophenyl-piperazine (m-CPP) has been reported to increase obsessive-compulsive symptoms in some patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The authors investigated the underlying physiological mechanisms of this ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.4.485Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages491–501The Cognitive Bias Task (CBT) is a multiple-choice response selection paradigm characterized by inherent ambiguity. All items offer a range from extremely context-dependent to extremely context-invariant responses. Lateralized prefrontal lesions produce ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.4.491Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages502–504A patient with prominent apathy secondary to multiple subcortical infarcts was treated successfully with methylphenidate. SPECT and reaction time testing showed selective improvement of frontal system function, consistent with a recent model of frontal-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.4.502Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages505–507A patient's major depression and Cotard's syndrome (the delusion of being dead) both resolved completely after 12 ECT treatments. A SPECT study 1 week before ECT showed reduced blood flow in the frontoparietal medial and dorsolateral frontal cortex, basal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.7.4.505Publication date: 01 November 1995
Pages511–522Clinical neuroimaging is due for yet another sea change as functional neuroimaging becomes increasingly powerful and available. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is perhaps the most promising of the emerging techniques. The following review ...
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Page540In the ANPA poster abstract #P119, "Cerebral Blood Flow Changes After Alprazolam Challenge Using Fast MRI" (Streeter et at., Summer 1995, p. 428), the report of results was in error due to a miscommunication during data analysis. The lateralized changes ...
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