The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Volume 9
- Number 2
- May 1997
Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages189–197A 1994 survey by the Research Committee of the American Neuropsychiatric Association revealed that 58% of respondents employed formal assessment of cognitive status; the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and neuropsychological testing were the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.189Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages198–207The advent of highly effective antipanic medications with specific serotonin reuptake inhibition as a mechanism of action has prompted the need for new pathophysiological models of panic disorder. The authors attempt an integration of the emerging basic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.198Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages208–221An emerging body of epidemiologic data has substantiated that in younger and middle-aged populations, major depression may be characterized by early relapse, recurrence, and chronicity. Information regarding the prognosis of geriatric depression is less ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.208Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages222–230Symptoms consistent with dysfunction of the frontal lobes can occur following traumatic brain injury (TBI) or other types of acquired brain injury (stroke, aneurysm). These symptoms can include problems with short-term memory, attention, planning, problem ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.222Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages231–239This pilot study evaluated response of negative symptoms (NS) to methylphenidate in patients with dementia and relationships between NS, depression, and cognitive deficits in these patients. Consecutively admitted patients with NS and dementia--12 with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.231Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages240–245This study examined the cognitive functioning of 10 treatment-resistant schizophrenic patients after a minimum of a 1-year trial on clozapine. Results indicated significant improvements on prorated Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) Full ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.240Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages246–250The authors examined the relationship between psychiatric symptoms and the presence of of MR deep white matter lesions (DWMLs) in 28 probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with mild to moderate dementia. The difference in frequency of psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.246Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages251–258The authors examined the reports of MRI brain studies of 69 patients with DSM-III-R-diagnosed psychotic disorders (30 early-onset and 24 late-onset schizophrenia patients and 15 with other psychoses) and 41 normal comparison subjects. Participants' ages ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.251Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages259–266The authors studied depression after focal subcortical lesions (SCLs) in 45 highly selected subjects. Secondary major depression (secondary MD) occurred in 20.0%, depressive disorder NOS (secondary DDNOS) in 4.4%, and secondary dysthymia in 0.0%. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.259Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages267–272This study examined neuropsychological performance by 92 children with Tourette's syndrome (TS) grouped by the presence or absence of obsessive-compulsive and/or attention deficit symptoms. The identified groups did not differ with respect to age, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.267Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages273–276The authors report the assessment of 2 patients on interferon alpha (IFN-alpha) therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia who developed manic symptoms long after IFN-alpha therapy had been initiated. These cases suggest that chronic IFN-alpha therapy may ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.273Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages277–279Twenty patients with HIV infection and mania were grouped according to whether their first manic episode occurred when CD4 count was < 200 (late onset) or > or = 200 (early onset). The late-onset patients were less likely to have personal or family ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.277Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages280–282It has been suggested that frontal lobe pathology is associated with negative symptoms in patients with chronic alcoholism. In his exploratory study, the authors examined 19 chronic alcoholic inpatients on an alcohol treatment unit and found a significant ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.280Publication date: 01 May 1997
Pages283–292ECT is an effective and rapidly acting treatment for certain major psychiatric disorders, even in patients with neurologic illness. Further, in some cases the neurologic illness itself also responds to ECT. Patients with some types of neurologic illness ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.2.283Article
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