American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 149, Issue 2

February 1992

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February 1992

Books Received

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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.A25

February 1992

The efficacy of brief dynamic psychotherapy: a meta-analysis

Pages:151–158
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.151

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OBJECTIVE: Insurance companies, legislators, and funding agencies have become increasingly concerned with efficacy and accountability in regard to psychotherapy, and psychodynamic therapy is a primary target of concern because it is widely practiced in ...

February 1992

Is sleep deprivation useful in the treatment of depression?

Pages:159–168
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.159

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OBJECTIVE: The authors critically reviewed the literature on clinical applications of sleep deprivation in the treatment of depression. DATA COLLECTION: They included all studies using sleep deprivation for clinical purposes, with the exception of ...

February 1992

Assessing competency to make a will

Pages:169–174
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.169

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The finding by a court that the author of a will (the testator) lacked mental capacity or was subject to undue influence at the time the will was executed can invalidate the will. A psychiatrist may be asked to assess the competency of a testator when he ...

February 1992

Community mental health and mental retardation services in the United States: a comparative study of resource allocation

Pages:175–183
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.175

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OBJECTIVE: Preliminary studies suggest that during the 1980s, spending for community mental retardation services in the United States may have grown much more rapidly than spending for community mental health. The primary objective of this study was to ...

February 1992

Cognitive deficits of patients with Alzheimer's disease with and without delusions

Pages:184–189
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.184

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OBJECTIVE: The goal of this investigation was to study the prevalence of delusions in Alzheimer's disease and to compare the performance of the delusional and nondelusional groups on a neuropsychological test battery. METHOD: The authors studied 107 ...

February 1992

An empirical evaluation of the Global Deterioration Scale for staging Alzheimer's disease [published erratum appears in Am J Psychiatry 1992 Aug;149(8):1129]

Pages:190–194
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.190

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OBJECTIVE: Although the Global Deterioration Scale has been widely used since its publication in 1982, its stages are based on implicit assumptions about the linearity, temporality, and interdependence of cognitive, functional, and behavioral impairment ...

February 1992

Treatment of imipramine-resistant recurrent depression, IV: A double- blind crossover study of tranylcypromine for anergic bipolar depression

Pages:195–198
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.195

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OBJECTIVE: Few trials of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) in tricyclic-resistant depression have had double-blind conditions. In the authors' previous double-blind comparison of tranylcypromine and imipramine in anergic bipolar depression, ...

February 1992

Lack of association between dopamine D1 and D2 receptor genes and bipolar affective disorder

Pages:199–201
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.199

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Fifty-six patients with bipolar affective disorder and 69 healthy control subjects were tested for association of restriction fragment length polymorphism alleles at the dopamine D1 and D2 receptor loci. No significant associations were found; thus, the ...

February 1992

Controlled investigation of the amobarbital interview for catatonic mutism [published erratum appears in Am J Psychiatry 1992 May;149(5):720]

Pages:202–206
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.202

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OBJECTIVE: Clinical reports over the last 60 years suggest that the amobarbital interview is effective in relieving catatonic symptoms. This has never been substantiated with methodologically sound trials. The authors postulated that a randomized blind ...

February 1992

The role of violence in decisions about hospitalization from the psychiatric emergency room

Pages:207–212
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.207

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OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated the relationship between violent behavior and decision making about hospitalization from the psychiatric emergency room. METHOD: The medical charts of 321 patients evaluated in an urban psychiatric emergency room during a ...

February 1992

Diagnosis of DSM-III-R personality disorders by two structured interviews: patterns of comorbidity

Pages:213–220
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.213

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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of co- occurrence of axis II disorders in a group of consecutive patients evaluated with two contrasting structured interviews. METHOD: One hundred of 106 consecutive applicants for long-term, ...

February 1992

Self-mutilation in personality disorders: psychological and biological correlates

Pages:221–226
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.221

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OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to determine whether self- mutilators with personality disorders differ from nonmutilators with personality disorders in impulsivity, aggression, and other psychopathology and whether serotonergic dysfunction ...

February 1992

Prevalence of mental disorder in 88 morbidly obese bariatric clinic patients

Pages:227–234
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.227

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OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to determine the association between mental disorder and morbid obesity, defined as weight at least 100% or 100 lb over ideal body weight. METHOD: Eighty-eight morbidly obese subjects who had come to a tertiary care center ...

February 1992

Patients who use drugs during inpatient substance abuse treatment

Pages:235–239
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.235

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OBJECTIVE: Drug use by patients during inpatient substance abuse treatment is frequently a cause of premature hospital discharge. The authors examined the histories of patients who used drugs while in inpatient substance abuse treatment, the methods used ...

February 1992

Now is the time to retire the term "organic mental disorders"

Pages:240–244
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.240

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The organic/nonorganic distinction in contemporary classifications of mental disorders such as DSM-III and DSM-III-R has important prognostic and treatment implications, because it directs the clinician to pay special attention to the possibility of an ...

February 1992

Magnetic resonance imaging of the posterior fossa in autistic adults

Pages:245–247
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.245

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Magnetic resonance imaging measurements were obtained for 12 adults with DSM-III-defined autism and a matched group of 12 normal subjects. No significant differences were found for mean midsagittal areas of pons, fourth ventricle, cerebellar vermis, or ...

February 1992

High-intensity signals in Alzheimer's disease without cerebrovascular risk factors: a magnetic resonance imaging evaluation

Pages:248–250
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.248

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The authors examined the relationship between Alzheimer's disease, without cerebrovascular risk factors, and high-intensity signals on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a 1.5-tesla scanner. There were no significant differences in MRI high-intensity ...

February 1992

Glutamate and other CSF amino acids in Alzheimer's disease

Pages:251–254
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.251

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The authors compared CSF amino acid levels of 10 patients with mild to moderate dementia and probable Alzheimer's disease who had never received antidepressant or neuroleptic medication with those of 10 normal subjects of similar age. The Alzheimer's ...

February 1992

Modified activity of the human auditory cortex during auditory hallucinations

Pages:255–257
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.2.255

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Previous reports have shown abnormalities in brain metabolism and evoked responses of schizophrenic patients with hallucinations. The authors recorded electric and magnetic auditory responses during transitory auditory hallucinations in two patients. ...