American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 149, Issue 4
April 1992
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April 1992
Depression and Parkinson's disease: a review
- Pages:443–454
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.443
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this review is to provide an update of the research regarding depression in Parkinson's disease and to synthesize the information into a neurobiological model relating the structural and biochemical changes in this disorder to ...
April 1992
Is childhood sexual abuse a risk factor for bulimia nervosa?
- Pages:455–463
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.455
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OBJECTIVE: It is of considerable theoretical and clinical importance to assess whether childhood sexual abuse is a risk factor for the development of bulimia nervosa. The authors reviewed the scientific literature bearing on this issue. METHOD: Since ...
April 1992
Nicotine withdrawal symptoms and psychiatric disorders: findings from an epidemiologic study of young adults
- Pages:464–469
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.464
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OBJECTIVE: Earlier, the authors reported on the association of nicotine dependence with major depression and anxiety disorders in a group of young adults. This report describes the occurrence of withdrawal symptoms and their sociodemographic and ...
April 1992
Adrenergic receptor genes as candidate genes for panic disorder: a linkage study
- Pages:470–474
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.470
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OBJECTIVE: Several lines of investigation suggest that the noradrenergic neurotransmitter system may be involved in the pathogenesis of panic disorder. Since a mutation in a gene coding for one of the adrenergic receptors could account for both the ...
April 1992
Comorbidity of parental anxiety disorders as risk for childhood-onset anxiety in inhibited children
- Pages:475–481
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.475
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OBJECTIVE: Previous work suggested that children of parents with panic disorder and agoraphobia were likely to be classified as behaviorally inhibited and that behaviorally inhibited children were likely to develop anxiety disorders. However, the factors ...
April 1992
Antisocial behavior of intravenous drug abusers: implications for diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder
- Pages:482–487
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.482
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OBJECTIVE: A pattern of chronic adult antisocial behavior is not sufficient for the DSM-III-R diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder unless the early-onset criteria are satisfied, even if the adult criteria are met. The utility of the early-onset ...
April 1992
Sensory gating deficits in schizophrenia: new results
- Pages:488–493
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.488
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OBJECTIVE: It has been widely hypothesized that sensory gating failures and sensory overload occur in schizophrenic patients compared to normal subjects. The authors of this study sought to confirm and extend results of earlier studies that showed ...
April 1992
Bizarre delusions and DSM-III-R schizophrenia
- Pages:494–499
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.494
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OBJECTIVE: Bizarre delusions are assigned greater weight relative to other delusions in the DSM-III-R diagnosis of schizophrenia. The decision to emphasize bizarre delusions was based largely on historical tradition rather than empirical evidence. This ...
April 1992
Haloperidol plasma levels and clinical response: a therapeutic window relationship
- Pages:500–505
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.500
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between plasma haloperidol and clinical response. METHOD: Sixty-nine newly admitted drug-free schizophrenic men were randomly assigned to receive haloperidol, 5, 10, or 20 mg daily for 4 ...
April 1992
Alprazolam as a neuroleptic adjunct in the emergency treatment of schizophrenia [published erratum appears in Am J Psychiatry 1992 Aug;149(8):1129]
- Pages:506–510
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.506
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OBJECTIVE: While neuroleptics remain the mainstay of drug intervention in the emergency management of psychosis, a variety of agents have received study as alternatives or adjuncts to these drugs in an attempt to improve the safety and efficacy of acute ...
April 1992
Prospective study of neuroleptic-induced dystonia in mania and schizophrenia
- Pages:511–513
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.511
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OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to conduct a prospective study comparing the rate of occurrence of neuroleptic-induced dystonia in a group of consecutively admitted manic and schizophrenic patients receiving typical inpatient treatment from several ...
April 1992
Fatigue, sleep disturbance, disability, and indices of progression of HIV infection
- Pages:514–520
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.514
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OBJECTIVE: The authors' objective was to test the hypothesis that fatigue affects the activities and employment of subjects with HIV infection and that indices of immunosuppression and inflammation may have statistical utility in predicting fatigue and ...
April 1992
Training directors' opinions about the psychiatry resident in-training examination (PRITE)
- Pages:521–524
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.521
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OBJECTIVE: The American College of Psychiatrists conducted research to validate the content outline of the Psychiatry Resident In-Training Examination (PRITE) and to assess what residency training directors think about the examination. METHOD: A mail ...
April 1992
Late luteal phase dysphoric disorder in 670 women evaluated for premenstrual complaints
- Pages:525–530
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.525
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OBJECTIVE: The American Psychiatric Association's DSM-IV Work Group on Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder (LLPDD) reanalyzed existing data from prospective, daily symptom ratings to evaluate the DSM-III-R criteria for LLPDD. The objectives were to 1) ...
April 1992
Course of premenstrual syndrome symptom severity after treatment
- Pages:531–533
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.531
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OBJECTIVE: Patients from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of progesterone suppository treatment for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) were followed up to determine poststudy PMS symptom levels and medication use. METHOD: An average of 1 year ...
April 1992
Dissociation in women with chronic pelvic pain
- Pages:534–537
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.534
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OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to determine if women with chronic pelvic pain are significantly more likely to use dissociation as a coping mechanism than women without pain. METHOD: The subjects were recruited from women who attended a university women'...
April 1992
Effect of sleep deprivation on brain metabolism of depressed patients
- Pages:538–543
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.538
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OBJECTIVE: Sleep deprivation is a rapid, nonpharmacologic antidepressant intervention that is effective for a subset of depressed patients. The objective of this study was to identify which brain structures' activity differentiates responders from ...
April 1992
Undetected HIV infection among acutely ill psychiatric inpatients
- Pages:544–545
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.544
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Serological testing of waste bloods revealed that 25 (7%) of 350 acutely ill psychiatric inpatients had HIV infection. Eight of the 10 HIV-positive patients whose serological status was not recorded on admission were discharged with their status still ...
April 1992
Agitation and postdexamethasone cortisol levels in Alzheimer's disease
- Pages:546–548
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.546
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The clinical correlates of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) functioning were examined in 29 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease. The 8:00 a.m. postdexamethasone cortisol levels of these patients were highly correlated with higher agitation ...
April 1992
Frontal, temporal, and striatal proton relaxation times in schizophrenic patients and normal comparison subjects
- Pages:549–551
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.549
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Spin-lattice (T1) and spin-spin (T2) magnetic resonance relaxation times were examined in frontal, temporal, and striatal regions of 24 patients with schizophrenia and 10 normal comparison subjects. The schizophrenic patients had more prolonged T2 values ...
April 1992
Past substance abuse and clinical course of schizophrenia
- Pages:552–553
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.552
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To evaluate the effects of previous alcohol and drug use on the course and symptoms of schizophrenia, the authors compared 34 patients with schizophrenia who had histories of substance abuse with 17 patients with schizophrenia who were lifelong ...
April 1992
Comorbidity in mania at first hospitalization
- Pages:554–556
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.554
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Comorbidity was studied in 41 manic and mixed-state bipolar patients at first hospitalization. The lifetime prevalence of comorbidity was high; 21 subjects (51.2%) had at least one other psychiatric diagnosis (N = 16, 39.0%) or medical disorder (N = 9, ...
April 1992
Associations between dimensions of religious commitment and mental health reported in the American Journal of Psychiatry and Archives of General Psychiatry: 1978-1989
- Pages:557–559
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.557
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The authors assessed all measures of religious commitment (N = 139) reported in research studies published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and Archives of General Psychiatry in 1978 through 1989 (N less than 35). For nearly two-thirds of the ...
April 1992
International reliability of a diagnostic intake procedure for panic disorder
- Pages:560–562
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.560
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Test-retest diagnostic reliability interviews using the Upjohn version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III (SCID) were conducted with 72 patients at 13 international sites of the Cross-National Collaborative Panic Study. Agreement on the ...
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April 1992
Animal Models of Depression
- Pages:563-a–564
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.563-a
April 1992
Depressive Disorders: Facts, Theories, and Treatment Methods
- Pages:564–565
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.564
April 1992
Affective and Schizoaffective Disorders: Similarities and Differences
- Page:565
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.565
April 1992
Aging and Clinical Practice: Depression and Coexisting Disease
- Pages:565-a–566
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.565-a
April 1992
International Perspectives in Schizophrenia: Biological, Social and Epidemiological Findings
- Page:566
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.566
April 1992
Office Treatment of Schizophrenia
- Page:567
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.567
April 1992
The Course of Life, revised ed., vol. III: Middle and Late Childhood
- Pages:567-a–568
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.567-a
April 1992
Application of Basic Neuroscience to Child Psychiatry
- Page:568
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.568
April 1992
Adolescent Psychotherapy
- Pages:568-a–569
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.568-a
April 1992
Adolescent Psychiatry: Developmental and Clinical Studies vol. 17. Annals of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
- Pages:569–570
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.569
April 1992
An Introduction to Psychiatric Research
- Pages:570–571
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.570
April 1992
Media coverage versus fluoxetine as the cause of suicidal ideation
- Pages:572a–572
- Published Online:1 April 2006
April 1992
Successful treatment of bowel obsessions with nortriptyline
- Pages:573a–573
- Published Online:1 April 2006
April 1992
Treatment of generalized anxiety disorder and trichotillomania with buspirone
- Pages:573b–574
- Published Online:1 April 2006
April 1992
Lithium treatment of a bipolar patient with cystic fibrosis
- Pages:574a–574
- Published Online:1 April 2006
April 1992
Spouses' assessments of Alzheimer patients' response to THA and lecithin
- Pages:575a–575
- Published Online:1 April 2006
April 1992
Prevalence of depressive symptoms among white and African-American caregivers of demented patients
- Pages:575b–576
- Published Online:1 April 2006
April 1992
Diagnostic criteria for multiple personality disorder
- Pages:576–577
- Published Online:1 April 2006
April 1992
Body dysmorphic disorder: a controlled study of patients requesting cosmetic rhinoplasty
- Pages:577–578
- Published Online:23 January 2015
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April 1992
Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Controlled Study of Patients Requesting Cosmetic Rhinoplasty
- Page:577
- Published Online:1 April 2006
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Blunting of clonidine-stimulated growth hormone release in mania
- Pages:584a–584
- Published Online:1 April 2006
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April 1992
Position Statement on Day Care for Preschool Children
- Page:586
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.4.586
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This statement was prepared by the Task Force on Day Care for Early Pre-School Children1 of the APA Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families. It was approved by the Assembly of District Branches in November 1991 and by the Board of Trustees in ...