American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 152, Issue 9
September 1995
September 1995
Encompassing diversity and demanding equity
- Pages:1248–1251
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1248
Article
September 1995
Presidential Address: Encompassing Diversity and Demanding Equity
- Pages:1249–1251
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September 1995
Jerry M. Wiener, M.D., one hundred twenty-third president, 1994-1995
- Pages:1254–1255
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September 1995
Changing rates of eating disorders: what does it mean?
- Pages:1256–1257
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September 1995
Case management in psychiatry: an analysis of tasks
- Pages:1259–1265
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1259
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OBJECTIVE: The authors analyze the concept of case management from the perspective of the task areas of psychiatry and demonstrate the importance of case management in the organization of psychiatric services. METHOD: The relevant literature was reviewed, ...
September 1995
Increasing incidence of anorexia nervosa in the female population of northeast Scotland
- Pages:1266–1271
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1266
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to determine whether there has been an increase in the incidence of anorexia nervosa in the female population in the northeast of Scotland since the 1960s. METHOD: Standardized diagnostic criteria were applied to the ...
September 1995
Impact of urbanization on detection rates of eating disorders
- Pages:1272–1278
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1272
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa among patients in primary care and to evaluate the impact of urbanization, age and sex differences, and changes over time. METHOD: During 1985-1989, ...
September 1995
Eating disorders in college men
- Pages:1279–1285
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1279
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OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to assess the characteristics of men with eating disorders in the community. METHOD: The authors recruited 25 men meeting DSM-IV criteria for eating disorders and 25 comparison men through advertisements in college ...
September 1995
Diagnostic accuracy and linkage analysis: how useful are schizophrenia spectrum phenotypes?
- Pages:1286–1290
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1286
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OBJECTIVE: Numerous studies suggest that the nonschizophrenic relatives of schizophrenic patients exhibit psychiatric and other features that discriminate them from normal comparison subjects. These features have been put forth as "spectrum" phenotypes ...
September 1995
Increases in CSF levels of interleukin-2 in schizophrenia: effects of recurrence of psychosis and medication status
- Pages:1291–1297
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1291
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OBJECTIVE: Interleukin-2, traditionally viewed as solely involved in immunological events, has recently been shown to exert profound effects on the development and regulation of the central nervous system. This study examined the relationships between ...
September 1995
Gender differences on thought disturbance measures among schizophrenic patients
- Pages:1298–1301
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1298
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OBJECTIVE: This study examined gender differences on three measures of thought disturbance among patients with schizophrenia and the relation between thought disturbance and social competency. METHOD: Fifty-three male and 34 female patients diagnosed with ...
September 1995
Psychotherapy in community methadone programs: a validation study
- Pages:1302–1308
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1302
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OBJECTIVE: The authors tested the efficacy of individual psychotherapy in the rehabilitation counseling of psychiatrically symptomatic opiate- dependent patients during methadone maintenance treatment in community programs. METHOD: Volunteers in three ...
September 1995
Gender differences in diagnosing antisocial personality disorder in methadone patients
- Pages:1309–1316
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1309
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OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to evaluate gender differences in the prevalence rates, short-term reliability, and internal consistency of the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder for DSM-III-R, DSM- III, and Research Diagnostic Criteria (...
September 1995
Dopaminergic responsivity in alcoholism: trait, state, or residual marker?
- Pages:1317–1321
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1317
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OBJECTIVE: In order to classify neuroendocrine abnormalities in alcohol- dependent patients as trait, state, or residual markers, growth hormone (GH) secretion was assessed longitudinally. METHOD: GH secretion, stimulated by the dopaminergic agonist ...
September 1995
Physical and sexual abuse and associated mental disorders among alcoholic inpatients
- Pages:1322–1328
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1322
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the adult psychiatric correlates of childhood abuse among alcoholic inpatients. METHODS: The 802 patients, who included 321 women, were admitted to one of five New York State alcohol treatment ...
September 1995
Initial reliability and validity of the childhood trauma interview: a new multidimensional measure of childhood interpersonal trauma
- Pages:1329–1335
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1329
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OBJECTIVE: The Childhood Trauma Interview, a new instrument for brief and comprehensive retrospective assessment of childhood interpersonal trauma, is presented with initial evidence of its reliability and validity. METHOD: Drug- or alcohol-dependent ...
September 1995
Sexual abuse in childhood and deliberate self-harm
- Pages:1336–1342
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1336
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OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated the association between sexual abuse in childhood and subsequent incidents of deliberate self-harm in women. METHOD: A random community sample of women (N = 252) that reported having been sexually abused as children was ...
September 1995
Multiple personality disorder among female inpatients in a state hospital
- Pages:1343–1348
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1343
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OBJECTIVE: Professional skepticism and concerns regarding diagnostic reliability hinder research in dissociative disorders and multiple personality disorder. The reported frequency of multiple personality disorder in different psychiatric settings ranges ...
September 1995
The Behavior Rating Scale for Dementia of the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease. The Behavioral Pathology Committee of the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease
- Pages:1349–1357
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1349
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to develop a standardized instrument, the Behavior Rating Scale for Dementia, for rating psychopathology in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease and to conduct a multicenter pilot study of this instrument. ...
Article
September 1995
[123I]beta-CIT SPECT imaging of striatal dopamine transporter binding in Tourette's disorder
- Pages:1359–1361
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1359
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OBJECTIVE: The authors examined whether subjects with Tourette's disorder have greater than normal striatal dopamine transporter densities, as suggested by previous post-mortem findings. METHOD: Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and [123I]...
September 1995
Age at onset of panic disorder: influence of familial liability to the disease and of childhood separation anxiety disorder
- Pages:1362–1364
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1362
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OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated the relation of age at onset of panic disorder to liability to panic disorder and agoraphobia. METHOD: Two hundred thirty-one outpatients with panic disorder were compared with 131 surgical outpatients on demographic ...
September 1995
Possible role of atrial natriuretic hormone in pituitary-adrenocortical unresponsiveness in lactate-induced panic
- Pages:1365–1367
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1365
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OBJECTIVE: This study investigated whether lactate-induced panic attacks in patients with panic disorder would activate atrial natriuretic hormone, which could explain the missing ACTH and cortisol response found in this kind of experimentally induced ...
September 1995
Sertraline for social phobia: a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study
- Pages:1368–1371
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1368
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OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the efficacy of sertraline in the treatment of social phobia. METHOD: In a double-blind crossover study, 12 outpatients were randomly assigned to 10 weeks of sertraline (50-200 mg/day, flexible dosing) and 10 weeks of ...
September 1995
Corticotropin-releasing hormone mRNA levels in the paraventricular nucleus of patients with Alzheimer's disease and depression
- Pages:1372–1376
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1372
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OBJECTIVE: Greater activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is associated with specific neurological and psychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer's disease and depression. Hyperactivation of paraventricular corticotropin-releasing ...
September 1995
Clinical variables associated with psychosis in Alzheimer's disease
- Pages:1377–1379
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1377
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OBJECTIVE: The authors explored whether personal or family history of major mental illness, negative symptoms, or behavioral measures are associated with positive psychotic symptoms in Alzheimer's disease. METHOD: Fifty-seven patients with Alzheimer's ...
September 1995
Is poor insight in psychotic disorders associated with poor performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test? [published erratum appears in Am J Psychiatry 1996 Feb;153(2):270]
- Pages:1380–1382
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1380
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to test whether poor insight in patients with psychotic disorders is correlated with their performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. METHOD: The subjects included 52 psychotic patients (35 of whom had ...
September 1995
Pilot studies of telemedicine for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Pages:1383–1385
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1383
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OBJECTIVE: Remote video psychiatric assessment holds promise for providing expert consultation to underserved areas. The authors assessed the reliability of rating scales administered in person and over video to patients with obsessive-compulsive ...
September 1995
Field trial of the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale--Modified
- Pages:1386–1388
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1386
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OBJECTIVE: A field trial of the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale-- Modified was conducted to test its construct validity. A slightly altered form of the scale, the Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale, was used in DSM-IV. METHOD: ...
Article
September 1995
Freud, Jung, and Hall the King-Maker: The Historic Expedition to America (1909), With G. Stanley Hall as Host and William James as Guest
- Page:1389
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September 1995
Psychoanalysis in Transition: A Personal View
- Pages:1389-a–1391
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September 1995
Screen Memories: Hollywood Cinema on the Psychoanalytic Couch
- Pages:1391–1392
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1391
September 1995
The Wilderness of Dreams: Exploring the Religious Meanings of Dreams in Modern Western Culture
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1392
September 1995
Understanding Other Minds: Perspectives From Autism
- Pages:1392-a–1393
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1392-a
September 1995
For the Children: Lessons From a Visionary Principal
- Pages:1393–1394
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1393
September 1995
Prevention and Early Intervention: Individual Differences as Risk Factors for the Mental Health of Children. A Festschrift for Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas
- Page:1394
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1394
September 1995
Functional Psychiatric Disorders of the Elderly
- Pages:1394-a–1395
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1394-a
September 1995
Schizophrenia and Manic-Depressive Disorder: The Biological Roots of Mental Illness as Revealed by the Landmark Study of Identical Twins
- Page:1395
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1395
September 1995
Panic Anxiety and Its Treatments: Report of the World Psychiatric Association Presidential Educational Program Task Force
- Pages:1395-a–1396
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1395-a
September 1995
Treatment of Mental Disorders: A Review of Effectiveness
- Pages:1396–1397
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1396
September 1995
Affect and Attachment in the Family: A Family-Based Treatment of Major Psychiatric Disorders
- Pages:1397–1398
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1397
September 1995
Comprehensive Group Psychotherapy, 3rd ed
- Page:1398
- Published Online:1 April 2006
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1398
September 1995
Is risperidone a substitute for clozapine for patients who do not respond to neuroleptics?
- Pages:1401a–1401
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September 1995
Pharmacokinetic interaction between risperidone and clozapine
- Pages:1401b–1402
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Article
September 1995
Auditory Hallucinations and Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Pages:1403-b–1404
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September 1995
Auditory hallucinations and dissociative identity disorder
- Pages:1403b–1404
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Article
Article
September 1995
Position Statement on Interference With Scientific Research and Medical Care
- Page:1407
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.9.1407
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This position statement was proposed by the Council and National Affairs.1 It was approved by the Board of Trustees in March 1995 and by the Assembly in May 1995.