American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 138, Issue 6
June 1981
June 1981
Developmental structuralist approach to the classification of adaptive and pathologic personality organizations: infancy and early childhood
- Pages:725–735
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.725
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Traditional classification of psychopathology is based on either symptom clusters or etiology. The authors suggest the use of a developmental structuralist approach, which focuses on an organism's manner of organizing and differentiating its experience of ...
June 1981
Overview: deinstitutionalization of psychiatric patients, a critical review of outcome studies
- Pages:736–749
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.736
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The authors performed a critical review of experimental studies on the outcomes for psychiatric patients of 1) alternatives to hospital admission, 2) modifications of conventional hospitalization, and 3) alternatives to continued long-term ...
June 1981
Review of behavioral psychotherapy, II: sexual disorders
- Pages:750–756
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.750
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Sexual dysfunction has been shown to respond to a "behavioral Masters and Johnson" approach. Several controlled studies have found this approach to be superior to other methods, with one follow-up showing improvement up to 18 months later. Good results ...
June 1981
Psychopathology in individuals with sexual dysfunction
- Pages:757–763
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.757
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The literature contains contradictory reports on the psychiatric status of individuals with sexual dysfunction. As a step toward resolving the controversy the authors administered the SCL-90-R to a large series of patients who sought treatment for sexual ...
June 1981
A comparison of nonpatient and bipolar patient-well spouse couples
- Pages:764–768
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.764
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The authors compared responses of 16 couples, in which one partner had a diagnosis of remitted bipolar illness, to a lengthy self-report questionnaire (KDS-15) designed to assess many aspects of marital adjustment with those of 16 matched nonpatient ...
June 1981
Evaluation and diagnosis of persistent insomnia
- Pages:769–773
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.769
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The authors placed 84 patients who complained of insomnia into 10 diagnostic categories on the basis of medical, psychiatric, and polysomnographic evaluations. Only half the patients had objectively defined difficulty inducing or maintaining sleep when ...
June 1981
Effect of the Rennie decision on private hospitalization in New Jersey: two case reports
- Pages:774–778
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.774
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The Rennie decision in New Jersey on the right to refuse treatment has been extended from public mental health programs to private psychiatric hospitals where conditions are very different from those which engendered the decision. This ripple effect may ...
June 1981
Established chronicity of psychotic symptoms in first-admission schizophrenic patients
- Pages:779–784
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.779
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The course of schizophrenia before a patient's first admission is important theoretically, prognostically, and from a preventive psychiatric perspective. However, there is little systematically collected information on this topic. In this evaluation of a ...
June 1981
Pretreatment source of income and response to methadone maintenance: a follow-up study
- Pages:785–789
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.785
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The authors assessed the relationship between source of pretreatment income and response to treatment at 6-month follow-up in 165 male veterans admitted to a methadone maintenance treatment program. Subjects were grouped according to whether the majority ...
June 1981
Clinical and cost benefits of liaison psychiatry
- Pages:790–793
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.790
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A liaison psychiatrist participated in the postoperative care of a group of elderly patients who underwent surgery for fractured femurs. Clinical outcomes for this group were compared with a control group of patients who were not treated by a liaison ...
June 1981
A preliminary study of the personality of the nightmare sufferer: relationship to schizophrenia and creativity?
- Pages:794–797
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.794
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Through psychiatric interviews and psychological tests the authors studied 38 adults who reported experiencing at least one nightmare per week. Nearly all of the subjects had a lifelong history of frequent nightmares. Four of the subjects met DSM-III ...
June 1981
Does attitude toward psychosis relate to outcome?
- Pages:797–801
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.797
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In a previous follow-up of recovered schizophrenic patients, it was found that a positive, integrating attitude toward illness correlated with good outcome. In similar research at NIH, the authors of this study obtained partial replication of these ...
June 1981
Attitudes toward medication change among chronically impaired psychiatric patients
- Pages:801–803
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.801
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As the hazards of long-term use of psychotropic drugs become more apparent, drug holidays and medication discontinuance are increasingly being implemented. Chronically ill patients are often reluctant to cooperate with such treatment recommendations. The ...
June 1981
Breast cancer in hospitalized psychiatric patients
- Pages:804–806
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.804
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Elevated serum prolactin levels caused by antipsychotic agents have been suspected of increasing the risk of breast cancer. The authors reviewed all the cases of breast cancer in 1969-1978 among the female population of a large psychiatric hospital and ...
June 1981
Special issues regarding psychotherapy with the deaf
- Pages:807–811
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.807
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The authors interviewed 10 therapists and supervisors who had clinical experience in working with deaf patients. The responses centered on issues related to the necessity of visual rather than auditory communication, problems of diagnosis and assessment, ...
June 1981
Pseudodementia and physical findings masking significant psychopathology
- Pages:811–814
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.811
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In a study of 53 medical-surgical patients who were in extended care and were consecutively referred for psychiatric evaluation, 7 (13%) of the patients had been considered to have unequivocal dementia, yet 3 of them (6% of the total or 43% of those ...
June 1981
Racial differences in perception of ward atmosphere
- Pages:815–817
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.815
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The authors administered the Moos Ward Atmosphere Scale (WAS) to 17 black inpatients and 17 white inpatients at a VA hospital. Scores on 5 of the 10 subscales reflected significant differences on the basis of race. From these results, the authors assume ...
June 1981
New data on lithium and haloperidol incompatibility
- Pages:818–821
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.818
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The authors describe a case of combined lithium and haloperidol toxicity characterized by hyperpyrexia, severe rigidity, mutism, and development of irreversible tardive dyskinesia. This case is similar to four other cases described in the literature and ...
June 1981
The fate of the clinical interview: an observational study
- Pages:822–825
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.822
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To highlight differences between data observed in patient interviews conducted by medical students and reports of these data in supervision, the authors compared the number of themes in 26 videotaped interviews with those reported by the students in ...
June 1981
Coping with adversaries in elective public office
- Pages:826–828
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.826
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The author, a psychoanalyst who has served as an elected public official, has observed and participated in many adversary relationships in that they provide explicit procedures for expression and resolution of disputes. These cognitive features can ...
June 1981
Physostigmine and its effect on six patients with dementia
- Pages:829–830
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June 1981
A case report of vomiting related to the interactions of antipsychotics and benztropine
- Pages:833–835
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June 1981
Frequency and duration of binge-eating episodes in patients with bulimia
- Pages:835–836
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June 1981
Secondary mania associated with sympathomimetic drug use
- Pages:837–838
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June 1981
Neuroleptic-induced decrease in platelet MAO activity of schizophrenic patients
- Pages:838–840
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June 1981
Effect of alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking on antidepressant levels of depressed patients
- Pages:841–842
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June 1981
Increased autonomic responses to neutral and emotional stimuli in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
- Pages:843–845
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June 1981
Withdrawal from chronic phencyclidine (PCP) dependence with desipramine
- Pages:845–847
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June 1981
A case report of megaloblastic anemia secondary to lithium
- Page:849
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June 1981
A case report of toxic psychosis with low-dose propranolol therapy
- Pages:850–851
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June 1981
Psychoanalysis, Schizophrenia, and the Art of Book Reviewing
- Page:854
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June 1981
Psychoanalysis, Schizophrenia, and the Art of Book Reviewing
- Pages:854-a–854
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June 1981
Freud's Early Psychology of the Neuroses: A Historical Perspective
- Pages:860–861
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June 1981
The Bitter Pill: Doctors, Patients, and Failed Expectations
- Pages:861-a–862
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June 1981
Genes and the Mind: Inheritance of Mental Illness
- Pages:863–864
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June 1981
The Development of the Brain: Biological and Functional Perspectives
- Page:864
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June 1981
Behavioral Disorders: Understanding Clinical Psychopathology
- Pages:865–866
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June 1981
Treatment of Psychotic and Neurologically Impaired Children: A Systems Approach
- Page:867
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June 1981
The Challenge of Family Therapy: A Dialogue for Child Psychiatric Educators; Becoming a Family Therapist: Developing an Integrated Approach to Working with Families; Group and Family Therapy, 1980
- Pages:868-a–870
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June 1981
Holding On or Letting Go: Men and Career Change at Midlife; Mid-Life: Developmental and Clinical Issues
- Pages:870–871
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June 1981
Position Statement on Substance Abuse
- Pages:874–875
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.6.874
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This statement was approved by the Council on Mental Health Services at its September 1980 meeting, by the Assembly of District Branches at its October 1980 meeting, and by the Board of Trustees at its December 1980 meeting. It was prepared by the Task ...