American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 149, Issue 7

July 1992

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July 1992

Books Received

Page:A29
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.A29

July 1992

Sex with former patients almost always unethical

Pages:855–857
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.855

July 1992

The search: body, mind, and human purpose

Pages:858–866
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.858

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Psychiatry's appropriate agenda and severe distractions in sustaining it are presently a concern and have historically been so as we struggle with the issues of linking body, mind, and human purpose. Biology requires behaving, variability, and the ...

July 1992

Mania in late life: focus on age at onset

Pages:867–876
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.867

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The authors review current understanding of manic syndromes and bipolar disorders in the elderly, emphasizing the limited number of systematic studies available. Discussion is focused on the validity of late age at onset as a nosologic distinction in ...

July 1992

From nurture to network: examining links between perceptions of parenting received in childhood and social bonds in adulthood

Pages:877–885
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.877

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OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to consider the extent to which key characteristics of their parents influence children's later socialization in terms of social networks and intimate relationships and thus to examine whether there is evidence of such ...

July 1992

AIDS/HIV risk behavior among the chronic mentally ill

Pages:886–889
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.886

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OBJECTIVE: There is growing concern that chronic mentally ill adults living in the community have a high risk for HIV infection. The purpose of this study was to identify risk knowledge, high-risk behaviors, and risk-related encounters of chronic ...

July 1992

Evidence of dysfunction of a prefrontal-limbic network in schizophrenia: a magnetic resonance imaging and regional cerebral blood flow study of discordant monozygotic twins

Pages:890–897
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.890

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OBJECTIVE: The authors previously reported that in monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia the affected twin almost invariably had a smaller anterior pes hippocampus, measured with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and invariably had less regional ...

July 1992

Neuropsychological functioning of first-episode schizophreniform patients

Pages:898–903
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.898

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OBJECTIVE AND METHOD: This study compared 32 consecutively admitted first-episode schizophreniform patients, 26 patients with chronic schizophrenia according to the DSM-III-R criteria, and 25 normal comparison subjects on a comprehensive battery of ...

July 1992

Long-term study of the sleep of insomnia patients with sleep state misperception and other insomnia patients

Pages:904–908
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.904

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OBJECTIVE: The objectives were 1) to investigate differences among patients with subjective insomnia (sleep state misperception), patients with objective findings of insomnia, and normal volunteers and 2) to assess the consistency of the sleep findings ...

July 1992

Conservatorship for gravely disabled psychiatric patients: a four-year follow-up study

Pages:909–913
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.909

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OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the conservatorship process in California by studying a group of psychiatric patients for whom conservatorship was sought; their goal was to determine its effectiveness both during and after the period of conservatorship. ...

July 1992

Differences in the effects of divorce on major depression in men and women

Pages:914–917
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.914

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OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the relationship between marital disruption and major depressive episodes. METHOD: The analyses were based on longitudinal, community-based data from the New Haven Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) program on respondents ...

July 1992

Depression in patients with acute traumatic brain injury

Pages:918–923
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.918

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OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to examine patients with closed head injuries for the presence of depressive disorders. METHOD: A consecutive series of 66 patients with closed head injuries but no significant spinal cord or other organ system injury ...

July 1992

Regional cerebral blood flow in childhood autism: a SPECT study

Pages:924–930
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.924

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OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated a possible cortical brain dysfunction associated with infantile autism. METHOD: They measured regional cerebral blood flow with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and xenon-133 in 21 children with ...

July 1992

Predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder after burn injury

Pages:931–935
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.931

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OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to examine subjective and objective predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD: Hospitalized burn patients were assessed 1 week after injury with both objective predictors (percent of burned area and facial ...

July 1992

Effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders

Pages:936–943
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.936

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OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of a group stress reduction program based on mindfulness meditation for patients with anxiety disorders. METHOD: The 22 study participants were screened with a structured clinical interview ...

July 1992

Brief treatment of emergency room patients with panic attacks

Pages:944–946
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.944

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OBJECTIVE: Most research on treatment for panic disorder has involved chronic forms of the illness. To determine the efficacy of early intervention, the authors examined the effects of treatment for patients with panic attacks who were seen in the ...

July 1992

Onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder in pregnancy

Pages:947–950
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.947

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OBJECTIVE: Although the role of pregnancy and childbirth in postpartum psychosis and depression has been studied, the association between pregnancy and obsessive-compulsive disorder has not been specifically addressed. The authors evaluated the role of ...

July 1992

Psychiatry and the homeless mentally ill: a reply to Dr. Lamb

Pages:951–957
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.951

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Homeless mentally ill persons are highly visible subjects of ongoing public discussion and potent symbols of a host of contemporary social problems. They present psychiatry with a scientific challenge that calls for further elucidation of the sources of ...

July 1992

Regulation of appetite and cholecystokinin secretion in anorexia nervosa

Pages:958–961
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.958

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Six patients with anorexia nervosa, the same patients after weight normalization, and six healthy control subjects had similar fasting and postprandial plasma cholecystokinin concentrations. These data do not support the hypothesis that low levels of ...

July 1992

Replication of action of cholecystokinin tetrapeptide in panic disorder: clinical and behavioral findings

Pages:962–964
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.962

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Eleven patients with panic disorder were challenged with cholecystokinin tetrapeptide (CCK-4) on two occasions. The effects of CCK-4 were consistent except symptom onset was more rapid with the second injection. Demonstrating that the effects of CCK-4 are ...

July 1992

Somatic symptoms after a natural disaster: a prospective study

Pages:965–967
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.7.965

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The authors prospectively examined the prevalence of somatization symptoms among community respondents after a natural disaster in Puerto Rico. Exposure to the disaster was related to a higher prevalence of medically unexplained physical symptoms, ...