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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 156, Issue 12

December 1999
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Editorial
December 1999
Setting Boundaries for Psychiatric Disorders
  • Pages:1845–1848
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1845

Images In Neuroscience
December 1999
Cognition
  • Page:1849
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1849

Special Article
December 1999
The Contribution of Hughlings Jackson to an Understanding of Dissociation
  • Pages:1850–1855
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1850

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December 1999
DSM-IV Diagnostic Criterion for Clinical Significance: Does It Help Solve the False Positives Problem?
  • Pages:1856–1864
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1856

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Regular Article
December 1999
Acute Efficacy of ECT in the Treatment of Major Depression in the Old-Old
  • Pages:1865–1870
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1865

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December 1999
PET Imaging of Serotonin Type 2A Receptors in Late-Life Neuropsychiatric Disorders
  • Pages:1871–1878
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1871

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December 1999
High Brain myo-Inositol Levels in the Predementia Phase of Alzheimer’s Disease in Adults With Down’s Syndrome: A 1H MRS Study
  • Pages:1879–1886
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1879

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December 1999
Self-Reported Depression and Suicide Attempts Among U.S. Women Physicians
  • Pages:1887–1894
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1887

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December 1999
Low Phosphoinositide-Specific Phospholipase C Activity and Expression of Phospholipase C β1 Protein in the Prefrontal Cortex of Teenage Suicide Subjects
  • Pages:1895–1901
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1895

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December 1999
Temporal Dissociation Between Lithium-Induced Changes in Frontal Lobe myo-Inositol and Clinical Response in Manic-Depressive Illness
  • Pages:1902–1908
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1902

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December 1999
Association Between Lower Serum Free T4 and Greater Mood Instability and Depression in Lithium-Maintained Bipolar Patients
  • Pages:1909–1914
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1909

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December 1999
Impairment in Pure and Comorbid Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depression at 12 Months in Two National Surveys
  • Pages:1915–1923
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1915

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December 1999
Mental Disorders and Mental Health Treatment Among U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatients: The Veterans Health Study
  • Pages:1924–1930
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1924

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December 1999
A Pilot Controlled Clinical Trial of ABT-418, a Cholinergic Agonist, in the Treatment of Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Pages:1931–1937
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1931

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December 1999
Dimensional Approach to Delusions: Comparison Across Types and Diagnoses
  • Pages:1938–1943
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1938

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December 1999
Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status as a Screening Test in Schizophrenia, I: Sensitivity, Reliability, and Validity
  • Pages:1944–1950
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1944

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December 1999
Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status as a Screening Test in Schizophrenia, II: Convergent/Discriminant Validity and Diagnostic Group Comparisons
  • Pages:1951–1957
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1951

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December 1999
Quantitative Study of Signal Hyperintensities on T2-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Late-Onset Schizophrenia
  • Pages:1958–1967
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1958

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December 1999
Can Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Reduce Hospital Recidivism?: Findings From a Randomized Trial With Severely Mentally Ill Individuals
  • Pages:1968–1975
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1968

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Clinical Case Conference
December 1999
Treating Bipolar Illness: Focus on Treatment Algorithms and Management of the Sleep-Wake Cycle
  • Pages:1976–1981
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1976

Images in Psychiatry
December 1999
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
  • Page:1982
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1982

Brief Report
December 1999
Association Among Visual Hallucinations, Visual Acuity, and Specific Eye Pathologies in Alzheimer’s Disease: Treatment Implications
  • Pages:1983–1985
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1983

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December 1999
Rostral and Orbital Prefrontal Cortex Dysfunction in the Manic State of Bipolar Disorder
  • Pages:1986–1988
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1986

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December 1999
Absence of Striatal Volume Differences Between Depressed Subjects With No Comorbid Medical Illness and Matched Comparison Subjects
  • Pages:1989–1991
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1989

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December 1999
Duration of Periods of Euthymia in Patients With Dysthymic Disorder
  • Pages:1992–1993
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1992

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December 1999
Influence of Traumatic Grief on Suicidal Ideation Among Young Adults
  • Pages:1994–1995
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1994

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December 1999
Why Does Postpsychotic IQ Decline in Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia?
  • Pages:1996–1997
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1996

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December 1999
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Patients With First-Episode Schizophrenia
  • Pages:1998–2000
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.1998

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Book Forum: LITERATURE
December 1999
Hannibal
  • Page:2001
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2001

December 1999
Who’s Irish?
  • Pages:2001-a–2002
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2001-a

December 1999
The Boy on the Green Bicycle
  • Page:2002
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2002

December 1999
Salt Dancers
  • Page:2003
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2003

December 1999
The Emperor’s General
  • Pages:2003-a–2004
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2003-a

Book Forum: BIOGRAPHY
December 1999
Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A Century in His Life
  • Page:2004
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2004

December 1999
From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky
  • Pages:2004-a–2006
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2004-a

December 1999
Lenin’s Embalmers
  • Pages:2006–2007
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2006

December 1999
Ex-Friends: Falling Out With Allen Ginsberg, Lionel and Diana Trilling, Lillian Hellman, Hannah Arendt, and Norman Mailer
  • Pages:2007–2008
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2007

Book Forum: ART
December 1999
Maxfield Parrish, 1870–1966
  • Pages:2008–2009
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2008

December 1999
Rembrandt by Himself
  • Pages:2009–2010
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2009

Book Forum: GOOD AND EVIL
December 1999
The Secret Strength of Angels—7 Virtues to Live By
  • Page:2011
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2011

December 1999
Bad Boys, Bad Men: Confronting Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Pages:2011-a–2012
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2011-a

December 1999
Eminent Creativity, Everyday Creativity, and Health
  • Pages:2012–2013
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2012

Letter to the Editor
December 1999
Treatment of Acute Mania With Topiramate
  • Page:2014
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2014

December 1999
Tiagabine and the Treatment of Refractory Bipolar Disorder
  • Pages:2014-a–2015
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2014-a

December 1999
Lamotrigine-Induced Rash After Sun Exposure
  • Pages:2015–2016
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2015

December 1999
Reduction of Tardive Dystonia With Olanzapine
  • Page:2016
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2016

December 1999
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Appearing as Paranoid Psychosis
  • Pages:2016-a–2017
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2016-a

December 1999
Treatment Augmentation With Opiates in Severe and Refractory Major Depression
  • Page:2017
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2017

December 1999
Bupropion-Induced Psychosis
  • Pages:2017-a–2018
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2017-a

December 1999
Geography of U.S. Psychiatric Disease by MEDLINE Publications, 1990–1997
  • Pages:2018–2019
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2018

December 1999
Haloperidol and Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Page:2019
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2019

December 1999
Dr. Devanand Replies
  • Pages:2019-a–2020
  • Published Online:1 December 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.12.2019-a