EDITORIALS 

The Challenge to Psychiatry as Society's Agent for Mental Illness Treatment and Research

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IMAGES IN NEUROSCIENCE 

Cognition: Memory, 1: Episodic Memory Retrieval

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SPECIAL ARTICLES 

J. Christopher Perry, Elisabeth Banon, and Floriana Ianni

Effectiveness of Psychotherapy for Personality Disorders

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1312-1321 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter J. Guarnaccia and Lloyd H. Rogler

Research on Culture-Bound Syndromes: New Directions

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1322-1327 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

REGULAR ARTICLES 

Michael Davidson, Abraham Reichenberg, Jonathan Rabinowitz, Mark Weiser, Zeev Kaplan, and Mordehai Mark

Behavioral and Intellectual Markers for Schizophrenia in Apparently Healthy Male Adolescents

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1328-1335 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anne L. Hoff, Michael Sakuma, Mary Wieneke, Robert Horon, Maureen Kushner, and Lynn E. DeLisi

Longitudinal Neuropsychological Follow-Up Study of Patients With First-Episode Schizophrenia

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1336-1341 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sherri Gold, Stephan Arndt, Peg Nopoulos, Daniel S. O'Leary, and Nancy C. Andreasen

Longitudinal Study of Cognitive Function in First-Episode and Recent-Onset Schizophrenia

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1342-1348 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Celso Arango, John J. Bartko, James M. Gold, and Robert W. Buchanan

Prediction of Neuropsychological Performance by Neurological Signs in Schizophrenia

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1349-1357 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

André Aleman, Ron Hijman, Edward H.F. de Haan, and René S. Kahn

Memory Impairment in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1358-1366 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael Foster Green, Keith H. Nuechterlein, Bruno Breitmeyer, and Jim Mintz

Backward Masking in Unmedicated Schizophrenic Patients in Psychotic Remission: Possible Reflection of Aberrant Cortical Oscillation

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1367-1373 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Donna A. Wirshing, Barringer D. Marshall, Jr., Michael F. Green, Jim Mintz, Stephen R. Marder, and William C. Wirshing

Risperidone in Treatment-Refractory Schizophrenia

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1374-1379 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul S. Appelbaum, Thomas Grisso, Ellen Frank, Sandra O'Donnell, and David J. Kupfer

Competence of Depressed Patients for Consent to Research

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1380-1384 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

William Gardner, Charles W. Lidz, Steven K. Hoge, John Monahan, Marlene M. Eisenberg, Nancy S. Bennett, Edward P. Mulvey, and Loren H. Roth

Patients' Revisions of Their Beliefs About the Need for Hospitalization

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1385-1391 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert L. Spitzer, Michael Terman, Janet B.W. Williams, Jiuan Su Terman, Ulrik F. Malt, Forbes Singer, and Alfred J. Lewy

Jet Lag: Clinical Features, Validation of a New Syndrome-Specific Scale, and Lack of Response to Melatonin in a Randomized, Double-Blind Trial

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1392-1396 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David Feifel, Christine Yu Moutier, and Neal R. Swerdlow

Attitudes Toward Psychiatry as a Prospective Career Among Students Entering Medical School

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1397-1402 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ellen W. Freeman and Karl Rickels

Characteristics of Placebo Responses in Medical Treatment of Premenstrual Syndrome

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1403-1408 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David Mataix-Cols, Scott L. Rauch, Peter A. Manzo, Michael A. Jenike, and Lee Baer

Use of Factor-Analyzed Symptom Dimensions to Predict Outcome With Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Placebo in the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1409-1416 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frederick Cassidy, Eileen Ahearn, and J. Carroll

Elevated Frequency of Diabetes Mellitus in Hospitalized Manic-Depressive Patients

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1417-1420 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mario Maj, Raffaele Pirozzi, Anna Maria Rosa Formicola, and Alfonso Tortorella

Reliability and Validity of Four Alternative Definitions of Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1421-1424 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gregory M. de Moore and Andrew R. Robertson

Suicide Attempts by Firearms and by Leaping From Heights: A Comparative Study of Survivors

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1425-1431 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL CASE CONFERENCE 

Joel Yager, Susan L. Siegfreid, and Thomas L. DiMatteo

Use of Alternative Remedies by Psychiatric Patients: Illustrative Vignettes and a Discussion of the Issues

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1432-1438 [Full Text] [PDF]

IMAGES IN PSYCHIATRY 

Henri Dagonet and the Origins of Psychiatric Photography

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1439 [Full Text] [PDF]

BRIEF REPORTS 

Nora D. Volkow, Gene-Jack Wang, Joanna S. Fowler, Jean Logan, Samuel J. Gatley, Andrew Gifford, Robert Hitzemann, Yu-Shin Ding, and Naomi Pappas

Prediction of Reinforcing Responses to Psychostimulants in Humans by Brain Dopamine D2 Receptor Levels

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1440-1443 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jason Uslaner, Ari Kalechstein, Todd Richter, Walter Ling, and Thomas Newton

Association of Depressive Symptoms During Abstinence With the Subjective High Produced by Cocaine

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1444-1446 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nakao Iwata, Deborah S. Cowley, Marta Radel, Peter P. Roy-Byrne, and David Goldman

Relationship Between a GABAA6 Pro385Ser Substitution and Benzodiazepine Sensitivity

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1447-1449 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Francesco Benedetti, Alessandro Serretti, Cristina Colombo, Euridice Campori, Barbara Barbini, Daniela di Bella, and Enrico Smeraldi

Influence of a Functional Polymorphism Within the Promoter of the Serotonin Transporter Gene on the Effects of Total Sleep Deprivation in Bipolar Depression

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1450-1452 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jesper Ekelund, Dirk Lichtermann, Marjo-Ritta Järvelin, and Leena Peltonen

Association Between Novelty Seeking and the Type 4 Dopamine Receptor Gene in a Large Finnish Cohort Sample

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1453-1455 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gustavo Turecki, Richard Brière, Karen Dewar, Tonino Antonetti, Alain D. Lesage, Monique Séguin, Nadia Chawky, Claude Vanier, Martin Alda, Ridha Joober, Chawki Benkelfat, and Guy A. Rouleau

Prediction of Level of Serotonin 2A Receptor Binding by Serotonin Receptor 2A Genetic Variation in Postmortem Brain Samples From Subjects Who Did or Did Not Commit Suicide

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1456-1458 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

BOOK FORUM 

GAVIN P. REYNOLDS

Drug Action in the Nervous System

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1459 [Full Text] [PDF]

RICHARD JAFFE

Handbook of ECT

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1459-1460 [Full Text] [PDF]

BARRY LISKOW

The Powerful Placebo: From Ancient Priest to Modern Physician

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1460 [Full Text] [PDF]

RICHARD D. CHESSICK

Ritual and Spontaneity in the Psychoanalytic Process: A Dialectical-Constructivist View

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1460-1462 [Full Text] [PDF]

FREDERIC FLACH

The Widening Scope of Shame

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1462 [Full Text] [PDF]

PAUL CHODOFF

Evolution of Psychotherapy: The Third Conference

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1462-1463 [Full Text] [PDF]

REMI J. CADORET

Alcohol and the Community: A Systems Approach to Prevention

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1463-1464 [Full Text] [PDF]

VIRGINIA P. JOHNSON

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Families and Communities,

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1464 [Full Text] [PDF]

MICHELLE KIM LEFF

Clinical Child Psychiatry

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ANDRÉS MARTIN

Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1465-1466 [Full Text] [PDF]

ESTHER SOMERFELD-ZISKIND

Textbook of Pediatric Neuropsychiatry

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1466-1467 [Full Text] [PDF]

PAUL C. HORTON

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adulthood

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1467-1468 [Full Text] [PDF]

MAJ-BRITT ROSENBAUM

Sexuality in Mid-Life

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1468 [Full Text] [PDF]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

SAMIR A. SALAMA and A. AZIZ A. SALAMA

New Behavioral Approach to Trichotillomania

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JEAN M. HEMINGWAY-ELTOMEY and ALAN J. LERNER

Adverse Effects of Donepezil in Treating Alzheimer's Disease Associated With Down's Syndrome

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1470 [Full Text] [PDF]

jean–PIERRE LINDENMAYER and RINA PATEL

Olanzapine-Induced Ketoacidosis With Diabetes Mellitus

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1471 [Full Text] [PDF]

BRIAN B. SHEITMAN, PAULA M. BIRD, WHITNEY BINZ, LEYLA AKINLI, and CLARE SANCHEZ

Olanzapine-Induced Elevation of Plasma Triglyceride Levels

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1471-1472 [Full Text] [PDF]

YUVAL MELAMED

A Colleague's Suicide

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1472 [Full Text] [PDF]

R.H. BELMAKER

Clinton, Sex, and Psychiatry?

Am J Psychiatry 1999 156: 1472-1473 [Full Text] [PDF]

GEORGE C. LYKETSOS

Janus, Roman God of Doorways

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YIFRAH KAMINER

Adolescent Abuse: Risk for Psychiatric Disorders

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SANDRA J. KAPLAN, DAVID PELCOVITZ, SUZANNE SALZINGER, MERRILL WEINER, FRANCINE MANDEL, MARTIN LESSER, and VICTOR E. LABRUNA

Dr. Kaplan and Colleagues Reply

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