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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 156, Issue 9

September 1999
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Editorial
September 1999
The Challenge to Psychiatry as Society’s Agent for Mental Illness Treatment and Research
  • Pages:1307–1310
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1307

Images in Neuroscience
September 1999
Cognition
  • Page:1311
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1311

Special Article
September 1999
Effectiveness of Psychotherapy for Personality Disorders
  • Pages:1312–1321
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1312

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September 1999
Research on Culture-Bound Syndromes: New Directions
  • Pages:1322–1327
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1322

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Regular Article
September 1999
Behavioral and Intellectual Markers for Schizophrenia in Apparently Healthy Male Adolescents
  • Pages:1328–1335
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1328

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September 1999
Longitudinal Neuropsychological Follow-Up Study of Patients With First-Episode Schizophrenia
  • Pages:1336–1341
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1336

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September 1999
Longitudinal Study of Cognitive Function in First-Episode and Recent-Onset Schizophrenia
  • Pages:1342–1348
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1342

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September 1999
Prediction of Neuropsychological Performance by Neurological Signs in Schizophrenia
  • Pages:1349–1357
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1349

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September 1999
Memory Impairment in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis
  • Pages:1358–1366
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1358

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September 1999
Backward Masking in Unmedicated Schizophrenic Patients in Psychotic Remission: Possible Reflection of Aberrant Cortical Oscillation
  • Pages:1367–1373
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1367

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September 1999
Risperidone in Treatment-Refractory Schizophrenia
  • Pages:1374–1379
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1374

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September 1999
Competence of Depressed Patients for Consent to Research
  • Pages:1380–1384
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1380

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September 1999
Patients’ Revisions of Their Beliefs About the Need for Hospitalization
  • Pages:1385–1391
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1385

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September 1999
Jet Lag: Clinical Features, Validation of a New Syndrome-Specific Scale, and Lack of Response to Melatonin in a Randomized, Double-Blind Trial
  • Pages:1392–1396
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1392

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September 1999
Attitudes Toward Psychiatry as a Prospective Career Among Students Entering Medical School
  • Pages:1397–1402
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1397

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September 1999
Characteristics of Placebo Responses in Medical Treatment of Premenstrual Syndrome
  • Pages:1403–1408
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1403

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September 1999
Use of Factor-Analyzed Symptom Dimensions to Predict Outcome With Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Placebo in the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Pages:1409–1416
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1409

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September 1999
Elevated Frequency of Diabetes Mellitus in Hospitalized Manic-Depressive Patients
  • Pages:1417–1420
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1417

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September 1999
Reliability and Validity of Four Alternative Definitions of Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder
  • Pages:1421–1424
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1421

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September 1999
Suicide Attempts by Firearms and by Leaping From Heights: A Comparative Study of Survivors
  • Pages:1425–1431
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1425

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Clinical Case Conference
September 1999
Use of Alternative Remedies by Psychiatric Patients: Illustrative Vignettes and a Discussion of the Issues
  • Pages:1432–1438
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1432

Images in Psychiatry
September 1999
Henri Dagonet and the Origins of Psychiatric Photography
  • Page:1439
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1439

Brief Report
September 1999
Prediction of Reinforcing Responses to Psychostimulants in Humans by Brain Dopamine D2 Receptor Levels
  • Pages:1440–1443
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1440

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September 1999
Association of Depressive Symptoms During Abstinence With the Subjective High Produced by Cocaine
  • Pages:1444–1446
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1444

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September 1999
Relationship Between a GABAAα6 Pro385Ser Substitution and Benzodiazepine Sensitivity
  • Pages:1447–1449
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1447

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September 1999
Influence of a Functional Polymorphism Within the Promoter of the Serotonin Transporter Gene on the Effects of Total Sleep Deprivation in Bipolar Depression
  • Pages:1450–1452
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1450

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September 1999
Association Between Novelty Seeking and the Type 4 Dopamine Receptor Gene in a Large Finnish Cohort Sample
  • Pages:1453–1455
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1453

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September 1999
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
  • Pages:1456–1458
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1456

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Book Forum: SOMATIC TREATMENTS AND THEIR EVALUATION
September 1999
Drug Action in the Nervous System
  • Page:1459
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1459

September 1999
Handbook of ECT
  • Pages:1459-a–1460
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1459-a

September 1999
The Powerful Placebo: From Ancient Priest to Modern Physician
  • Page:1460
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1460

Book Forum: PSYCHOANALYSIS/PSYCHOTHERAPY
September 1999
Ritual and Spontaneity in the Psychoanalytic Process: A Dialectical-Constructivist View
  • Pages:1460-a–1462
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1460-a

September 1999
The Widening Scope of Shame
  • Page:1462
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1462

September 1999
Evolution of Psychotherapy: The Third Conference
  • Pages:1462-a–1463
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1462-a

Book Forum: ALCOHOLISM
September 1999
Alcohol and the Community: A Systems Approach to Prevention
  • Pages:1463–1464
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1463

September 1999
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Families and Communities,
  • Page:1464
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1464

Book Forum: CHILD PSYCHIATRY
September 1999
Clinical Child Psychiatry
  • Pages:1464-a–1465
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1464-a

September 1999
Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
  • Pages:1465–1466
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1465

September 1999
Textbook of Pediatric Neuropsychiatry
  • Pages:1466–1467
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1466

Book Forum: ADHD
September 1999
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adulthood
  • Pages:1467–1468
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1467

Book Forum: SEXUALITY
September 1999
Sexuality in Mid-Life
  • Page:1468
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1468

Letter to the Editor
September 1999
Relationship of Panic Attacks to Paranoia
  • Page:1469
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1469

September 1999
New Behavioral Approach to Trichotillomania
  • Pages:1469–1470
  • Published Online:23 January 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1469a

September 1999
Adverse Effects of Donepezil in Treating Alzheimer’s Disease Associated With Down’s Syndrome
  • Page:1470
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1470

September 1999
Olanzapine-Induced Ketoacidosis With Diabetes Mellitus
  • Page:1471
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1471

September 1999
Olanzapine-Induced Elevation of Plasma Triglyceride Levels
  • Pages:1471-a–1472
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1471-a

September 1999
A Colleague’s Suicide
  • Page:1472
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1472

September 1999
Clinton, Sex, and Psychiatry?
  • Pages:1472-a–1473
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1472-a

September 1999
Janus, Roman God of Doorways
  • Page:1473
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1473

September 1999
Adolescent Abuse: Risk for Psychiatric Disorders
  • Pages:1473-a–1473
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1473-a

September 1999
Dr. Kaplan and Colleagues Reply
  • Pages:1473-b–1473
  • Published Online:1 September 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.9.1473-b