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Diagnostic and gender differences in the expressed fears of anxious patients
(Elsevier, 1985-06)
Fear Survey Schedule data are presented for a sample of 141 psychiatric patients who met the DSM-III criteria for an anxiety disorder. Diagnostic and gender differences in expressed fears are presented and the results are ...
Distinguishing between depression and dementia in the elderly: A review of neuropsychological findings
(Elsevier, 1993)
Distinguishing between cognitive deficits seen in depression and progressive dementing, diseases is complex and often difficult clinically. We review recent neuropsychological studies comparing normal elderly individuals, ...
CSF somatostatin in Alzheimer's disease and major depression: Relationship to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and clinical measures
(Elsevier, 1993)
Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and major depression have been shown to have overlapping clinical symptoms and biological markers, including decreased concentrations of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) somatostatin-like ...
Changes at multiple levels of the hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal axis following repeated electrically induced seizures
(Elsevier, 1990)
Seizures, including electrically induced seizures (ECS), activate the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in rats. The present studies were undertaken to characterize the effects of repeated ECS on hormone release and ...
Obsessive–compulsive disorder with and without tics in a clinical sample of children and adolescents
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2002)
The purpose of this study was to discriminate subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in a clinical sample of children and adolescents. Sixty OCD patients were assessed in two outpatient psychiatric clinics; 15 ...
A psychodynamic approach to suicide prevention
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Human Sciences Press ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1976-12)
This paper sets forth a new theoretical approach to understanding the psychological etiology of suicide. The theory is demonstrated by an in-depth clinical case example, and its implications for the management of the ...
Epilepsy, neuropsychological deficits, and EEG lateralization
(Elsevier, 1987)
One hundred eight epileptic patients (59 men, 49 women; 55% partial seizures, 45% generalized) were examined on 45 indices comprising a modified Halstead Neuropsychological Test Battery. Factor analyses identified five ...
Changes in medial cortical blood flow with a stimulus-response compatibility task
(Elsevier, 1994-02)
Previous work has suggested that human subjects engaged in tasks, like the Stroop task, that require response selection utilize the medical frontal cortex. We used positron emission tomography to measure blood flow changes ...
Parental Alcoholism and Co-Occurring Antisocial Behavior: Prospective Relationships to Externalizing Behavior Problems in their Young Sons
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-04)
The hypothesis that parental alcoholism and co-occurring antisocial behavior would be indirectly linked to child externalizing behavior problems through child lack of control, current levels of parent depression, family ...