Neurodevelopmental Disorders Associated With Chromosome 15, 2011 University of Kansas Medical Center
Neurodevelopmental Disorders Associated With Chromosome 15, Karl G. Sieg, M.D.
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
Chromosome 15 is a focus of increasing interest to both psychiatry and neurology. Several neurodevelopmental disorders are genetically associated with this autosome, including Prader-Willi syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Dyslexia, Autism, Hyperlexia, Ring 15 Chromosome syndrome, and Trisomy 15 syndrome. This report provides a review of the molecular biology of chromosome 15 and these associated disorders.
Therapeutic Alliance And Involuntary Commitment Of A Minor, 2011 University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Texas
Therapeutic Alliance And Involuntary Commitment Of A Minor, Karen Dineen Wagner, M.D., Ph.D, Sharon R. Weinstein, M.D., Richard F. Wagner, Jr., M.D.
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
Children are legally entitled to be present throughout the commitment hearing for continued hospitalization. The effect of this process on the therapeutic alliance between the child and the psychiatrist warrants examination. A case study of a 14 year-old boy who participated in the court proceedings is presented. The outcome of the hearing resulted in a disruption of the therapeutic alliance. Alter natives to current commitment procedures for minors are discussed.
Mead Johnson Award, 2011 Thomas Jefferson University
Mead Johnson Award
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
The Mead Johnson Award has been established to honor the best paper submitted to The Jefferson Journal ofPsychiatry: A Resident Publication during each calendar year. An award of one thousand dollars is given to the chosen author, with an additional one thousand dollars to be given to the residency program or fellowship in which the author is enrolled. The winning submission will be selected by the Journal's editorial board from manuscripts submitted on any subject related to psychiatric practice and/or research. We invite authors to review the Information for Contributors section of this issue. The …
Editor's Column, 2011 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Editor's Column, Edward Kim, M.D.
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
This issue of the Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry impressively reflects current trends in the American Psychiatric Association. Past President Herb Pardes took as his theme "The Research Alliance: Road to Clinical Excellence." Current President Elissa Benedek has adopted the theme "Our Children, Our Future" for the 1991 annual meeting. Adjusting to the responsibilities of chief editorship (under the watchful eye of my predecessor, Dr. Trefzger), I am impressed by the evolution of the Journal and the manuscripts submitted for review.
Editorial Staff, 2011 Thomas Jefferson University
Editorial Staff
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
List of Editorial Staff for Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 8, Number 2, 1990.
Gender Roles And Their Influence On Life Prospects For Women In Urban Karachi, Pakistan: A Qualitative Study, 2011 Aga Khan University
Gender Roles And Their Influence On Life Prospects For Women In Urban Karachi, Pakistan: A Qualitative Study, Tazeen S. Ali, Gunilla Krantz, Raisa Gul, Nargis Asad, Eva Johansson, Ingrid Mogren
School of Nursing & Midwifery
BACKGROUND: Pakistan is a patriarchal society where men are the primary authority figures and women are subordinate. This has serious implications on women's and men's life prospects.
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to explore current gender roles in urban Pakistan, how these are reproduced and maintained and influence men's and women's life circumstances.
DESIGN: Five focus group discussions were conducted, including 28 women representing employed, unemployed, educated and uneducated women from different socio-economic strata. Manifest and latent content analyses were applied.
FINDINGS: TWO MAJOR THEMES EMERGED DURING ANALYSIS: 'Reiteration of gender roles' and 'Agents of change'. The first theme included perceptions …
An Automated Internet Application To Help Patients With Bipolar Disorder Track Social Rhythm Stabilization., 2011 Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library, The George Washington University
An Automated Internet Application To Help Patients With Bipolar Disorder Track Social Rhythm Stabilization., Daniel Z Lieberman, Susan Swayze, Frederick K Goodwin
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Faculty Publications
This column describes a pilot study of a fully automated, Internet-based program that provides a key element of interpersonal and social rhythm therapy, a form of psychotherapy shown to be effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder when combined with mood-stabilizing medication. Participants (N=64) recorded the time they completed activities of daily living and their mood at the time of each entry. After 90 days they demonstrated a 31% increase in social rhythm stability and a small, though statistically significant, decrease in symptoms of abnormal mood. Internet-based programs can enhance access to a best practice in the management of bipolar …
Factors Related To Psychiatric Readmissions In A Large Community Academic Hospital, 2011 Lehigh Valley Health Network
Factors Related To Psychiatric Readmissions In A Large Community Academic Hospital, William Stern, Edward R. Norris Md, Fapa, Fapm, Karen Burke Rn, Julia R. Correll Ba, Michael Kaufmann Md
Department of Psychiatry
No abstract provided.
Pathological Personality Traits Among Patients With Absent, Current, And Remitted Substance Use Disorders, 2011 Michigan State University
Pathological Personality Traits Among Patients With Absent, Current, And Remitted Substance Use Disorders, Christopher J. Hopwood, Leslie C. Morey, Andrew E. Skodol, Charles A. Sanislow, Carlos M. Grilo, Emily B. Ansell, Thomas H. Mcglashan, John C. Markowitz, Anthony Pinto, Shirley Yen, M. Tracie Shea, John G. Gunderson, Mary C. Zanarini, Robert L. Stout
Charles A. Sanislow, Ph.D.
Personality traits may provide underlying risk factors for and/or sequelae to substance use disorders (SUDs). In this study Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP) traits were compared in a clinical sample (N=704, age 18–45) with current, past, or no historical alcohol or non-alcohol substance use disorders (AUD and NASUD) as assessed by DSM-IV semi-structured interview. Results corroborated previous research in showing associations of negative temperament and disinhibition to SUD, highlighting the importance of these traits for indicating substance use proclivity or the chronic effects of substance use. Certain traits (manipulativeness, self-harm, disinhibition, and impulsivity for AUD, and disinhibition and …
Self-Harm Subscale Of The Schedule Of Nonadaptive And Adaptive Personality (Snap): Predicting Suicide Attempts Over 8 Years Of Follow-Up, 2011 Michigan State University
Self-Harm Subscale Of The Schedule Of Nonadaptive And Adaptive Personality (Snap): Predicting Suicide Attempts Over 8 Years Of Follow-Up, Shirley Yen, M. Tracie Shea, Zach Walsh, Maria O. Edelen, Christopher J. Hopwood, John C. Markowitz, Emily B. Ansell, Leslie C. Morey, Carlos M. Grilo, Charles A. Sanislow, Andrew E. Skodol, John G. Gunderson, Mary C. Zanarini, Thomas H. Mcglashan
Charles A. Sanislow, Ph.D.
Objective: We examined the predictive power of the self-harm subscale of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP) to identify suicide attempters in the Collaborative Longitudinal Study of Personality Disorders (CLPS).
Method: The SNAP, a self-report personality inventory, was administered to 733 CLPS participants at baseline, of whom 701 (96%) had at least 6 months of follow-up data. Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were performed to examine the SNAP–self-harm subscale (SNAP- SH) in predicting the 129 suicide attempters over 8 years of follow-up. Possible moderators of prediction were examined, including borderline personality disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD), and substance …
Hallucinations—Psychosis Related To Parkinson’S Disease, 2011 Washington University School of Medicine
Hallucinations—Psychosis Related To Parkinson’S Disease, Kevin J. Black
Kevin J. Black, MD
No abstract provided.
About The Authors, 2011 Thomas Jefferson University
About The Authors
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
List of authors for Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 8, Number 1, 1990.
Letters To The Editor, 2011 Thomas Jefferson University
Letters To The Editor
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
Letters to the Editor for Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 8, Number 1, 1990.
Book Review: Biologic Psychiatry For The Biologist, 2011 Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Book Review: Biologic Psychiatry For The Biologist, John P. Seibyl, M.D.
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY: THE THIRD GENERATION OF PROGRESS
Edited by Herbert Y. Meltzer, M.D .New York, Raven Press, 1987
1824 pages, $160.00
Book Review: Illness Or Person?, 2011 Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Book Review: Illness Or Person?, Beth Z. Mark, M.D.
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
Book Review of:
PSYCHOTHERAPY OF NEUROTIC CHARACTER
Dana Shapiro
New York, Basic Books, 1989
In Response: A Practical Approach To The Assessment And Management Of Psychiatric Emergencies, 2011 Philadelphia Psychiatric Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In Response: A Practical Approach To The Assessment And Management Of Psychiatric Emergencies, William R. Dubin, M.D.
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
I would like to respond to the article entitled "A Practical Approach to the Assessment and Management of Psychiatric Emergencies" (Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 7:8 I-9 1, 1989). The authors are to be congratulated for their concise distillation of the major clinical problems encountered in emergency psychiatry. However, there are several aspects of this review which require further amplification and clarification.
Psychiatrists' Knowledge And Attitudes About The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 2011 Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital-Westchester Division
Psychiatrists' Knowledge And Attitudes About The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Carol L. Alter, M.D., Ellen S. Dickinson, M.D., Greg Miller, M.D.
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
Since 1981 the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has become the primary health care issue in this nation. Psychiatrists have had a central role in caring for AIDS patients: they have been asked to evaluate and treat patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations of AIDS and emotional reactions to the illness itself, as well as to treat those who are fearful of acquiring AIDS. Numerous studies in the literature have explored the physician and lay population's knowledge and attitudes about AIDS. To date no study has addressed these issues in psychiatrists in specific (1- 9).
Most studies suggest that individuals who have …
The Homicide Witness And Victimization; Ptsd In Civilian Populations: A Literature Review, 2011 Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
The Homicide Witness And Victimization; Ptsd In Civilian Populations: A Literature Review, Gerald M. Streets, M.D.
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
People who witness the murder of an individual, whether a family member or acquaintance, often experience their loss as a psychic trauma. This described trauma is revealed by the symptom complex defined in the DSM-III-R as post -traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Children, in particular, frequently suffer from debilitating grief, which hinders their emotional and cognitive development. This grief may masquerade as a learning disability, hyperactivity, or an attention deficit disorder. Witnessing murder and being victimized (i.e, rape, incest, and physical abuse) are equivalent experiences in their potential for generating massive intrapsychic conflict. Being poor is a predisposing factor which puts …
Exploring Frontal Lobe Dysfunction In Schizophrenia With Positron Emission Tomography, 2011 National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Exploring Frontal Lobe Dysfunction In Schizophrenia With Positron Emission Tomography, Donald P. Hall, Jr., M.D.
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
Frontal lobe dysfunction in schizophrenic pa tients has been highly suspected for many years. Many psychiatrists and patients, however, are awaiting solid proof of a biological manifestation of this disease. While positron emission tomography does not uniformly demonstrate such a manifestation, it does demonstrate a prefrontal cortex deficit in most reported studies. Further, a localization of the attention deficit of schizophrenia, in the prefrontal cortex, is strongly suggested by some studies.
INTRODUCTION
Positron emission tomography (PET) has enabled investigators in modern clinical psychiatry to demonstrate that schizophrenia is, at least in part, a frontal lobe disorder. PET studies of many …
A Case Of Conversion Catatonia Misdiagnosed For 24 Years, 2011 St. Vincents Hospital and Medical Center, New York, New York
A Case Of Conversion Catatonia Misdiagnosed For 24 Years, Pauline K. Wiener, M.D.
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
Catatonia is a syndrome whose etiology may be both diverse and difficult to substantiate. Ms. H. is a 45-year-old black female with 18 previous psychiatric hospitalizations beginning at age 21. A common characteristic to all hospitalizations was a catatonic presentation (i.e ., the patient was mute with marked muscular rigidity; she would refuse to eat or follow orders). In each of her previous 18 hospitalizations, the patient was thought to be psychotic.
It was found that each catatonic episode could be related to a severe psychological stressor. The patient's illness never involved delusions, hallucinations or disturbances in thought form. Upon …