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Volume Contents CONTENTS Volume 16, Number 1, January 1994 Editorial: Medical Psychiatry Units: The Wave of the Future Roger G. Kathol Quality of Antidepressant Medications Prescribed at Discharge to Depressed Elderly Patients in General Medical Hospitals Before and After Prospective Payment System 4 Kenneth B. Wells, Grayson Norquist, Bernadette Benjamin, William Rogers, Katherine Kahn, and Robert Brook The Impact of Psychiatric Comorbidity on Medicare Reimbursement for Inpatient Medical Care 16 Richard J. Goldberg, Jeff Daly, and Ronald C. Golinger COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVE Medical Psychiatry Units and the Roles of the Inpatient Psychiatric Service in the General Hospital 20 Paul Summergrad Neuroleptic Drug Use in Nonpsychiatric Departments of a Dutch University Hospital 32 Frans G. Zitman, Theo M. A. Pennings, Dick C. M. Raes, and Yechiel A. Hekster Family Planning Needs of Male Chronic Mental Patients in the General Hospital Psychiatry Clinic 38 John H. Coverdale, Dave Schotte, Pedro Ruiz, Scott Pharies, and Timothy Bayer BRIEF REPORTS Chlorpromazine Prophylaxis of Steroid-Induced Psychosis 42 Miki Bloch, Eitan Gur, and Arieh Shalev HIV-Dementia and Suicide 45 Cesar A. Alfonso and Mary Ann Adler Cohen MEDICAL PSYCHIATRIC ROUNDS Case of a 29-Year-Old Nurse with Factitious Disorder: The Utility of Psychiatric Intervention on a General Medical Floor 47 Joy Guziec, Arthur Lazarus, and John J. Harding Letters to the Editor Book Reviews Books Received Announcements Membership Information—American Association of General Hospital Psychiatrists CONTENTS Volume 16, Number 2, March 1994 Editorial: Substance Abuse in the General Hospital: A Priority Area for Evaluation and Treatment Richard J. Frances The Substance Abuse Consultation Team: Addressing the Problem of Hospitalized Substance Abusers Mark G. Fuller and Mona L. Jordan PSYCHIATRY AND PRIMARY CARE Psychiatric Comorbidity Among Patients with Hypochondriasis Russell Noyes, Jr., Roger G. Kathol, Mary M. Fisher, Brenda M. Phillips, Michael T. Suelzer, and Catherine L. Woodman Assessing Residents’ Performance in C-L Psychiatry: Work in Progress Warner Johnson, Bernard Frankel, Philip Muskin, Daniel S. P. Schubert, Steven Cohen-Cole, and John Roberts COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVE Introducing MEDWatch: A New Approach to Reporting Medication and Device Adverse Effects and Product Problems David A. Kessler Commentary on “Introducing MEDWatch” William M. Petrie CLINICAL PROBLEMS IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE OF THE MEDICAL PATIENT Workplace Mental Health Consultation: A Primer of Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry Len Sperry, Jeffrey P. Kahn, and Stephen H. Heidel Psychotherapy of the Otolaryngology Patient Harold Bronheim Competency Evaluations in a VA Hospital: A 10-Year Perspective Frederick E. Knowles, III, Joseph Liberto, F. M. Baker, Paul E. Ruskin, and Allen Raskin Alcohol Abuse Among General Hospital Inpatients According to the Munich Alcoholism Test (MALT) Gerard L. M. Smals, Rose C. van der Mast, Anne E. M. Speckens, and W. Joost Schudel Psychiatric Liaison on a Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit Craig Coenson and Joel E. Dimsdale BRIEF REPORTS Exacerbation of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Medical Illness 135 Mark B. Hamner Hepatic Encephalopathy Presenting as Delirium and Mania: The Possible Role of Bilirubin 138 Norbert Miller, Ute Klages, and Wilfried Giinther Lilliputian Hallucinations and Medical Illness 141 Mary Ann Adler Cohen, Cesar A. Alfonso, and Mahfuzul M. Haque Announcements Membership Information—American Association of General Hospital Psychiatrists CONTENTS Volume 16, Number 3, May 1994 SPECIAL SECTION: A STRUCTURED PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION FOR CANCER PATIENTS 149 Fawzy I. Fawzy and Nancy W. Fawzy Part I: Introduction for Health Personnel 151 Part II: Patient Manual 160 Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery 193 Leonard A. Doerfler, Lori Pbert, and Diana DeCosimo Implementation of a Smoking Ban on a Locked Psychiatric Unit 200 Brett M. Ryabik, Steven B. Lippmann, and Ruth Mount Compulsive Buying: Demography, Phenomenology, and Comorbidity in 46 Subjects 205 Steven Schlosser, Donald W. Black, Susan Repertinger, and Daniel Freet Psychogenic Stridor 213 Timothy J. Lacy and Susan E. McManis | BRIEF REPORT Dietary Vitamin B,, Deficiency in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis 224 Daniel M. Gruener, Elisabeth J. Shakin Kunkel, Deborah A. Snyderman, | M. Ruth Infante, Carla Rodgers, and Howard L. Field Letter to the Editor 229 Book Reviews 230 Books Received 233 Announcements 235 Membership Information—American Association of General Hospital Psychiatrists 239 CONTENTS Volume 16, Number 4, July 1994 COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVE In Defense of Pseudoseizure 243 Phillip R. Slavney Commentary: Conversion Fits, Pseudo-Attacks, or Doxogenic Seizures 246 H. Merskey Commentary: Contra Pseudoseizure: The Problem of Intention in Nonepileptic Events 248 Stephen L. Snyder Family Dynamics in End-of-Life Treatment Decisions 251 Ellen Rothchild Coping and Marital Support as Correlates of Tinnitus Disability Mark Sullivan, Wayne Katon, Joan Russo, Robert Dobie, and Connie Sakai PSYCHIATRY AND PRIMARY CARE Prevalence, Nature, and Comorbidity of Depressive Disorders in Primary Care 267 James C. Coyne, Suzanne Fechner-Bates, and Thomas L. Schwenk Resuscitation in Cancer: Comparison of Patient and Health Staff Preferences 277 Cathy Owen, Christopher Tennant, John Levi, and Michael Jones Poststroke Depression 286 Satoru Shima, Yasuhisa Kitagawa, Toshinori Kitamura, Akira Fujinawa, and Yoshiyuki Watanabe The Relation Between Change in Reports of Traumatic Events and Symptoms of Psychiatric Distress 290 Grace Wyshak Letter to the Editor 298 Book Reviews 301 Announcements 306 Membership Information—American Association of General Hospital Psychiatrists 309 CONTENTS Volume 16, Number 5, September 1994 Editorial: Area Variation in Psychiatric Services: Old News or Just the Beginning? 311 Robert A. Dorwart A Small Area Analysis of Psychiatric Hospitalizations to General Hospitals: Effects of Community Mental Health Centers 313 Michael S. Hendryx and Barbara M. Rohland A Psychodynamic View of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Role of Object Relations in Etiology and Treatment 319 Gary Taerk and William Gnam COMMENTARY AND PERSPECTIVE Evaluating Consultation Psychiatry Residents 326 Bryce Templeton and Hope S. Selarnick Patient Allegations of Sexual Abuse Against Psychiatric Hospital Staff 335 David I. Berland and Karen Guskin Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Guided Imagery in Cancer Patients L. Baider, B. Uziely, and A. Kaplan De-Nour CLINICAL PROBLEMS IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE OF THE MEDICAL PATIENT Electroconvulsive Therapy During High-Risk Pregnancy Ray Walker and Conrad Melton Swartz BRIEF REPORTS Use of Psychiatric Services by Patients Referred to a Consultation Unit Richard Mayou, Sue Simkin, and Andrew Cobb Phenylpropanolamine-Induced Psychosis: Potential Predisposing Factors 358 Randall D. Marshall and Carolyn J. Douglas Letters to the Editor 361 Book Review 367 Announcements 369 Books Received 371 Membership Information—American Association of General Hospital Psychiatrists 375 | CONTENTS Volume 16, Number 6, November 1994 Editorial: Somatization Disorder: The Need for Effective Intervention Studies 379 Christopher Bass PSYCHIATRY AND PRIMARY CARE Effectiveness of Psychiatric Intervention with Somatization Disorder Patients: Improved Outcomes at Reduced Costs 381 Kathryn Rost, T. Michael Kashner, and G. Richard Smith, Jr. Screening for Depression in Medical Patients: Is the Focus Too Narrow? 388 Mark Zimmerman, Jennifer D. Lish, Neil J. Farber, Jon Hartung, David Lush, Mary Ann Kuzma, and Gary Plescia A Review of Delirium Assessment Instruments Paula T. Trzepacz Alcohol Drinking in Pregnancy Donna E. Stewart and David Streiner Psychological Distress in Female Cancer Patients with Holocaust Experience Tamar Peretz, Lea Baider, Pnina Ever-Hadani, and Atara Kaplan De-Nour Hypnotic Efficacy and Safety of Triazolam Administered During the Postoperative Period Paul B. Jacobsen, Mary Jane Massie, David W. Kinne, and Jimmie C. Holland MEDICAL PSYCHIATRIC ROUNDS Depression, HIV Dementia, Delirium, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (or All of the Above) Jeffrey B. Freedman, Mary Alice O’Dowd, Bernard Wyszynski, Jose R. Torres, and F. Patrick McKegney Book Reviews Announcements Acknowledgments Author Index Membership Information—American Association of General Hospital Psychiatrists Volume Contents