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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 161
  • Number 5
  • May 2004

In This Issue

Editorial

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages780–796

OBJECTIVE: Molecular genetic approaches provide a novel method of dissecting the heterogeneity of psychotropic drug response. These pharmacogenetic strategies offer the prospect of identifying biological predictors of psychotropic drug response and could ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.780

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages797–806

OBJECTIVE: The ethics of involving decisionally incapable adults in research will continue to grow in importance as more research is conducted to address the problems of decisionally impaired persons, especially elderly persons. The authors provide an ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.797

Introspections

Images in Psychiatry

Article

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages810–817

OBJECTIVE: This study compared the effectiveness of short-term dynamic psychotherapy and cognitive therapy for outpatients with cluster C personality disorders. METHOD: Patients (N=50) who met the criteria for one or more cluster C personality disorders ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.810

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages836–842

OBJECTIVE: Previous antidepressant maintenance trials have used the same medication from acute through maintenance phases, confounding the interpretation of prophylactic effects. The purpose of this study was to determine whether sertraline prevents the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.836

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages850–856

OBJECTIVE: The long-term effect of counseling and support on symptoms of depression was examined in spouse-caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. METHOD: The participants were 406 spouse-caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease patients who lived at ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.850

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages857–863

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to obtain nationally representative estimates of the additional time and cost associated with informal caregiving for older Americans with depressive symptoms. METHOD: Data from the 1993 Asset and Health Dynamics ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.857

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages864–871

OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether there are racial differences in the prevalence of paranoid ideation and psychotic symptoms in persons age ≥55 in an urban community. METHOD: Using 1990 census data for Brooklyn, N.Y., the authors attempted to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.864

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages872–881

OBJECTIVE: Auditory selective attention involves top-down modulation of sensory processing to selectively filter relevant from irrelevant information. Patients with schizophrenia have deficits in auditory selective attention, but whether these attention ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.872

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages882–888

OBJECTIVE: Structural deficits in the anterior cingulate cortex such as changes in glial cell and neuron numbers may be part of the anatomical substrate for schizophrenia and need to be investigated. The total number of neurons and glial cells in brains ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.882

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages889–895

OBJECTIVE: Many studies have implicated prenatal infection in the etiology of schizophrenia. Cytokines, a family of soluble polypeptides, are critically important in the immune response to infection and in other inflammatory processes. The goal of this ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.889

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages896–902

OBJECTIVE: Postmortem and neuroimaging studies of schizophrenia have reported deficits in the volume of the thalamus and its component nuclei. However, the pattern of shape change associated with such volume loss has not been investigated. In this study, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.896

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages903–908

OBJECTIVE: This study attempted to determine whether a genetic protection against cancer might be manifest in parents of offspring with schizophrenia. METHOD: Using data from the Danish Central Population Registry, the authors identified 1,999,072 parents ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.903

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages909–911

OBJECTIVE: The authors considered the possible role of the extraneuronal monoamine transporter (uptake 2) in accounting for the delay in clinical action of norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor antidepressant drugs. METHOD: Literature searches were performed ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.909

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages912–914

OBJECTIVE: The authors’ goal was to investigate the relationship between depression and HIV risk behaviors or sexually transmitted disease (STD) diagnosis at an urban STD clinic. METHOD: Using audio computer-assisted self-interview, 671 STD clinic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.912

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages915–917

OBJECTIVE: Deficits in emotional processing are evident in patients with schizophrenia. Since recent studies have indicated dysfunctions in cortical areas involved in face processing, this study investigated the early processing of faces in schizophrenia ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.915

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages918–920

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the impact of risperidone on growth and sexual maturation. METHOD: The pooled database of five studies included 700 children ages 5–15 years with disruptive behavior disorders. All evaluable patients had received risperidone ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.5.918

Letter to the Editor

Book Forum: Positive Approaches

Book Forum: Subjective Experiences

Book Forum: Treatment Guides

Book Forum: Neuropsychology

Corrections

Correction

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