American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 162
- Number 9
- September 2005
In This Issue
Editorial
Reviews and Overviews
Child Murder by Mothers: A Critical Analysis of the Current State of Knowledge and a Research Agenda
Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1578–1587OBJECTIVE: Maternal filicide, or child murder by mothers, occurs more frequently in the United States than in other developed nations. However, little is known about factors that confer risk to children. The authors review the literature to identify ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1578Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1588–1601OBJECTIVE: Depression in old age has a poor long-term prognosis; equal evidence shows that the same is true of depression in middle age. The authors sought to identify research that has compared the prognosis of depression in late life with depression in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1588Introspections
Images in Psychiatry
Article
Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1605–1613OBJECTIVE: The study compared the neural bases of two cognitive control operations, interference suppression and response inhibition, between children with and children without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHOD: Ten children (7–11 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1605Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1614–1620OBJECTIVE: The majority of published reports on twin studies of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have indicated robust additive genetic influences and unique environmental influences. These studies typically used DSM ADHD symptoms collected ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1614Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1621–1627OBJECTIVE: Patterns of psychiatric comorbidity were assessed in adults with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) identified through a genetic study of families containing multiple children with ADHD. METHOD: Lifetime ADHD and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1621Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1628–1636OBJECTIVE: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a costly public health problem. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study on the cost-effectiveness of the major forms of ADHD treatments used in NIMH’s Multimodal Treatment Study of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1628Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1637–1643OBJECTIVE: In vivo imaging studies have suggested anatomical and functional abnormalities in the anterior cingulate in adults with mood disorders. This anatomical magnetic resonance imaging study examined the cingulate cortex in children and adolescents ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1637Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1644–1651OBJECTIVE: Little is known about neuropsychological and social-cognitive function in patients with pediatric bipolar disorder. Identification of specific deficits and strengths that characterize pediatric bipolar disorder would facilitate advances in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1644Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1652–1657OBJECTIVE: There is conflicting evidence concerning the association of social childhood factors and subsequent psychosis. Previous studies have had inadequate designs. The aim of the present study was to describe a broad range of social factors during ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1652Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1658–1664OBJECTIVE: Early life events often lead to deficits in CNS serotonin function, which underlie a number of reoccurring psychopathological disorders. Studies using rhesus macaques have demonstrated that early maternal deprivation reduces CNS serotonin ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1658Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1665–1671OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the associations between suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in mothers and various aspects of suicidality in their offspring in a representative community sample. METHOD: Baseline and 4-year follow-up data were used ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1665Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1672–1679OBJECTIVE: First-degree relatives of persons with mood disorder who attempt suicide are at greater risk for mood disorders and attempted or completed suicide. This study examined the shared and distinctive factors associated with familial mood disorders ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1672Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1680–1687Background: Impulsivity is a prominent and measurable characteristic of bipolar disorder that can contribute to risk for suicidal behavior. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between impulsivity and severity of past suicidal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1680Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1688–1696OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the epidemiology, phenomenology, and occupation-specific risk factors for suicide among regular-duty military personnel as a model for other professions at risk for workplace suicide. METHOD: Suicide ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1688Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1697–1705Background: Bipolar disorder is characterized by disturbed mood homeostasis accompanied by cognitive impairments that appear to persist during euthymia. Cognitive probes, coupled with neuroimaging, provide an approach toward clarifying the neurophysiology ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1697Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1706–1712OBJECTIVE: A variety of findings have implicated the portion of the anterior cingulate cortex ventral to the corpus callosum in the pathophysiology of familial depressive disorder. There are, as yet, few data to address the specificity of these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1706Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1713–1722OBJECTIVE: American Indian populations have often been considered to be at greater risk for major depressive episode than are other groups in the United States. The American Indian Service Utilization, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1713Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1723–1732OBJECTIVE: The American Indian Service Utilization, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors Project (AI-SUPERPFP) provided estimates of the prevalence of DSM-III-R disorders and utilization of services for help with those disorders in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1723Brief Report
Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1733–1735OBJECTIVE: The authors’ goal was to examine interregional correlations of thalamocortical metabolic activity during a verbal learning task in schizophrenia. METHOD: They used [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in 41 unmedicated patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1733Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1736–1738OBJECTIVE: A valine/methionine polymorphism in the catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene has been proposed to influence susceptibility to schizophrenia, as has a COMT haplotype in Ashkenazi Jewish and Irish subjects. The authors examined these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1736Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1738–1740OBJECTIVE: Altered glycine and homocysteine levels may contribute to N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor dysfunction in schizophrenia. The authors measured plasma levels of these amino acids in a group of patients with chronic schizophrenia and related them to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1738Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1741–1743OBJECTIVE: Because previous studies have demonstrated that patients with chronic schizophrenia have deficits in mismatch negativity associated with poor everyday functioning, the authors investigated the longitudinal stability of mismatch negativity ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1741Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1744–1746OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine if amantadine affects weight gain in psychiatric patients taking olanzapine. METHOD: Twenty-one adults who had gained at least 5 lb with olanzapine were randomly assigned to receive amantadine (N=12) or placebo (N=...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1744Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1746–1748OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated emotion perception in acutely ill patients experiencing a first episode of schizophrenia. They also investigated the effects of antipsychotic medication on emotion perception. METHOD: Tests of the ability to perceive and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1746Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1749–1751OBJECTIVE: The authors tested the hypothesis that the dopamine D2 receptor T allele (formerly described as the A1 allele) would be associated with poorer performance on memory and attention tasks following mild traumatic brain injury. METHOD: Thirty-nine ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1749Publication date: 01 September 2005
Pages1752–1754OBJECTIVE: It has been suggested that variation in catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity associated with variation in COMT Val158Met genotypes may result in enhanced or reduced cognitive performance, depending on whether the phenotype requires ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1752Letter to the Editor
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