American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 163
- Number 7
- July 2006
In This Issue
Editorial
Editor's Note
Images in Neuroscience
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1138–1146Research advances in psychiatric genetics have raised expectations that genetic findings might lead to major breakthroughs in psychiatric nosology. The author reviews the plausibility of these claims. Four areas are addressed. First, it is argued that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1138Introspections
Treatment in Psychiatry
Clinical Case Conference
Images in Psychiatry
Article
Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1161–1172Objective: Few controlled studies have addressed the issue of which antidepressant medications should be recommended for outpatients who have not responded to multiple treatment trials. This study compared the efficacy of switching to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1161Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1173–1178Objective: The purpose of this study was to test whether borderline personality disorder is a variant of bipolar disorder by examining the rates of co-occurrence in both disorders, the effects of co-occurrence on a longitudinal course, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1173Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1179–1186Objective: This multicenter trial examined the efficacy and safety of oxcarbazepine in the treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. Method: A total of 116 outpatients 7 to 18 years of age with bipolar I ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1179Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1187–1198Objective: Redesigning the fragmented U.S. mental health care system requires knowing how service sectors share responsibility for individuals’ mental health needs. Method: Twelve-month DSM-IV mental disorders and their ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1187Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1199–1201Objective: This study assessed weight changes in a large cohort of patients with bipolar disorder who were treated with randomly assigned maintenance monotherapies. Method: A post hoc analysis was conducted to assess the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1199Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1202–1207Objective: Reductions in the level of N -acetylaspartate within subcortical structures of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have been reported in several studies. However, there have been, as yet, no reports ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1202Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1208–1218Objective: The aim of family focused grief therapy is to reduce the morbid effects of grief among families at risk of poor psychosocial outcome. It commences during palliative care of terminally ill patients and continues into bereavement. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1208Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1219–1225Objective: Antidepressant augmentation is recommended when patients do not respond to antidepressant monotherapy. However, little is know about antidepressant augmentation in clinical settings and whether these practices reflect the research ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1219Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1226–1232Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine whether suicidal ideation in a community population of adolescents represents normative adolescent angst or is predictive of psychopathology, suicidal and problem behaviors, and compromised ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1226Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1233–1238Objective: This study was designed to determine the availability of web sites offering to sell opioid medications without prescriptions. Method: Forty-seven Internet searches were conducted with a variety of opioid ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1233Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1239–1244Objective: The authors describe personality development and disorders in relation to symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorders. Method: Consecutive adults referred for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1239Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1245–1251Objective: Noninvasive brain imaging techniques are a powerful tool for researching the effects of drug abuse on brain activation measures. However, because many drugs have direct vascular effects, the validity of techniques that depend on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1245Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1252–1263Objective: In patients with autism, behavioral deficits as well as neuroimaging studies of the anterior cingulate cortex suggest ventral rather than dorsal striatal and thalamic abnormalities in structure and function. The authors used imaging ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1252Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1264–1272Objective: A previous small study showed lower serum ferritin levels in subjects with Tourette’s syndrome than in healthy subjects. The authors measured peripheral iron indices in a large group of Tourette’s syndrome and comparison subjects and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1264Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1273–1276Objective: This study compared the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among outpatients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder receiving clozapine with a matched comparison group from the National Health and Nutrition Examination ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1273Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1276–1279Objective: The aim of this study was to test whether the initial antipsychotic response to clozapine is related to subsequent weight change. Method: This study was an 8-year retrospective chart review of 96 hospitalized ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1276Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1280–1282Objective: Cross-sectional/retrospective data have indicated that individuals with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) have high rates of suicidal ideation and attempts. However, no study, to the authors’ knowledge, has prospectively examined ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1280Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1282–1284Objective: Problems with inhibiting certain pathological behaviors are integral to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), trichotillomania, and other putative obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. The authors assessed and compared motor ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1282Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1285–1287Objective: Research has raised questions about the ability of clinicians to make reliable diagnostic judgments about personality. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the dimensional diagnosis of pathological ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1285Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1288–1290Objective: This study attempted to examine the relationship between month and season of birth and risk for autism spectrum disorders. Method: The cohort included all Jewish individuals born in Israel over 5 consecutive years ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1288Publication date: 01 July 2006
Pages1290–1292Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine cortical thickness in autism in light of the postmortem evidence of cortical abnormalities of the disorder. Method: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans were acquired ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.7.1290Letters to the Editor
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