American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 164
- Number 10
- October 2007
In This Issue
Editorial
Commentary
Images in Neuroscience
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 October 2007
Pages1476–1488Objective: The study of human anxiety disorders has benefited greatly from functional neuroimaging approaches. Individual studies, however, vary greatly in their findings. The authors searched for common and disorder-specific functional ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07030504Introspections
Treatment in Psychiatry
Clinical Case Conference
Presidential Papers
Article
Publication date: 01 October 2007
Pages1515–1520Objective: This study estimated the prevalence of diagnosed depression and treatment among women before, during, and after pregnancies ending in live births. Method: A previously validated algorithm identified health plan ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06111893Publication date: 01 October 2007
Pages1521–1529Objective: The authors sought to determine whether, in a general population sample, different categories of adverse life events were associated with different patterns of depressive symptoms. Method: A total of 4,856 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06091564Publication date: 01 October 2007
Pages1530–1538Objective: Suicidal ideation is an uncommon symptom than can emerge during antidepressant treatment. The biological basis of treatment-emergent suicidal ideation is unknown. Genetic markers may shed light on the causes of treatment-emergent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06122018Publication date: 01 October 2007
Pages1539–1546Objective: This report assesses whether age at onset defines a specific subgroup of major depressive disorder in 4,041 participants who entered the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study. Method: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06101757Publication date: 01 October 2007
Pages1547–1556Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of olanzapine for the treatment of acute manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder in adolescents. Method: A 3-week multicenter, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06111932Publication date: 01 October 2007
Pages1557–1560Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the evidence for the insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) deficiency hypothesis in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Method: The authors examined the fasting plasma levels ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07020233Publication date: 01 October 2007
Pages1561–1567Objective: Change in three types of thought disorder as measured by Rorschach responses (contaminations, confabulations, and fabulized combinations) were assessed during intensive, long-term, psychodynamically oriented inpatient treatment. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.05111853Publication date: 01 October 2007
Pages1568–1576Objective: Mortality rates in the year following new antipsychotic medication starts for neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia were compared with rates after starts of other psychiatric medications. Method: The retrospective,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06101710Publication date: 01 October 2007
Pages1577–1584Objective: The microtubule-associated protein tau gene ( MAPT ) contains two extended haplotypes, H1 and H2, which have been linked with sporadic tauopathies. However, there is little evidence as to how these haplotypes may ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06091456Publication date: 01 October 2007
Pages1585–1592Objective: This study examined the short-term effects of first- and second-generation antipsychotic medications on social cognition and basic cognition. Method: One hundred patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06091515Publication date: 01 October 2007
Pages1593–1602Objective: Patients with schizophrenia frequently present with negative symptoms and cognitive impairments for which no effective treatments are known. Agents that act at the glycine site of the N -methyl- d ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06081358Publication date: 01 October 2007
Pages1603–1609Objective: Cognitive models suggest that biased processing of emotional information may play a role in the genesis and maintenance of psychotic symptoms. The role of dopamine and dopamine antagonists in the processing of such information ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06081241