American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 164
- Number 11
- November 2007
In This Issue
Editorial
Commentary
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 November 2007
Pages1641–1645Mild traumatic brain injury is now claimed to be the signature injury of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. During World War I, shell shock came to occupy a similar position of prominence, and postconcussional syndrome assumed some importance in World ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07071180Introspections
Treatment in Psychiatry
Clinical Case Conference
Images in Psychiatry
Article
Publication date: 01 November 2007
Pages1663–1667Seasonal depression shares certain common symptoms with nonseasonal depression; however, the two disorders have never been examined in a single study, to the authors’ knowledge. The goal of this research was to examine the potential similarities in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06111792Publication date: 01 November 2007
Pages1668–1675Objective: While psychopathology is common in criminal populations, knowing more about what kinds of psychiatric disorders precede criminal behavior could be helpful in delineating at-risk children. The authors determined rates of juvenile ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06122026Publication date: 01 November 2007
Pages1676–1684Objective: The authors report an 8-week randomized, controlled proof-of-concept trial of a new therapist-assisted, Internet-based, self-management cognitive behavior therapy versus Internet-based supportive counseling for posttraumatic stress ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06122057Publication date: 01 November 2007
Pages1684–1692Objectives: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by the re-experiencing of a traumatic event, although the trauma itself occurred in the past. The extinction of the traumatic response might be impeded if trauma reminders ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07030525Publication date: 01 November 2007
Pages1693–1699Objective: Disasters are associated with increased risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression, but no study, to the authors’ knowledge, has determined whether genotype interacts with disaster exposure and social support ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06122007Publication date: 01 November 2007
Pages1700–1706Objective: The authors examined instances of past sexual abuse and related demographic characteristics in the self-reports of a select group of married observant Jewish women. Methods: Orthodox Jewish married women (N=380) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06122030Publication date: 01 November 2007
Pages1707–1713Objective: In an era of highly active antiretroviral therapies, the authors needed to confirm previous findings showing that stress and depression have an impact on HIV disease progression. The goal of the current study was to examine the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06111775Publication date: 01 November 2007
Pages1714–1721Objective: The authors examined the extent to which two major personality dimensions (extraversion and neuroticism) index the genetic and environmental risk for three phobias (social phobia, agoraphobia, and animal phobia) in twins ascertained ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06101667Publication date: 01 November 2007
Pages1722–1728Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the sources of comorbidity for social phobia and dimensional representations of avoidant personality disorder by estimating to what extent the two disorders are influenced by common genetic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06101764Publication date: 01 November 2007
Pages1729–1736Objective: Many studies have linked the structure and function of frontostriatal circuitry to cognitive control deficits in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Few studies have examined the role of white matter tracts between these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06101754Publication date: 01 November 2007
Pages1737–1749Objective: Studies of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have reliably found reduced amplitude event-related potentials (ERPs) measuring attention-related brain function, indicating impairment in the brain’s ability to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06050876Publication date: 01 November 2007
Pages1750–1756Objective: OxyContin and other pharmaceutical opioids have been given special attention in the media, who frequently describe problematic users of the drug as previously drug-naive individuals who become addicted following legitimate ...
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