American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 164
- Number 4
- April 2007
In This Issue
Editorial
Special Article
Images in Neuroscience
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages557–565This article summarizes six conceptual dimensions that underlie common assumptions about what counts as an adequate category of psychiatric disorder. These dimensions are 1) causalism-descriptivism, 2) essentialism-nominalism, 3) objectivism-evaluativism, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.557Introspections
Treatment in Psychiatry
Clinical Case Conference
Images in Psychiatry
Article
Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages582–590Objective: Although adolescent-onset bipolar disorder is associated with significant morbidity, there have been few prospective outcome studies of this population. The aim of this study was to examine the 12-month outcome of bipolar adolescents ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.582Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages591–598Objective: To date no trial has focused on the treatment of adolescents with bulimia nervosa. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of family therapy and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) guided self-care in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.591Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages599–607Objective: Processing affective facial expressions is an important component of interpersonal relationships. However, depressed patients show impairments in this system. The present study investigated the neural correlates of implicit ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.599Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages608–616Objective: Anomalies in error processing have been implicated in the etiology and maintenance of major depressive disorder. In particular, depressed individuals exhibit heightened sensitivity to error-related information and negative ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.608Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages617–621Objective: Cortisol hypersecretion is one of the most reliable biological abnormalities in major depression, but it is uncertain if it represents an illness marker or a trait vulnerability to mood disorder. The present study sought to answer ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.617Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages622–629Objective: Dopamine is an important mediator of the reinforcing effects of cocaine, and alterations in dopamine function might be involved in cocaine dependence. The goals of the present study were to characterize pre- and postsynaptic dopamine ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.622Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages630–637OBJECTIVES: Antipsychotic medications improve psychosis but often induce a state of dysphoria in patients. Blockade of the dopamine D 2 receptors, which is thought to mediate their efficacy, has also been implicated in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.630Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages638–646Objective: Although euthymic bipolar patients show minimal manic and depressive symptoms, they continue to show impaired emotional regulation and cognitive functioning. Few studies have directly examined the interference of emotional ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.638Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages647–655Objective: Anatomic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have detected smaller cerebellar volumes in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than in comparison subjects. However, the regional specificity and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.647Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages656–662Objective: Autism is a complex genetic disorder with a highly heterogeneous phenotype defined by repetitive behaviors, language deficits, and problems with reciprocal social interactions. The authors present the first genome-wide scan for a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.656Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages663–669Objective: The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is the most common known genetic risk factor for the development of schizophrenia. The authors conducted a longitudinal evaluation of adolescents with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome to identify early risk ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.663Brief Report
Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages670–673Objective: This study tested the findings of a prior study indicating a therapeutic relationship between consumption of betel nut and symptoms of schizophrenia. Method: The subjects were 65 outpatients with diagnoses of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.670Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages674–677Objective: The primary purpose of this study was to confirm the association of a specific haplotype of the dopamine transporter gene and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which could be one source of the heterogeneity seen across ...
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