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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 164
  • Number 5
  • May 2007

In This Issue

Editorial

Editor’s Note

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 May 2007

Pages712–719

In 2001, a seminal Institute of Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century , put forth a comprehensive strategy for improving the quality of U.S. health care. This strategy attained ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.712

Introspections

Treatment in Psychiatry

Clinical Case Conference

Images in Psychiatry

Commentary

Article

Publication date: 01 May 2007

Pages739–752

Objective: The authors compared the effectiveness of cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy as second-step strategies for outpatients with major depressive disorder who had received inadequate benefit from an initial trial of citalopram. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.739

Publication date: 01 May 2007

Pages753–760

Objective: Treatment of major depressive disorder typically entails implementing treatments in a stepwise fashion until a satisfactory outcome is achieved. This study sought to identify factors that affect patients’ willingness to accept ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.753

Publication date: 01 May 2007

Pages761–767

Objective: The authors sought to determine whether a greater frequency of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) sessions during maintenance treatment has a greater prophylactic effect than a previously validated once-a-month treatment. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.761

Publication date: 01 May 2007

Pages768–777

Objective: The purpose of this article was to determine the relative efficacy of a psychotherapy program when combined with pharmacotherapy versus medication and clinical management in more severely depressed patients. Method: ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.768

Publication date: 01 May 2007

Pages778–788

Objective: Neuroimaging investigations reveal changes in glucose metabolism (fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography [PET]) associated with response to disparate antidepressant treatment modalities, including cognitive ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.778

Publication date: 01 May 2007

Pages789–796

Objective: This study attempted to systematically assess the experiences of Medicare and Medicaid “dual-eligible” psychiatric patients, including evaluating patients’ access to medications and the administrative functioning of the program, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.789

Publication date: 01 May 2007

Pages797–803

Objective: Both methadone and buprenorphine are effective therapy for heroin dependence. Efficacy is best documented for methadone maintenance therapy, but safety concerns limit its use. Buprenorphine offers lower overdose risk and improved ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.797

Publication date: 01 May 2007

Pages804–812

Objective: Several components of event-related potentials—P50 suppression, P300 amplitude and latency, and mismatch negativity—have been proposed as potential endophenotypes for schizophrenia on the basis of family studies. The present study ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.804

Publication date: 01 May 2007

Pages813–819

Objective: Genetic factors contribute to the development of schizophrenia where cognitive dysfunction is a hallmark. The purpose of this article was to examine computerized neurocognitive measures as candidate endophenotypic markers of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.813

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 May 2007

Pages820–823

Objective: The assessment of self-injurious thoughts has been limited by a reliance on what individuals are willing or able to report explicitly. The authors examined a new method that measures self-injurious thoughts by using individuals’ ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.820

Publication date: 01 May 2007

Pages823–826

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the microstructural integrity of whole-brain white matter by diffusion tensor imaging in first-episode, treatment-naive young adults with major depressive disorder. Method: ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.823

Letters to the Editor

Corrections

Book Forum

Books Received

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