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
Pages712–719In 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.2007.164.5.712Introspections
Treatment in Psychiatry
Clinical Case Conference
Images in Psychiatry
Commentary
Article
Publication date: 01 May 2007
Pages739–752Objective: 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.2007.164.5.739Publication date: 01 May 2007
Pages753–760Objective: 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.2007.164.5.753Publication date: 01 May 2007
Pages761–767Objective: 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.2007.164.5.761Publication date: 01 May 2007
Pages768–777Objective: 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.2007.164.5.768Publication date: 01 May 2007
Pages778–788Objective: 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.2007.164.5.778Publication date: 01 May 2007
Pages789–796Objective: 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.2007.164.5.789Publication date: 01 May 2007
Pages797–803Objective: 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.2007.164.5.797Publication date: 01 May 2007
Pages804–812Objective: 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.2007.164.5.804Publication date: 01 May 2007
Pages813–819Objective: 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.2007.164.5.813Brief Report
Publication date: 01 May 2007
Pages820–823Objective: 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.2007.164.5.820Publication date: 01 May 2007
Pages823–826Objective: 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