American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 164
- Number 7
- July 2007
In This Issue
Editorial
Editor’s Note
Images in Neuroscience
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages1006–1013Objective: This article discusses the unexpected relationship between cosmetic breast implants and suicide that has been found in six epidemiological investigations completed in the last several years. Method: The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.7.1006Introspections
Treatment in Psychiatry
Clinical Case Conference
Images in Psychiatry
Article
Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages1029–1034Objective: This study compared the time patterns of suicide attempts among outpatients starting depression treatment with medication or psychotherapy. Method: Outpatient claims from a prepaid health plan were used to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.7.1029Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages1035–1043Objective: To evaluate the link between antidepressants and suicidal behavior and ideation (suicidality) in youth, adverse events from pediatric clinical trials were classified in order to identify suicidal events. The authors describe the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.7.1035Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages1044–1049Objective: In late 2006, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended that the 2004 black box warning regarding suicidality in pediatric patients receiving antidepressants be extended to include young adults. This study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.7.1044Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages1050–1060Objective: This 52-week randomized, double-blind, flexible-dose, multicenter study evaluated the overall effectiveness (as measured by treatment discontinuation rates) of olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone in patients early in the course ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.7.1050Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages1061–1071Objective: The authors sought to compare the effects of olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone on neurocognitive function in patients with early psychosis. Method: In a 52-week double-blind, multicenter study, 400 patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.7.1061Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages1072–1081Objective: There is increasing evidence demonstrating that circuits involving the frontal lobe, striatum, temporal lobe, and cerebellum are abnormal in individuals with schizophrenia, which suggests that metabolic activity in the white matter ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.7.1072Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages1082–1089Objective: While schizophrenia has long been considered a disorder of brain connectivity, few studies have investigated white matter abnormalities in patients with first-episode schizophrenia, and even fewer studies have investigated whether ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.7.1082Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages1090–1098Objective: The goal of this study was to determine whether the regions of the prefrontal and parietal cortices showing abnormal activation among individuals with schizophrenia during working memory tasks are associated with either 1) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.7.1090Bipolar Affective Puerperal Psychosis: Genome-Wide Significant Evidence for Linkage to Chromosome 16
Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages1099–1104Objective: Vulnerability to the triggering of bipolar episodes by childbirth aggregates in families and may define a genetically relevant subtype of bipolar disorder. The authors conducted a search by systematic whole genome linkage scan for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.7.1099Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages1105–1114Objective: Protein interacting with C-kinase-1 (PICK1) plays a role in the targeting and clustering of dopamine transporter, which is the primary target site for the abused drug methamphetamine. Based on the interaction of PICK1 with dopamine ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.7.1105Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages1115–1117Objective: Animal models suggest that N -acetylcysteine inhibits cocaine-seeking. The present pilot study evaluated whether N -acetylcysteine would suppress reactivity to cocaine-related cues in cocaine-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.7.1115