American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 165
- Number 1
- January 2008
In This Issue
Editorial
Images in Neuroscience
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 January 2008
Pages15–20Many people who struggle with psychotic disorder often refuse offers of help, including housing, extended by mental health services. This article uses the ethnographic method to examine the reasons for such refusal among women who are homeless and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07071166Introspections
Treatment in Psychiatry
Clinical Case Conference
Images in Psychiatry
Article
Publication date: 01 January 2008
Pages34–41Objective: The authors examined the disruption of ongoing treatments among individuals with preexisting mental disorders and the failure to initiate treatment among individuals with new-onset mental disorders in the aftermath of Hurricane ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07030502Publication date: 01 January 2008
Pages42–50Objective: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a public health advisory in October 2003 on the risk of suicide in pediatric patients taking antidepressants and advised maintaining “close supervision” of such patients. In this study, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07010205Publication date: 01 January 2008
Pages51–58Objective: Preliminary evidence suggests that the antiobesity agent sibutramine is effective in the treatment of binge eating disorder, impacting both binge eating and weight. This study is the first large-scale, multisite, placebo-controlled ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06121970Publication date: 01 January 2008
Pages59–65Objective: Infections during early life have been suggested to play a role in the etiology of schizophrenia. Most studies have focused on fetal life; few have explored risk associated with infection during childhood. The results of these have ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07050740Publication date: 01 January 2008
Pages66–73Objective: A high incidence of psychotic disorders has been reported in immigrant ethnic groups in Western Europe. Some studies suggest that ethnic density may influence the incidence of schizophrenia. The authors investigated whether this ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07030423Publication date: 01 January 2008
Pages74–81Objective: Following a meaningful prime stimulus, schizophrenia patients have been hypothesized to exhibit impaired neurophysiological activation of related concepts in general, and/or supranormal activation of weakly related concepts in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07050763Publication date: 01 January 2008
Pages82–89Objective: People with schizophrenia are characterized by a broad range of cognitive impairments. Despite appropriate treatment with conventional or second-generation antipsychotics, they continue to exhibit pronounced impairments. The current ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07050724Publication date: 01 January 2008
Pages90–98Objective: Offspring of parents with major depressive disorder face a threefold higher risk for major depression than offspring without such family histories. Although major depression is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, neural ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06111917Publication date: 01 January 2008
Pages99–106Objective: A number of studies have reported associations between Toxoplasma gondii ( T. gondii ) infection and the risk of schizophrenia. Most existing studies have used small populations and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06081254Publication date: 01 January 2008
Pages107–115Objective: A robust and bidirectional comorbidity between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and psychoactive substance use disorder (alcohol or drug abuse or dependence) has been consistently reported in the extant literature. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07030419Publication date: 01 January 2008
Pages116–123Objective: The error-related negativity is a negative deflection in the event-related potential maximal approximately 50 msec after the commission of errors. The error-related negativity is generated in the anterior cingulate cortex, and both ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07010143Publication date: 01 January 2008
Pages124–132Objective: Though conditioned fear has long been acknowledged as an important etiologic mechanism in social anxiety disorder, past psychophysiological experiments have found no differences in general conditionability among social anxiety ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06091513Letters to the Editor
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