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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

Pages15–20

Many 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.2007.07071166

Introspections

Treatment in Psychiatry

Clinical Case Conference

Images in Psychiatry

Article

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages34–41

Objective: 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.2007.07030502

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages42–50

Objective: 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.2007.07010205

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages51–58

Objective: 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.2007.06121970

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages59–65

Objective: 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.2007.07050740

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages66–73

Objective: 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.2007.07030423

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages74–81

Objective: 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.2007.07050763

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages82–89

Objective: 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.2007.07050724

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages90–98

Objective: 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.2007.06111917

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages99–106

Objective: 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.2007.06081254

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages107–115

Objective: 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.2007.07030419

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages116–123

Objective: 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.2007.07010143

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages124–132

Objective: 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.2007.06091513

Letters to the Editor

Book Forum

Books Received

In Appreciation

Disclosure of Competing Interests

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