American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 165
- Number 10
- October 2008
In This Issue
Editorial
Commentary
Introspections
Treatment in Psychiatry
Clinical Case Conference
Images in Psychiatry
Presidential Addresses
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages1272–1280Objective: A growing number of studies have tested the efficacy of preventive interventions in reducing the incidence of depressive disorders. Until now, no meta-analysis has integrated the results of these studies. Method: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07091422Article
Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages1281–1288Objective: Anorexia nervosa is associated with high mortality, morbidity, and treatment costs. Olanzapine, an atypical antipsychotic, is known to result in weight gain in other patient populations. The objective of this trial was to assess the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07121900Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages1289–1298Objective: Compulsive hoarding is a debilitating problem that is often associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. However, the precise nosology of compulsive hoarding has yet to be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07111730Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages1299–1307Objective: Although several magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have been conducted in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), few studies have used voxel-based morphometry to examine brain structure, especially in psychotropic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08010033Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages1308–1315Objective: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common, heritable neuropsychiatric disorder, hypothetically underpinned by dysconnectivity of large-scale brain systems. The extent of white matter abnormalities in OCD is unknown, and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07101677Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages1316–1325Objective: The authors evaluated the efficacy and safety of adjunctive aripiprazole in bipolar I patients with mania partially nonresponsive to lithium/valproate monotherapy. Method: This multicenter, randomized, placebo-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07101560Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages1326–1337Objective: Increasingly, children are being diagnosed with psychiatric disorders, including preschool-age children. These diagnoses in young children raise questions pertaining to 1) how diagnostic algorithms for individual disorders should be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07081282Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages1338–1344Objective: It is essential to understand the effect of parental smoking on offspring tobacco use. In biologically related families, parents who smoke may transmit a nonspecific genetic risk for offspring disinhibited behavior, including tobacco ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08010125Publication date: 01 October 2008
Pages1345–1353Objective: Children with very low birth weight (<1500 g) are at increased risk for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Whether this increased risk continues into adulthood is unknown. The authors assessed behavioral symptoms of ...
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