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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 165
  • Number 11
  • November 2008

In This Issue

Editorial

Commentary

Images in Neuroscience

Introspection

Education in Psychiatry

Clinical Case Conference

Images in Psychiatry

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 November 2008

Pages1408–1419

Objective: Psychotherapy has long been recommended as adjunctive to pharmacotherapy for bipolar disorder, but it is unclear which interventions are effective for which patients, over what intervals, and for what domains of outcome. This article ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08040488

Article

Publication date: 01 November 2008

Pages1432–1441

Objective: Aripiprazole is a dopamine partial agonist approved for use in adults for short- and long-term treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. This study was designed to examine the acute efficacy, safety, and tolerability of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07061035

Publication date: 01 November 2008

Pages1442–1448

Objective: Currently there is no approved pharmacotherapy for amphetamine dependence. Recent human laboratory studies have demonstrated that naltrexone modulates some of the reinforcing effects of amphetamine. The aim of this study was to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08020304

Publication date: 01 November 2008

Pages1449–1455

Objective: Of the stressful life events influencing risk for major depression, DSM-III and DSM-IV assign a special status to bereavement. A depressive episode that is bereavement-related and has clinical features and course characteristic of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07111757

Publication date: 01 November 2008

Pages1456–1464

Background: Elevated cortisol indicates stress and may be a risk factor for cognitive decline in aging. Genetic factors may influence individual vulnerability to the adverse effects of stress on cognitive function in aging. Method: ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07091532

Publication date: 01 November 2008

Pages1465–1472

Objective: Recent basic science data indicate that in healthy individuals, self-referential processing and social cognition rely on common neural substrates. The authors assessed self-referential source memory and social cognition in a large ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07111806

Publication date: 01 November 2008

Pages1473–1481

Objective: Narcissistic personality disorder has received relatively little empirical attention. This study was designed to provide an empirically valid and clinically rich portrait of narcissistic personality disorder and to identify subtypes ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07030376

Publication date: 01 November 2008

Pages1482–1486

Objective: This report assessed whether hospital ward overcrowding predicts antidepressant use among hospital staff. Method: The extent of hospital ward overcrowding was determined using administrative records of monthly bed ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07121929

Letters to the Editor

Book Forum

Corrections

Books Received

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