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
Pages1408–1419Objective: 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.2008.08040488Article
Publication date: 01 November 2008
Pages1420–1431Objective: Atypical (second-generation) antipsychotics are considered standard treatment for children and adolescents with early-onset schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. However, the superiority of second-generation antipsychotics over ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08050756Publication date: 01 November 2008
Pages1432–1441Objective: 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.2008.07061035Publication date: 01 November 2008
Pages1442–1448Objective: 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.2008.08020304Publication date: 01 November 2008
Pages1449–1455Objective: 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.2008.07111757Publication date: 01 November 2008
Pages1456–1464Background: 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.2008.07091532Publication date: 01 November 2008
Pages1465–1472Objective: 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.2008.07111806Publication date: 01 November 2008
Pages1473–1481Objective: 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.2008.07030376Publication date: 01 November 2008
Pages1482–1486Objective: 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 ...
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