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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 165
  • Number 3
  • March 2008

In This Issue

Editorial

Commentary

Images in Neuroscience

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 March 2008

Pages313–320

Objective: Neuroimaging studies are promising components for a new diagnostic framework for bipolar disorder, but a major issue is the potential confound of psychotropic medication upon experimental measures. Withdrawing all individuals from ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07071066

Introspections

Treatment in Psychiatry

Clinical Case Conference

Images in Psychiatry

Article

Publication date: 01 March 2008

Pages335–341

Objective: This study examined whether d -cycloserine, a partial agonist at the N -methyl- d -aspartate (NMDA) glutamatergic receptor, enhances the efficacy of behavior therapy for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07050776

Publication date: 01 March 2008

Pages342–351

Objective: About half of outpatients with major depressive disorder also have clinically meaningful levels of anxiety. The authors conducted a secondary data analysis to compare antidepressant treatment outcomes for patients with anxious and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06111868

Publication date: 01 March 2008

Pages352–358

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of metformin in preventing olanzapine-induced weight gain. Method: Forty patients with schizophrenia were randomly assigned to treatment for 12 weeks with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07010079

Publication date: 01 March 2008

Pages359–369

Objective: Although widely reported among Latino populations, contradictory evidence exists regarding the generalizability of the immigrant paradox, i.e., that foreign nativity protects against psychiatric disorders. The authors examined ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07040704

Publication date: 01 March 2008

Pages370–377

Objective: In a naturalistic follow-up of adult bipolar patients, the authors examined the contributions of demographic, phenomenological, and clinical variables, including antidepressant use, to prospectively observed mood episode frequency. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.05081484

Publication date: 01 March 2008

Pages378–384

Objective: Distinctive patterns of speech and language abnormalities are associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. It is, however, unclear whether the associated patterns of neural activation are diagnosis specific. The authors sought ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07020365

Publication date: 01 March 2008

Pages385–389

Objective: Research has revealed facial emotion labeling deficits in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder. To assess whether such impairments may be an endophenotype for bipolar disorder, the authors examined facial emotion ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06122050

Publication date: 01 March 2008

Pages390–394

Objective: Environmental drug-related cues have been implicated as a cause of illicit heroin use during methadone maintenance treatment of heroin dependence. The authors sought to identify the functional neuroanatomy of the brain response to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07010070

Letters to the Editor

Corrections

Book Forum

Books Received

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