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
Pages313–320Objective: 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.2007.07071066Introspections
Treatment in Psychiatry
Clinical Case Conference
Images in Psychiatry
Article
Publication date: 01 March 2008
Pages335–341Objective: 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.2007.07050776Publication date: 01 March 2008
Pages342–351Objective: 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.2007.06111868Publication date: 01 March 2008
Pages352–358Objective: 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.2007.07010079Publication date: 01 March 2008
Pages359–369Objective: 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.2007.07040704Publication date: 01 March 2008
Pages370–377Objective: 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.2007.05081484Publication date: 01 March 2008
Pages378–384Objective: 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.2007.07020365Publication date: 01 March 2008
Pages385–389Objective: 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.2007.06122050Publication date: 01 March 2008
Pages390–394Objective: 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