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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 165
  • Number 4
  • April 2008

In This Issue

Editorial

Commentary

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 April 2008

Pages429–442

Acts of violence account for an estimated 1.43 million deaths worldwide annually. While violence can occur in many contexts, individual acts of aggression account for the majority of instances. In some individuals, repetitive acts of aggression are ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07111774

Introspections

Education in Psychiatry

Clinical Case Conference

Images in Psychiatry

Article

Publication date: 01 April 2008

Pages459–467

Objective: The authors compared fluoxetine and placebo in continuation treatment to prevent relapse of major depressive disorder in children and adolescents. Method: After a detailed evaluation, children and adolescents 7–18 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07091453

Publication date: 01 April 2008

Pages468–478

Objective: Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) is a 20-week manual-based group treatment program for outpatients with borderline personality disorder that combines cognitive behavioral elements and skills ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07071079

Publication date: 01 April 2008

Pages479–489

Objective: Individuals with schizophrenia exhibit disturbances in a number of cognitive, affective, sensory, and motor functions that depend on the circuitry of different cortical areas. The cognitive deficits associated with dysfunction of the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07081223

Publication date: 01 April 2008

Pages490–496

Objective: Cerebral gray matter volume reductions have been found to progress over time in schizophrenia, with larger decreases related to poorer outcome, which has also been associated with cannabis use in schizophrenia patients. Progressive ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07071110

Publication date: 01 April 2008

Pages515–523

Objective: The authors investigated the association between major depressive disorder, including its clinical course, and mortality from ischemic heart disease. Method: This was a prospective cohort study of 8,261 men and 11,...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07061018

Publication date: 01 April 2008

Pages524–532

Objective: Segmented brain white matter hyperintensities were compared between subjects with late-life depression and age-matched subjects with similar vascular risk factor scores. Correlations between neuropsychological performance and whole ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07010175

Letters to the Editor

Correction

Book Forum

Books Received

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