American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 165
- Number 7
- July 2008
In This Issue
Editorial
Images in Neuroscience
Introspection
Treatment in Psychiatry
Clinical Case Conference
Images in Psychiatry
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 July 2008
Pages820–829Despite advances in the treatment of bipolar disorder, a significant proportion of patients experience disabling symptoms between episodes, and relapse rates are high. These circumstances suggest that there is a critical need to achieve a mechanistic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08010098Publication date: 01 July 2008
Pages830–843In this review, the authors detail our current understanding of the crucial role that sleep and its disturbances play in bipolar disorder. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that impaired sleep can induce and predict manic episodes. Similarly, treatment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08010077Article
Publication date: 01 July 2008
Pages844–854Objective: The study measured the effects of atypical antipsychotics on psychiatric and behavioral symptoms in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and psychosis or agitated behavior. Method: The Clinical Antipsychotic Trials ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07111779Publication date: 01 July 2008
Pages855–862Objective: Several predictors of treatment response in late-life depression have been reported in the literature. The aim of this analysis was to develop a clinically useful algorithm that would allow clinicians to predict which patients will ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07081340Publication date: 01 July 2008
Pages863–871Objective: Geriatric depression has been associated with a heterogeneous neuropathology. Identifying both depressive state-related and disease-related alterations in brain regions associated with emotion and cognitive function could provide ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07101590Publication date: 01 July 2008
Pages872–880Objective: The limbic system is thought to underlie dysfunctional affective and cognitive processes in individuals with depression. Neuroanatomical studies of subjects with depression have often examined hippocampal and amygdalar structures, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07081257Publication date: 01 July 2008
Pages881–888Objectives: This study evaluated the efficacy of a computer-based version of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for substance dependence. Method: This was a randomized clinical trial in which 77 individuals seeking treatment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07111835Publication date: 01 July 2008
Pages889–897Objective: Inhibitory dysfunction may be a transdiagnostic etiopathophysiology of disruptive behavior disorders. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of inhibitory control has only been investigated in patients with attention deficit ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07071084Publication date: 01 July 2008
Pages898–904Objective: Predictability is a fundamental modulator of anxiety in that the ability to predict aversive events mitigates anxious responses. In panic disorder, persistent symptoms of anxiety are caused by anticipation of the next uncued (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07101581Publication date: 01 July 2008
Pages905–913Objective: This study presented nationally representative data on the lifetime prevalence, correlates, and comorbidity of shoplifting among adults in the United States. Method: Data were derived from a large national sample ...
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