American Journal of Psychiatry

Objective: The authors sought to determine the efficacy of multiple-session psychological interventions to prevent and treat traumatic stress symptoms beginning within 3 months of a traumatic event. Method: Nine computerized ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08040590

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Anticipatory Activation in the Amygdala and Anterior Cingulate in Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Prediction of Treatment Response

Publication date: 01 March 2009

Pages302–310

Objective: The anticipation of adverse outcomes, or worry, is a cardinal symptom of generalized anxiety disorder. Prior work with healthy subjects has shown that anticipating aversive events recruits a network of brain regions, including the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07101682

Transdiagnostic Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Patients With Eating Disorders: A Two-Site Trial With 60-Week Follow-Up

Publication date: 01 March 2009

Pages311–319

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare two cognitive-behavioral treatments for outpatients with eating disorders, one focusing solely on eating disorder features and the other a more complex treatment that also addresses mood ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08040608

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use and Risk of Gestational Hypertension

Publication date: 01 March 2009

Pages320–328

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) on the risks of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia. Method: The authors analyzed data ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08060817

Obsessions and Compulsions in the Community: Prevalence, Interference, Help-Seeking, Developmental Stability, and Co-Occurring Psychiatric Conditions

Publication date: 01 March 2009

Pages329–336

Objective: It is unclear how many people in the community have obsessions and compulsions and associated levels of interference. It is also unknown what variables predict help-seeking for these symptoms, whether they are developmentally stable, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08071006

Assessment of Safety and Long-Term Outcomes of Initial Treatment With Placebo in TADS

Publication date: 01 March 2009

Pages337–344

Objective: The authors examined whether initial assignment to receive placebo for 12 weeks followed by open active treatment as clinically indicated was associated with different levels of benefit and risk of harm across 36 weeks as compared ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08040487

Prevalence and Predictors of Lipid and Glucose Monitoring in Commercially Insured Patients Treated With Second-Generation Antipsychotic Agents

Publication date: 01 March 2009

Pages345–353

Objective: The authors sought to quantify plasma lipid and glucose testing rates in patients receiving second-generation antipsychotics before and after guidelines recommending testing were issued in February 2004 by the American Diabetes ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08030383

Increased Hippocampal, Thalamic, and Prefrontal Hemodynamic Response to an Urban Noise Stimulus in Schizophrenia

Publication date: 01 March 2009

Pages354–360

Objective: People with schizophrenia often have difficulty ignoring unimportant noises in the environment. While experimental measures of sensory gating have yielded insight into neurobiological mechanisms related to this deficit, the degree to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08030411

Mechanisms Underlying the Comorbidity Between Depressive and Addictive Disorders in Adolescents: Interactions Between Stress and HPA Activity

Publication date: 01 March 2009

Pages361–369

Objective: Depression may be a precursor to substance use disorder in some youngsters, and substance abuse might complicate the subsequent course of depression. This study examined whether hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08030412