American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 166
- Number 3
- March 2009
In This Issue
Editorial
Commentary
Image in Neuroscience
Treatment in Psychiatry
Images in Psychiatry
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 March 2009
Pages293–301Objective: 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.2008.08040590Article
Publication date: 01 March 2009
Pages302–310Objective: 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.2008.07101682Publication date: 01 March 2009
Pages311–319Objective: 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.2008.08040608Publication date: 01 March 2009
Pages320–328Objective: 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.2008.08060817Publication date: 01 March 2009
Pages329–336Objective: 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.2008.08071006Publication date: 01 March 2009
Pages337–344Objective: 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.2008.08040487Publication date: 01 March 2009
Pages345–353Objective: 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.2008.08030383Publication date: 01 March 2009
Pages354–360Objective: 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.2008.08030411Publication date: 01 March 2009
Pages361–369Objective: 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 ...
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