American Journal of Psychiatry

This case study presents an overview of the conceptualization and treatment of two veterans of the Iraq War who presented for combat-related treatment at a Veterans Administration Medical Center. In addition to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08091315

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Exploring the Convergence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Publication date: 01 July 2009

Pages768–776

The authors examine the relationship of the two signature injuries experienced by military personnel serving in Afghanistan and Iraq: posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mild TBI). Studies show that a substantial minority ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08101604

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Institutional Rearing and Psychiatric Disorders in Romanian Preschool Children

Publication date: 01 July 2009

Pages777–785

Objective: There is increasing interest in the relations between adverse early experiences and subsequent psychiatric disorders. Institutional rearing is considered an adverse caregiving environment, but few studies have systematically examined ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08091438

The Incidence and Course of Depression in Bereaved Youth 21 Months After the Loss of a Parent to Suicide, Accident, or Sudden Natural Death

Publication date: 01 July 2009

Pages786–794

Objective: This study examined effects of bereavement 21 months after a parent’s death, particularly death by suicide. Method: The participants were 176 offspring, ages 7–25, of parents who died by suicide, accident, or ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08081244

Four-Year Longitudinal Course of Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: The Course and Outcome of Bipolar Youth (COBY) Study

Publication date: 01 July 2009

Pages795–804

Objective: The authors sought to assess the longitudinal course of youths with bipolar spectrum disorders over a 4-year period. Method: At total of 413 youths (ages 7–17 years) with bipolar I disorder (N=244), bipolar II ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08101569

Using Neuroplasticity-Based Auditory Training to Improve Verbal Memory in Schizophrenia

Publication date: 01 July 2009

Pages805–811

Objective: Impaired verbal memory in schizophrenia is a key rate-limiting factor for functional outcome, does not respond to currently available medications, and shows only modest improvement after conventional behavioral remediation. The ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08050757

Differential Expression of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors 2 and 3 in Schizophrenia: A Mechanism for Antipsychotic Drug Action?

Publication date: 01 July 2009

Pages812–820

Objective: Preclinical and clinical data implicate the group II metabotropic glutamate receptors mGluR2 and mGluR3 in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Moreover, a recent phase II clinical trial demonstrated the antipsychotic efficacy of a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08091445

Performance-Based Measurement of Functional Disability in Schizophrenia: A Cross-National Study in the United States and Sweden

Publication date: 01 July 2009

Pages821–827

Objective: Recent advances in the assessment of disability in schizophrenia have separated the measurement of functional capacity from real-world functional outcomes. The authors examined the similarity of performance-based assessments of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09010106