American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 166
- Number 8
- August 2009
In This Issue
Editorial
Images in Neuroscience
Introspection
Clinical Case Conference
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 August 2009
Pages863–874Objective: Episodic memory impairments represent a core deficit in schizophrenia that severely limits patients’ functional outcome. This quantitative meta-analysis of functional imaging studies of episodic encoding and retrieval tests the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08091307Article
Publication date: 01 August 2009
Pages875–881Objective: While several studies have shown that cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is an efficacious treatment for generalized anxiety disorder, few studies have addressed the outcome of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy, even though this ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09030441Publication date: 01 August 2009
Pages882–890Objective: The Prevention of Suicide in Primary Care Elderly: Collaborative Trial (PROSPECT) evaluated the impact of a care management intervention on suicidal ideation and depression in older primary care patients. This is the first report of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08121779Publication date: 01 August 2009
Pages891–899Objective: The Social Responsiveness Scale—Adult Version (SRS-A) measures autistic traits that are continuously distributed in the general population. Based on increased recognition of the dimensional nature of autistic traits, the authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08121894Publication date: 01 August 2009
Pages900–908Objective: Among young children who demonstrate high levels of conduct problems, less than 50% will continue to exhibit these problems into adolescence. Such developmental heterogeneity presents a serious challenge for intervention and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08121770Publication date: 01 August 2009
Pages909–916Objective: Genetic variants that contribute to the risk of psychiatric disorders may also affect normal variation in psychological function. Indeed, the behavioral effects of many genetic variants may be better understood as process-specific ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08081251Publication date: 01 August 2009
Pages917–925Objective: Investigating neuroanatomic differences in monozygotic twins who are discordant for autism can help unravel the relative contributions of genetics and environment to this pervasive developmental disorder. The authors used magnetic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08101538Publication date: 01 August 2009
Pages926–933Objective: There has been debate whether polymorphisms within the serotonin transporter-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) moderate susceptibility to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The authors investigated 5-HTTLPR genotypes and their ...
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