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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 167
  • Number 1
  • January 2010

In This Issue

Editorial

Commentary

Clinical Case Conference

Publication date: 01 January 2010

Pages17–23

Abstract Illicit methamphetamine abuse represents a major problem in many countries worldwide, including the United States. Prolonged regular smoking or injection of methamphetamine can cause a psychosis, typically characterized by paranoid delusions and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08111695

Review and Overview

Publication date: 01 January 2010

Pages24–39

Abstract Borderline personality disorder is characterized by affective instability, impulsivity, identity diffusion, and interpersonal dysfunction. Perceived rejection and loss often serve as triggers to impulsive, suicidal, and self-injurious behavior, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09050744

Article

Publication date: 01 January 2010

Pages40–46

Objective Evidence suggests that chronic high levels of behavioral inhibition are a precursor of social anxiety disorder. The authors sought to identify early risk factors for, and developmental pathways to, chronic high inhibition among school-age ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.07010051

Publication date: 01 January 2010

Pages47–55

Objective Classical conditioning features prominently in many etiological accounts of panic disorder. According to such accounts, neutral conditioned stimuli present during panic attacks acquire panicogenic properties. Conditioned stimuli triggering panic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09030410

Publication date: 01 January 2010

Pages56–60

Objective Amygdala dysfunction is theorized to give rise to poor fear conditioning, which in turn predisposes to crime, but it is not known whether poor conditioning precedes criminal offending. This study prospectively assessed whether poor fear ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09040499

Publication date: 01 January 2010

Pages70–77

Objective Maternal depression is relatively common during pregnancy. The authors examined whether maternal antenatal depressed mood increased the risk of schizophrenia and other psychoses among offspring with and without a familial history of psychosis. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09010133

Publication date: 01 January 2010

Pages86–94

Objective Although attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults is associated with significant morbidity and dysfunction and afflicts both sexes, relatively few imaging studies have examined female subjects and none have had sufficient power ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09020249

Letter to the Editor

Correction

Letter to the Editor

Book Forum

Books Received

Editor's Disclosures

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