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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 167
  • Number 12
  • December 2010

In This Issue

Perspectives

Editorials

Perspectives

Introspection

Perspectives

Clinical Case Conference

Perspectives

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 December 2010

Pages1445–1455

Objective: Response to specific depression treatments varies widely among individuals. Understanding and predicting that variation could have great benefits for people living with depression. Method: The authors describe a conceptual model for identifying ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09111680

New Research

Articles

Publication date: 01 December 2010

Pages1456–1463

Objective: The authors investigated recent trends in the use of outpatient psychotherapy in the United States. Method: Service use data from two representative surveys of the U.S. general population, the 1998 (N=22,953) and 2007 (N=29,370) Medical ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10040570

Publication date: 01 December 2010

Pages1464–1471

Objective: Previous studies have shown that exposure to parental verbal abuse in childhood is associated with higher rates of adult psychopathology and alterations in brain structure. In this study the authors sought to examine the symptomatic and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10010030

Publication date: 01 December 2010

Pages1472–1478

Objective: Psychiatric researchers rely heavily on patient report data for clinical research. However, patient reports are prone to defensive and self-presentation biases. Recent research using practice networks has relied on clinician reports, and both ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09101489

Publication date: 01 December 2010

Pages1479–1488

Objective: The onset of schizophrenia symptoms in late adolescence implies a neurodevelopmental trajectory for the disease. Indeed, the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) inhibitory system shows protracted development, and GABA-ergic deficits are widely replicated ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09060784

Publication date: 01 December 2010

Pages1489–1498

Objective: Certain cognitive deficits in individuals with schizophrenia have been linked to disturbed gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate neurotrans-mission in the prefrontal cortex. Thus, it is important to understand how the mechanisms that ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10030318

Publication date: 01 December 2010

Pages1518–1525

Objective: Increasing evidence for the importance of several risk factors for anxiety disorders is beginning to point to the possibility of prevention. Early interventions targeting known risk for anxiety have rarely been evaluated. The authors evaluated ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09111619

Publication date: 01 December 2010

Pages1526–1532

Objective: Little is known about the neural underpinnings of generalized social phobia, which is defined by a persistent heightened fear of social disapproval. Using event-related functional MRI (fMRI), the authors examined whether the intent of an event, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09121797

Communications and Updates

Letters to the Editor

Communications and Updates

Book Forum

Communications and Updates

Books Received

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