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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 167
  • Number 3
  • March 2010

In This Issue

Editorial

Commentary

Clinical Case Conference

Publication date: 01 March 2010

Pages253–259

Aggressive patients often target psychiatrists and psychiatric residents, yet most clinicians are insufficiently trained in violence risk assessment and management. Consequently, many clinicians are reluctant to diagnose and treat aggressive and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09010063

Images in Psychiatry

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 March 2010

Pages261–280

Abstract An emerging literature from epidemiologic, clinical, and preclinical investigations has provided evidence that gestational exposure to infection contributes to the etiology of schizophrenia. In recent years, these studies have moved from ecologic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09030361

Article

Publication date: 01 March 2010

Pages281–288

Objective Various classes of antidepressant medications generally induce remission of major depressive disorder in only about one-third of patients. In a previous study using mirtazapine or paroxetine alone or in combination from treatment initiation, the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09020186

Publication date: 01 March 2010

Pages298–304

Objective To reduce false positive diagnoses, DSM-IV added a clinical significance criterion to many diagnostic criteria sets requiring that symptoms cause significant distress or impairment. The DSM-V Task Force is considering whether clinical ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09040553

Publication date: 01 March 2010

Pages305–311

Objective Key biological factors that influence the development of depression are modified by diet. This study examined the extent to which the high-prevalence mental disorders are related to habitual diet in 1,046 women ages 20–93 years randomly selected ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09060881

Publication date: 01 March 2010

Pages312–320

Objective Traumatic injury affects millions of people each year. There is little understanding of the extent of psychiatric illness that develops after traumatic injury or of the impact of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) on psychiatric illness. The ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09050617

Publication date: 01 March 2010

Pages331–340

Objective The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of morning-dosed modafinil on sleep and daytime sleepiness in chronic cocaine users. Method Twenty cocaine-dependent participants were randomly assigned to receive modafinil, 400 mg (N=...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09050613

Publication date: 01 March 2010

Pages341–349

Objective The authors sought to study activity in neural circuits that subserve the inhibition of a semi-involuntary motor behavior, eye blinking, in children and adults with Tourette syndrome and in healthy comparison subjects. Method Functional magnetic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08121831

Letter to the Editor

Book Forum

Books Received

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