American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 167
- Number 3
- March 2010
In This Issue
Editorial
Commentary
Clinical Case Conference
Publication date: 01 March 2010
Pages253–259Aggressive 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.2009.09010063Images in Psychiatry
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 March 2010
Pages261–280Abstract 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.2009.09030361Article
Publication date: 01 March 2010
Pages281–288Objective 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.2009.09020186Publication date: 01 March 2010
Pages289–297Objective Bipolar disorder is highly comorbid with substance use disorders, and this comorbidity may be associated with a more severe course of illness, but the impact of comorbid substance abuse on recovery from major depressive episodes in these patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09020299Publication date: 01 March 2010
Pages298–304Objective 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.2009.09040553Publication date: 01 March 2010
Pages305–311Objective 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.2009.09060881Publication date: 01 March 2010
Pages312–320Objective 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.2009.09050617Publication date: 01 March 2010
Pages321–330Objective The authors evaluated lifetime prevalence and specificity of DSM-IV psychiatric disorders and severity of depressive and manic symptoms at intake in preschool offspring of parents with bipolar I and II disorders. Method A total of 121 offspring ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09070977Publication date: 01 March 2010
Pages331–340Objective 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.2009.09050613Publication date: 01 March 2010
Pages341–349Objective 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.2009.08121831Letter to the Editor
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