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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 167
  • Number 9
  • September 2010

In This Issue

Perspectives

Editorials

Perspectives

Commentary

Perspectives

Introspections

Perspectives

Clinical Case Conference

Publication date: 01 September 2010

Pages1033–1037

An adolescent male patient originally presented to a prodromal clinical research program with severe obsessive-compulsive behaviors and subthreshold symptoms of psychosis, which eventually developed into first-rank psychotic symptoms. The patient was ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09071043

Perspectives

Images in Psychiatry

Perspectives

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 September 2010

Pages1039–1050

Paraneoplastic disorders of the CNS result from immune responses to neuronal proteins expressed by tumors found elsewhere in the body. Limbic encephalitis, one of the most common manifestations of paraneoplastic disorders, is characterized by rapid onset ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09101547

New Research

Articles

Publication date: 01 September 2010

Pages1051–1058

Objective: As troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan to civilian life, clinicians are starting to grapple with how best to detect those at risk of postdeployment adjustment problems. Data reveal the presence of mental health problems in these soldiers, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09050739

Publication date: 01 September 2010

Pages1059–1065

Objective: It remains unclear to what degree children show signs of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after experiencing low-magnitude stressors, or stressors milder than those required for the DSM-IV extreme stressor criterion. Method: A representative ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09020178

Publication date: 01 September 2010

Pages1066–1074

Objective: There is substantial evidence of a link between parental substance use disorders and antisocial behavior and childhood disruptive disorders in offspring, but it is unclear whether this transmission is specific to particular disorders or if a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09091272

Publication date: 01 September 2010

Pages1075–1082

Objective: The cognitive and motivational impairments observed in psychotic disorders may reflect early developmental alterations that, when combined with later environmental exposures, may drive the onset of positive psychotic symptoms. The ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09060883

Publication date: 01 September 2010

Pages1083–1091

Objective: Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with abnormalities of brain structure and white matter, although little is known about when these abnormalities arise. This study was conducted to identify structural brain abnormalities ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09101492

Publication date: 01 September 2010

Pages1092–1099

Objective: Mortality risk is relatively high in young people with asthma, and the risk may include causes of death other than those directly linked to respiratory disease. The authors investigated the association between asthma and suicide mortality in a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09101455

Publication date: 01 September 2010

Pages1100–1107

Objective: The authors assessed the relationship between exposure to ambient particulate matter and suicide in urban settings during a 1-year period. Method: The association between particulate matter and suicide was determined using a time-stratified case-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09050706

Publication date: 01 September 2010

Pages1108–1115

Objective: Food additives can exacerbate ADHD symptoms and cause non-immunoglobulin E-dependent histamine release from circulating basophils. However, children vary in the extent to which their ADHD symptoms are exacerbated by the ingestion of food ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09101529

Publication date: 01 September 2010

Pages1116–1124

Objective: Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are associated with multidimensional disability. This study examined differential predictors of functional deficits in the two disorders. Method: Community-dwelling individuals with schizophrenia (N=161) or ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09101406

Communications and Updates

Letters to the Editor

Communications and Updates

Corrections

Communications and Updates

Letters to the Editor

Communications and Updates

Book Forum

APA Official Actions

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