American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 168
- Number 1
- January 2011
In This Issue
Perspectives
Editorials
Perspectives
Clinical Case Conference
Perspectives
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages19–28Objective: The Ad Hoc Subcommittee for Evaluation of the Evidence Base for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy of the APA Committee on Research on Psychiatric Treatments developed the Randomized Controlled Trial Psychotherapy Quality Rating Scale (RCT-PQRS). The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.08060843New Research
Articles
Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages29–39Objective: The authors sought to clarify the structure of the genetic and environmental risk factors for 22 DSM-IV disorders: 12 common axis I disorders and all 10 axis II disorders. Method: The authors examined syndromal and subsyndromal axis I diagnoses ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10030340Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages40–48Objective: The authors assessed whether subthreshold hypomanic symptoms in patients with major depression predicted new-onset mania or hypomania. Method: The authors identified 550 individuals followed for at least 1 year in the National Institute of Mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10030328Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages49–54Objective: The authors recently observed a correlation between state altitude and suicide rate in the United States, which could be explained by higher rates of gun ownership and lower population density in the intermountain West. The present study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10020289Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages55–64Objective: Behavioral and personality characteristics associated with excessive inhibition and disinhibition are observed in patients with eating disorders, but neural correlates of inhibitory control have not been examined in adolescents with these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10010056Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages65–72Objective: Using longitudinal and prospective measures of trauma during childhood, the authors assessed the risk of developing psychotic symptoms associated with maltreatment, bullying, and accidents in a nationally representative U.K. cohort of young ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10040567Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages73–81Objective: Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) constitute severe, incapacitating symptoms of schizophrenia. Despite increasing interest in the functional exploration of AVHs, the available findings remain difficult to integrate because of their ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09101522Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages82–88Objective: Greater paternal age is associated with increased risk of schizophrenia, and it has been hypothesized that de novo mutations in paternal germ cells are responsible for this association. An alternative hypothesis is that selection into late ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10020252Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages89–96Objective: The development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is influenced by preexisting vulnerability factors. The authors aimed at identifying a preexisting biomarker representing a vulnerability factor for the development of PTSD. To that end, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10050706