American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 168
- Number 11
- November 2011
In This Issue
Perspectives
Editorial
Perspectives
Commentary
Perspectives
Introspection
Perspectives
Clinical Case Conference
Perspectives
Images in Psychiatry
Perspectives
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1154–1163This meta-analysis of brain imaging studies confirmed that gray matter volume deficits are less abnormal for patients taking stimulants and for adults with the disorder. The latter finding suggests that development may “catch up” as the patient ages.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11020281New Research
Articles
Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1164–1170This longitudinal study of 2,000 children revealed that inattention, but not hyperactivity, is related to whether children graduate from high school.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10121732Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1171–1178This article describes a medical care management intervention for individuals with serious mental illness seeking treatment at a CMHC that showed positive outcomes complemented by decreased costs. However, despite the programs' effectiveness, it was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11010071Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1179–1185Mood disorder in over 2,200 pregnancies of over 1,100 women was examined to determine the risk for an episode. Among these women, 22.7% of those with bipolar disorder experienced an episode during pregnancy and 51.5% during the postpartum period. In ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11010148Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1186–1194Diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder in the first episode of psychosis had remarkable stability over a decade in a study of over 450 patients. Nearly 90% of patients initially diagnosed with schizophrenia and 80% of those diagnosed with bipolar ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11010048Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1195–1201Real-world functional outcomes in people with schizophrenia, rated with an array of preselected rating scales and using information from the patient and an informant and condensed into a judgment rating by the examiner, were globally related to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10121723Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1202–1209Relative to their respective age-matched healthy comparison groups, both adolescents and adults with social phobia showed a significantly increased response to emotional, but not neutral, facial expressions in the amygdala and the rostral anterior ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10121740An fMRI Study of Self-Regulatory Control and Conflict Resolution in Adolescents With Bulimia Nervosa
Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1210–1220A self-regulatory control fMRI paradigm was employed to study adolescent girls with a short duration of bulimia nervosa compared with healthy comparison subjects. Adolescents with and without bulimia nervosa performed similarly on the behavioral study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11010094