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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 168
  • Number 12
  • December 2011

In This Issue

Perspectives

Editorial

Perspectives

Commentary

Perspectives

Images in Psychiatry

Perspectives

Education in Psychiatry

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1249–1254

A brief educational program for 10,000 rural physicians in China introduced them to psychiatric knowledge and skills, emphasizing suicide risk assessment and management. Six months after the program, the physicians reported positive changes in their ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11040654

Perspectives

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1255–1265

In this review, the authors propose that the fear extinction model can be used as an experimental tool to cut across symptom dimensions of multiple anxiety disorders to enhance our understanding of the psychopathology of these disorders and potentially ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11040557

New Research

Articles

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1278–1285

The risk of psychotic disorders is higher for non-Western immigrants to the Netherlands than for Dutch citizens but is inversely related to the age at migration. The risk of psychotic disorders in the Hague was highest among those who migrated between ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11010110

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1295–1302

Objective: Obstetric complications and developmental delay are well-established risk factors for schizophrenia. The authors investigated whether these risk factors interact in an additive manner to further increase risk for schizophrenia. Method: The study ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11010011

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1303–1310

Objective: Autoimmune diseases have been associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia. It has been suggested that brain-reactive autoantibodies are part of the mechanisms behind this association. Furthermore, an increased permeability of the blood-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11030516

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1311–1317

Objective: While there is robust evidence of elevated dopamine synthesis capacity once a psychotic disorder has developed, little is known about whether it is altered prior to the first episode of frank illness. The authors addressed this issue by ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11010160

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1318–1325

Objective: ZNF804A is a schizophrenia risk gene that was recently identified by genome-wide association studies as well as subsequent replications. Although the results are consistent among studies in European populations, there have been conflicting ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11030381

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1326–1337

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine neural activity and connectivity within cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical circuits and to reveal circuit-based neural mechanisms that govern tic generation in Tourette's syndrome. Method: Functional ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.09111692

Communications and Updates

Letters to the Editor

Communications and Updates

Book Forum

Correction

Communications and Updates

In Appreciation

Communications and Updates

Annual Author Index

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