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
Pages1249–1254A 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.2011.11040654Perspectives
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 December 2011
Pages1255–1265In 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.2011.11040557New Research
Articles
Publication date: 01 December 2011
Pages1266–1277The Columbia–Suicide Severity Rating Scale was initially designed to assess suicidal ideation and behavior in clinical trials. Psychometric analysis of data on adolescents indicated that a lifetime history of worst-point suicidal ideation including either ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10111704Publication date: 01 December 2011
Pages1278–1285The 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.2011.11010110Publication date: 01 December 2011
Pages1286–1294Objective: The associations of two types of childhood trauma (abuse and neglect) with psychosis symptom domains were investigated in subjects with psychotic illness, high psychosis vulnerability, and average psychosis vulnerability. Method: Childhood trauma ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10101531Publication date: 01 December 2011
Pages1295–1302Objective: 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.2011.11010011Publication date: 01 December 2011
Pages1303–1310Objective: 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.2011.11030516Publication date: 01 December 2011
Pages1311–1317Objective: 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.2011.11010160Publication date: 01 December 2011
Pages1318–1325Objective: 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.2011.11030381Publication date: 01 December 2011
Pages1326–1337Objective: 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.2011.09111692Communications and Updates
Letters to the Editor
Communications and Updates
Book Forum
Correction
Communications and Updates
In Appreciation
Communications and Updates
Annual Author Index
Past Issues
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