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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 168
  • Number 2
  • February 2011

In This Issue

Perspectives

Editorials

Perspectives

Images in Psychiatry

Perspectives

Education in Psychiatry

Perspectives - Mechanisms of Psychiatric Illness

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 February 2011

Pages129–142

In recent years, increasing numbers of children have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In some cases, children with unstable mood clearly meet current diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder, and in others, the diagnosis is unclear. Severe mood ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10050766

New Research

Articles

Publication date: 01 February 2011

Pages152–162

Objective: Dysfunction in the amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex has been reported in youths and adults with psychopathic traits. The specific nature of the functional irregularities within these structures remains poorly understood. The authors used a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10010129

Publication date: 01 February 2011

Pages163–172

Objective: Despite increasing awareness of the many important roles played by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) activation of TrkB, a fuller understanding of this system and the use of potential TrkB-acting therapeutic agents has been limited by the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10030326

Publication date: 01 February 2011

Pages173–182

Objective: The authors sought to better understand the neural circuitry associated with working memory deficits in psychotic major depression by examining brain function during an N-back task. Method: Study subjects were 16 patients with psychotic major ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09121718

Publication date: 01 February 2011

Pages183–192

Objective: Alcoholism is associated with gray matter volume deficits in frontal and other brain regions. Whether persistent brain volume deficits in abstinence are predictive of subsequent time to alcohol relapse has not been established. The authors ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10020233

Publication date: 01 February 2011

Pages193–201

Objective: The authors compared 1-year mortality rates associated with ziprasidone and olanzapine in real-world use. Method: The Ziprasidone Observational Study of Cardiac Outcomes (ZODIAC) was an open-label, randomized, postmarketing large simple trial ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.08040484

Publication date: 01 February 2011

Pages202–209

Objective: Despite evidence demonstrating elevated comorbidity between schizophrenia and substance use disorders, the underlying mechanisms of association remain poorly understood. The brief time intervals that characterize interactions between substance ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10030463

Communications and Updates

Letters to the Editor

Communications and Updates

Correction

Communications and Updates

Book Forum

Communications and Updates

Books Received

Other Items of Interest

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