American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 169
- Number 1
- January 2012
In This Issue
Perspectives
Editorial
Perspectives
Commentary
Perspectives
Clinical Case Conference
Perspectives
Images in Psychiatry
Perspectives
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 January 2012
Pages22–30Objective:The authors assessed the methodological quality of randomized controlled trials of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression using the Randomized Controlled Trial Psychotherapy Quality Rating Scale (RCT-PQRS). They then compared the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11030433New Research
Articles
Publication date: 01 January 2012
Pages31–38Expenses for mental illness and substance abuse treatment increased only slightly after implementation of Oregon's law requiring parity between insurance coverage for these disorders and coverage for other conditions. Management of behavioral health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11020320Publication date: 01 January 2012
Pages39–46Objective:Increased risk-taking behavior has been associated with addiction, a disorder also linked to abnormalities in reward processing. Specifically, an attenuated response of reward-related areas (e.g., the ventral striatum) to nondrug reward cues has ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11030489Publication date: 01 January 2012
Pages47–54Objective:Irritability has been proposed to underlie the developmental link between oppositional problems and depression. Little is known, however, about the genetic and environmental influences on irritability and its overlap with depression. Drawing on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10101549Publication date: 01 January 2012
Pages55–63Objective:Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging studies in cocaine abusers have shown that low dopamine release in the striatum following an amphetamine challenge is associated with higher relapse rates. One possible mechanism that might lead to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11010126Publication date: 01 January 2012
Pages64–70Objective:Despite dramatic increases in the rate of fatal accidental overdose in recent years, risk factors for this outcome remain poorly understood, particularly in clinical populations. The authors examined the association of psychiatric and substance ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10101476Publication date: 01 January 2012
Pages71–79Haloperidol had 1.5 times the risk of mortality of other psychotropics in patients with dementia studied in an outpatient VA setting. Risperidone, valproic acid and derivatives, and olanzapine had intermediate risk, and quetiapine had the lowest risk. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11030347Publication date: 01 January 2012
Pages80–88Patients with PTSD from experiences during the World Trade Center attack responded better to paroxetine, up to 50 mg/day, than placebo over 10 weeks of exposure therapy that included weekly 90-minute guided imagery sessions and cognitive-behavioral ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11020321Publication date: 01 January 2012
Pages89–94Objective:Previously the authors found that personal importance of religion or spirituality was associated with a lower risk for major depression in a study of adults with and without a history of depression. Here the authors examine the association of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10121823Communications and Updates
Letters to the Editor
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