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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 169
  • Number 2
  • February 2012

In This Issue

Perspectives

Editorial

Perspectives

Commentary

Perspectives

Images in Psychiatry

Perspectives

Treatment in Psychiatry

Publication date: 01 February 2012

Pages127–133

The authors review abnormal thyroid function test results for psychiatric patients, who are often screened routinely. Although primary thyroid abnormalities can have significant psychiatric symptoms, most of the abnormalities detected are asymptomatic, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11040631

Perspectives

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 February 2012

Pages134–140

The authors review the incidence of persistent pulmonary hypertension in newborns of women treated with SSRIs. Three of six studies showed elevated risk, but all failed to control fully for the possible effects of depression itself, including shorter ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11040553

New Research

Articles

Publication date: 01 February 2012

Pages141–151

Objectives: Evidence suggests that childhood maltreatment may negatively affect not only the lifetime risk of depression but also clinically relevant measures of depression, such as course of illness and treatment outcome. The authors conducted the first ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11020335

Publication date: 01 February 2012

Pages152–159

Objective: Affective biases may underlie many of the key symptoms of major depressive disorder, from anhedonia to altered cognitive performance. Understanding the cause of these biases is therefore critical in the quest for improved treatments. Depression ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11010137

Publication date: 01 February 2012

Pages160–166

Objective: The authors examined the utilization of stimulant medications for the treatment of ADHD in U.S. children during the period 1996–2008 to determine trends by age, sex, race/ethnicity, family income, and geographic region. Method: The 1996–2008 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11030387

Publication date: 01 February 2012

Pages178–185

Methylphenidate treatment of ADHD in adults was associated with an increase in sudden death from ventricular arrhythmia, from 1 death per 1,000 person-years to 2 deaths. The effect was more marked at lower rather than higher doses, suggesting that lower ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11010125

Publication date: 01 February 2012

Pages195–204

Objective: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common, highly heritable psychiatric disorder. Because of its multifactorial etiology, however, identifying the genes involved has been difficult. The authors followed up on recent findings ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11060822

Publication date: 01 February 2012

Pages205–212

Objective: Behavioral inhibition is an early childhood temperament recently associated with altered striatal response in adolescence to incentives of increasing magnitudes. Since early childhood behavioral inhibition is also associated with risk for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11010006

Publication date: 01 February 2012

Pages213–230

Objective: While attention bias modification (ABM) is a promising novel treatment for anxiety disorders, clinical trial data remain restricted to adults. The authors examined whether ABM induces greater reductions in pediatric anxiety symptoms and symptom ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11060886

Communications and Updates

Letters to the Editor

Correction

Communications and Updates

Book Forum

Communications and Updates

Books Received

Official Actions

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