American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 169
- Number 4
- April 2012
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Perspectives
Editorial
Perspectives
Images in Psychiatry
Perspectives
Clinical Case Conference
Publication date: 01 April 2012
Pages360–363For women who develop intrusive thoughts of harming their infants and rituals that result in avoidance of their babies, differential diagnosis includes postpartum major mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and psychosis with infanticidal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11050667Perspectives
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 April 2012
Pages364–373The finding that patients with schizophrenia report levels of current pleasure comparable to those of healthy subjects but report less pleasure in past or hypothetical situations—the “emotion paradox”—could be due to cognitive impairments. Problems in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11030447New Research
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 2012
Pages374–380Objective: Early detection in first-episode psychosis confers advantages for negative, cognitive, and depressive symptoms after 1, 2, and 5 years, but longitudinal effects are unknown. The authors investigated the differences in symptoms and recovery after ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11030459Publication date: 01 April 2012
Pages381–388Objective: Major depression in adolescents is a significant public health concern because of its frequency and severity. To examine the neurobiological basis of depression in this population, the authors studied functional activation characteristics of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11040615Publication date: 01 April 2012
Pages389–396Objective: Clinical investigators in Japan have long suggested that exposure to methamphetamine might cause a persistent schizophrenia-like psychosis. This possibility is discounted in the Western literature. To investigate the relationship between drug ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10070937Publication date: 01 April 2012
Pages397–405Objective: Many studies have shown that 5-HTTLPR genotype interacts with exposure to stress in conferring risk for psychopathology. However, the specific neural mechanisms through which this gene-by-environment interaction confers risk remain largely ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10111699Publication date: 01 April 2012
Pages406–414Activity in brain regions linked to substance abuse was greater in cocaine-dependent women than in non-substance-abusing women after stress but not after exposure to drug-related cues. For men with cocaine dependence, the pattern was reversed: more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11020289Publication date: 01 April 2012
Pages415–423Objective: Individual differences in a person's ability to control fear have been linked to activation in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and the amygdala. This study investigated whether functional variance in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10121780Publication date: 01 April 2012
Pages424–432Objective: Schizophrenia is associated with deficits in the ability to perceive emotion based on tone of voice. The basis for this deficit remains unclear, however, and relevant assessment batteries remain limited. The authors evaluated performance in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11081230Communications and Updates
Letters to the Editor
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Correction
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