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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 169
  • Number 5
  • May 2012

In This Issue

Perspectives

Editorial

Perspectives

Introspection

Perspectives

Clinical Case Conference

Perspectives

Images in Psychiatry

Perspectives

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 May 2012

Pages465–475

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder affects 2%–5% of premenopausal women. Criteria proposed for DSM-5 include the occurrence of at least five symptoms in most menstrual cycles during the past year, such as affective lability, irritability, depressed mood, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11081302

New Research

Articles

Publication date: 01 May 2012

Pages476–483

Objective:The purposes of this study were to determine time to attainment of symptom remission and to recovery lasting 2, 4, 6, or 8 years among patients with borderline personality disorder and comparison subjects with other personality disorders and to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11101550

Publication date: 01 May 2012

Pages484–490

Objective:Recurrent suicidal behavior is a defining characteristic of borderline personality disorder. Although most patients achieve remission of suicidal behavior over time, as many as 10% die by suicide, raising the question of whether there is a high-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11091378

Publication date: 01 May 2012

Pages491–497

An epidemiological study of British general practice patients who received oral glucocorticoids showed that patients who received these drugs were seven times as likely to attempt suicide as were patients with the same illness who did not receive ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11071009

Publication date: 01 May 2012

Pages498–507

Objective:Delirium is a common and potentially life-threatening clinical syndrome. The authors investigated resting-state functional connectivity in patients with delirium to elucidate possible neural mechanisms underlying this disorder. Method:Twenty-two ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11060976

Publication date: 01 May 2012

Pages508–514

Objective:The authors examined signs of emotionally withdrawn (inhibited type) and indiscriminately social (disinhibited type) reactive attachment disorder in Romanian children enrolled in a randomized trial of foster care compared with institutional care ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11050748

Publication date: 01 May 2012

Pages515–522

Objective:The amygdala is especially reactive to threatening stimuli, and the degree of reactivity predicts individual differences in the expression of depression and anxiety. Emerging research suggests that emotional neglect during childhood as well as ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11060855

Publication date: 01 May 2012

Pages531–536

A placebo-controlled study of 100 outpatients with mixed heroin-amphetamine addiction showed that implanted naltrexone, designed to block opiate effects for 8–10 weeks, led to 52% of patients remaining in treatment and 38% having urine samples free of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11071121

Communications and Updates

Letters to the Editor

Correction

Communications and Updates

Book Forum

Communications and Updates

Books Received

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