American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 169
- Number 6
- June 2012
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Perspectives
Editorial
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Commentary
Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages564–568Psychiatrists may be asked by patients for referrals for medical marijuana under legislation in a number of states. There is no clinical scientific literature to support benefits. Risks to the patient include a supply whose purity and potency are not ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12030373Perspectives
Clinical Case Conference
Perspectives
Images in Psychiatry
Perspectives
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages577–588Intermittent explosive disorder, first introduced in DSM-III, has now received more intensive research and clinical characterization. The disorder consists of either high intensity outbursts of aggression occurring several times yearly or less intensive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11081259New Research
Articles
Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages589–600Children who developed autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) by age 2 had greater development of cerebral white matter fiber tracts by 6 months than unaffected children. After the initial accelerated white matter development, the children who developed ASDs ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11091447Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages601–608Objective: Individuals with autism as young as 2 years have been observed to have larger brains than healthy comparison subjects. Studies using head circumference suggest that brain enlargement is a postnatal event that occurs around the latter part of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11091425Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages609–615Objective: Women with a history of bipolar disorder or postpartum psychosis are at extremely high risk of relapse postpartum. Although lithium prophylaxis has demonstrated efficacy in reducing postpartum relapse, the timing of prophylaxis remains ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11071047Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages616–624Objective: Prenatal maternal anxiety has detrimental effects on the offspring's neurocognitive development, including impaired attentional function. Antidepressants are commonly used during pregnancy, yet their impact on offspring attention and their ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11091365Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages625–632Objective: The authors analyzed archival dried blood spots obtained from newborns to assess whether levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG) directed at dietary antigens were associated with a later diagnosis of a nonaffective psychotic disorder. Method: The study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11081197Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages633–641Objective: Despite increased interest in the developmental trajectory of the pathophysiology mediating bipolar disorder, few studies have compared adults and youths with bipolar disorder. Deficits in motor inhibition are thought to play an important role ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11081244Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages642–649Objective: Child and adult bipolar patients show both behavioral deficits in face emotion processing and abnormal amygdala activation. However, amygdala function in pediatric relative to adult bipolar patients has not been compared directly. The authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11081245Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages650–661Objective: The authors conducted a 2-year prospective naturalistic follow-up study to evaluate posttreatment clinical outcomes in outpatients who were randomly selected to receive 1 year of either dialectical behavior therapy or general psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11091416Communications and Updates
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