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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 169
  • Number 6
  • June 2012

In This Issue

Perspectives

Editorial

Perspectives

Commentary

Publication date: 01 June 2012

Pages564–568

Psychiatrists 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.2012.12030373

Perspectives

Clinical Case Conference

Perspectives

Images in Psychiatry

Perspectives

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 June 2012

Pages577–588

Intermittent 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.2012.11081259

New Research

Articles

Publication date: 01 June 2012

Pages609–615

Objective: 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.2012.11071047

Publication date: 01 June 2012

Pages616–624

Objective: 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.2012.11091365

Publication date: 01 June 2012

Pages625–632

Objective: 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.2012.11081197

Publication date: 01 June 2012

Pages633–641

Objective: 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.2012.11081244

Publication date: 01 June 2012

Pages642–649

Objective: 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.2012.11081245

Publication date: 01 June 2012

Pages650–661

Objective: 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.2012.11091416

Communications and Updates

Letters to the Editor

Communications and Updates

Book Forum

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