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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 170
  • Number 3
  • March 2013

In This Issue

Perspectives

Editorials

Perspectives

Treatment in Psychiatry

Publication date: 01 March 2013

Pages256–262

The provision of psychiatric treatment via live interactive videoconferencing, frequently termed telepsychiatry, is a viable option for psychiatrists to provide care to individual patients, populations, and communities faced with limited access and to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12081064

Perspectives

Images in Psychiatry

Perspectives

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 March 2013

Pages265–274

ObjectivePatients with bipolar disorder have high levels of cardiovascular disease risk factors. The presence of metabolic syndrome significantly influences future cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. The authors sought to clarify the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12050620

New Research

Articles

Publication date: 01 March 2013

Pages290–298

This is an exciting and highly important paper describing a novel perinatal treatment of a risk factor for schizophrenia. Deficient cerebral inhibition is a brain deficit related to poor sensory gating and attention in schizophrenia and other disorders. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12070940

Publication date: 01 March 2013

Pages299–304

ObjectiveThe authors investigated whether in utero exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) increases the risk of stillbirth or neonatal mortality.MethodThe authors conducted a population-based cohort study using the Danish Fertility ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11081251

Publication date: 01 March 2013

Pages305–314

Under controlled hormonal conditions, women with PMDD displayed abnormal patterns of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activation during working memory. In addition, the magnitude of abnormal activation was related to the degree of PMDD disability and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12030385

Publication date: 01 March 2013

Pages315–323

ObjectiveYouths with disruptive behavior disorders, including conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder, show major impairments in reinforcement-based decision making. However, the neural basis of these difficulties remains poorly understood. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12060840

Publication date: 01 March 2013

Pages324–333

ObjectiveSchizophrenia is associated with premature mortality, but the specific causes and pathways are unclear. The authors used outpatient and inpatient data for a national population to examine the association between schizophrenia and mortality and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12050599

Publication date: 01 March 2013

Pages334–341

ObjectiveThis study aimed to determine the relative extent of impairment in social and nonsocial cognitive domains in patients with bipolar disorder compared with schizophrenia patients and healthy comparison subjects.MethodsSixty-eight clinically stable ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12040490

Communications and Updates

Book Forum

Communications and Updates

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