American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 171
- Number 6
- June 2014
In This Issue
Perspectives
Editorials
Perspectives
Commentary
Perspectives
Introspection
Perspectives
Treatment in Psychiatry
Publication date: 01 June 2014
Pages616–621Special consideration is required when prescribing antipsychotic drugs for patients with an existing diagnosis of breast cancer. The package inserts of all approved antipsychotics contain precautions regarding their administration in this patient group. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13050650Perspectives
Perspectives in Global Mental Health
Perspectives
Images in Psychiatry
Perspectives
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 June 2014
Pages627–639Objective Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is a neurogenetic disorder associated with high rates of schizophrenia and other psychiatric conditions. The authors report what is to their knowledge the first large-scale collaborative study of rates and sex ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13070864New Research
Articles
Publication date: 01 June 2014
Pages640–648Six sessions of virtual reality exposure therapy reduced PTSD symptoms in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, but the treatment was less effective when augmented with alprazolam, and only more effective with [d]-cycloserine when extinction learning was well ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13121625Publication date: 01 June 2014
Pages649–657Parents who were taught how to manage symptoms of antisocial personality in young children learned how to intervene in order to prevent oppositional defiant disorder and adolescent antisocial behavior.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13050697Publication date: 01 June 2014
Pages658–667Intensive family-focused treatment together with pharmacotherapy proved no more effective than pharmacotherapy with brief psychotherapy in hastening recovery or delaying recurrence of bipolar disorder among adolescents.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13081130Publication date: 01 June 2014
Pages668–674Objective Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) is a new disorder for DSM-5 that is uncommon and frequently co-occurs with other psychiatric disorders. Here, the authors test whether meeting diagnostic criteria for this disorder in childhood ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13091213Publication date: 01 June 2014
Pages675–682PH94B, an investigational drug for the acute treatment of social anxiety disorder, was found to be rapidly and significantly effective at reducing highly disturbing performance anxiety symptoms in women who were pretreated with PH94B before public ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.12101342Publication date: 01 June 2014
Pages683–690The Therapeutic Education System, which combines skills-oriented counseling and contingency management in an Internet-delivered behavioral intervention, produced high rates of abstinence from drugs and heavy drinking among patients with a good prognosis (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13081055