American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 172
- Number 2
- February 2015
Perspectives
Editorials
Perspectives
Treatment in Psychiatry
Publication date: 01 February 2015
Pages115–123Postpartum psychosis is a severe disorder that warrants acute clinical intervention. Little is known, however, about what interventions are most effective. The authors present treatment response and remission outcomes at 9 months postpartum using a four-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13121652Perspectives
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 February 2015
Pages124–138Objective: Despite significant advances in neuroscience and treatment development, no widely accepted biomarkers are available to inform diagnostics or identify preferred treatments for individuals with major depressive disorder. Method: In this critical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14010076New Research
Articles
Publication date: 01 February 2015
Pages139–153Objective: The authors sought to demonstrate that schizophrenia is a heterogeneous group of heritable disorders caused by different genotypic networks that cause distinct clinical syndromes. Method: In a large genome-wide association study of cases with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14040435Publication date: 01 February 2015
Pages154–162Objective: The Affordable Care Act provides funding for home-visiting programs to reduce health care disparities, despite limited evidence that existing programs can overcome implementation and evaluation challenges with at-risk populations. The authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14030332COMT Haplotypes Modulate Associations of Antenatal Maternal Anxiety and Neonatal Cortical Morphology
Publication date: 01 February 2015
Pages163–172Objective: Exposure to antenatal maternal anxiety and complex genetic variations may shape fetal brain development. In particular, the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene, located on chromosome 22q11.2, regulates catecholamine signaling in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14030313Publication date: 01 February 2015
Pages173–181Objective: Impairments in learning are central to autism spectrum disorders. The authors investigated the cognitive and neural basis of these deficits in young adults with autism spectrum disorders using a well-characterized probabilistic reinforcement ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14010036Publication date: 01 February 2015
Pages182–189Objective: Insurance coverage for young adults has increased since 2010, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) required insurers to permit children to remain on parental policies until age 26 as dependents. This study estimated the association between the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14030375Publication date: 01 February 2015
Pages190–199Objective: The role of the amygdala in emotion recognition is well established, and amygdala volume and emotion recognition performance have each been shown separately to be highly heritable traits, but the potential role of common genetic influences on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14030311