American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 173
- Number 3
- March 2016
Editorials
Clinical Case Conference
Perspectives in Global Mental Health
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 18 December 2015
Pages221–231Poststroke depression (PSD) has been recognized by psychiatrists for more than 100 years, but controlled systematic studies did not begin until the 1970s. Meta-analyses addressing almost all major clinical issues in the field have emerged because of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15030363Publication date: 01 December 2015
Pages232–243The question of whether there are significant changes in brain anatomy and function at illness onset and over the early course of schizophrenia is a crucial issue with broad implications for prognosis, patient care, and models of illness pathophysiology. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15050641Articles
Publication date: 05 November 2015
Pages244–251Objective: The central public health challenge for winter seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is recurrence prevention. Preliminary studies suggest better long-term outcomes following cognitive-behavioral therapy tailored for SAD (CBT-SAD) than light ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15060773Publication date: 20 November 2015
Pages252–262Objective: This study evaluated the impact of antipsychotic review, social interaction, and exercise, in conjunction with person-centered care, on antipsychotic use, agitation, and depression in people with dementia living in nursing homes. Method: A cluster-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15010130Publication date: 06 October 2015
Pages263–270Objective: Second-generation antipsychotics are used to treat a spectrum of psychiatric illnesses in reproductive-age women. The National Pregnancy Registry for Atypical Antipsychotics was established to determine the risk of major malformations among ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15040506Publication date: 06 November 2015
Pages271–281Objective: The authors evaluated the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of cariprazine, an atypical antipsychotic candidate, in adult patients with acute bipolar I depression. Method: This was an 8-week multinational, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15020164Publication date: 06 October 2015
Pages282–290Objective: Youths with disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) (conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder) have an elevated risk for maladaptive reactive aggression. Theory suggests that this is due to an elevated sensitivity of basic threat circuitry ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15020250Publication date: 01 December 2015
Pages291–298Objective: The heterogeneous human frontal pole has been identified as a node in the dysfunctional network of major depressive disorder. The contribution of the medial (socio-affective) versus lateral (cognitive) frontal pole to major depression ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15030349