American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 173
- Number 9
- September 2016
Editorials
Introspection
Treatment in Psychiatry
Images in Psychiatry
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 10 June 2016
Pages876–886Objective: The authors examined the safety and efficacy of antidepressants added to antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of schizophrenia. Method: Multiple databases and previous publications were searched through June 2015 to identify all randomized ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15081035Articles
Publication date: 08 April 2016
Pages887–895Objective: Body dysmorphic disorder is common, distressing, and often severely impairing. Serotonin reuptake inhibitors appear efficacious, but the few existing pharmacotherapy studies were short term (≤4 months), and no relapse prevention studies or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15091243Publication date: 10 May 2016
Pages896–902Objective: A public safety communication issued by the Food and Drug Administration declared that citalopram dosages exceeding 40 mg/day were no longer considered safe because of a newly recognized risk of dosage-dependent QT interval prolongation. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15111444Publication date: 08 April 2016
Pages903–910Objective: Callous-unemotional behaviors in early childhood signal higher risk for trajectories of antisocial behavior and callous-unemotional traits that culminate in later diagnoses of conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and psychopathy. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15111381Publication date: 16 May 2016
Pages911–918Objective: The authors sought to clarify the relationship between marriage and risk for alcohol use disorder. Method: The association between marital status and risk for first registration for alcohol use disorder in medical, criminal, and pharmacy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15111373Publication date: 24 May 2016
Pages919–929Objective: The purpose of this article was to examine the accuracy of DSM-5 proposed criteria for persistent complex bereavement disorder in identifying putative cases of clinically impairing grief and in excluding nonclinical cases. Performance of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15111442Publication date: 26 February 2016
Pages930–938Objective: Exposure-based therapy, an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), relies on extinction learning principles. In PTSD patients, dysfunctional patterns in the neural circuitry underlying fear extinction have been observed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14111460