American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 174
- Number 9
- September 2017
Editorials
Commentary
Introspections
Treatment in Psychiatry
Images in Psychiatry
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 05 May 2017
Pages840–849Concerns have been raised that treatment with antipsychotic medication might adversely affect long-term outcomes for people with schizophrenia. The evidence cited for these concerns includes the association of antipsychotic treatment with brain volume ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16091016Articles
Publication date: 12 May 2017
Pages850–858Objective: The authors conducted a genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa and calculated genetic correlations with a series of psychiatric, educational, and metabolic phenotypes. Method: Following uniform quality control and imputation procedures ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16121402Publication date: 16 June 2017
Pages859–866Objective: Targeted efforts are needed to increase the number of medical students choosing psychiatry, but little is known about when students decide on their specialty or what factors influence their choice. The authors examined the timing and stability ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17020159Publication date: 29 June 2017
Pages867–876Objective: Understanding the neural processes tied to the adult outcome of childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could guide novel interventions to improve its clinical course. It has been argued that normalization of prefrontal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16111313Publication date: 29 June 2017
Pages877–885Objective: Substance use disorders are major contributors to excess mortality among individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), yet associations between pharmacological ADHD treatment and substance-related problems remain unclear. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16060686Publication date: 21 April 2017
Pages886–894Objective: Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits are an important source of income for people with psychoses and confer eligibility for health insurance. The authors examined the impact of coordinated specialty care on receipt of such ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16111273Publication date: 09 June 2017
Pages895–903Objective: A disturbed sense of self is a core feature of depression. The medial prefrontal cortex, which has a central role in self-appraisal processes, is often implicated in the illness, although it remains unclear how functional alterations of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16080883