American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 176
- Number 12
- December 2019
Editor‘s Note
Editorials
Clinical Case Conference
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 December 2019
Pages987–999Cortico-limbic circuits provide a substrate for adaptive behavioral and emotional responses. However, dysfunction of these circuits can result in maladaptive responses that are associated with psychopathology. The prefrontal-limbic pathways are of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19101064Articles
Publication date: 24 June 2019
Pages1000–1009Objective: High comorbidity among psychiatric disorders suggests that they may share underlying neurobiological deficits. Abnormalities in cortical thickness and volume have been demonstrated in clinical samples of adults, but less is known when these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.18070835Publication date: 24 June 2019
Pages1010–1020Objective: Sensory overresponsivity (SOR), an atypical negative reaction to sensory stimuli, is highly prevalent in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous work has related SOR to increased brain response in sensory-limbic regions. This study investigated ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.18121333Publication date: 06 September 2019
Pages1021–1029Objective: It has long been assumed that paranoid ideation may stem from an aberrant limbic response to threatening stimuli. However, results from functional neuroimaging studies using negative emotional stimuli have failed to confirm this assumption. One ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19030247Publication date: 18 October 2019
Pages1030–1038Objective: In schizophrenia, the anterior hippocampus is hyperactive and shows reduced task-related recruitment, but the relationship between these two findings is unclear. The authors tested the hypothesis that hyperactivity impairs recruitment of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19020151Publication date: 29 July 2019
Pages1039–1049Objective: Asymmetry is a subtle but pervasive aspect of the human brain, and it may be altered in several psychiatric conditions. MRI studies have shown subtle differences of brain anatomy between people with major depressive disorder and healthy control ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.18101144Letters to the Editor
Books Received
Correction
Appreciation
Publication date: 01 December 2019
Pages1053–1056https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.17612reviewersPast Issues
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