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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

Pages987–999

Cortico-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.2019.19101064

Articles

Publication date: 24 June 2019

Pages1010–1020

Objective: 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.2019.18121333

Publication date: 06 September 2019

Pages1021–1029

Objective: 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.2019.19030247

Publication date: 18 October 2019

Pages1030–1038

Objective: 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.2019.19020151

No Alterations of Brain Structural Asymmetry in Major Depressive Disorder: An ENIGMA Consortium Analysis

Publication date: 29 July 2019

Pages1039–1049

Objective: 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.2019.18101144

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