American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 176
- Number 3
- March 2019
Editor’s Note
Treatment in Psychiatry
Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 01 March 2019
Pages179–185The transition from childhood to adulthood represents the developmental time frame in which the majority of psychiatric disorders emerge. Recent efforts to identify risk factors mediating the susceptibility to psychopathology have led to a heightened ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19010091Articles
Publication date: 04 January 2019
Pages186–195Objective: Self-harm is associated with violent offending. However, little is known about young people who engage in “dual-harm” behavior. The authors investigated antecedents, clinical features, and life characteristics distinguishing dual-harming ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18060740Publication date: 18 January 2019
Pages196–207Objective: The authors created normative growth charts of amygdala functional connectivity in typically developing youths, assessed age-associated deviations of these trajectories in youths with psychosis spectrum disorders, and explored how these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18040443Publication date: 18 January 2019
Pages208–216Objective: Anxiety disorders are common, can result in lifelong suffering, and frequently begin before adolescence. Evidence from adults suggests that altered prefrontal-limbic connectivity is a pathophysiological feature of anxiety disorders. More ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18040425Publication date: 01 March 2019
Pages217–227Objective: Tourette’s syndrome is polygenic and highly heritable. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) approaches are useful for interrogating the genetic architecture and determinants of Tourette’s syndrome and other tic disorders. The authors conducted a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18070857Publication date: 01 March 2019
Pages228–238Objective: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common and highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorder with a complex pathophysiology. Intracranial volume (ICV) and volumes of the nucleus accumbens, amygdala, caudate nucleus, hippocampus, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18020149Publication date: 01 March 2019
Pages239–248Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether, controlling for genetic effects, drug abuse was transmitted within families as predicted by a contagion model. Methods: The authors examined 65,006 parent-offspring, sibling, and cousin pairs ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18060637Letters to the Editor
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