American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 177
- Number 4
- April 2020
Editor’s Note
Editorials
Reviews and Overviews
Articles
Publication date: 16 December 2019
Pages298–307Objective: Different cognitive development histories in schizophrenia may reflect variation across dimensions of genetic influence. The authors derived and characterized cognitive development trajectory subgroups within a schizophrenia sample and profiled ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19050527Publication date: 07 January 2020
Pages308–317Objective: The authors investigated the incidence, course, and outcome of psychotic experiences from childhood through early adulthood in the general population and examined prediction of psychotic disorder. Methods: This was a population-based cohort study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19060654Publication date: 26 February 2020
Pages318–326Objective: Psychotic experiences affect more than 10% of children and often co-occur with nonpsychotic mental disorders. However, longitudinal studies of the outcome of psychotic experiences based on unbiased information on mental health service use and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19070724Publication date: 12 February 2020
Pages327–334Objective: At first hospitalization, a long duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) predicts illness severity and worse treatment outcomes. The mechanism of this association, however, remains unclear. It has been hypothesized that lengthy untreated psychosis ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19030324Publication date: 12 February 2020
Pages335–341Objective: Previous studies have suggested that infections increase the risk of schizophrenia. In this study, the authors aimed to investigate 1) whether infections increase the risk of substance-induced psychosis, and 2) whether infections increase the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19101047Publication date: 16 December 2019
Pages342–353Objective: The dose-response relationships of antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia are not well defined, but such information would be important for decision making by clinicians. The authors sought to fill this gap by conducting dose-response meta-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19010034