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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 177
  • Number 6
  • June 2020

Editor’s Note

Editorials

Commentary

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 June 2020

Pages491–496

Six articles in the June 2020 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry address the overall construct of cognition. These articles have a broad connection to cognition, which is itself a broad concept. From the experimental psychology perspective, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20040407

Articles

Publication date: 07 April 2020

Pages497–505

Objective: Benzodiazepines and Z-drugs are two of the most prescribed agents worldwide. However, because of their cognitive side effects, the question of their influence on the risk of dementia has been raised. The authors examined the association of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19030315

Publication date: 07 May 2020

Pages506–517

Objective: Observational studies of prenatal antidepressant safety are hindered by methodological concerns, including susceptibility to surveillance bias. Some studies address potential bias by using alternative strategies to operationalize study ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.18070766

Publication date: 26 March 2020

Pages537–547

Objective: Schizophrenia has recently been associated with widespread white matter microstructural abnormalities, but the functional effects of these abnormalities remain unclear. Widespread heterogeneity of results from studies published to date preclude ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19030225

Publication date: 26 March 2020

Pages548–555

Objective: Age-related cognitive decline, the deterioration in functions such as memory and executive function, is faced by most older adults and affects function and quality of life. No approved treatments exist for age-related cognitive decline. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19050561

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