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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 177
  • Number 7
  • July 2020

Editor's Note

Editorials

Commentary

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 07 May 2020

Pages576–588

Histories of the diathesis-stress model trace its origins to the 1950s. However, of 26 psychiatric texts published between 1800 and 1910, 17 noted that causes of insanity could be usefully divided into those that predispose to illness and those that ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19111213

Articles

Mapping Subcortical Brain Alterations in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: Effects of Deletion Size and Convergence With Idiopathic Neuropsychiatric Illness

Publication date: 12 February 2020

Pages589–600

Objective:22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is among the strongest known genetic risk factors for schizophrenia. Previous studies have reported variable alterations in subcortical brain structures in 22q11DS. To better characterize subcortical ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19060583

Publication date: 12 March 2020

Pages601–610

Objective:Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric condition, yet the pathophysiology of this disorder and its primary symptom, extreme dietary restriction, remains poorly understood. In states of hunger relative to satiety, the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19030261

Publication date: 22 January 2020

Pages611–618

Objective:Given changes in U.S. marijuana laws, attitudes, and use patterns, individuals with pain may be an emerging group at risk for nonmedical cannabis use and cannabis use disorder. The authors examined differences in the prevalence of nonmedical ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19030284

Publication date: 27 May 2020

Pages619–626

Objective:The aim of this meta-analysis was to investigate the extent to which cannabis use among youths is associated with the risk of perpetrating physical violence.Methods:Searches were conducted in PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and Google Scholar ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19101008

Publication date: 12 March 2020

Pages627–634

Objective:The authors examined the association between alcohol use disorder (AUD) and risk of suicide, before and after accounting for psychiatric comorbidity, and assessed the extent to which the observed association is due to a potentially causal ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19070673

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