American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 165, Issue 2
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY February 2008 Volume 165 Number 2
February 2008
In This Issue
Editorial
February 2008
Pharmacological Treatment of Cognition in Schizophrenia: An Idea Whose Method Has Come
- Pages:163–165
- Published Online:1 February 2008
February 2008
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Late-Life Depression: Potential Biomarkers in the Era of Personalized Medicine
- Pages:166–168
- Published Online:1 February 2008
February 2008
Transcultural Observations of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Pages:169–170
- Published Online:1 February 2008
February 2008
Deciphering the Cost Impact of Managed Care in Medicaid
- Pages:171–173
- Published Online:1 February 2008
February 2008
Issues for DSM-V: DSM-V Should Include a Conceptual Issues Work Group
- Kenneth S. Kendler , M.D.
- Paul S. Appelbaum , M.D.
- Carl C. BELL , M.D.
- K. W.M. Fulford , D.Phil., M.R.C. Psych.
- S. Nassir Ghaemi , M.D.
- Kenneth F. Schaffner , M.D., Ph.D.
- G. Scott Waterman , M.D.
- Michael B. First , M.D.
- John Z. Sadler , M.D.
- Pages:174–175
- Published Online:1 February 2008
Editor’s Note
Commentary
Reviews and Overviews
February 2008
A Meta-Analytic Review of Psychosocial Interventions for Substance Use Disorders
- Lissa Dutra , Ph.D.
- Georgia Stathopoulou , M.A.
- Shawnee L. Basden , M.A.
- Teresa M. Leyro , B.A.
- Mark B. Powers , Ph.D.
- Michael W. Otto , Ph.D.
- Pages:179–187
- Published Online:1 February 2008
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06111851
Preview Abstract
Objective: Despite significant advances in psychosocial treatments for substance use disorders, the relative success of these approaches has not been well documented. In this meta-analysis, the authors provide effect sizes for various types of ...
Introspection
Treatment in Psychiatry
Education in Psychiatry
February 2008
Impact of Clinical Training on Violence Risk Assessment
- Dale E. McNiel , Ph.D.
- John R. Chamberlain , M.D.
- Christopher M. Weaver , Ph.D.
- Stephen E. Hall , M.D.
- Samantha R. Fordwood , Ph.D.
- Renée L. Binder , M.D.
- Pages:195–200
- Published Online:1 February 2008
Images in Neuroscience
Article
February 2008
The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery, Part 1: Test Selection, Reliability, and Validity
- Keith H. Nuechterlein , Ph.D.
- Michael F. Green , Ph.D.
- Robert S. Kern , Ph.D.
- Lyle E. Baade , Ph.D.
- Deanna M. Barch , Ph.D.
- Jonathan D. Cohen , M.D., Ph.D.
- Susan Essock , Ph.D.
- Wayne S. Fenton , M.D.
- Frederick J. Frese , III, Ph.D.
- James M. Gold , Ph.D.
- Terry Goldberg , Ph.D.
- Robert K. Heaton , Ph.D.
- Richard S.E. Keefe , Ph.D.
- Helena Kraemer , Ph.D.
- Raquelle Mesholam-Gately , Ph.D.
- Larry J. Seidman , Ph.D.
- Ellen Stover , Ph.D.
- Daniel R. Weinberger , M.D.
- Alexander S. Young , M.D., M.S.H.S.
- Steven Zalcman , M.D.
- Stephen R. Marder , M.D.
- Pages:203–213
- Published Online:1 February 2008
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07010042
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Objective: The lack of an accepted standard for measuring cognitive change in schizophrenia has been a major obstacle to regulatory approval of cognition-enhancing treatments. A primary mandate of the National Institute of Mental Health’s ...
February 2008
The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery, Part 2: Co-Norming and Standardization
- Robert S. Kern , Ph.D.
- Keith H. Nuechterlein , Ph.D.
- Michael F. Green , Ph.D.
- Lyle E. Baade , Ph.D.
- Wayne S. Fenton , M.D.
- James M. Gold , Ph.D.
- Richard S.E. Keefe , Ph.D.
- Raquelle Mesholam-Gately , Ph.D.
- Jim Mintz , Ph.D.
- Larry J. Seidman , Ph.D.
- Ellen Stover , Ph.D.
- Stephen R. Marder , M.D.
- Pages:214–220
- Published Online:1 February 2008
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07010043
Preview Abstract
Objective: The consensus cognitive battery developed by the National Institute of Mental Health’s (NIMH’s) Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS) initiative includes 10 independently developed tests ...
February 2008
Functional Co-Primary Measures for Clinical Trials in Schizophrenia: Results From the MATRICS Psychometric and Standardization Study
- Michael F. Green , Ph.D.
- Keith H. Nuechterlein , Ph.D.
- Robert S. Kern , Ph.D.
- Lyle E. Baade , Ph.D.
- Wayne S. Fenton , M.D.
- James M. Gold , Ph.D.
- Richard S.E. Keefe , Ph.D.
- Raquelle Mesholam-Gately , Ph.D.
- Larry J. Seidman , Ph.D.
- Ellen Stover , Ph.D.
- Stephen R. Marder , M.D.
- Pages:221–228
- Published Online:1 February 2008
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07010089
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Objective: During the consensus meetings of the National Institute of Mental Health Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (NIMH-MATRICS) Initiative, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took the position that ...
February 2008
Hippocampal Morphology and Distinguishing Late-Onset From Early-Onset Elderly Depression
- Martina Ballmaier , M.D., Ph.D.
- Katherine L. Narr , Ph.D.
- Arthur W. Toga , Ph.D.
- Virginia Elderkin-Thompson , Ph.D.
- Paul M. Thompson , Ph.D.
- Liberty Hamilton , B.S.
- Ebrahim Haroon , M.D.
- Daniel Pham , B.S.
- Andreas Heinz , M.D.
- Anand Kumar , M.D.
- Pages:229–237
- Published Online:1 February 2008
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07030506
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Objective: Despite evidence for hippocampal abnormalities in elderly depression, it is unknown whether these changes are regionally specific. This study used three-dimensional mapping techniques to identify regional hippocampal abnormalities in ...
February 2008
Microstructural White Matter Abnormalities and Remission of Geriatric Depression
- George S. Alexopoulos , M.D.
- Christopher F. Murphy , Ph.D.
- Faith M. Gunning-Dixon , Ph.D.
- Vassilios Latoussakis , M.D.
- Dora Kanellopoulos , B.S.
- Sibel Klimstra , M.D.
- Kelvin O. Lim , M.D.
- Matthew J. Hoptman , Ph.D.
- Pages:238–244
- Published Online:1 February 2008
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07050744
Preview Abstract
Objective: White matter abnormalities may interfere with limbic cortical balance and lead to chronic depressive syndromes. The authors used diffusion tensor imaging to test the hypothesis that depressed elders who fail to achieve remission have ...
February 2008
Diagnostic Crossover in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: Implications for DSM-V
- Kamryn T. Eddy , Ph.D.
- David J. Dorer , Ph.D.
- Debra L. Franko , Ph.D.
- Kavita Tahilani , B.S.
- Heather Thompson-Brenner , Ph.D.
- David B. Herzog , M.D.
- Pages:245–250
- Published Online:1 February 2008
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07060951
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Objective: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is designed primarily as a clinical tool. Yet high rates of diagnostic “crossover” among the anorexia nervosa subtypes and bulimia nervosa may reflect problems with the ...
February 2008
Symptom Structure in Japanese Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Hisato Matsunaga , M.D., Ph.D.
- Kensei Maebayashi , M.D.
- Kazuhisa Hayashida , M.D., Ph.D.
- Kenya Okino , M.D., Ph.D.
- Tokuzo Matsui , M.D., Ph.D.
- Tosiya Iketani , M.D., Ph.D.
- Nobuo Kiriike , M.D., Ph.D.
- Daniel J. Stein , M.D., Ph.D.
- Pages:251–253
- Published Online:1 February 2008
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07020340
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Objective: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) comprises a number of specific symptom dimensions. The authors factor analyzed data on the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale symptom checklist in a large group of Japanese OCD patients to ...
February 2008
Medicaid Managed Care and the Distribution of Societal Costs for Persons With Severe Mental Illness
- David L. Shern , Ph.D.
- Kristine Jones , Ph.D.
- Huey Jen Chen , Ph.D.
- Neil Jordan , Ph.D.
- Josefa Ramoni-Perazzi , Ph.D.
- Roger A. Boothroyd , Ph.D.
- Pages:254–260
- Published Online:1 February 2008
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06122089
Preview Abstract
Objective: Managed care financing strategies that involve financial risk to insurers can reduce budgeted health expenditures. However, resource substitution may occur and negate apparent savings in budgeted expenditures. These substitutions may ...
Letters to the Editor
February 2008
Witnessing Horror at the World Trade Center
- Pages:261–262
- Published Online:1 February 2008
February 2008
Antidepressants in the Postpartum Period: Additional Considerations
- Pages:262–263
- Published Online:1 February 2008
February 2008
Prevalence and Recovery From Anorexia Nervosa
- Pages:264–265
- Published Online:1 February 2008
February 2008
Disorders of Sex Development: Improving Care for Affected Persons and Their Families
- Pages:265–266
- Published Online:1 February 2008
Corrections
Letters to the Editor
Book Forum
February 2008
The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Fifth Edition
- Pages:267–268
- Published Online:1 February 2008
February 2008
Bipolar Expeditions: Mania and Depression in American Culture
- Pages:268–269
- Published Online:1 February 2008
February 2008
Attachment Theory in Clinical Work With Children: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice
- Pages:269–270
- Published Online:1 February 2008
February 2008
The Psychiatric Interview in Clinical Practice, Second Edition
- Pages:271–272
- Published Online:1 February 2008