American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 171, Issue 8
August 2014
In This Issue
Editorials
August 2014
Mindfulness in the Military
- Judson Brewer,M.D., Ph.D.
- Pages:803–806
- Published Online:1 August 2014
August 2014
Sudden Loss and Psychiatric Disorders Across the Life Course: Toward a Developmental Lifespan Theory of Bereavement-Related Risk and Resilience
- Julie B. Kaplow,Ph.D., and
- Christopher M. Layne,Ph.D.
- Pages:807–810
- Published Online:1 August 2014
August 2014
An Ingeneious Study of Intergenerational Transmission of the Effects of PTSD
- David Spiegel,M.D.
- Pages:811–813
- Published Online:1 August 2014
August 2014
Imaging Cortical Dopamine Concentrations, At Last! Application to the Neurobiology of Alcohol Dependence
- Gwenn S. Smith,Ph.D.
- Pages:814–817
- Published Online:1 August 2014
Commentary
August 2014
Using the WHODAS 2.0 to Assess Functional Disability Associated With DSM-5 Mental Disorders
- Brian Konecky,Ph.D.,
- Eric C. Meyer,Ph.D.,
- Brian P. Marx,Ph.D.,
- Nathan A. Kimbrel,Ph.D., and
- Sandra B. Morissette,Ph.D.
- Pages:818–820
- Published Online:1 August 2014
Clinical Case Conference
August 2014
Delirium Presenting as Mania in a Patient With End-Stage COPD
- Samuel T. Wilkinson,M.D.,
- Shin-Bey Chang,M.D.,
- Teresa Foley,M.D.,
- John R. Lipsey,M.D., and
- Dean F. MacKinnon,M.D.
- Pages:821–824
- Published Online:1 August 2014
Perspectives in Global Mental Health
August 2014
Chronic Depression in a Religious Shia Muslim Woman in Iran
- Sasan Vasegh,M.D.
- Pages:825–826
- Published Online:1 August 2014
Images in Psychiatry
August 2014
Psychotherapy in the Bhagavad Gita, the Hindu Scriptural Text
- Ananda K. Pandurangi,M.D.,
- Sudhakar Shenoy,M.B.B.S., and
- Matcheri S. Keshavan,M.D.
- Pages:827–828
- Published Online:1 August 2014
Reviews and Overviews
August 2014
A Critical Appraisal of Neuroimaging Studies of Bipolar Disorder: Toward a New Conceptualization of Underlying Neural Circuitry and a Road Map for Future Research
- Mary L. Phillips,M.D., and
- Holly A. Swartz,M.D.
- Pages:829–843
- Published Online:1 August 2014
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13081008
Preview Abstract
Neuroimaging findings support conceptualizing bipolar disorder as a result of neural circuitry abnormalities in emotion and reward processing and regulation. Future studies should adopt these four strategies to improve the prediction of future illness ...
Articles
August 2014
Modifying Resilience Mechanisms in At-Risk Individuals: A Controlled Study of Mindfulness Training in Marines Preparing for Deployment
- Douglas C. Johnson,Ph.D.,
- Nathaniel J. Thom,Ph.D.,
- Elizabeth A. Stanley,Ph.D.,
- Lori Haase,Ph.D.,
- Alan N. Simmons,Ph.D.,
- Pei-an B. Shih,Ph.D.,
- Wesley K. Thompson,Ph.D.,
- Eric G. Potterat,Ph.D.,
- Thomas R. Minor,Ph.D., and
- Martin P. Paulus,M.D.
- Pages:844–853
- Published Online:1 August 2014
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13040502
Preview Abstract
Marines who had first received Mindfulness-Based Mind Fitness Training, which can affect brain structures integral to the body’s response to stress, experienced quicker heart rate and breathing rate recovery, improved sleep quality, and lower levels of ...
August 2014
Gray Matter Abnormalities in Childhood Maltreatment: A Voxel-Wise Meta-Analysis
- Lena Lim,
- Joaquim Radua,M.D., and
- Katya Rubia,Ph.D.
- Pages:854–863
- Published Online:1 August 2014
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13101427
Preview Abstract
ObjectiveChildhood maltreatment acts as a severe stressor that produces a cascade of physiological and neurobiological changes that lead to enduring alterations in brain structure. However, structural neuroimaging findings have been inconsistent. The ...
August 2014
The Burden of Loss: Unexpected Death of a Loved One and Psychiatric Disorders Across the Life Course in a National Study
- Katherine M. Keyes,Ph.D.,
- Charissa Pratt,M.P.H.,
- Sandro Galea,M.D., Dr.P.H.,
- Katie A. McLaughlin,Ph.D.,
- Karestan C. Koenen,Ph.D., and
- M. Katherine Shear,M.D.
- Pages:864–871
- Published Online:1 August 2014
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13081132
Preview Abstract
Unexpected death of a loved one was associated with heightened vulnerability for virtually all commonly occurring psychiatric disorders, including depression, PTSD, manic episodes, phobias, panic disorder, and substance use disorders in one of the first ...
August 2014
Influences of Maternal and Paternal PTSD on Epigenetic Regulation of the Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene in Holocaust Survivor Offspring
- Rachel Yehuda,Ph.D.,
- Nikolaos P. Daskalakis,M.D., Ph.D.,
- Amy Lehrner,Ph.D.,
- Frank Desarnaud,Ph.D.,
- Heather N. Bader,B.S.,
- Iouri Makotkine,M.D.,
- Janine D. Flory,Ph.D.,
- Linda M. Bierer,M.D., and
- Michael J. Meaney,Ph.D.
- Pages:872–880
- Published Online:1 August 2014
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13121571
Preview Abstract
Important differences in the expression and effect of maternal and paternal PTSD were found when examining parental PTSD in the offspring of Holocaust survivors and methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene exon 1F.
August 2014
Decreased Prefrontal Cortical Dopamine Transmission in Alcoholism
- Rajesh Narendran,M.D.,
- Neale Scott Mason,Ph.D.,
- Jennifer Paris,M.Ed., M.S.L.,
- Michael L. Himes,B.S.,
- Antoine B. Douaihy,M.D., and
- W. Gordon Frankle,M.D.
- Pages:881–888
- Published Online:1 August 2014
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13121581
Preview Abstract
ObjectiveBasic studies have demonstrated that optimal levels of prefrontal cortical dopamine are critical to various executive functions such as working memory, attention, inhibitory control, and risk/reward decisions, all of which are impaired in ...
Letters to the Editor
August 2014
EEG and PET Changes in Anti-N-Methyl-d-Aspartic Acid Receptor Encephalitis
- Nitin K. Sethi,M.D.,
- Kyung-Wha Kim,M.D., and
- Prahlad K. Sethi,M.D.
- Pages:889–890
- Published Online:1 August 2014
August 2014
Serotonin Toxicity in a CYP2D6 Poor Metabolizer, Initially Diagnosed As a Drug-Resistant Major Depression
- Florence Gressier,M.D., Ph.D.,
- Pierre Ellul,
- Céline Dutech,M.D.,
- Abd El Kader Ait Tayeb,
- Joel Monfort,M.D.,
- Emmanuelle Corruble,M.D., Ph.D.,
- Laurent Becquemont,M.D., Ph.D.,
- Patrick Hardy,M.D., Ph.D., and
- Céline Verstuyft,Pharm.D., Ph.D.
- Page:890
- Published Online:1 August 2014
August 2014
Suicide Attempt by Poisoning Using Nicotine Liquid For Use in Electronic Cigarettes
- Christian K. Eberlein,M.D.,
- Helge Frieling,M.D.,
- Thomas Köhnlein,M.D.,
- Thomas Hillemacher,M.D., and
- Stefan Bleich,M.D.
- Page:891
- Published Online:1 August 2014