American Journal of Psychiatry Audio

April 2012 Highlights

Fri, 6 Apr 2012 14:39:07 -0400

This audio program discusses postpartum obsessions and compulsions; a new perspective on anhedonia in schizophrenia; the perception of emotion in schizophrenia; functional outcomes of psychosis; brain activity in depressed adolescents before and after fluoxetine treatment; and neural responses to stress and drug cues in men and women with cocaine dependence. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

March 2012 Highlights

Fri, 6 Apr 2012 14:29:17 -0400

This audio program discusses whether striatal dopamine transporter abnormalities are part of ADHD or a response to medication; the effect of gastric bypass on the pharmacokinetics of antidepressants; use of fluoxetine to treat repetitive behaviors in adults with autism spectrum disorders; a new approach to the diagnosis of personality pathology; the relationship between suicidal behavior and anticonvulsants prescribed for bipolar disorder; a link between cerebral emboli and accelerated cognitive decline in patients with dementia. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

February 2012 Highlights

Fri, 6 Apr 2012 11:41:56 -0400

This audio program discusses abnormal thyroid function tests in psychiatric patients; persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn and its relation to serotonin reuptake inhibitors; the relationship of childhood maltreatment to both the course of depression and to treatment outcome; the response of the striatum to both negative and positive stimuli in depressed patients; and research on ADHD medications--their change in use over a 12-year period and their cardiovascular effects. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

January 2012 Highlights

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:03:13 -0500

This audio program discusses Oregon’s experience with insurance parity for mental illness, links between behaviors during adolescence and mental health outcomes, a comparison of mortality risks from different antipsychotics given to patients with dementia, treatment for PTSD related to the World Trade Center attacks, and the relationship between religiosity and depression in the offspring of depressed parents. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

December 2011 Highlights

Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:50:23 -0500

This audio program discusses a project in China that introduced psychiatry to thousands of rural physicians; how disorders of fear extinction could be used as a model for anxiety disorders; the validity of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale; the connection between age at immigration and the future risk of psychotic disorders; and the relationship of childhood trauma to psychosis across different types of genetic risk, psychopathology, and trauma. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

November 2011 Highlights

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:43:48 -0500

This audio program discusses a successful clozapine re-challenge after previous treatment that led to eosinophilia; a meta-analysis of gray matter volume in ADHD that explored the effects of age and stimulant medication; a 16-year study on the relationship of inattention and hyperactivity trajectories to graduation from high school; a long-term study that followed first-admission patients with psychosis to determine diagnostic stability over the next decade; an intervention providing medical care management to persons with serious mental disorders that was also tracked over time, in terms of clinical outcomes and costs; and a study of mood disorders that analyzed episodes in more than 2,000 pregnancies and postpartum periods. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

October 2011 Highlights

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 17:34:06 -0400

This audio program discusses a study showing that alcohol consumption is affected by the interaction of psychosocial stress and a gene involved in circadian rhythm; a treatment article discussing safety considerations for T3 augmentation of antidepressants; a comparison of lithium and valproate for preventing suicidal behavior among bipolar patients with previous suicide attempts; nationwide trends in antipsychotic use for anxiety disorders; and a trial of CBT for depression in Parkinson’s disease. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

September 2011 Highlights

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 09:21:07 -0400

This audio program discusses the relationship between nearly 100 candidate genes and 12 endophenotypes for schizophrenia; the metabolic effects of switching from olanzapine, quetiapine, or risperidone to aripiprazole; the role of genetics in posttraumatic stress disorder; the relationship between depressive symptoms and inflammation in patients with coronary heart disease; a research article reporting a surprisingly high prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in a total population sample; and a clinical case conference about a suicidal man with an unexpected diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

August 2011 Highlights

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:21:49 -0400

This audio program discusses psychiatric complications of medical marijuana; linkage of depression to a region on chromosome 3; cognitive effects of antipsychotics in demented patients; the relationship of schizophrenia to Toxoplasma gondii and to herpes simplex, type 1; the relationship between cognition and functioning in young people at high risk for psychosis; and outcomes of young people at high risk for psychosis who do not become psychotic. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

July 2011 Highlights

Fri, 1 Jul 2011 14:22:11 -0400

This audio program discusses combining medications for depression; switching from polypharmacy to monotherapy for schizophrenia; combining gabapentin with naltrexone for alcohol dependence; treatments for refractory depression in older patients; the balance between habit formation and goal-directed behavior displayed by obsessive-compulsive disorder patients as they perform an instrumental learning exercise; and the ability of soldiers’ visual fixation on emotional stimuli to predict PTSD and depressive symptoms after deployment. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

June 2011 Highlights

Tue, 31 May 2011 13:57:07 -0400

This audio program discusses the relationship between remission of depression in mothers and psychiatric symptoms in their children; brain structure in childhood- versus adolescent-onset conduct disorder; an apparent case of postpartum psychosis that turned out to be a late-onset urea cycle disorder; how stress affects decision making in patients who’ve been abstinent from heroin; ADHD and deficient emotional self-regulation; early outcomes for first-episode schizophrenia treated with oral or depot antipsychotics; and clarifying the use of interpersonal psychotherapy for major depressive disorder. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

May 2011 Highlights

Tue, 3 May 2011 09:43:42 -0400

This audio program discusses treatment for dependence on prescription painkillers; the effect of national health insurance reform on coverage of individuals with severe mental illnesses; predictors of suicide attempts and nonsuicidal self-injury in depressed adolescents; long-term follow-up of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression; the association of antidepressants with stroke. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

April 2011 Highlights

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 09:24:15 -0400

This audio program discusses repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression; nicotine replacement for agitation in schizophrenia patients who smoke; outcomes of mental health screening of soldiers before deployment; a functionally relevant measure in clinical trials of drugs to improve cognition in schizophrenia. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

March 2011 Highlights

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 15:50:18 -0500

This audio program discusses the outcome of risperidone nonadherence in early schizophrenia, a pharmacogenetic approach to treatment for alcohol dependence, the relationship of personality disorders to the course of depression, and new perspectives on the neural processing of emotion in schizophrenia. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

February 2011 Highlights

Mon, 7 Feb 2011 13:01:10 -0500

This audio program discusses severe mood dysregulation and bipolar disorder in children; a longitudinal study of cortical development in children with varying degrees of hyperactivity; whether gray matter volume in adults being treated for alcohol dependence is related to the time until relapse; a schizophrenia study comparing mortality rates for ziprasidone and olanzapine; use of technology to obtain real-time assessments of symptoms and substance use in schizophrenia patients. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

January 2011 Highlights

Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:16:01 -0500

This audio program discusses a follow-up investigation of patients with major depression over intervals as long as 31 years to determine whether subclinical hypomanic symptoms at baseline were related to the later emergence of bipolar disorder; a 7-year study examining whether children who experience abuse, bullying, or accidents are more likely to develop psychotic symptoms; baseline number of glucocorticoid receptors as a possible biomarker of posttraumatic stress symptoms, tested in military personnel with and without high levels of PTSD symptoms after 6 months of deployment; a further examination of the association between suicide and high altitude that included the influence of gun ownership and rural location; and whether the relationship between paternal age and schizophrenia risk is the result of de novo mutations or later fatherhood for men with a predisposition to schizophrenia. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

December 2010 Highlights

Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:41:40 -0500

This audio program discusses deep brain stimulation for treatment of depression; personalized medicine for depression; national trends in outpatient psychotherapy; the relationship of childhood bullying to outcomes in young adulthood; and an intervention for parents of young children with behavioral inhibition to alter the risk of subsequent anxiety disorders. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

November 2010 Highlights

Fri, 5 Nov 2010 12:46:19 -0500

This audio program discusses public perceptions of mental illness, research on the neural circuitry of postpartum depression, the genetics of autism, and psychotherapy for older adults with major depression and executive dysfunction. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

October 2010 Highlights

Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:15:08 -0400

This audio program discusses delirium in infants in critical care settings; a study of suicidal women with borderline personality disorder comparing subgroups with and without PTSD; subthreshold hypomania in major depressive disorder patients; effect of hypertension and body mass index on cognition in schizophrenia; and the relationship of antidepressant step therapy to overall medical utilization and spending. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

September 2010 Highlights

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:43:46 -0400

This audio program discusses psychiatric manifestations of paraneoplastic disorders; prenatal and neonatal brain structure in children at high risk for schizophrenia; prediction of psychosis by negative and disorganized symptoms in adolescents and young adults; and how histamine-related genes influence the effects of food additives on children’s ADHD symptoms. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

August 2010 Highlights

Mon, 9 Aug 2010 11:36:00 -0400

This audio program discusses two-phase psychotherapy for PTSD related to childhood abuse, rapid versus gradual discontinuation of antidepressants, augmentation of antidepressants with SAMe, and endogenous opioid function in borderline personality disorder. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

July 2010 Highlights

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:19:43 -0400

This audio program discusses the clinical case of a patient with both psychotic and obsessive-compulsive symptoms; the treatment of adolescent depression including 24-week outcomes of the TORDIA study; use of long-term fluoxetine versus lithium for relapse prevention in bipolar II disorder patients; the rationale and features of the Research Domain Criteria, a proposed framework for research on pathophysiology to inform future schemes for classification of mental disorders. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

June 2010 Highlights

Fri, 28 May 2010 15:19:39 -0400

This audio program discusses the use of medications for three different types of alcohol dependence; a clinical trial of treatment for comorbid alcohol dependence and depression in which the combination of sertraline and naltrexone was compared with the individual drugs and placebo; a trial of risperidone for maintenance treatment of schizophrenia; recommendations for antipsychotic dosing based on international expert consensus; a 10-year prospective study that tracked remission and recovery from borderline personality disorder in a group of hospitalized patients; a review of the evidence for a dissociative subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

May 2010 Highlights

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:51:22 -0400

This audio program discusses a long-term study examining how the depressive state affects the assessment of personality disorder; the pharmacogenetics of antidepressant response; the association between depression and incident diabetes; how brain activity of patients with generalized anxiety disorder reacts to emotional conflict; and the neuropsychiatric aspects of lupus in a patient case that also involved erotomania and the Geschwind syndrome. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

April 2010 Highlights

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:20:03 -0500

This audio program discusses a study on structural abnormalities of the thalamus in youth with ADHD, along with an editorial about neuroanatomic findings for the disorder; an 11-year longitudinal study of adult outcomes for girls with ADHD; a study demonstrating that variation in a proto-oncogene is associated with schizophrenia and general cognitive ability; the relationship between neurocognitive functioning and schizophrenia in African Americans. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

March 2010 Highlights

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:39:42 -0500

This audio program discusses a case in which a patient attacked a resident to illustrate diagnostic, assessment, and treatment considerations in dealing with violent patients; a clinical trial that compared fluoxetine monotherapy and three combinations of mirtazapine and other antidepressants; recovery from bipolar depression, specifically the impact of substance use disorders; the effect of modafinil on sleep in chronic cocaine users; psychiatric conditions following traumatic injury. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

February 2010 Highlights

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:32:09 -0500

This audio program discusses the case of a young woman with catatonia who was treated with ECT; the results of a clinical trial that examined an intervention designed to improve provision of primary medical care for patients in community mental health settings; the results of a clinical trial that compared several doses of long-acting injectable olanzapine for maintenance treatment of patients with schizophrenia; a 30-year prospective study of a New Zealand birth cohort that was able to create a timeline of cognitive deficits during the childhood and early adolescence of subjects who later developed schizophrenia; a long-term study that compared the suicide rates of people with HIV in the years before and after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy; a genetic study that found a relationship between suicidal events and two polymorphisms of a gene affecting the HPA axis in adolescents being treated for depression. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

January 2010 Highlights

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:00:02 -0500

This audio program discusses the successful treatment of persistent methamphetamine-induced psychosis with electroconvulsive therapy; using functional MRI to differentiate activation of the amygdala in children with ADHD, bipolar disorder, and severe mood dysregulation; a longitudinal study finding criminality at age 23 to be related to poor fear conditioning at age 3; a long-term study showing that having a mother who experienced depressed mood during pregnancy increases the risk of schizophrenia in offspring with a family history of psychosis; and a clinical trial of integrated treatment for PTSD and substance use that tracked the temporal relationship of improvement in the two conditions. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

December 2009 Highlights

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:55:52 -0500

This audio program discusses cultural aspects of pathological gambling treatment for a woman whose beliefs about gambling are tied to her Haitian background; a longitudinal study of mortality rates for eating disorders that in addition to anorexia nervosa also included bulimia nervosa and diagnoses of “eating disorders not otherwise specified,” which are sometimes considered less severe; predicting depression in the elderly through analyses that identified high-risk individuals for whom prevention was likely to have the greatest health benefit with the lowest implementation burden; a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical treatment trial of adjunctive divalproex for persistent aggressive behavior in children with ADHD following an initial optimized stimulant regimen. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

November 2009 Highlights

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:22:50 -0500

This audio program discusses bipolar II postpartum depression; whether a collaborative care program for veterans with bipolar disorder increased adherence to treatment guidelines over 3 years; how the design of the CATIE study affects the clinical interpretations that can be made; the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and outcomes for dually diagnosed patients; a clinical trial of vigabatrin for cocaine dependence and the ethical issues encountered in the trial. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

October 2009 Highlights

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:23:34 -0400

This audio program discusses take-home messages from the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study; change in negative affective bias in depressed patients after one subtherapeutic dose of an antidepressant; association between the familial aggregation of suicide and cluster B personality traits; associations among suicide attempts, gender, and sexual abuse; and a national survey of at-risk and binge drinking among middle-aged and elderly adults. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

September 2009 Highlights

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:55:46 -0400

This audio program discusses the treatment of depression in preschool children; the relationship between sudden death and use of stimulant medications in youths; long-term benefits from a short-term quality improvement intervention for depressed youth in primary care; identifying genes that may be relevant to major depression via an overlap between two species in altered gene expression in the anterior cingulate cortex and amygdala; the interaction between family history and prenatal exposure to infection in the causation of schizophrenia; association of substance use disorders with childhood trauma, but not with African genetic heritage, in an African American cohort. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

August 2009 Highlights

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:35:26 -0400

This audio program discusses a successful repeat trial of ECT 2 months after an earlier ECT series induced left ventricle cardiomyopathy; manualized short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy versus CBT in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder; a long-term study differentiating youths with persistent conduct problems from those whose disorder is limited to childhood; an intervention for reducing suicidal ideation and depression in older primary care patients; the relationship between autistic traits in neurotypical adults and functional connectivity in a brain region commonly implicated in social cognition. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

July 2009 Highlights

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:36:03 -0400

This audio program discusses compulsive checking as part of PTSD in veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars; a new foster care network in Bucharest, Romania; the effects of bereavement 21 months after the sudden death of a parent; the 4-year course of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents; an auditory training program designed to improve verbal memory in patients with schizophrenia; and a postmortem analysis differentiating the expression of type 2 and type 3 metabotropic glutamate receptors in the brain to clarify an agonist’s antipsychotic action. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

June 2009 Highlights

Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:47:20 -0400

This audio program discusses cognitive complaints and depression following mild traumatic brain injury; cognitive effects of antipsychotic drugs in first-episode patients; the relationship between prenatal infection and executive dysfunction in adults with schizophrenia; activity in the basal ganglia of depressed patients during the anticipatory and consummatory phases of reward processing; whether inhibitory control can be used as a trait marker of ADHD; and a comparison of extended-release paliperidone with quetiapine and placebo for schizophrenia patients requiring hospitalization. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

May 2009 Highlights

Mon, 4 May 2009 10:55:26 -0400

This audio program discusses dynamic psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder; how both major depression and antidepressant treatment affect pregnancy and neonatal outcomes; delusions in the general population; the effect of second-generation antipsychotics on patients with Alzheimer’s disease; and the risk of diabetes mellitus after long-term use of antidepressants. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

April 2009 Highlights

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:18:39 -0400

This audio program discusses treatment of postpartum psychosis; predictors of suicidal events among depressed adolescents receiving antidepressant treatment after an unsuccessful trial of an SSRI; whether clinicians can recognize DSM-IV personality disorders from case descriptions based on the Five-Factor Model of personality; a genome-wide scan of families with Mexican or Central American ancestry that identified two new loci likely to harbor genes that carry a predisposition for schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder; the isolation of a risk allele associated with schizophrenia; and the relationship between neural habituation in the amygdala and social impairments in autism spectrum disorders. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

March 2009 Highlights

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:15:47 -0500

This audio program discusses the psychiatric evaluation and follow-up of patients receiving bariatric surgery; a clinical trial of CBT for patients with a variety of eating disorder diagnoses; a study that measured anticipatory activation in the amygdala and anterior cingulate of untreated patients with generalized anxiety disorder with posttreatment examination of the relationship of this activation to treatment response; a study on obsessions and compulsions in the general population from following members of a birth cohort until age 32; the connections between the use of SSRI antidepressants during pregnancy and the risk of gestational hypertension; the ramifications of giving placebo to depressed adolescents in clinical trials. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

February 2009 Highlights

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:00:41 -0500

This audio program discusses factors related to the emergence of mania during antidepressant treatment for bipolar depression; manic symptoms observed during bipolar depression among STEP-BD participants; the attitude of older adults toward enrollment of noncompetent subjects in Alzheimer’s disease research; the association between cerebral deficits and clinical symptoms in antipsychotic-naive, first-episode schizophrenia patients; whether altered amygdala activity in schizophrenia is related to clinical state or to genetic risk; brain structure in schizophrenia patients with relatively intact cognitive functioning; and an odor-detection sensitivity deficit in patients with schizophrenia and its implications for cyclic AMP signaling. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

January 2009 Highlights

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:11:14 -0500

This audio program discusses treatment of children for whom the differential diagnosis includes bipolar disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; placebo response in antidepressant trials for children; a longitudinal study comparing cortical thickness in patients with ADHD who took stimulants, patients who didn’t take stimulants, and normally developing youths; an examination of the volume and shape of the basal ganglia in ADHD conducted with large-deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping; a study of disorder-specific brain dysfunction in boys with ADHD only and boys with conduct disorder only; and a report on repeat incarcerations for prisoners with serious mental illness. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

December 2008 Highlights

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 15:24:44 -0500

This audio program includes a Treatment in Psychiatry feature that focuses on prison inmates with ADHD; the association between sleep disturbance and the recurrence of depression among older adults; melatonin circadian rhythms in pregnancy and the postpartum period among depressed women and those with a personal or family history of depression; effect of interpersonal and social rhythm therapy on occupational functioning for patients with bipolar disorder; trauma, resilience, and recovery in a high-risk African American population; association between reading skills in the general population and a gene for dyslexia; and deficits in GABA markers in schizophrenia. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

November 2008 Highlights

Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:08:12 -0500

This audio program features the role of culture in psychodynamic psychotherapy; two clinical trials of antipsychotic medications for children and adolescents; a clinical trial of naltrexone in the treatment of amphetamine dependence; a diagnostic study that identified differences and similarities between depression following bereavement and depression associated with other stressful life events; and an analysis indicating that cognitive function in older adults is influenced by the interaction between cortisol and the genotype for apolipoprotein E. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

October 2008 Highlights

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:14:02 -0400

This audio program features a discussion of drug treatment of breast cancer and depression; highlights a study in which olanzapine was used to treat low body weight and obsessive thinking in women with anorexia nervosa; examines whether compulsive hoarding is a symptom of OCD, a distinct syndrome, or both; discusses a clinical trial of adjunctive aripiprazole for bipolar mania patients partially nonresponsive to valproate or lithium monotherapy; and compares two sets of criteria for diagnosing PTSD in children exposed to motor vehicle accidents. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

September 2008 Highlights

Tue, 2 Sep 2008 09:56:14 -0400

This audio program highlights the treatment of body dysmorphic disorder, three articles on the effect of parental mood disorders--and their treatment--on child psychopathology outcomes, risk for nicotine dependence, remission from alcohol dependence, and a genome screen for quantitative trait loci influencing schizophrenia and neurocognitive phenotypes. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

August 2008 Highlights

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:00:36 -0400

This audio program presents the diagnosis and treatment of Asberger’s syndrome, new treatments for schizophrenia, the pharmacokinetics of aripiprazole, the relationship of cognition and psychopathology to functional impairment in schizophrenia, brain anatomy comparisons of first-episode and chronic schizophrenia, and new evidence of frontal lobe dysfunction in schizophrenia. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

July 2008 Highlights

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:36:09 -0400

This audio program presents a case discussing the resumption of clozapine treatment after development of neutropenia, antipsychotic treatment of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms, a treatment decision tree for depression in elderly patients, and a possible physiologic marker of panic disorder. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

June 2008 Highlights

Fri, 30 May 2008 11:39:07 -0400

This audio program presents a clinical case conference describing the use of deep brain stimulation after a cingulotomy had provided only short-term benefit; highlights a report on the economic impact of mental disorders in the United States; features an imaging study of the amygdala in adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders who also exhibit callous and unemotional traits; presents a direct comparison of atomoxetine and methylphenidate for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and describes a large study linking greater memory impairment to a longer history of past depression. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

May 2008 Highlights

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:47:54 -0400

This audio program summarizes a clinical case illustrating the interactions between depression and comorbid chronic illnesses as well as new research on the cost-effectiveness of treatments for adolescent depression, the relationship between childhood treatment for ADHD and later substance abuse, long-term treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder, and the effect of race in facial processing by African American and Caucasian individuals with schizophrenia. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

April 2008 Highlights

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:22:04 -0400

This audio program summarizes how to teach supportive psychotherapy; continuation treatment with fluoxetine in treatment-responsive children and adolescents; a group treatment program for borderline personality disorder; regional expression of GABA-related genetic transcripts in the neocortex of schizophrenia patients; the relationship between cannabis use and loss of brain volume in schizophrenia; and the association of nicotine dependence with low dopamine D2 receptor availability in the striatum. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

March 2008 Highlights

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:27:25 -0500

This audio program summarizes research on depressed adolescents at high risk of suicidal behavior; adding D-cycloserine to behavior therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder; treatment outcome for patients with anxious depression; the addition of the diabetes drug metformin to olanzapine to prevent weight gain in first-episode patients; the course of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder; and the effect of methadone on brain responses to drug-related cues. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

February 2008 Highlights

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:22:50 -0500

This audio program summarizes research on violence risk assessment, the MATRICS initiative from NIMH, the symptom presentation of OCD in Japan, and deciphering the societal cost impact of managed care in Medicaid. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

January 2008 Highlights

Thu, 3 Jan 2008 12:51:27 -0500

This audio program summarizes research on perimenopausal depression; disruption of mental health treatments after Hurricane Katrina; the clinical practice effects of an FDA advisory; environmental factors and the development of schizophrenia; and familial transmission patterns of ADHD and substance use disorders. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

December 2007 Highlights

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:07:15 -0500

This audio program summarizes articles discussing anorexia nervosa; bipolar disorder recurrence risk during pregnancy following mood stabilizer discontinuation; inhibitory brain function in borderline personality disorder; serotonin transporter binding after recovery from depression; and the relationship between major depression and depressive personality disorder. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

November 2007 Highlights

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 03:15:19 -0400

This audio program summarizes articles discussing chronic restlessness with antipsychotics; the relationship between childhood psychiatric disorders and crime by young adults; an Internet-based treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder; and OxyContin addiction.. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

October 2007 Highlights

Mon, 1 Oct 2007 03:07:41 -0400

This audio program summarizes articles discussing management of psychosis in Parkinson’s disease; maternal depression before, during, and after pregnancy; genetic markers of suicidal ideation emerging during antidepressant treatment; and treatment of adolescents with bipolar mania. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

September 2007 Highlights

Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:03:25 -0400

This audio program summarizes articles discussing clinically important findings from NIMH on bipolar depression treatment, the relationship between depression and heart disease, and differences in PTSD prevalence and associated risk factors among World Trade Center disaster rescue and recovery workers. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

August 2007 Highlights

Wed, 1 Aug 2007 12:00:00 -0400

This audio program summarizes articles discussing 1) whether Spanish-speaking Latinos in the U.S. differ from English-speaking Latinos and Caucasians in the use of mental health services; 2) two articles from the NIMH STAR*D study that report on a genetic association with treatment outcome and predictors of attrition during initial citalopram treatment; 3) the effects of antidepressant treatment and depression in pregnant women on the gestational age at birth and the risk of preterm birth; and 4) the testing of a narcolepsy drug (modafinil) as an adjunctive treatment for bipolar depression. Articles may be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

July 2007 Highlights

Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:00:00 -0400

This audio program summarizes articles on the association between antidepressants and suicide; evidence of linkage between bipolar puerperal psychosis and chromosome 16; an association between the human PICK1 gene and methamphetamine psychosis; and several articles on schizophrenia, two of which describe white matter abnormalities. Articles may be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

June 2007 Highlights

Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:00:00 -0000

This audio program summarizes articles discussing the treatment of depression; factors that influence Alzheimer’s disease; psychotherapy and borderline personality disorder; and the prevalence, diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Articles may be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

May 2007 Highlights

Tue, 1 May 2007 12:00:00 -0400

This audio program summarizes articles on interpersonal psychotherapy; cognitive therapy in the STAR*D study; psychiatric sequelae of traumatic brain injury; treatment for heroin dependence; and endophenotypes for schizophrenia. Articles may be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

April 2007 Highlights

Sun, 1 Apr 2007 12:00:00 -0400

This audio program summarizes articles on outcomes for bipolar adolescents; neurobiological markers for major depression; lifting the veil on trichotillomania; and genetic etiology of pervasive development disorders. Articles may be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

March 2007 Highlights

Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:00:00 -0400

This audio program summarizes articles on schizophrenia from various perspectives - from neurophysiology to functional treatment outcomes. Articles may be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

February 2007 Highlights

Thu, 1 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0400

This audio program summarizes articles on the biological legacy of the Oklahoma City bombing; genetics of mood disorders; tobacco dependence treatment in schizophrenia; and treatment of anxiety disorders. Articles may be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.

January 2007 Highlights

Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:00:00 -0400

This audio program summarizes articles on cost of treatment for adolescents with mental illness; addiction, impulsivity, and risk-taking; and cognitive behavior therapy for co-occurring bipolar disorder and substance dependence, hypochondriasis, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Articles may be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.