In This Issue 

In This Issue

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Editorials 

J. Raymond DePaulo, Jr.

Bipolar Disorder Treatment: An Evidence-Based Reality Check

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 175-176 [Full Text] [PDF]

Alan C. Swann

What Is Bipolar Disorder?

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 177-179 [Full Text] [PDF]

Carol A. Tamminga and Eric J. Nestler

Pathological Gambling: Focusing on the Addiction, Not the Activity

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 180-181 [Full Text] [PDF]

Glen O. Gabbard and Robert Freedman

Psychotherapy in the Journal: What’s Missing?

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 182-184 [Full Text] [PDF]

Editor's Note 

New Submission Requirement

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 184 [Full Text] [PDF]

Reviews and Overviews 

Stephan Heres, John Davis, Katja Maino, Elisabeth Jetzinger, Werner Kissling, and Stefan Leucht

Why Olanzapine Beats Risperidone, Risperidone Beats Quetiapine, and Quetiapine Beats Olanzapine: An Exploratory Analysis of Head-to-Head Comparison Studies of Second-Generation Antipsychotics

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 185-194 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Introspections 

Richard G. Druss

Piano Sonata in A Major

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 195-197 [Full Text] [PDF]

Treatment in Psychiatry 

David B. Arciniegas

New-Onset Bipolar Disorder in Late Life: A Case of Mistaken Identity

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 198-203 [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Case Conference 

David B. Merrill, Susanne E. Ahmari, Jean-Marie E. Bradford, and Jeffrey A. Lieberman

Myocarditis During Clozapine Treatment

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 204-208 [Full Text] [PDF]

Images in Psychiatry 

Vladimir Lerner and Eliezer Witztum

Victor Kandinsky, M.D., 1849–1889

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 209 [Full Text] [PDF]

Articles 

Andrew A. Nierenberg, Michael J. Ostacher, Joseph R. Calabrese, Terence A. Ketter, Lauren B. Marangell, David J. Miklowitz, Sachiko Miyahara, Mark S. Bauer, Michael E. Thase, Stephen R. Wisniewski, Gary S. Sachs, and STEP-BD Investigators

Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression: A STEP-BD Equipoise Randomized Effectiveness Trial of Antidepressant Augmentation With Lamotrigine, Inositol, or Risperidone

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 210-216 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Roy H. Perlis, Michael J. Ostacher, Jayendra K. Patel, Lauren B. Marangell, Hongwei Zhang, Stephen R. Wisniewski, Terence A. Ketter, David J. Miklowitz, Michael W. Otto, Laszlo Gyulai, Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington, Andrew A. Nierenberg, Gary S. Sachs, and Michael E. Thase

Predictors of Recurrence in Bipolar Disorder: Primary Outcomes From the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD)

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 217-224 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Roy H. Perlis, Eileen Brown, Robert W. Baker, and Andrew A. Nierenberg

Clinical Features of Bipolar Depression Versus Major Depressive Disorder in Large Multicenter Trials

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 225-231 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gabriele S. Leverich, Lori L. Altshuler, Mark A. Frye, Trisha Suppes, Susan L. McElroy, Paul E. Keck, Jr., Ralph W. Kupka, Kirk D. Denicoff, Willem A. Nolen, Heinz Grunze, Maria I. Martinez, and Robert M. Post

Risk of Switch in Mood Polarity to Hypomania or Mania in Patients With Bipolar Depression During Acute and Continuation Trials of Venlafaxine, Sertraline, and Bupropion as Adjuncts to Mood Stabilizers

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 232-239 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ping-I Lin, Melvin G. McInnis, James B. Potash, Virginia Willour, Dean F. MacKinnon, J. Raymond DePaulo, and Peter P. Zandi

Clinical Correlates and Familial Aggregation of Age at Onset in Bipolar Disorder

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 240-246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Mauricio Tohen, Joseph R. Calabrese, Gary S. Sachs, Michael D. Banov, Holland C. Detke, Richard Risser, Robert W. Baker, James C.-Y. Chou, and Charles L. Bowden

Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Olanzapine as Maintenance Therapy in Patients With Bipolar I Disorder Responding to Acute Treatment With Olanzapine

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 247-256 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephanie Krüger, Martin Alda, L. Trevor Young, Kim Goldapple, Saghar Parikh, and Helen S. Mayberg

Risk and Resilience Markers in Bipolar Disorder: Brain Responses to Emotional Challenge in Bipolar Patients and Their Healthy Siblings

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 257-264 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dina R. Hirshfeld-Becker, Joseph Biederman, Aude Henin, Stephen V. Faraone, Gabrielle A. Cayton, and Jerrold F. Rosenbaum

Laboratory-Observed Behavioral Disinhibition in the Young Offspring of Parents With Bipolar Disorder: A High-Risk Pilot Study

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 265-271 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael H. Allen, Robert M. Hirschfeld, Patricia J. Wozniak, Jeffrey D. Baker, Ph.D., and Charles L. Bowden

Linear Relationship of Valproate Serum Concentration to Response and Optimal Serum Levels for Acute Mania

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 272-275 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jaeuk Hwang, In Kyoon Lyoo, Stephen R. Dager, Seth D. Friedman, Jung Su Oh, Jun Young Lee, Seog Ju Kim, David L. Dunner, and Perry F. Renshaw

Basal Ganglia Shape Alterations in Bipolar Disorder

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 276-285 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]

Mani N. Pavuluri, Lindsay S. Schenkel, Subhash Aryal, Erin M. Harral, S. Kristian Hill, Ellen S. Herbener, and John A. Sweeney

Neurocognitive Function in Unmedicated Manic and Medicated Euthymic Pediatric Bipolar Patients

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 286-293 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John N. Constantino, Clara Lajonchere, Marin Lutz, Teddi Gray, Anna Abbacchi, Kathleen McKenna, Deepti Singh, and Richard D. Todd

Autistic Social Impairment in the Siblings of Children With Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 294-296 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Wendy S. Slutske

Natural Recovery and Treatment-Seeking in Pathological Gambling: Results of Two U.S. National Surveys

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 297-302 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jon E. Grant, Marc N. Potenza, Eric Hollander, Renee Cunningham-Williams, Tommi Nurminen, Gerard Smits, and Antero Kallio

Multicenter Investigation of the Opioid Antagonist Nalmefene in the Treatment of Pathological Gambling

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 303-312 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Reports 

Lori L. Altshuler, Trisha Suppes, David O. Black, Willem A. Nolen, Gabriele Leverich, Paul E. Keck, Jr., Mark A. Frye, Ralph Kupka, Susan L. McElroy, Heinz Grunze, Christina M.R. Kitchen, and Robert Post

Lower Switch Rate in Depressed Patients With Bipolar II Than Bipolar I Disorder Treated Adjunctively With Second-Generation Antidepressants

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 313-315 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Constance M. Moore, Joseph Biederman, Janet Wozniak, Eric Mick, Megan Aleardi, Megan Wardrop, Meghan Dougherty, Terri Harpold, Paul Hammerness, Edin Randall, and Perry F. Renshaw

Differences in Brain Chemistry in Children and Adolescents With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder With and Without Comorbid Bipolar Disorder: A Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 316-318 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Benjamin I. Goldstein, Nathan Herrmann, and Kenneth I. Shulman

Comorbidity in Bipolar Disorder Among the Elderly: Results From an Epidemiological Community Sample

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 319-321 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Caleb M. Adler, John Adams, Melissa P. DelBello, Scott K. Holland, Vince Schmithorst, Ari Levine, Kelly Jarvis, and Stephen M. Strakowski

Evidence of White Matter Pathology in Bipolar Disorder Adolescents Experiencing Their First Episode of Mania: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 322-324 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor 

INGEBORG WILTING, O.M. SMALS, N.J. HOLWERDA, R.H. MEYBOOM, M.L. De BRUIN, and T.C.G. EGBERTS

QTc Prolongation and Torsades de Pointes in an Elderly Woman Taking Fluoxetine

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 325 [Full Text] [PDF]

MONIQUE YOHANAN, JASDEEP S. AULAKH, JOANNE WEITH, and JAMES W. HAWKINS

Pisa Syndrome in a Patient in a Wheelchair Taking Valproic Acid

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 325-326 [Full Text] [PDF]

NATHALIE GODART, SYLVIE BERTHOZ, FABIENNE PERDEREAU, and PHILIPPE JEAMMET

Comorbidity of Anxiety With Eating Disorders and OCD

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 326 [Full Text] [PDF]

NADIA MICALI and ISOBEL HEYMAN

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 326-327 [Full Text] [PDF]

PER SÖDERSTEN and CECILIA BERGH

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 327 [Full Text] [PDF]

WALTER H. KAYE, CYNTHIA BULIK, LAURA THORNTON, and KATHERINE PLOTNICOV

Dr. Kaye and Colleagues Reply

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 327-329 [Full Text] [PDF]

ROBERT D. GOLDNEY

Suicide Risk in Placebo-Controlled Trials of Bipolar Disorder

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 329 [Full Text] [PDF]

JITSCHAK G. STOROSUM, TAMAR WOHLFARTH, CHRISTIEN C. GISPEN-de WIED, DON H. LINSZEN, BETHOLD P.R. GERSONS, BARBARA J. van ZWIETEN, and WIM van den BRINK

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 329 [Full Text] [PDF]

PRAVEEN F. ABRAHAM and EDWIN R. SHIRLEY

New Mnemonic for Depressive Symptoms

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 329-330 [Full Text] [PDF]

Corrections 

Correction

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 330 [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Forum 

HERBERT HENDIN

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 331 [Full Text] [PDF]

NORMAN B. LEVY

Late-Life Depression

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 332 [Full Text] [PDF]

ELISSA P. BENEDEK

Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Research Review for Practitioners

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 332-333 [Full Text] [PDF]

PAUL ROAZEN

Freud’s Requiem: Mourning, Memory, and the Invisible History of a Summer Walk

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 333-334 [Full Text] [PDF]

JAMES S. EATON, Jr.

Playing Sick? Untangling the Web of Munchausen Syndrome, Munchausen by Proxy, Malingering, and Factitious Disorder

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 334-335 [Full Text] [PDF]

Books Received 

Books Received

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 336 [PDF]

APA Official Actions 

APA Council Reports

Am J Psychiatry 2006 163: 337-352 [PDF]