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Volume 172, Issue 12

December 2015

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Editorials

December 2015

Pediatric Psychopharmacology Trials: Beyond Efficacy

Graham J. Emslie, M.D.

Pages:1171–1172
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15101269

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December 2015

Finding the Balance Between Safety and Threat May Hold the Key to Success When Treating PTSD

Martin P. Paulus, M.D.,
Robin Aupperle, Ph.D.

Pages:1173–1175
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15101256

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December 2015

Adjunctive Ziprasidone in Major Depression and the Current Status of Adjunctive Atypical Antipsychotics

J. Craig Nelson, M.D.

Pages:1176–1178
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15091220

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December 2015

Robert Freedman, M.D.
David A. Lewis, M.D.
Robert Michels, M.D.
Daniel S. Pine, M.D.
A. John Rush, M.D.
Susan K. Schultz, M.D.
Carol A. Tamminga, M.D.
Rajiv Radhakrishnan, M.B.B.S., M.D.

Pages:1179–1181
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15091218

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Treatment in Psychiatry

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December 2015

Management of Alcohol Use Disorder in Patients Requiring Liver Transplant

Mary R. Lee, M.D.,
Lorenzo Leggio, M.D., Ph.D.

Pages:1182–1189
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15040567

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Reviews and Overviews

December 2015

Emil Kraepelin: Icon and Reality

Eric J. Engstrom, Ph.D.,
Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D.

Pages:1190–1196
Published Online:11 September 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15050665

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In the last third of the 20th century, the German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin (1856–1926) became an icon of postpsychoanalytic medical-model psychiatry in the United States. His name became synonymous with a proto-biological, antipsychological, brain-...

Articles

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December 2015

Extended-Release Guanfacine for Hyperactivity in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Lawrence Scahill, M.S.N., Ph.D.,
James T. McCracken, M.D.,
Bryan H. King, M.D.,
Carol Rockhill, M.D.,
Bhavik Shah, M.D.,
Laura Politte, M.D.,
Roy Sanders, M.D.,
Mendy Minjarez, Ph.D.,
Jennifer Cowen, Ph.D.,
Jennifer Mullett, R.N.,
Chris Page, B.S.,
Denise Ward, M.A.,
Yanhong Deng, M.P.H.,
Sandra Loo, Ph.D.,
James Dziura, Ph.D.,
Christopher J. McDougle, M.D.,
Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology Autism Network

Pages:1197–1206
Published Online:28 August 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15010055

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Objective:Hyperactivity, impulsiveness, and distractibility are common problems in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Extended-release guanfacine is approved for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder but not well studied in ...

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December 2015

Preventing Onset of Anxiety Disorders in Offspring of Anxious Parents: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Family-Based Intervention

Golda S. Ginsburg, Ph.D.,
Kelly L. Drake, Ph.D.,
Jenn-Yun Tein, Ph.D.,
Rebekah Teetsel, M.A.,
Mark A. Riddle, M.D.

Pages:1207–1214
Published Online:25 September 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14091178

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Objective:The authors examined the efficacy of a family-based intervention to prevent the onset of anxiety disorders in offspring of anxious parents.Method:Participants were 136 families with a parent meeting DSM-IV criteria for an anxiety disorder and ...

December 2015

The Brain’s Response to Reward Anticipation and Depression in Adolescence: Dimensionality, Specificity, and Longitudinal Predictions in a Community-Based Sample

Pages:1215–1223
Published Online:18 June 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14101298

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Objective:The authors examined whether alterations in the brain’s reward network operate as a mechanism across the spectrum of risk for depression. They then tested whether these alterations are specific to anhedonia as compared with low mood and whether ...

December 2015

Pregnancy Complications Following Prenatal Exposure to SSRIs or Maternal Psychiatric Disorders: Results From Population-Based National Register Data

Heli Malm, M.D., Ph.D.,
Andre Sourander, M.D., Ph.D.,
Mika Gissler, Ph.D.,
David Gyllenberg, M.D., Ph.D.,
Susanna Hinkka-Yli-Salomäki, Ph.Lic.,
Ian W. McKeague, Ph.D.,
Miia Artama, Ph.D.,
Alan S. Brown, M.D, M.P.H.

Pages:1224–1232
Published Online:4 August 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14121575

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Objective:Using national register data, the authors examined the relationship between prenatal selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatment and pregnancy complications, accounting for psychiatric diagnoses related to SSRI use.Method:This was a ...

December 2015

Effect of Attention Training on Attention Bias Variability and PTSD Symptoms: Randomized Controlled Trials in Israeli and U.S. Combat Veterans

Amy S. Badura-Brack, Ph.D.,
Reut Naim, M.A.,
Tara J. Ryan, B.S.,
Ofir Levy, Ph.D.,
Rany Abend, M.A.,
Maya M. Khanna, Ph.D.,
Timothy J. McDermott, B.A.,
Daniel S. Pine, M.D.,
Yair Bar-Haim, Ph.D.

Pages:1233–1241
Published Online:24 July 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14121578

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Objective:Attention allocation to threat is perturbed in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with some studies indicating excess attention to threat and others indicating fluctuations between threat vigilance and threat avoidance. The ...

December 2015

Threat-Related Attention Bias Variability and Posttraumatic Stress

Reut Naim, M.A.,
Rany Abend, M.A.,
Ilan Wald, Ph.D.,
Sharon Eldar, Ph.D.,
Ofir Levi, Ph.D.,
Eyal Fruchter, M.D.,
Karen Ginat, M.D.,
Pinchas Halpern, M.D.,
Maurice L. Sipos, Ph.D.,
Amy B. Adler, Ph.D.,
Paul D. Bliese, Ph.D.,
Phillip J. Quartana, Ph.D.,
Daniel S. Pine, M.D.,
Yair Bar-Haim, Ph.D.

Pages:1242–1250
Published Online:24 July 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14121579

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Objective:Threat monitoring facilitates survival by allowing one to efficiently and accurately detect potential threats. Traumatic events can disrupt healthy threat monitoring, inducing biased and unstable threat-related attention deployment. Recent ...

December 2015

Ziprasidone Augmentation of Escitalopram for Major Depressive Disorder: Efficacy Results From a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

George I. Papakostas, M.D.,
Maurizio Fava, M.D.,
Lee Baer, Ph.D.,
Michaela B. Swee, B.A.,
Adrienne Jaeger, B.A.,
William V. Bobo, M.D.,
Richard C. Shelton, M.D.

Pages:1251–1258
Published Online:18 June 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14101251

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Objective:The authors sought to test the efficacy of adjunctive ziprasidone in adults with nonpsychotic unipolar major depression experiencing persistent symptoms after 8 weeks of open-label treatment with escitalopram.Method:This was an 8-week, ...

Addendum

December 2015

Page:1256
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.17212Addendum

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Letters to the Editor

December 2015

Cognition and Plasma Ratio of Clozapine to N-desmethylclozapine in Patients With Clozapine-Resistant Schizophrenia

Allen E. Thornton, Ph.D.,
Ric M. Procyshyn, Ph.D.,
Alasdair M. Barr, Ph.D.,
G. William MacEwan, M.D.,
William G. Honer, M.D.

Page:1259
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15070899

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December 2015

Response to Thornton et al.

Tarek K. Rajji, M.D.

Pages:1259–1260
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15070899r

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December 2015

Treatment of Compulsive Pornography Use With Naltrexone: A Case Report

Shane W. Kraus, Ph.D.,
Sarah Meshberg-Cohen, Ph.D.,
Steve Martino, Ph.D.,
Lantie J. Quinones, M.D., and
Marc N. Potenza, M.D., Ph.D.

Pages:1260–1261
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15060843

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Book Forum

December 2015

Positive Psychiatry: A Clinical Handbook

George S. Alexopoulos, M.D.

Pages:1262–1263
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15060775

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December 2015

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Richard Summers, M.D.

Pages:1263–1264
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15060808

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December 2015

The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in Our Times

Peter Tyrer, M.D., F.Med.Sci.

Page:1264
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15060767

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Books Received

December 2015

Page:1265
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.17212books

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Appreciation

December 2015

Reviewers for The American Journal of Psychiatry

Pages:1266–1270
Published Online:1 December 2015

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.17212reviewers

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