Psychiatry: Archives

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

An Association Between Childhood IQ and Cortical Thickness in Elders

• June 17, 2013
• Barbara Geller, MD

The inclusion of academic test results in medical records may help future researchers looking at variations in cortical thickness in old age.

• Reviewing:
• Karama S et al., Mol Psychiatry 2013 Jun 4

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

ADHD from Childhood into Adulthood: A 13-Year Imaging Follow-Up

• June 17, 2013
• Barbara Geller, MD

Cortical trajectories differ between adults who continue to have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder versus those who have outgrown their childhood diagnoses.

• Reviewing:
• Shaw P et al, Biol Psychiatry 2013 May 30

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Relapse Prevention for Recurrent Major Depression: CBT or Psychoeducation?Free

• June 17, 2013
• Joel Yager, MD

After initial remission, cognitive-behavioral therapy was associated with fewer relapses, but only in patients with five or more prior episodes.

• Reviewing:
• Stangier U et al., Am J Psychiatry 2013 Jun; 170:624

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Delusions That Lead to Violence

• June 10, 2013
• Steven Dubovsky, MD

The presence of anger strengthens the association between delusions and serious violence in patients with first-episode psychosis.

• Reviewing:
• Coid JW et al., JAMA Psychiatry 2013 May 1

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Neuregulin 1 May Have a Large Role in Schizophrenia

• June 10, 2013
• Joel Yager, MD

In transgenic mice overexpressing neuregulin 1, normalizing expression reverses schizophrenia-like deficits.

• Reviewing:
• Yin D-M et al., Neuron 2013 May 22; 78:644

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

All Psychotherapies Equally Effective for DepressionFree

• June 10, 2013
• Peter Roy-Byrne, MD

In a large network meta-analysis, seven psychotherapies show at least small effect sizes compared with control conditions, but almost no differences in head-to-head comparisons.

• Reviewing:
• Barth J et al., PLoS Med 2013 May 28; 10:e1001454

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Cannabinoid System Dysregulation in PTSD

• June 10, 2013
• Peter Roy-Byrne, MD

Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder have more cannabinoid receptors and fewer endocannabinoids in plasma than people without the disorder.

• Reviewing:
• Neumesiter A et al., Mol Psychiatry 2013 May 14

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Prepartum Blood Test Predicts Postpartum Depression Risk

• June 10, 2013
• Peter Roy-Byrne, MD

The extent of estrogen-induced DNA methylation in the blood cells of pregnant women with mood-disorder histories is associated with postpartum depression.

• Reviewing:
• Guintivano J et al., Mol Psychiatry 2013 May 21

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Cognitive Processing Therapy in African Victims of Sexual ViolenceFree

• June 5, 2013
• Peter Roy-Byrne, MD

In Congolese villages, female victims of sexual violence showed significant benefit from an adaptation of this evidence-based psychotherapy.

• Reviewing:
• Bass JK et al., N Engl J Med 2013 Jun 6; 368:2182

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Adding CBT to SSRIs for Older Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• June 3, 2013
• Joel Yager, MD

After acute antidepressant treatment, augmentation with cognitive-behavioral therapy reduces relapse in this patient population.

• Reviewing:
• Wetherell JL et al., Am J Psychiatry 2013 May 17