abstract：:This review discusses suicide warning signs in clinical practice and has three simple goals: 1) to help practitioners differentiate in a clinically meaningful fashion between warning signs and risk factors for suicide; 2) to articulate the link among warning signs for suicide, hopelessness, and intent to die; and 3) t...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Rudd MD

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of neuroimaging of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is now 30 years old. This brief selective review highlights the increasing sophistication of recent structural and functional neuroimaging studies of ADHD. In volumetric studies, investigators are examining extra-frontal, as well as frontal-s...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Kelly AM,Margulies DS,Castellanos FX

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disruptive, chronic, and relatively common disorder that is often difficult to treat. Many patients with PTSD are unresponsive, have only moderate or marginal responses, or have troubling side effects to first-line serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment. Studies suggest that ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Berlin HA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manic symptoms frequently occur in patients with comorbid medical disorders and present a diagnostic and treatment challenge. Manic symptoms may be due to an independent psychiatric illness, may be induced or precipitated by a medical condition, or may result from medication or substance use. The presence of manic sym...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Arora M,Daughton J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence suggests that depressive disorders and anxiety disorders are much more prevalent among medically ill children and adolescents when compared with the general population, and that the presence of comorbidity may adversely affect medical outcomes and quality of life. Whereas the prevalence and ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Benton TD,Ifeagwu JA,Smith-Whitley K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delirium is an under-recognized, highly prevalent form of organ dysfunction in the intensive care unit (ICU). It is imperative to be aware of risk factors for delirium in the ICU, some of which are modifiable. In the last 5 years, a new tool for detecting delirium among critically ill patients has been validated and f...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Miller RR 3rd,Ely EW

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute mania is frequently a medical emergency requiring hospitalization for behavioral control, rapid resolution of irritability, agitation, de-escalation of mood, and decreasing of risk-taking behavior. Lithium efficacy in the management of acute mania was reported in 1949 and approved by the US Food and Drug Adminis...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Gajwani P,Kemp DE,Muzina DJ,Xia G,Gao K,Calabrese JR

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we highlight recent Bipolar Collaborative Network data. We found that childhood-onset bipolar illness is common, often goes untreated for more than a decade, and carries a poor prognosis. During randomized studies of adjunctive medications in depression: 1) Venlafaxine showed higher switch rates than ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Post RM,Altshuler LL,Frye MA,Suppes T,McElroy S,Keck PE Jr,Leverich GS,Kupka R,Nolen WA,Grunze H

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral inhibition (BI) during early childhood has been associated with subsequent development of anxiety disorders. However, understanding of the neuroanatomical substrates of BI in humans generally has not kept pace with that of anxiety disorders. Recent interpretations and implementations of Gray's and Kagan's c...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Morgan BE

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musical hallucinations have been described in numerous neurologic and psychiatric patients, but their pathophysiologic background is not understood. Analyzing the published cases, five subgroups can be separated according to their etiology: hypacusis, psychiatric disorders, focal brain lesions, epilepsy, and intoxicat...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Evers S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poststroke depression (PSD) is a form of geriatric depression that is associated with various negative outcomes. This article reviews existing research concerning the etiology, treatment, and prevention of PSD with particular emphasis on the development of a biopsychosocial conceptualization of PSD etiology and treatm...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Mast BT,Vedrody S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD), their families and clinicians experience significant challenges when weighing the potential risks versus benefits of available choices in the treatment of MDD. Although MDD is highly prevalent in adolescents and is associated with marked suffering, impairment and risk ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Pathak S,Kratochvil CJ,Rogers GM,Silva S,Vitiello B,Weller EB,March JS

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rigorous research has recently identified a range of behavioral therapies that have been shown to be effective across the most prevalent types of substance dependence. This review summarizes the roles of behavioral therapies as contrasted with those of pharmacotherapies for substance use disorders and then provides an...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Carroll KM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon (IFN) therapy is associated with neuropsychiatric side effects including cognitive dysfunction and mood syndromes of varying severity. These problems are the most common causes of treatment discontinuation. Dose and duration of treatment influence risk of IFN-induced side effects. Rates of IFN-induced depre...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Valentine AD,Meyers CA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been shown to be a highly effective treatment for children and adults. In the current review, we briefly describe the historical developments of the treatment, and recent findings related to five areas of inquiry: 1) Does intensity of CBT i...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Huppert JD,Franklin ME

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After dividing clinicians for almost 70 years, Charles Bonnet syndrome has reached an impasse. Defined by a neurologist in the 1930s, the syndrome was intended to eponymize the association of visual hallucinations with age, but evolved into one describing their association with eye disease or, more recently, an etiolo...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Ffytche DH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in genotyping and related technologies and the study of families with two or more autistic siblings have allowed the reporting of various genetic linkage and candidate gene association studies for autism. Despite this significant research effort, there still is no general agreement on the role of particular g...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Todd RD

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a dearth of knowledge regarding the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder in late life. Based on a review of the current research on bipolar disorder in late life, emerging areas of research were identified: 1) methodological challenges in diagnosing bipolar disorder; 2) a lack of guidelines for the tre...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Kilbourne AM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although initial reports of genetic contributions to personality dimensions were promising, continued empirical support remains controversial. The focus has largely revolved around polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter gene-linked polymorphic region and the D4 dopamine receptor subtype. Equivocal findings likely ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Noblett KL,Coccaro EF

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human neurodevelopment is the result of genetic and environmental interactions. This paper examines the role of prenatal nutrition relative to psychiatric disorders and explores the relationship among nutrients, mood changes, and mood disorders. Epidemiologic studies have found that adults who were born with a normal,...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Casper RC

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral encephalitis, a condition in which a virus infects the brain and produces an inflammatory response, affects approximately 20,000 individuals per year in the United States. The viral encephalidities include sporadic and epidemic acute viral encephalidities and subacute and chronic/progressive viral encephalitis o...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Arciniegas DB,Anderson CA

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety symptoms and disorders have long been described in schizophrenia. This article reviews the epidemiology, phenomenology, and neurobiologic underpinnings of comorbid anxiety symptoms and disorders in schizophrenia. Recent literature was obtained by Medline searches using key words relating to schizophrenia and a...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Muller JE,Koen L,Soraya S,Emsley RA,Stein DJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microdeletion at chromosome 22q11 is the most frequently known interstitial deletion found in humans, occurring in approximately one of every 4000 live births. Its occurrence is associated with a characteristic facial dysmorphology, a range of congenital abnormalities, and psychiatric problems, especially schizophre...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Williams NM,Owen MJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review addresses issues related to the use of structured psychiatric diagnostic interviews in children and adolescents. Structured diagnostic interviews improve the diagnostic process by better organizing the collection of clinical data and eliminating biases when applying diagnostic criteria. Available interview...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Calinoiu I,McClellan J

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with neuropsychologic and neuropsychiatric dysfunction and is a leading cause of disability among the elderly. Impairments in activities of daily living (ADL) contribute significantly to the disability reported among patients with AD and diminish quality of life for patients and ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Boyle PA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inverse relationship exists between an individual's degree of negative affect and the interpersonal perception of friendliness, sympathy and empathy, acceptance, warmth, regard, and genuineness, and the converse relationship persists for the perception of sadness and anger. Thus, a "negative interpersonal bias" exi...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Janowsky DS

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of overt hypothyroidism (HO) on cognition and mood are well established, and HO is considered a common cause of reversible dementia. There is now increasing evidence to suggest that subclinical hypothyroidism (ie, elevated thyroid stimulating hormone in the presence of normal thyroxine concentrations) may ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Davis JD,Stern RA,Flashman LA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models may be useful in investigating the fundamental mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders, and may contribute to the development of new medications. A computerized literature search was used to collect studies on recently developed animal models for anxiety disorders. Particular cognitive-affective proc...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Uys JD,Stein DJ,Daniels WM,Harvey BH

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conflict between French nosology and international classifications is mainly linked to the French concepts of chronic hallucinatory psychosis and bouffée délirante. However, these discrepancies are now largely reduced by the evolution of the recent versions of international classifications. The term chronic halluc...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Chabrol H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child maltreatment is a serious problem in US society, affecting approximately three million children. Children and adolescents exposed to child abuse and neglect experience high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In addition, they are at risk for comorbid mental illness. Biologic stress systems affected ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： De Bellis MD,Thomas LA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper aims to critically review currently available data on kleptomania and to analyze the possible future evolution of clinical research and therapeutic strategies. ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Marazziti D,Mungai F,Giannotti D,Pfanner C,Presta S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biology and treatment of premenstrual tension syndrome has advanced significantly in the past 30 years. Newer research expands on earlier literature that has been accumulated before 1972. This review selectively considers this earlier literature, because it defines the nature and impact of what was then considered...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Janowsky DS,Rausch JL,Davis JM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the original work of Myklebust et al., the concept of a syndrome of nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) has undergone considerable development and expansion, most notably in the work of Rourke. These authors have proposed a model of white matter dysfunction, predominantly in the right cerebral hemisphere, whic...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： McDonald BC

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is consistent evidence that the principal etiology of schizophrenia involves predisposing genetic factors. Recent years have seen several new insights in the genetics of schizophrenia. Several chromosomal regions show significant evidence that they contain schizophrenia susceptibility genes. A clinically relevan...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Bassett AS,Chow EW,Weksberg R,Brzustowicz L

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Puerperal psychoses do not represent a nosological entity, but rather a selection of puerperally triggered "ordinary" functional psychoses with cycloid psychoses predominating and schizophrenias occurring very rarely. The prognosis is basically favorable concerning symptom remission and social and occupational functio...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Pfuhlmann B,Stoeber G,Beckmann H

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Surgeon General's National Action Agenda highlighted key issues that challenge the public health system in appropriately meeting the mental health needs of children and their families. Among these issues included the need for screening and early identification, improving access to appropriate mental health care, s...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Olin SC,Hoagwood K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential role of personality disorders in understanding husband violence is a controversial issue. Although researchers consistently find high rates of personality disorders, particularly antisocial and borderline characteristics, among samples of male batterers, feminist theorists worry that such research will d...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Holtzworth-Munroe A,Meehan JC

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Updated findings on the relationship between nicotine and depression are presented. Clinical and preclinical research on nicotine use and depression suggests that nicotine may have some properties in common with antidepressants. Updated findings involve the comorbidity of smoking and major depressive disorder (MDD), t...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Laje RP,Berman JA,Glassman AH

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical neuropsychiatry has traditionally relied on individual practitioner experience or the apprentice-training model for formulating cases and choosing treatment. Scientifically-based diagnostic criteria and treatment algorithms have been lacking in the overlap area between psychiatry and neurology, owing largely ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Ryan JM,Loy R,Tariot PN

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective treatments for co-occurring schizophrenia and substance abuse have emerged over the past 15 years. They involve integration and melding of mental health and substance abuse treatments, helping people to acquire the skills and supports they need to manage both illnesses and to pursue functional goals, and a c...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Drake RE,Mueser KT

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00