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- Volume 40 Issue 04
- What have the genomics ever done for the psychoses?
- A sham-controlled trial of left and right temporal rTMS for the treatment of auditory hallucinations
- Pre-morbid IQ in mental disorders: a Danish draft-board study of 7486 psychiatric patients
- Evidence for structural abnormalities of the human habenular complex in affective disorders but not in schizophrenia
Psychology Journals
- The iso-effect: Is there specific learning of Tower of London iso-problems?
- Inhibiting beliefs demands attention
- Incorrect estimates and false reports: How framing modifies truth
- Exploring the determinants of dual goal facilitation in a rule discovery task
- Three dimensional spatial memory and learning in real and virtual environments
Psychotherapy Journals
- A Review of Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment (2nd Ed.)
- A Review of Gay Affirmative Therapy for the Straight Clinician: The Essential Guide
- A Review of Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America 1861-2003
- Sexual Stimulation Device-Related Injuries
- Pain Ratings, Sensory Thresholds, and Psychosocial Functioning in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia
Psychological Medicine
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04
Now in its fourth decade of publication, Psychological Medicine is a leading international journal in the fields of psychiatry, related aspects of psychology and basic sciences. There are twelve issues a year, each featuring original articles reporting key research being undertaken worldwide, together with shorter editorials by distinguished scholars and an important book review section. The journal's success is clearly demonstrated by a consistently high impact factor.
Now in its fourth decade of publication, Psychological Medicine is a leading international journal in the fields of psychiatry, related aspects of psychology and basic sciences. There are twelve issues a year, each featuring original articles reporting key research being undertaken worldwide, together with shorter editorials by distinguished scholars and an important book review section. The journal's success is clearly demonstrated by a consistently high impact factor.
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Volume 40 Issue 04
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04
Now in its fourth decade of publication, Psychological Medicine is a leading international journal in the fields of psychiatry, related aspects of psychology and basic sciences. There are twelve issues a year, each featuring original articles reporting key research being undertaken worldwide, together with shorter editorials by distinguished scholars and an important book review section. The journal's success is clearly demonstrated by a consistently high impact factor.
Now in its fourth decade of publication, Psychological Medicine is a leading international journal in the fields of psychiatry, related aspects of psychology and basic sciences. There are twelve issues a year, each featuring original articles reporting key research being undertaken worldwide, together with shorter editorials by distinguished scholars and an important book review section. The journal's success is clearly demonstrated by a consistently high impact factor.
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What have the genomics ever done for the psychoses?
Review Articles
M. Gill, G. Donohoe, A. Corvin,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 529-540
Abstract
Background Despite the substantial heritability of the psychoses and their genuine public health burden, the applicability of the genomic approach in psychiatry has been strongly questioned or prematurely dismissed.
M. Gill, G. Donohoe, A. Corvin,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 529-540
Abstract
Background Despite the substantial heritability of the psychoses and their genuine public health burden, the applicability of the genomic approach in psychiatry has been strongly questioned or prematurely dismissed.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
A sham-controlled trial of left and right temporal rTMS for the treatment of auditory hallucinations
Research Articles
C. K. Loo, K. Sainsbury, P. Mitchell, D. Hadzi-Pavlovic, P. S. Sachdev,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 541-546
Abstract
Background Several studies have reported reduction of auditory hallucinations (AH) after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the left temporal cortex. This study explored the effects of rTMS to the left and right temporal cortex.
C. K. Loo, K. Sainsbury, P. Mitchell, D. Hadzi-Pavlovic, P. S. Sachdev,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 541-546
Abstract
Background Several studies have reported reduction of auditory hallucinations (AH) after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the left temporal cortex. This study explored the effects of rTMS to the left and right temporal cortex.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
Pre-morbid IQ in mental disorders: a Danish draft-board study of 7486 psychiatric patients
Research Articles
A. Urfer-Parnas, E. Lykke Mortensen, D. Sæbye, J. Parnas,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 547-556
Abstract
Background Longitudinal studies indicate that future schizophrenia patients exhibit lower IQ than healthy controls. Recent studies suggest that future patients with other mental illnesses obtain lower pre-morbid IQ. The aims of this study were to compare pre-morbid IQ among five diagnostic categories and normal controls, to examine the distribution of pre-morbid IQ, and to investigate the relationship between pre-morbid IQ and risk of mental illness.
A. Urfer-Parnas, E. Lykke Mortensen, D. Sæbye, J. Parnas,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 547-556
Abstract
Background Longitudinal studies indicate that future schizophrenia patients exhibit lower IQ than healthy controls. Recent studies suggest that future patients with other mental illnesses obtain lower pre-morbid IQ. The aims of this study were to compare pre-morbid IQ among five diagnostic categories and normal controls, to examine the distribution of pre-morbid IQ, and to investigate the relationship between pre-morbid IQ and risk of mental illness.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
Evidence for structural abnormalities of the human habenular complex in affective disorders but not in schizophrenia
Research Articles
K. Ranft, H. Dobrowolny, D. Krell, H. Bielau, B. Bogerts, H.-G. Bernstein,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 557-567
Abstract
Background The habenular complex is composed of important relay nuclei linking the limbic forebrain to the midbrain and brain stem nuclei. Based on clinical observations, experiments with animals and theoretical considerations, it has been speculated that this brain area might be involved in psychiatric diseases (i.e. schizophrenia and depression). However, evidence in favour of this hypothesis is still lacking because the human habenular complex has rarely been studied with regard to mental illness.
K. Ranft, H. Dobrowolny, D. Krell, H. Bielau, B. Bogerts, H.-G. Bernstein,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 557-567
Abstract
Background The habenular complex is composed of important relay nuclei linking the limbic forebrain to the midbrain and brain stem nuclei. Based on clinical observations, experiments with animals and theoretical considerations, it has been speculated that this brain area might be involved in psychiatric diseases (i.e. schizophrenia and depression). However, evidence in favour of this hypothesis is still lacking because the human habenular complex has rarely been studied with regard to mental illness.
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Comparison of social cognitive functioning in schizophrenia and high functioning autism: more convergence than divergence
Research Articles
S. M. Couture, D. L. Penn, M. Losh, R. Adolphs, R. Hurley, J. Piven,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 569-579
Abstract
Background Individuals with schizophrenia and individuals with high-functioning autism (HFA) seem to share some social, behavioral and biological features. Although marked impairments in social cognition have been documented in both groups, little empirical work has compared the social cognitive functioning of these two clinical groups.
S. M. Couture, D. L. Penn, M. Losh, R. Adolphs, R. Hurley, J. Piven,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 569-579
Abstract
Background Individuals with schizophrenia and individuals with high-functioning autism (HFA) seem to share some social, behavioral and biological features. Although marked impairments in social cognition have been documented in both groups, little empirical work has compared the social cognitive functioning of these two clinical groups.
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Characteristics of young rural Chinese suicides: a psychological autopsy study
Research Articles
J. Zhang, W. Wieczorek, Y. Conwell, X.-M. Tu, B. Y.-W. Wu, S. Xiao, C. Jia,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 581-589
Abstract
Background Patterns of suicide rates in China differ in many ways from those in the West. This study aimed to identify the risk factors characteristic for young rural Chinese suicides.
J. Zhang, W. Wieczorek, Y. Conwell, X.-M. Tu, B. Y.-W. Wu, S. Xiao, C. Jia,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 581-589
Abstract
Background Patterns of suicide rates in China differ in many ways from those in the West. This study aimed to identify the risk factors characteristic for young rural Chinese suicides.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
The pattern and course of cognitive impairment in late-life depression
Research Articles
S. Köhler, A. J. Thomas, N. A. Barnett, J. T. O'Brien,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 591-602
Abstract
Background Cognitive deficits persist despite clinical recovery in subjects with late-life depression, but more needs to be known about their longer-term outcome and factors affecting their course. To investigate this, we followed the pattern of cognitive impairments over time and examined the effects of current mood, remission status, age of depression onset and antidepressant (AD) treatment on these deficits.
S. Köhler, A. J. Thomas, N. A. Barnett, J. T. O'Brien,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 591-602
Abstract
Background Cognitive deficits persist despite clinical recovery in subjects with late-life depression, but more needs to be known about their longer-term outcome and factors affecting their course. To investigate this, we followed the pattern of cognitive impairments over time and examined the effects of current mood, remission status, age of depression onset and antidepressant (AD) treatment on these deficits.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
Relationship between baseline white-matter changes and development of late-life depressive symptoms: 3-year results from the LADIS study
Research Articles
A. Teodorczuk, M. J. Firbank, L. Pantoni, A. Poggesi, T. Erkinjuntti, A. Wallin, L.-O. Wahlund, P. Scheltens, G. Waldemar, G. Schrotter, J. M. Ferro, H. Chabriat, H. Bazner, M. Visser, D. Inzitari, J. T. O'Brien,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 603-610
Abstract
Background Growing evidence suggests that cerebral white-matter changes and depressive symptoms are linked directly along the causal pathway. We investigated whether baseline severity of cerebral white-matter changes predict longer-term future depressive outcomes in a community sample of non-disabled older adults.
A. Teodorczuk, M. J. Firbank, L. Pantoni, A. Poggesi, T. Erkinjuntti, A. Wallin, L.-O. Wahlund, P. Scheltens, G. Waldemar, G. Schrotter, J. M. Ferro, H. Chabriat, H. Bazner, M. Visser, D. Inzitari, J. T. O'Brien,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 603-610
Abstract
Background Growing evidence suggests that cerebral white-matter changes and depressive symptoms are linked directly along the causal pathway. We investigated whether baseline severity of cerebral white-matter changes predict longer-term future depressive outcomes in a community sample of non-disabled older adults.
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Brain anatomy and ageing in non-demented adults with Down's syndrome: an in vivo MRI study
Research Articles
F. Beacher, E. Daly, A. Simmons, V. Prasher, R. Morris, C. Robinson, S. Lovestone, K. Murphy, D. G. M. Murphy,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 611-619
Abstract
Background People with Down's syndrome (DS) are at high risk for developing dementia in middle age. The biological basis for this is unknown. It has been proposed that non-demented adults with DS may undergo accelerated brain ageing.
F. Beacher, E. Daly, A. Simmons, V. Prasher, R. Morris, C. Robinson, S. Lovestone, K. Murphy, D. G. M. Murphy,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 611-619
Abstract
Background People with Down's syndrome (DS) are at high risk for developing dementia in middle age. The biological basis for this is unknown. It has been proposed that non-demented adults with DS may undergo accelerated brain ageing.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
Depressive symptoms in early pregnancy disrupt attentional processing of infant emotion
Research Articles
R. M. Pearson, R. M. Cooper, I. S. Penton-Voak, S. L. Lightman, J. Evans,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 621-631
Abstract
Background Growing evidence suggests that perinatal depression is associated with disrupted mother infant interactions and poor infant outcomes. Antenatal depression may play a key role in this cycle by disrupting the development of a maternal response to infant stimuli. The current study therefore investigated the impact of depressive symptoms on the basic cognitive processing of infant stimuli at the beginning of pregnancy.
R. M. Pearson, R. M. Cooper, I. S. Penton-Voak, S. L. Lightman, J. Evans,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 621-631
Abstract
Background Growing evidence suggests that perinatal depression is associated with disrupted mother infant interactions and poor infant outcomes. Antenatal depression may play a key role in this cycle by disrupting the development of a maternal response to infant stimuli. The current study therefore investigated the impact of depressive symptoms on the basic cognitive processing of infant stimuli at the beginning of pregnancy.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
Maternal psychological distress and fetal growth trajectories: The Generation R Study
Research Articles
J. Henrichs, J. J. Schenk, S. J. Roza, M. P. van den Berg, H. G. Schmidt, E. A. P. Steegers, A. Hofman, V. W. V. Jaddoe, F. C. Verhulst, H. Tiemeier,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 633-643
Abstract
Background Previous research suggests, though not consistently, that maternal psychological distress during pregnancy leads to adverse birth outcomes. We investigated whether maternal psychological distress affects fetal growth during the period of mid-pregnancy until birth.
J. Henrichs, J. J. Schenk, S. J. Roza, M. P. van den Berg, H. G. Schmidt, E. A. P. Steegers, A. Hofman, V. W. V. Jaddoe, F. C. Verhulst, H. Tiemeier,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 633-643
Abstract
Background Previous research suggests, though not consistently, that maternal psychological distress during pregnancy leads to adverse birth outcomes. We investigated whether maternal psychological distress affects fetal growth during the period of mid-pregnancy until birth.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
Investigating vulnerability to eating disorders: biases in emotional processing
Research Articles
A. Pringle, C. J. Harmer, M. J. Cooper,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 645-655
Abstract
Background Biases in emotional processing and cognitions about the self are thought to play a role in the maintenance of eating disorders (EDs). However, little is known about whether these difficulties exist pre-morbidly and how they might contribute to risk.
A. Pringle, C. J. Harmer, M. J. Cooper,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 645-655
Abstract
Background Biases in emotional processing and cognitions about the self are thought to play a role in the maintenance of eating disorders (EDs). However, little is known about whether these difficulties exist pre-morbidly and how they might contribute to risk.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
The interaction between perinatal factors and childhood abuse in the risk of developing anorexia nervosa
Research Articles
A. Favaro, E. Tenconi, P. Santonastaso,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 657-665
Abstract
Background Perinatal factors seem to be implicated in the pathogenesis of anorexia nervosa (AN) and may be involved in the programming of stress response systems in humans. Our aim was to explore one of the possible pathways to explain the association between perinatal complications and a psychiatric disorder. In particular, we tested the hypothesis that neonatal immaturity may confer an enhanced vulnerability to AN after exposure to a severe stressful event, such as childhood abuse.
A. Favaro, E. Tenconi, P. Santonastaso,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 657-665
Abstract
Background Perinatal factors seem to be implicated in the pathogenesis of anorexia nervosa (AN) and may be involved in the programming of stress response systems in humans. Our aim was to explore one of the possible pathways to explain the association between perinatal complications and a psychiatric disorder. In particular, we tested the hypothesis that neonatal immaturity may confer an enhanced vulnerability to AN after exposure to a severe stressful event, such as childhood abuse.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
Neural plasticity in response to attention training in anxiety
Research Articles
S. Eldar, Y. Bar-Haim,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 667-677
Abstract
Background Behavioral studies show that attention training can alter threat bias, influence vulnerability to stress and reduce clinical anxiety symptoms. The aim of this study was to examine which cognitive functions of attention processing are modulated by attention training, and how a priori anxiety interacts with the attention training procedure. Specifically, we expected modulation in the P1/N1 event-related potential (ERP) complex if early spatial attention was to be affected by training and modulation in later ERP components (P2, N2, P3) had training affected top-down attentional processes.
S. Eldar, Y. Bar-Haim,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 667-677
Abstract
Background Behavioral studies show that attention training can alter threat bias, influence vulnerability to stress and reduce clinical anxiety symptoms. The aim of this study was to examine which cognitive functions of attention processing are modulated by attention training, and how a priori anxiety interacts with the attention training procedure. Specifically, we expected modulation in the P1/N1 event-related potential (ERP) complex if early spatial attention was to be affected by training and modulation in later ERP components (P2, N2, P3) had training affected top-down attentional processes.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
Childhood exposure to sexual abuse and partnership outcomes at age 30
Research Articles
M. D. Friesen, L. J. Woodward, L. J. Horwood, D. M. Fergusson,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 679-688
Abstract
Background In this study, 30-year longitudinal data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS) were used to examine the associations between childhood exposure to sexual abuse and intimate relationship outcomes at age 30. In addition, a broad range of early childhood and family confounding factors were tested, and the role of intervening factors from adolescence was explored.
M. D. Friesen, L. J. Woodward, L. J. Horwood, D. M. Fergusson,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 679-688
Abstract
Background In this study, 30-year longitudinal data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS) were used to examine the associations between childhood exposure to sexual abuse and intimate relationship outcomes at age 30. In addition, a broad range of early childhood and family confounding factors were tested, and the role of intervening factors from adolescence was explored.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
Neurology out-patients with symptoms unexplained by disease: illness beliefs and financial benefits predict 1-year outcome
Research Articles
M. Sharpe, J. Stone, C. Hibberd, C. Warlow, R. Duncan, R. Coleman, R. Roberts, R. Cull, A. Pelosi, J. Cavanagh, K. Matthews, R. Goldbeck, R. Smyth, A. Walker, J. Walker, A. MacMahon, G. Murray, A. Carson,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 689-698
Abstract
Background Patients whose symptoms are often have a poor symptomatic outcome after specialist consultation, but we know little about which patient factors predict this. We therefore aimed to determine predictors of poor subjective outcome for new neurology out-patients with symptoms unexplained by disease 1 year after the initial consultation.
M. Sharpe, J. Stone, C. Hibberd, C. Warlow, R. Duncan, R. Coleman, R. Roberts, R. Cull, A. Pelosi, J. Cavanagh, K. Matthews, R. Goldbeck, R. Smyth, A. Walker, J. Walker, A. MacMahon, G. Murray, A. Carson,
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40 Issue 04 , pp 689-698
Abstract
Background Patients whose symptoms are often have a poor symptomatic outcome after specialist consultation, but we know little about which patient factors predict this. We therefore aimed to determine predictors of poor subjective outcome for new neurology out-patients with symptoms unexplained by disease 1 year after the initial consultation.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
The Confabulating Mind: How the Brain Creates Reality . By A. Schnider. (Pp. 332; £29.95; ISBN 9780199206759.) Oxford, UK. 2008.
Categories: Psychiatry Journals
Drug Abuse: Concepts, Prevention and Cessation . By S. Sussman and S. Ames. (Pp. 352; £29.99: ISBN 9780521858922 pb.) Cambridge University Press. 2008.
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Neuropsychiatry Journals
- Expression of genes of KCNQ potassium channels in cultured hippocampal inhibitory interneurons, and participation of these channels in the regulation of GABA-ergic transmission
- Effects induced by an actin-polymerizing peptide in goldfish mauthner neurons
- Effect of peroxynitrite on production of superoxide anion radicals and calcium homeostasis in cells of astroglial origin
- Age-related changes in synaptic vesicle pools of axo-dendritic synapses on hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons in mice
- Are steady-state temporal correlations between evoked stochastic releases of synaptic vesicles as informative as suggested?
Journals on Addiction
- Alcohol-Induced Bone Loss and Deficient Bone Repair.
- Considerable Haplotype Diversity within the 23kb Encompassing the ADH7 Gene.
- No Alcoholism-Protection Effects of ADH1B*2 Allele in Antisocial Alcoholics among Han Chinese in Taiwan.
- Support for Previously Identified Alcoholism Susceptibility Loci in a Cohort Selected for Smoking Behavior.
- Ethanol-Induced CXC-Chemokine Synthesis and Barrier Dysfunction in Intestinal Epithelial Cells.
Psychoanalysis Journals
- What really happens in police interviews of suspects? Tactics and confessions
- In defence of multidimensional scaling for the analysis of sexual offence behaviour: cautionary notes regarding analysis and interpretation
- Multidimensional scaling and the analysis of sexual offence behaviour: a reply to Sturidsson et al.
- MDS use with crime scene data replicates poorly: response to Goodwill, Alison, and Humann (this issue) and Davis (this issue)
- The effects of different paraphrasing styles on the quality of reports from young child witnesses