Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience articles from July 2007

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience archives from July 2007

The usefulness of large studies in psychopharmacology: understanding their strong points and their drawbacks.(Editorial)
July 1, 2007... Large studies have recently been reported in relation to the use of antidepressant and antipsychotic medications. They were designed to assess, in a controlled manner, the effectiveness or safety (or both) of such medications. These include the...

[I-123] ADAM and SPECT in patients with borderline personality disorder and healthy control subjects.(Research Paper)(2-([2-([dimethylamino]methyl)phenyl]thio; single photon emission computed tomography)
July 1, 2007... Objective: Serotonergic dysfunction is considered to be involved in the pathophysiology of borderline personality disorder (BPD). The aim of this study was to investigate serotonin transporter availability in patients with BPD as a marker of...

The long-term impact of treatment with electroconvulsive therapy on discrete memory systems in patients with bipolar disorder.(Research paper)
July 1, 2007... Objective: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been controversially associated with long-lasting memory problems. Verbal learning and memory deficits are commonly reported in studies of people with bipolar disorder (BD). Whether memory deficits...

Empirical evaluation of language disorder in schizophrenia.(Research Paper)(Clinical report)
July 1, 2007... Objective: Studies of the content of speech and of verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia point to dysfunction at multiple levels of language. In this study, we empirically evaluated language processes. Methods: We examined the performance of...

Cortical excitability and rest activity properties in patients with depression.(Research Paper)
July 1, 2007... Objective: Results of recent studies suggest a link between neuronal excitatory or inhibitory unbalance and depression. To investigate this relation, we studied the rest activity and the cortical excitability of the cerebral areas dedicated to...

Visual scan paths in first-episode schizophrenia and cannabis-induced psychosis.(Research Paper)
July 1, 2007... Objective: Patterns of successive saccades and fixations (scan paths) that are made while viewing images are often spatially restricted in schizophrenia, but the relation with cannabis-induced psychosis has not been examined. We used...

Maternal programming of defensive responses through sustained effects on gene expression.(Review paper)
July 1, 2007... 2005 CCNP Heinz Lehmann Award Paper There are profound maternal effects on individual differences in defensive responses in species ranging from plants to insects to birds. In this paper, we review data from the rat that suggest comparable...

Using psychostimulants for treating residual symptoms in major depression.(Psychopharmacology for the Clinician Psychopharmacologie pratique)(Report)
July 1, 2007... The information in this column is not intended as a definitive treatment strategy but as a suggested approach for clinicians treating patients with similar histories. Individual cases may vary and should be evaluated carefully before treatment...