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September 2013 Highlights

September 2013 Highlights

FromAmerican Journal of Psychiatry Audio


September 2013 Highlights

FromAmerican Journal of Psychiatry Audio

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Sep 11, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This audio program examines relationships between violence and mental illness. This issue looks at psychiatric characteristics of homicide defendants, differences in mental illness between gang members and other men with violent behavior, and aggression in a child with Asperger’s disorder. It also features a study of the relationship between firearms availability and suicide risk, a trial of prazosin for treatment of nightmares in combat-related PTSD, a study comparing cognitive-behavioral therapy and short-term psychodynamic therapy for depression, and a long-term study on the effects of antipsychotics in Alzheimer’s disease. Articles can be viewed online at www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org.
Released:
Sep 11, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Each episode of AJP Audio brings you an in-depth look at one of the articles featured in that month’s issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry, the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association. Wide-ranging interviews with article authors cover the background, rationale, main findings, and future implications of the research.