Recently added articles from Canadian Journal of Psychiatry:
Erratum and Clarification
Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Jacobs P, Yim R, Ohinmaa A, et al. Expenditures on Mental Health and Addictions for Canadian Provinces in 2003 and 2004. Can J Psychiatry. 2008;53(5):306-313. The first Clinical Implication should have read: "Total mental health care spending in Canada was 5% of the ...
Memory Changes in Normal and Pathological Aging
Jun 01, 2008; Craik, Fergus I M ... Declining memory abilities are reported by virtually all older adults and give rise to the greatest number of complaints about aging in older people. The important questions that arise clinically concern the differences between the so-called benign memory losses of healthy aging and the ...
Aging and Memory: A Cognitive Approach
Jun 01, 2008; Luo, Lin; Craik, Fergus I M ... This article describes changes in memory during the normal aging process from the standpoint of cognitive psychology. There is now a great deal of evidence to show that memory is not one single function but may be described in terms of different memory systems that show differential effects of ...
Memory and Cognition in Preclinical Dementia: What We Know and What We Do Not Know
Jun 01, 2008; Bäckman, Lars ... This overview focuses on the cognitive transition between normal aging and dementia. Numerous studies indicate that individuals who will go on to develop dementia show cognitive deficits many years before the time at which a clinical diagnosis could be rendered. The degree of preclinical ...
Personality and Differential Treatment Response in Major Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy and Pharmacotherapy
Jun 01, 2008; Bagby, R Michael; Quilty, Lena C; Segal, Zindel V; McBride, Carolina C; Kennedy, Sidney H; Costa, Paul T Jr ... Objective: Effective treatments for major depressive disorder exist, yet some patients fail to respond, or achieve only partial response. One approach to optimizing treatment success is to identify which patients are more likely to respond best to which treatments. The objective of this ...
Work Characteristics and Social Phobia in a Nationally Representative Employed Sample
Jun 01, 2008; Stansfeld, Stephen A; Blackmore, Emma Robertson; Zagorski, Brandon M; Munce, Sarah; Stewart, Donna E; Weller, Iris ... Objective: Social phobia is associated with long-term impairment and disability. Environmental and genetic influences may be important in etiology and persistence. This is the first study to examine the association of work characteristics with social phobia in a representative nationally ...
Contact of Mental and Nonmental Health Care Providers Prior to Suicide in Taiwan: A Population-Based Study
Jun 01, 2008; Lee, Hsin-Chien; Lin, Herng-Ching; Liu, Tsai-Ching; Lin, Shiyng-Yu ... Objective: Higher rates of health care service use prior to suicide were previously reported in Western countries; however, these studies have tended to suffer from small sample sizes. This nationwide, population-based study examines the distribution and patterns of health care service use among ...
Predictive Validity of the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version for Intramural Behaviour in Violent Offenders-A Prospective Study at a Secure Psychiatric Hospital in Germany
Jun 01, 2008; Huchzermeier, Christian; Bruß, Emelie; Geiger, Friedemann; Kernbichler, Andreas; Aldenhoff, Josef ... Objective: To consider the extent to which the presence of psychopathy, as indicated by the psychopathy checklist: screening version (PCL:SV), can predict intramural behaviour in offenders with mental disorders serving compulsory treatment at a German forensic psychiatric ...
Mathematical Learning Disorder in School-Age Children With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Jun 01, 2008; Capano, Lucia; Minden, Debbie; Chen, Shirley X; Schachar, Russell J; Ickowicz, Abel ... Objectives: To explore the prevalence of mathematics disorder (MD) relative to reading disorders (RD) in school-age children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and examine the effects of age, sex, cooccurring conduct disorder (CD), and ADHD subtype on this ...
Effect of Olanzapine and Risperidone on Subjective Well-Being and Craving for Cannabis in Patients With Schizophrenia or Related Disorders: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Jun 01, 2008; van Nimwegen, Lonneke J; de Haan, Lieuwe; van Beveren, Nico J M; van der Helm, Mischa; van den Brink, Wim; Linszen, Don ... Objective: To examine whether subjective well-being and craving for cannabis were different in patients with schizophrenia or related disorders treated with either olanzapine or risperidone. Method: A 6-week, double-blind, randomized trial of olanzapine and risperidone was carried out in ...
The Silent Child: Exploring the World of Children Who Do Not Speak
Jun 01, 2008; Lantos, Vera ... The Silent Child: Exploring the World of Children Who Do Not Speak Laurent Danon-Boileau. Kevin Windle, translator. New York (NY): Oxford University Press; 2007. 188 p. US$17.95 Reviewer rating: Good This is the first paperback edition of a book that was originally published 13 ...
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult Asperger Syndrome
Jun 01, 2008; Damodharan, Senthil K ... Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult Asperger Syndrome Valerie L Gaus. New York (NY): Guilford Press; 2007. 236 p. US$35.00 Reviewer rating: Excellent There is an increasing appreciation of the contribution of developmental neurobehavioural disorders in the evolution and ...
Re: New Developments in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Mood Disorders
Jun 01, 2008; Coupland, Jason; Morrison, Jason; Myrh, Gail; Pinard, Gilbert; Racine, Hélène; Tagalakis, Vicki; St-Laurent, Marie; Talbot, Jeanne ... Dear Editor: The January 2007 issue of The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, which focused on cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for depression, is another encouraging example of the Canadian Psychiatric Association taking a leading role in disseminating advances in CBT to Canadian ...