American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014

  • Exposure to an Alarm Pheromone Combined with Footshock Stress Enhances Responsivity of the Medial Amygdala-Hippocampus Circuit

    Carlos M. Contreras, Tania Molina-Jiménez, Ana G. Gutiérrez-García

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 83-89
    Received: 11 November 2014
    Accepted: 19 November 2014
    Published: 23 November 2014
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    Abstract: Alarm substances are released under stressful situations and may constitute signals that prevent other members of the group from encountering dangerous situations by producing fear. 2-Heptanone is an alarm pheromone that increases the neuronal firing rate in temporal lobe structures that are related to fear in the rat, such as the basal amygdala. A... Show More
  • Clinical and Sociodemographic Features of Children and Adolescents with Specific Learning Disorder (SLD)

    Zeynep Goker, Ozden Sukran Uneri, Esra Guney, Gulser Dinc, Ozlem Hekim-Bozkurt

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 90-95
    Received: 16 November 2014
    Accepted: 21 November 2014
    Published: 25 November 2014
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    Abstract: Background: To evaluate of child or adolescent with specific learning disorder (SLD) was aimed and if there are any distinctive patterns of Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) performance, accepted as a determiner of cognitive functioning, was explored. Method: Over a-year period of data related to SLD diagnosed with DSM-IV-TR... Show More
  • Ethical and Deontological Issues in Psychiatry

    Anca Livia Chirita

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 96-100
    Received: 20 November 2014
    Accepted: 27 November 2014
    Published: 02 December 2014
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    Abstract: General ethic principles in psychiatry are similar to those in somatic therapy, psychiatry being the medicine of the mind. The needs of the patient and society are the main focus of this medical specialty. Obtaining informed consent and cooperation can be encouraged if adequate information is disclosed to the patient from the outset. If the therape... Show More
  • Prevalence of Anxiety and Associated Factors among People Living with HIV/AIDS at Debretabor General Hospital Anti Retro Viral Clinic Debretabor, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2014

    Amsalu Belete, Gashaw Andaregie, Minale Tareke, Tigabu Birhan, Telake Azale

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 109-114
    Received: 28 November 2014
    Accepted: 09 December 2014
    Published: 19 December 2014
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    Abstract: Introduction: Anxiety is one of the co-morbidities that are often overlooked in treating patients for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome from Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS).Anxiety is higher among HIV/AIDS than the general population. Anxiety among those that have recently been diagnosed with, HIV has been shown to be more prevalent among... Show More
  • Effectiveness of Osmotic-Controlled Release Oral Delivery System Methylphenidate in the Treatment of Stuttering that Combined with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Case Report

    Sahin Bodur, Yetis Isildar, Halil Kara, Murat Sabanci

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 115-117
    Received: 15 December 2014
    Accepted: 22 December 2014
    Published: 27 December 2014
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    Abstract: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder in children that shows comorbidity with several psychopathology included stuttering. The prefrontal cortex is the area of brain that sends and receives projections from virtually all cortical sensory systems, motor systems, and many subcortical structures... Show More