Highlights of this issue:

Sukhwinder S. Shergill

Highlights of this issue
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. A18. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Susham Gupta and James Warner

Alcohol-related dementia: a 21st-century silent epidemic?
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 351-353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dwight Dickinson

Digit symbol coding and general cognitive ability in schizophrenia: worth another look?
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 354-356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REVIEW ARTICLES:

Stanley Zammit, Theresa H. M. Moore, Anne Lingford-Hughes, Thomas R. E. Barnes, Peter B. Jones, Margaret Burke, and Glyn Lewis

Effects of cannabis use on outcomes of psychotic disorders: systematic review
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 357-363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data supplement]  

PAPERS:

Vera A. Morgan, Helen Leonard, Jenny Bourke, and Assen Jablensky

Intellectual disability co-occurring with schizophrenia and other psychiatric illness: population-based study
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 364-372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ruoling Chen, Zhi Hu, Li Wei, Xia Qin, Cherie McCracken, and John R. Copeland

Severity of depression and risk for subsequent dementia: cohort studies in China and the UK
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 373-377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian Kelleher, Michelle Harley, Fionnuala Lynch, Louise Arseneault, Carol Fitzpatrick, and Mary Cannon

Associations between childhood trauma, bullying and psychotic symptoms among a school-based adolescent sample
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 378-382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Sanjuan, R. Martin-Santos, L. Garcia-Esteve, J. M. Carot, R. Guillamat, A. Gutierrez-Zotes, I. Gornemann, F. Canellas, E. Baca-Garcia, M. Jover, R. Navines, V. Valles, E. Vilella, Y. de Diego, J. A. Castro, J. L. Ivorra, E. Gelabert, M. Guitart, A. Labad, F. Mayoral, M. Roca, M. Gratacos, J. Costas, J. van Os, and R. de Frutos

Mood changes after delivery: role of the serotonin transporter gene
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 383-388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stuart Montgomery, Krai Chatamra, Lynne Pauer, Ed Whalen, and Francesca Baldinetti

Efficacy and safety of pregabalin in elderly people with generalised anxiety disorder
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 389-394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data supplement]  

Len Bowers, Richard Whittington, Peter Nolan, David Parkin, Sarah Curtis, Kamaldeep Bhui, Diane Hackney, Teresa Allan, and Alan Simpson

Relationship between service ecology, special observation and self-harm during acute in-patient care: City-128 study
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 395-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data supplement]  

Murad Moosa Khan, Sadia Mahmud, Mehtab S. Karim, Mohammad Zaman, and Martin Prince

Case–control study of suicide in Karachi, Pakistan
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 402-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data supplement]  

Kwame McKenzie, Kamaldeep Bhui, Kiran Nanchahal, and Bob Blizard

Suicide rates in people of South Asian origin in England and Wales: 1993–2003
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 406-409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Afia Ali, Andre Strydom, Angela Hassiotis, Rachael Williams, and Michael King

A measure of perceived stigma in people with intellectual disability
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 410-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online supplement]  

Claudia Goss, Francesca Moretti, Maria Angela Mazzi, Lidia Del Piccolo, Michela Rimondini, and Christa Zimmermann

Involving patients in decisions during psychiatric consultations
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 416-421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SHORT REPORTS:

Rachel G. H. Brans, Neeltje E. M. van Haren, G. Caroline M. van Baal, Wouter G. Staal, Hugo G. Schnack, René S. Kahn, and Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol

Longitudinal MRI study in schizophrenia patients and their healthy siblings
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 422-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ralph E. Hoffman, Adam W. Anderson, Maxine Varanko, John C. Gore, and Michelle Hampson

Time course of regional brain activation associated with onset of auditory/verbal hallucinations
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 424-425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data supplement]  

Correspondence:

Martin P. Lock

Treatment of antisocial personality disorder
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 426. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony Maden

Author's reply
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 426. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernard J. Carroll

Symptoms do not helpfully distinguish unipolar and bipolar depression
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 426. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liz Forty, Daniel Smith, Lisa Jones, Ian Jones, Sian Caesar, Carly Cooper, Christine Fraser, Katherine Gordon-Smith, Sally Hyde, Anne Farmer, Peter McGuffin, and Nick Craddock

Authors' reply
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book reviews:

Jeremy Holmes

Mindfulness and Mental Health: Therapy, Theory and Science
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 428. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony Bateman

Psychotherapy of Personality Disorders: Metacognition, States of Mind and Interpersonal Cycles
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 428-429. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew Broome

Psychiatry and Philosophy of Science
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 429. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard H. S. Mindham

Gods's Architect. Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 429-430. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony Zigmond

Understanding Treatment Without Consent: An Analysis of the Work of the Mental Health Act Commission
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 430. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth Furlong

Drugs in Society: European Perspectives
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 430-431. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jane Morris

Skills-based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder: The New Maudsley Method
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 431. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew Hodgkiss

Suicide-Related Behaviour: Understanding, Caring and Therapeutic Responses
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 431-432. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Extras:

Anne Sexton and Kasia Krawczyk

Wanting to die — Poem
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 372. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeremy Holmes

Attachment theory and the psychiatrist–patient relationship — in 100 words
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 377. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher Paul Szabo

A case of male anorexia with Klinefelter's syndrome, 22 years later — case report
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 388. [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the Editor's desk:

Peter Tyrer

From the Editor's desk
The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 v. 193, p. 434. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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