7 December 2010

New psychiatry research released

The latest edition of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry has been released and contains a number of interesting and relevant research articles including:

• Obsessions and compulsions in children with Asperger's syndrome or high-functioning autism: a case-control study
• Is there evidence of ‘hardening’ among Australian smokers between 1997 and 2007? Analyses of the Australian National Surveys of Mental Health and Well-Being
• Facial affect recognition in anorexia nervosa: is obsessionality a missing piece of the puzzle?
• Reducing impulsivity in repeat violent offenders: an open label trial of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
• Practitioner perceptions of Skills for Psychological Recovery: a training programme for health practitioners in the aftermath of the Victorian bushfires

Abstracts of all articles in the December edition are available at: http://informahealthcare.com/toc/anp/44/12

Published by The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry contains high quality, peer-reviewed, original research articles, reviews and case reports in the field of psychiatry.

Please contact Valerie Lifook if you would like to receive full text of any of the articles.

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