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Journal of Affective Disorders 51 (1998) 361-363 Contents (Vol. 51) No. 1 — October 1998 Special Issue: Personality Factors in Affective Disorders Personality factors in affective disorders: historical developments and current issues with special reference to the concepts of temperament and character D. von Zerssen, H.S. Akiskal (Germany, USA) TEMPS-I: delineating the most discriminant traits of the cyclothymic, depressive, hyperthymic and irritable temperaments in a nonpatient population H.S. Akiskal, G.F. Placidi, I. Maremmani, S. Signoretta, A. Liguori, R. Gervasi, G. Mallya, V.R. Puzantian (USA, Italy) Measurement of temperament and character in mood disorders: a model of fundamental states as personality types C.R. Cloninger, C. Bayon, D.M. Svrakic (USA) Personality in patients with affective disorders and their relatives H. Hecht, D. van Calker, M. Berger, D. von Zerssen (Germany) The pre-morbid psychometric profile is stable over time in subjects at high familial risk for affective disorders C.J. Lauer, D. von Zerssen, W. Schreiber, S. Modell, F. Holsboer, J.-C. Krieg (Germany) Personality, smoking and suicide: a prospective study J. Angst, P.J. Clayton (Switzerland, USA) Psychopathology and temperament in parents and offspring: results of a family study K.R. Merikangas, J.D. Swendsen, M.A. Preisig, R.Z. Chazan (USA, Switzerland) No. 2 — November 1998 Special Issue: Current Issues in Childhood Biopolarity Editorial The childhood roots of bipolar disorder H.S. Akiskal (USA) Introduction Current issues in childhood bipolarity E.D. Nottelmann, P.S. Jensen (USA) Research Reports Prepubertal and early adolescent bipolarity differentiate from ADHD by manic symptoms, grandiose delusions, ultra-rapid or ultradian cycling B. Geller, M. Williams, B. Zimerman, J. Frazier, L. Beringer, K.L. Warner (USA) Prepubertal and young adolescent bipolarity versus ADHD: assessment and validity using the WASH-U-KSADS, CBCL and TRF B. Geller, K. Warner, M. Williams, B. Zimerman (USA) Clinical features of children with both ADHD and mania: does ascertainment source make a difference? J. Biederman, R. Russell, J. Soriano, J. Wozniak, SV. Faraone (USA) Young referred boys with DICA-P manic symptoms vs. two comparison groups G.A. Carlson, J. Loney, H. Salisbury, R.J. Volpe (USA) 362 Contents (Vol. 51) Manic symptoms in psychiatrically hospitalized children — what do they mean? G.A. Carlson, K.L. Kelly (USA) 123 Premorbid functioning in adolescent onset bipolar I disorder: a preliminary report from an ongoing study S. Kutcher, H.A. Robertson, D. Bird (Canada) Early childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder predicts poorer response to acute lithium therapy in adolescent mania M. Strober, M. DeAntonio, S. Schmidt-Lackner, R. Freeman, C. Lampert, J. Diamond (USA) 145 Are childhood psychiatric histories of bipolar adolescents associated with family history, psychosis, and response to lithium treatment? V. Kafantaris, D.J. Coletti, R. Dicker, G. Padula, S. Pollack (USA) 153 Lithium for prepubertal depressed children with family history predictors of future bipolarity: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study B. Geller, T.B. Cooper, B. Zimerman, J. Frazier, M. Williams, J. Heath, K. Warner (USA) 165 Mania and ADHD: comorbidity or confusion G.A. Carlson (USA) Case Reports A rose is a rose is a rose E. Weller, R.A. Weller, JW. Dogin (USA) 189 “George” G.A. Carlson, F. Fahim (USA) Special Article A prospective study of stability and change over 2 years of affective temperaments in 14-18 year-old Italian high school students G.F. Placidi, I. Maremmani, S. Signoretta, A. Liguori, H.S. Akiskal (Italy, USA) 199 Books Received 209 No. 3 — December 1998 Special Issue: A Decade of Antidepressant Development Introduction A decade of antidepressant development: the SSRIs and beyond L.L. Judd (USA) 211 Research Reports Mechanism of action of serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors. Serotonin receptors and pathways mediate therapeutic effects and side effects S.M. Stahl (USA) 215 Mechanisms of action and clinical characteristics of three atypical antidepressants: venlafaxine, nefazodone, bupropion W.D. Horst, S.H. Preskorn (USA) 237 Acute and long-term actions of the antidepressant drug mirtazapine on central 5-HT neurotransmission N. Haddjeri, P. Blier, C. de Montigny (Canada H3A 1A1) 255 Review of the results from clinical studies on the efficacy, safety and tolerability of mirtazapine for the treatment of patients with major depression J. Fawcett, R.L. Barkin (USA) 267 Preclinical profile of befloxatone, a new reversible MAO-A inhibitor O. Curet, G. Damoiseau-Ovens, C. Sauvage, N. Sontag, P. Avenet, H. Depoortere, D. Caille, O. Bergis, B. Scatton (France) 287 Clinical pharmacology of befloxatone: a brief review P. Rosenzweig, A. Patat, O. Curet, G. Durrieu, C. Dubruc, I. Zieleniuk, E. Legangneux (France) 305 The clinical pharmacologic profile of reboxetine: does it involve the putative neurobiological substrates of wellbeing? D. Healy, H. Healy (UK) Contents (Vol. 51) Pharmacotherapy of dysthymic and chronic depressive disorders: overview with focus on moclobemide M. Versiani (Brazil) Preliminary communication Lamotrigine as a promising approach to borderline personality: an open case series without concurrent DSM-IV major mood disorder O.C. Pinto, H.S. Akiskal (USA) Special article The scientific, quasi-scientific and popular literature on the use of St. John’s Wort in the treatment of depression J. Deltito, D. Beyer (USA) Author Index Subject Index Contents (Vol. 51) 364 Contents continued Preliminary communication Lamotrigine as a promising approach to borderline personality: an open case series without concurrent DSM-IV major mood disorder O.C. Pinto, H.S. Akiskal (USA) Special article The scientific, quasi-scientific and popular literature on the use of St. John’s Wort in the treatment of depression J. Deltito, D. Beyer (USA) Author Index Subject Index Contents (Vol. 51)