This month, Deputy Editor Susan K. Schultz, M.D., discusses  clinical genetic testing in psychiatry, binge drinking as a possible risk factor for  alcohol use disorder, lithium versus divalproex for  bipolar disorder in the elderly, the  course of schizophrenia over the first 20 years, as well as  trajectories of social functioning over 20 years.  Articles may be viewed online at ajp.psychiatryonline.org. Also visit the online edition of this month’s Journal to watch a video of Deputy Editor Daniel S. Pine, M.D., present highlights from the issue (ajp.psychiatryonline.org/toc/ajp/174/11).   We are conducting a listener survey. Please go to ajp.psychiatryonline.org/audio and select the link to the survey. It won’t take more than a few minutes to complete, and your feedback will remain anonymous. We appreciate your responses. Thank you.

November 2017 Highlights

Each episode of AJP Audio brings you an in-depth look at one of the articles featured in that month’s issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry, the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association. Wide-ranging interviews with article authors cover the background, rationale, main findings, and future implications of the research.

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Dr. Soonjo Hwang (University of Nebraska Medical Center) joins AJP Audio to discuss the response to intranasally-administered oxytocin in youths with severe irritability.  00:56     Hwang interview 02:09     Effects of oxytocin 05:45     Intranasal oxytocin 07:04     Potential adverse effects of oxytocin 08:08     Imaging 08:58     Preliminary investigations and clinical implications 09:51     Limitations 10:14     Further research 11:00     Kalin interview 11:33     Hwang et al. 14:43     Leibenluft et al. 15:39     Aggarwal et al. 18:22     Pezzoli et al. 21:34     Kendler et al. 23:30     Hou et al.   Transcript  Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to it.  Subscribe to the podcast here.  Listen to other podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association.  Browse articles online.  How authors may submit their work.  Follow the journals of APA Publishing on Twitter.  E-mail us at ajp@psych.org

April 2024: Neural Responses to Intranasal Oxytocin in Youths With Severe Irritability

Dr. Drew Rothenberg (Duke University, Durham, NC) joins AJP Audio to discuss the long term, intergenerational impacts of the Fast Track program, and whether the mental health intervention lead to lasting improvements in mental health, including in the participants own children.     00:49     Rothenberg interview  04:36     A null result?  07:13     At risk children from high risk neighborhoods  08:00     Limitations  09:17     Demand for childhood mental health services and clinical implications  11:10     Further research  13:59     Kalin interview  14:12     Rothenberg et al.  16:12     Haller et al.  18:49     Poirot et al.  20:55     Ainsworth et al.  23:20     Rosenqvist et al.   Transcript  Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to it.  Subscribe to the podcast here.  Listen to other podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association.  Browse articles online.  How authors may submit their work.  Follow the journals of APA Publishing on Twitter.  E-mail us at ajp@psych.org

March 2024: Intergenerational Effects of the Fast Track Intervention on Next-Generation Child Outcomes: A Preregistered Randomized Clinical Trial

Dr. Ofir Livne (Columbia University, New York) joins AJP Audio to discuss recent trends in the prevalence of cannabis use disorder in US veterans with and without psychiatric disorder diagnosis.  Dr. Ned Kalin joins afterwards to discuss how the rest of the February issue of AJP touches on cannabis use disorder and other substance use disorders.   00:31     Livne interview  03:16     Changes in the legal landscape surrounding cannabis use  05:17     The complex association between cannabis use and psychiatric disorders  07:20     Clinical implications  08:02     Limitations  09:44     Future directions for research  10:13     Kalin interview  10:30     Livne et al.  12:30     Gustafson et al.  14:44     Garland et al.  16:10     Wilson et al.  18:06     Huang et al.   Transcript Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to it.  Subscribe to the podcast here.  Listen to other podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association.  Browse articles online.  How authors may submit their work.  Follow the journals of APA Publishing on Twitter.  E-mail us at ajp@psych.org

February 2024: Trends in Prevalence of Cannabis Use Disorder Among U.S. Veterans With and Without Psychiatric Disorders Between 2005 and 2019

 Dr. Jaclyn Ross, Ms. Jordan Barone, and Dr. Tory Eisenlohr-Moul (University of Illinois at  Chicago) join AJP Audio to discuss the impact of the menstrual cycle on suicide ideation and planning in psychiatric patients with suicidality.  Afterwards,  American Journal of Psychiatry Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin brings us up to date on the rest of the January issue of AJP.   Transcript  Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to it.  Subscribe to the podcast here.   Listen to other podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association.  Browse articles online.   How authors may submit their work.  Follow the journals of APA Publishing on Twitter.  E-mail us at ajp@psych.org

January 2024: Predicting Acute Changes in Suicidal Ideation and Planning: A Longitudinal Study of Symptom Mediators and the Role of the Menstrual Cycle in Female Psychiatric Outpatients With Suicidali

 Dr. Aaron Samuel Breslow (Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine) joins AJP Audio to discuss the racial and ethnic disparities in the impact of COVID-19 and pandemic related stressors and adverse mental health outcomes on health care workers in the Bronx, New York.  Following we’ll once again check in with American Journal of Psychiatry Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin on the rest of the December issue of AJP.   Breslow interview [00:56]  Why look at the Bronx in particular? [2:54]  COVID-19 related stressors and pandemic related stressors [05:27]  Unrelated adverse mental health outcomes [07:40]  Limitations [09:29]  Policy considerations [11:39]  Further research [14:22]  Kalin interview [16:17]  Breslow et al. [16:34]  Guintivano et al. [18:36]  Copeland et al. [22:10]  Joseph et al. [25:21]  Shim and Rodriguez [27:15]  Transcript Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you listen to it.  Subscribe to the podcast here.  Listen to other podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association.  Browse articles online.  How authors may submit their work.  Follow the journals of APA Publishing on Twitter.  E-mail us at ajp@psych.org

November 2017 Highlights

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