(Press-News.org) WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 1, 2024 — The latest issues of three American Psychiatric Association journals, The American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, and Focus are now available online.
The August issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry brings together research on PTSD, phobias, suicide attempts, and psychiatric vulnerabilities. Highlights include:
Neurobiology and Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Testing Quantitative and Qualitative Sex Effects in a National Swedish Twin-Sibling Study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Sexual Identity Continuity and Change in a U.S. National Probability Sample of Sexual Minority Adults: Associations With Mental Health and Problematic Substance Use. (AJP Deputy Editor Danny Pine highlights the study in this video).
Cortical and Subcortical Brain Alterations in Specific Phobia and Its Animal and Blood-Injection-Injury Subtypes: A Mega-Analysis from the ENIGMA Anxiety Working Group.
Psychiatric Diagnoses in Parents and Psychiatric, Behavioral, and Psychosocial Outcomes in Their Offspring: A Swedish Population-Based Register Study.
National Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Suicide Attempts and Intentional Self-Harm. (AJP Deputy Editor Danny Pine highlights the study in this video.)
The August issue of Psychiatric Services features:
Personal Recovery Among People at Risk for Developing Serious Mental Health Problems: A Qualitative Systematic Review.
Helping Practitioners Stop, Drop, and Roll: Suggestions to Help Improve Responses to Intense Clinical Events
Racial Disparities in Clozapine Prescription Patterns Among Patients With Schizophrenia.
Three Lessons Learned About Power and Improving Recruitment of Underrepresented Populations in Clinical Trials.
Impact of Implementation Facilitation on the REACH VET Clinical Program for Veterans at Risk for Suicide.
Volume 22, Issue 3 of Focus is a special issue on eating disorders. Helmed by Guest Editor Jennifer L. Derenne, M.D., the issue features the following:
Anorexia Nervosa Across the Lifespan: A Review of Recent Literature.
Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating Disorder Across the Lifespan.
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Review and Recent Advances.
Psychopharmacology Review for Eating Disorders Among Children, Adolescents, and Adults.
Charting a Path Toward Improving Detection and Clinical Outcomes for Eating Disorders in Cismales and Gender-Diverse Patients.
Why Don’t You Just Eat? Neuroscience and the Enigma of Eating Disorders.
Peer Support and Beyond: The Role of Lived Experience in a New Era of Eating Disorder Treatment.
Innovative and Emerging Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa.
Journalists who wish to access the publications should email press@psych.org.
American Psychiatric Association
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August issues of APA journals cover new research on PTSD, suicide, personal recovery, eating disorders, and more
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