WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 3, 2025 — The latest issues of three American Psychiatric Association journals, The American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, and Focus are now available online.
The February issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry brings together research on addictions, including substances (e.g., tobacco, alcohol, heroin) and behaviors (e.g., binge eating, gaming, problematic use of social media). Highlights of the issue include:
- Real-Time Assessment of Alcohol Reward, Stimulation, and Negative Affect in Individuals with and Without Alcohol Use Disorder and Depressive Disorders. (Lead author Andrea King is the guest on February's AJP Audio podcast episode, and AJP Deputy Editor Danny Pine, M.D., highlights the study in this video.)
- Prospective Associations Between Tobacco Product Use and Mental Health and Substance Use Problems Among U.S. Adolescents and Adults. (AJP Deputy Editor Danny Pine, M.D., highlights the study in this video).
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Lisdexamfetamine, Alone and Combined, for Binge-Eating Disorder with Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Current Advances in Behavioral Addictions: From Fundamental Research to Clinical Practice.
- Effects of Varenicline, Bupropion, Nicotine Patch, and Placebo on Treating Smoking Among Persons with Current or Past Major Depressive Disorder: Secondary Analysis of a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
Also in this issue, the AJP Editors reveal their selections for articles of note from 2024.
The February issue of Psychiatric Services features:
- National Trends in and Concentration of Industry Payments to U.S. Psychiatrists, 2015–2021.
- Psychotropic Polypharmacy Combinations and Duration of Polypharmacy Among Medicaid-Enrolled Youths.
- National Trends and Disparities in Suicidal Ideation, Attempts, and Health Care Utilization Among U.S. Adults.
- Cultural Conversations in Therapy: How Often Clients Talk About Their Identities.
- Understanding Involuntary Hospitalization Applications Submitted to an Urban Police Department.
The latest issue of Focus, Volume 23, Issue 1, is a special issue on Eradicating Stigma, helmed by Guest Editor Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., from Stanford University School of Medicine. In addition to insights reported from the APA Foundation's "Mental Health Care Works" campaign, the issue features the following:
- Stopping Mental Illness Stigma: Changing Attitudes, Language, and Policies.
- Addressing Mental Health Needs in Rural and Indigenous Communities: Serving People on Their Terms.
- Why Teens Don’t Talk: Understanding the Role of Stigma Within Barriers to Help Seeking.
- “Love, Your Mind”: The Pioneering Mental Health Initiative from Huntsman Mental Health Institute and the Ad Council.
- Weight Stigma in Medicine.
- How to Support People to Seek Mental Health Help.
- The Story of the Stop Stigma Together Campaign: A National Movement to Stop the Stigma of Mental and Substance Use Disorders.
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