American Journal of Psychiatry Audio

Dr. Evan Krueger (Tulane University School of Social Work) joins AJP Audio to discuss the impact of sexual identity change and continuity on the mental health and substance use of adults who identify as a sexual minority.  Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the August issue of AJP. 00:52      Krueger interview 02:49      The Generations Study 04:21      How the sam...

Dr. Lina Jonsson (Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden) joins AJP Audio to discuss the association of occupational dysfunction and hospital admissions with polygenic profiles in patients with bipolar disorder.   Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the July issue of AJP. 00:45      Jonsson interview 04:35      Occupational dysfunction and hospitali...

Ms. Sara Tramazzo (Stony Brook University) joins AJP Audio to discuss the long-term outlook for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and other psychotic disorders over the course of 25 years.   Afterwards, Dr. Ned Kalin joins to discuss the rest of the June issue of AJP. 00:50      Tramazzo interview 01:55      Lower levels of recovery and remission than other long-term studies 03:01    ...

Dr. ReJoyce Green (Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC) joins AJP Audio  to discuss predictors of substance use initiation in a large cohort of early adolescents. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin speaks with AJP Deputy Editor Dr. Kathleen Brady about the May issue of AJP, a special issue guest edited by Dr. Brady focusing on latest developments in the understanding an...

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   ...

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 08:0...

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 th...

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 you...

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...

Dr. Winston Chung (Kaiser Permanente Northern California) joins AJP Audio to discuss inequalities in the diagnosis of psychotic disorders between racial and ethnic groups in a large cohort. Afterwards, we'll once again be joined by American Journal of Psychiatry Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Ned Kalin, to discuss the rest of the November issue of AJP, which focuses on different aspects of psychotic disorde...

Dr. Luis Farhat and Dr. Guilherme V. Polanczyk (University of São Paulo, Brazil) join AJP Audio to discuss the impact of socioenviromental factors, emotional dysregulation, and other factors impact neurodevelopment in children. Afterwards, we'll once again be joined by American Journal of Psychiatry Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Ned Kalin, to discuss the rest of the September issue of AJP and what brings i...

Dr. Antony Chum (York University, Toronto) joins AJP Audio to discuss disparities in suicide-related behaviors between sexual orientations by gender in a large cohort from the province of Ontario. Afterwards, we'll once again be joined by American Journal of Psychiatry Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Ned Kalin, to discuss the rest of the September issue of AJP and what brings it together. Transcript Chum int...

Dr. Lucy S. King (Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans) and Dr. Kathryn L. Humphreys (Vanderbilt University, Nashville) join AJP Audio to discuss the long term impacts of a pioneering randomized controlled trial that looked at the impacts of institutional care versus home foster care in children, the Bucharest Early Intervention Project.   They also discuss the impacts of deprivation...

Dr. Dylan J. Jester (VA Palo Alto Medical Center in Palo Alto, California) joins AJP Audio to discuss  the differential impact of selected social determinants of health on the mental health outcomes of older Black, White, and Latinx adults in the United States. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses how issues of substance use disorder draw together the rest of the July issue. Tra...

Dr. Mark Olfson (Columbia University) discusses the links between opioid prescribing and suicide risk in the United States. Afterwards,  AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses how issues of substance use disorder draw together the rest of the June issue. Transcript Olfson interview [00:46] Geographic commuting areas [01:06] Opioid prescription measures [02:10] Rates of opioid prescription and...

Ms. Gal Arad (Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel) discusses a non-pharmacological intervention for the treatment of social anxiety disorder in comparison with standard care.   Afterwards, we'll be joined once again by AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin to discuss the rest of the May issue. Transcript Arad interview [00:18] What were your results? [02:11] Reduction in dwell time on threatening fa...

Dr. David G. Amaral (University of California, Davis) is an author of a review paper in the April issue of AJP looking at the use of animal models and other forms of translational neuroscience in the investigation of autism spectrum disorder.   He joins us on AJP Audio to discuss it.   Afterwards, we'll be joined once again by AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin to discuss the rest of the April issu...

Dr. Gary S. Sachs (Harvard Medical School) joins us for the for the March episode of AJP Audio , discussing the results from a phase 3 study looking at the use of atypical antipsychotic cariprazine as an adjunctive treatment for major depression in conjunction with antidepressants.   Afterwards, we'll be joined once again by AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin to discuss the rest of the March issue....

This episode of AJP Audio features two articles from the February issue of AJP .  First up, we have Nathaniel G. Harnett, Ph. D. (Harvard Medical School), discussing the impact of adversity and stress on racial disparities in childhood brain development among Black and White American children.  Following that, Ziv Ben-Zion, Ph. D. (Yale University), discusses a non-exact replication study of a stu...

Dr. Stefanie Russman Block (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) discusses a trial looking at whether connectivity patterns in the brain can be used to predict treatment response in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.  Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses childhood and neurodeveloment-related psychiatric disorders explored in the January issue. Russman Block interview [00...

Dr. Rebecca Price (University of Pittsburgh) discusses a novel, computer-based intervention designed to extend the antidepressant effects of a single dose of ketamine. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the December issue and what draws it together. Price interview [00:40] What does the computer-based intervention consist of? [03:55] Comparator arms [05:25] Are the...

Dr. Antonia Seligowski (McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School) discusses how significant genetic correlations were identified between PTSD and cardiovascular disease as well as support for a causal link from PTSD to hypertension and coronary artery disease.  Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the November issue and what draws it together. Seligowski interview...

Dr. Richard Davidson (University of Wisconsin-Madison) discusses the effects of mindfulness training on the neural mechanisms of pain and what it means for the future of pain management. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses what draws together that paper and the rest of the October issue. Davidson interview [00:37] How do you go about investigating pain? [05:41] Lack of apparent...

Dr. Lauren A. M. Lebois ( Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program , McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School) discusses persistent dissociation following trauma exposure and whether it can be predictive of later psychiatric outcomes in at risk populations. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the September issue and what draws it together. Lebois interview...

Dr. Mark D. Shen (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) discusses the trajectory of brain development in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and fragile X syndrome.  Longitudinal imaging was captured from 6 to 24 months to see how brain development differed between groups, and the development of the amygdala in infants at risk for ASD prior to onset of social deficits and clini...