September issues of APA journals cover depression risk factors and treatments, noninvasive brain stimulation treatments and the evidence for school-based services

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 3, 2024 — The latest issues of two American Psychiatric Association journals, The American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Services, are now available online.

The September issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry brings together research on depression, both therapeutic insights and contributing risk factors, and an overview and look at the promise of noninvasive brain stimulation. Highlights include:

• Entactogen Effects of Ketamine: A Reverse-Translational Study.   
• Peer Social Genetic Effects and the Etiology of Substance Use Disorders, Major Depression, and Anxiety Disorder in a Swedish National Sample. (Lead author Jessica Salvatore, Ph.D., is the featured guest in the AJP Audio podcast and AJP Deputy Editor Danny Pine, M.D., highlights the study in this video.)
• rTMS as a Next Step in Antidepressant Nonresponders: A Randomized Comparison With Current Antidepressant Treatment Approaches. (AJP Deputy Editor Danny Pine highlights the study in this video.)
• Association Between Intrauterine System Hormone Dosage and Depression Risk.
• Toward Precision Noninvasive Brain Stimulation.
• Closed-Loop Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder: An Open-Label Pilot Study.

The September issue of Psychiatric Services features  

• Effects of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Mental Health: Scoping Review.
• The Need to Adapt the Psychiatric Clinical Assessment to the Digital Age: A Practical Approach.
• Reimbursement for a Broader Array of Services in Coordinated Specialty Care for Early Psychosis.
• Comparative Effectiveness of Clinician- Versus Peer-Supported Problem-Solving Therapy for Rural Older Adults With Depression.
• Self-Pay Outpatient Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents, by Socioeconomic Status.
• Assessing the Evidence Base for School-Based Promotion and Prevention Interventions.

Journalists who wish to access the publications should email press@psych.org.

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