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 and treatment of substance use disorders. Transcript 00:48     Green interview 03:04     Why is it important to study substance use initiation? 04:06 &n ..read more

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 11:0 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 &n ..read more

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 podcast ..read more

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. Transcript Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher ..read more

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 disorder. Chung interview [00:30] Structural racism and missing socioeconomic strata [02:58] Effective and non-effective psychosis [04:20] Limitations [05:48] Differential rates of treatment and non-treatme ..read more

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 it together. 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 p ..read more

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 interview [00:34] Results [02:14] Using a large data set [03:21] Correcting the limitations of previous research [04:40] Taking changing societal circumstances into account [06:11] Immediate clinical im ..read more

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 on children’s development and mental health, and the thorny ethics of research involving children. Transcript The impact of deprivation [01:19] Bucharest Early Intervention Project and the ethics ..read more