American Journal of Psychiatry Audio

American Journal of Psychiatry
American Journal of Psychiatry Audio

Each episode of AJP Audio brings you an in-depth look at one of the articles featured in that month’s issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry, the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association. Wide-ranging interviews with article authors cover the background, rationale, main findings, and future implications of the research. This podcast is subject to the Terms of Use at ww.psychiatry.org. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the individual speakers only and do not necessarily represent the views of the American Psychiatric Association, its officers, trustees, or members. The content of this podcast is provided for general informational purposes only and is not intended as, and shall not be understood or construed as, medical or any other type of professional advice nor does it represent any statement of the standard of care. We strongly recommend that any listener follow the advice of physicians directly involved in their care and contact their local emergency response number for any medical emergency. The information within this podcast is provided as-is and is not guaranteed to be correct, complete, or accurate.

  1. JUL 1

    July 2025: National Trends in Suicidal Thoughts and Suicide Attempts Among High School Students in the United States

    Dr. Tanner Bommersbach (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health) and Dr. Greg Rhee (University of Connecticut and Yale University School of Medicine) join AJP Audio to discuss estimating national trends in suicidal ideation and attempts in high school students with and without accompanying high-risk behaviors.  Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the July issue of the Journal. 00:07   Bommersbach and Rhee interview 00:36   Trends in suicide among high school students in the US 02:49   Variation in rates based on gender, racial identity, and sexuality 03:50   Did the rates increase during the COVID-19 pandemic? 04:14   Lessons to be learned from COVID? 05:23   Behavior risk factors 06:33   Clinical implications 08:19   Inflections in risk factors due to the pandemic? 08:52   Limitations 09:32   Future research 10:16   Kalin interview 10:31   Bommersbach et al. 14:20   Müller et al. 18:54   Ahn et al. 21:47   McCabe et al. 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 podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Browse articles online. How authors may submit their work. Follow the journals of APA Publishing on Twitter. E-mail us at ajp@psych.org

    25 min
  2. JUN 1

    June 2025: Stratifying Risk for Postpartum Depression at Time of Hospital Discharge

    Dr. Roy Perlis (Mass General Bringham, Boston) joins AJP Audio to discuss a machine learning model to examine electronic health records in individuals who had recently given birth designed to detect those who might develop postpartum depression.  Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin puts the rest of the June issue into context. 00:31     Perlis interview 02:56     Lack of validation in screening methods 04:03     Stumbling blocks on the road to validation 05:10     Synergy between screening scores and machine learning models 06:36     Issues with clinician adoption? 08:44     Administrative burden for running these models 10:38     Current clinical application 12:37     Screening without those with a history of depression 13:48     Limitations 15:30     Future research 17:26     Kalin interview 17:41     Clapp et al. 21:41     Kępińska et al. 25:19     Savitz et al. 25:25     Miller 28:38     Wall et al. 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 podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Browse articles online. How authors may submit their work. Follow the journals of APA Publishing on Twitter. E-mail us at ajp@psych.org

    33 min
  3. FEB 1

    February 2025: Real-Time Assessment of Alcohol Reward, Stimulation, and Negative Affect in Individuals With and Without Alcohol Use Disorder and Depressive Disorders

    Dr. Andrea King (University of Chicago Medicine) joins AJP Audio to discuss a novel, real time assessment of the reward, stimulation, and negative affect of alcohol use in people with alcohol use disorder with and without depressive disorders.  Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the February issue, which focuses closely on issues surrounding addiction. 00:35     King interview 00:45     Allostatic model of addiction 02:12     Gathering data and the groups studied 07:37     The ethics of studying alcohol use in patients with AUD 10:38     Findings 13:29     The impacts of alcohol’s pleasurable effects on people with AUD and those without 14:32     Limitations of natural environment research versus laboratory research 18:18     Clinical implications 20:09     Further research 22:56     Kalin interview 23:03     King et al. 26:21     Brand et al. 28:12     Conway et al. 32:17     Kypriotakis et al. 35:42     Kuhn et al. 39:37     Grilo et al. 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 podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Browse articles online. How authors may submit their work. Follow the journals of APA Publishing on Twitter. E-mail us at ajp@psych.org

    45 min
3.9
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Each episode of AJP Audio brings you an in-depth look at one of the articles featured in that month’s issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry, the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association. Wide-ranging interviews with article authors cover the background, rationale, main findings, and future implications of the research. This podcast is subject to the Terms of Use at ww.psychiatry.org. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the individual speakers only and do not necessarily represent the views of the American Psychiatric Association, its officers, trustees, or members. The content of this podcast is provided for general informational purposes only and is not intended as, and shall not be understood or construed as, medical or any other type of professional advice nor does it represent any statement of the standard of care. We strongly recommend that any listener follow the advice of physicians directly involved in their care and contact their local emergency response number for any medical emergency. The information within this podcast is provided as-is and is not guaranteed to be correct, complete, or accurate.

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