Washington, D.C. — The latest issues of three American Psychiatric Association journals, The American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services and The American Journal of Psychotherapy are now available online.

The April issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry brings together new research on treatment, risk, brain alterations, and mechanisms of psychotic disorders and schizophrenia. Highlights of the issue include:

• What Do Four Decades of Research Tell Us About the Association Between Childhood Adversity and Psychosis: An Updated and Extended Multi-Level Meta-Analysis (AJP Deputy Editor Danny Pine, M.D., highlights the study in this video.)
• Continuous Dopamine D₂ Receptor Blockade and Long-Term Outcome in First-Episode Schizophrenia. 
• Estimating Multimodal Structural Brain Variability in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Worldwide ENIGMA Study. 
• Anticholinergic Burden and Cognitive Function in Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (Lead author Valentina Mancini, M.D., Ph.D., is the guest on April's AJP Audio podcast episode). 
• Kynurenic Acid and Promotion of Activity-Dependent Synapse Elimination in Schizophrenia (AJP Deputy Editor Pine highlights the study in this video.). 
• An Update on the Use of Neuromodulation Strategies in the Treatment of Schizophrenia

The April issue of Psychiatric Services features:

• Medical Mistrust and Willingness to Use Mental Health Services Among a Cohort of Black Adults.
• Examining Systemic and Interpersonal Bias in Violence Risk Assessments of Patients in Acute Psychiatric Care. 
• Elimination of Behavioral Health Wait Times: Impact on “Avoidable” Medical Visits, Productivity, and Revenues. 
• Social Media Use Among Emerging Adults with Psychosis: Oversights and Opportunities. 
• Effect of Rurality on Type of Clinicians Delivering Psychotherapy and Prescribing Antidepressants to Veterans. 
• Learning How to Learn Together: Integrating Lived Experience into Mental Health Care.

Volume 78, Issue 1 of The American Journal of Psychotherapy is a Special Issue on Good Psychiatric Management of Borderline Personality Disorder. Helmed by Guest Editor Lois W. Choi-Kain, M.D., M.Ed., the issue features:

• Good Psychiatric Management of Borderline Personality Disorder: Foundations and Future Challenges.
• Good-Enough Therapy: A Review of the Empirical Basis of Good Psychiatric Management. 
• Scorn Not Its Simplicity: Examining the Effectiveness of Simple Generalist Treatment for Personality Disorders. 
• Addressing Spiritual and Religious Experiences in Borderline Personality Disorder with Good Psychiatric Management.

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American Psychiatric Association

The American Psychiatric Association, founded in 1844, is the oldest medical association in the country. The APA is also the largest psychiatric association in the world with more than 39,200 physician members specializing in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and research of mental illnesses. APA’s vision is to ensure access to quality psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. For more information, please visit www.psychiatry.org.