AJP Dominates Top 10 list of New England Journal of Medicine’s ‘Journal Watch Psychiatry’ for 2015

Jan 04, 2016

Arlington, Va. – The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has announced its list of the 10 most clinically important psychiatry research articles of 2015, and four of the 10 were published in the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP). No other journal published more than one of the selected studies.

The complete list appears at the NEJM Journal Watch Psychiatry website.

Two of the AJP studies were about promising new treatments. Helen Lavretsky et al. found that combining the antidepressant citalopram with methylphenidate, a stimulant, enhanced the response of geriatric patients with depression. The article by John Kane et al. outlined a multifaceted treatment approach to first-episode psychosis that improves functional and clinical outcomes.

The other two studies will improve clinical assessment. The research by Terrie Moffitt et al. revealed that adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not share all the characteristics of childhood ADHD and that many adults with ADHD do not have a history of the childhood disorder. Richard Wesseloo et al. found a higher risk of postpartum relapse in women with a previous history of postpartum psychosis alone, without bipolar disorder, than in women with a history of bipolar episodes outside the postpartum period.

“The predominance of AJP in this Top 10 list reinforces our emphasis on choosing landmark studies that will advance the clinical practice of psychiatry, as well as those that will provide direction for future research,” stated Robert Freedman, M.D., AJP Editor-in-Chief.

The American Psychiatric Association is a national medical specialty society whose more than 36,000 physician members specialize in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and research of mental illnesses, including substance use disorders. Visit the APA at www.psychiatry.org.

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