August Issues of American Psychiatric Association Journals Cover Use of Neuroimaging; Addressing Service Inequities in Underserved Groups

Aug 12, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 12, 2021 – The August issues of two of the American Psychiatric Association journals, The American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Services, are available online.

The American Journal of Psychiatry is the most widely read psychiatric journal in the world. The August issue offers a collection of articles on the use of neuroimaging and machine learning, highlighting both the potential to advance understanding and practice in psychiatry and limitations. Among the research featured in the August issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry:

• Variable Emergence of Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms from Childhood to Early Adulthood
• Disrupted Dorsal Mid-Insula Activation During Interoception Across Psychiatric Disorders
• Evaluating the Machine Learning Literature: A Primer and User’s Guide for Psychiatrists
• Neonatal Brain Response to Deviant Auditory Stimuli and Relation to Maternal Trait Anxiety

Psychiatric Services, established in 1950, features research reports on issues related to the delivery of mental health services, especially for people with serious mental illness in community-based treatment programs. The August issue identifies and offers solutions to inequities and gaps in access to services among underserved groups. It includes:

• Interpersonal Psychotherapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder for Veterans and Family Members: An Open Trial
• Treatment gaps in rural behavioral health care
• Rural-Urban Differences in Physician Bias Toward Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
• Barriers to Integrated Medication-Assisted Treatment for Rural Patients with Co-Occurring Disorders: The Gap in Managing Addiction

• Service User Participation Within the Mental Health System: Deepening Engagement
• Engaging African American Clergy and Community Members to Increase Access to Evidence-Based Practices for Depression

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

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 37,400 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.