JAMA PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-09-23DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2653
Tashalee R. Brown
{"title":"The Next Generation of Psychiatric Research—A Special Collection by Early Career Investigators","authors":"Tashalee R. Brown","doi":"10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2653","url":null,"abstract":"This Viewpoint describes the preliminary work of early-career investigators, both to feature emerging talent in psychiatric research and lend support during a challenging time in scientific research.","PeriodicalId":14800,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Psychiatry","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":25.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149019921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-09-23DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2336
Serena B. Gumusoglu, Alexandria Betz, Andy Storm, Donna A. Santillan, Mark K. Santillan
{"title":"Placental Growth Factor Trajectories During Pregnancy and Child ADHD","authors":"Serena B. Gumusoglu, Alexandria Betz, Andy Storm, Donna A. Santillan, Mark K. Santillan","doi":"10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2336","url":null,"abstract":"This cohort study examines whether placental growth factor trajectories during pregnancy differ across trimesters in women whose children later received an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis.","PeriodicalId":14800,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Psychiatry","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":25.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149019811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-09-23DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2320
D. Nyasha Chagwedera, Eliana Kim, Dorothy T. Chiu, Chengshi Jin, Catherine Lee, Susannah Tye, Andrew Krystal
{"title":"Reducing Ultraprocessed Foods From the Diets of Patients With Depression","authors":"D. Nyasha Chagwedera, Eliana Kim, Dorothy T. Chiu, Chengshi Jin, Catherine Lee, Susannah Tye, Andrew Krystal","doi":"10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2320","url":null,"abstract":"This pilot crossover trial assesses the feasibility and acceptability of removing ultraprocessed foods from the diets of patients with major depressive disorder.","PeriodicalId":14800,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Psychiatry","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":25.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149019810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-09-23DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2317
Jessica Williams, Laura Shapiro, Kristina H. Petersen
{"title":"Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Competency in Psychiatric Practice","authors":"Jessica Williams, Laura Shapiro, Kristina H. Petersen","doi":"10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2317","url":null,"abstract":"This Viewpoint outlines the importance of developing clinical competence through careful diagnostic consideration and cultural humility in providing effective psychiatric care to deaf and hard-of-hearing patients.","PeriodicalId":14800,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Psychiatry","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":25.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149019920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-09-16DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2920
Andrea Raballo, Michele Poletti, Antonio Preti
{"title":"Genetic Risk as Statistical Topology Rather Than Biological Essence.","authors":"Andrea Raballo, Michele Poletti, Antonio Preti","doi":"10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2920","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14800,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148982627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-09-16DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2917
Kenneth S Kendler, Henrik Ohlsson, Kristina Sundquist
{"title":"Genetic Risk as Statistical Topology Rather Than Biological Essence-Reply.","authors":"Kenneth S Kendler, Henrik Ohlsson, Kristina Sundquist","doi":"10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2917","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14800,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148982645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-09-16DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2851
Alessio Bellato, Martine R. P. Long, Morena Barilà, Giorgia Frigeri, Luigi Rizzo, Sabrina Serafino, Andrea Bilbow, Nina Hovén, Aurelie Baranger, Pietro Cirrincione, Yiling Ke, Conni Langdown, Jing Li, Sophia Lipscombe, Julia Ribeiro, Emma Sgariboldi, Sarah L. Chellappa, Giorgia Michelini, Lucia Margari, Emilia Matera, Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli, Samuele Cortese
{"title":"Mapping Clinical Diagnoses Associated With Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence in Mental Health Research","authors":"Alessio Bellato, Martine R. P. Long, Morena Barilà, Giorgia Frigeri, Luigi Rizzo, Sabrina Serafino, Andrea Bilbow, Nina Hovén, Aurelie Baranger, Pietro Cirrincione, Yiling Ke, Conni Langdown, Jing Li, Sophia Lipscombe, Julia Ribeiro, Emma Sgariboldi, Sarah L. Chellappa, Giorgia Michelini, Lucia Margari, Emilia Matera, Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli, Samuele Cortese","doi":"10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2851","url":null,"abstract":"Importance The terms <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">neurodivergence</jats:italic> and <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">neurodiversity</jats:italic> are increasingly used across mental health and broader clinical literature, as well as in clinical practice, clinical service commissioning, and policy contexts, despite their lack of clinical and diagnostic specificity. Objective To quantitively map clinical diagnoses associated with the terms <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">neurodivergence</jats:italic> and <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">neurodiversity</jats:italic> in the empirical mental health literature through a scoping review conducted with experts with lived experience . Evidence Review Following JBI methods and the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews, PubMed/Medline, Web of Science, Embase, and PsycINFO were searched up to August 1, 2025, and identified 134 studies including 151 134 participants that recruited participants defined as <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">neurodivergent</jats:italic> or <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">neurodiverse</jats:italic> . Findings Participants were primarily identified through self-reported diagnoses (n = 56 [41.8%]) or self-identification (n = 50 [37.3%]). A heterogeneous range of diagnoses was associated with <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">neurodivergence</jats:italic> and <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">neurodiversity</jats:italic> , most commonly autism (n = 92 [68.7%]), followed by ADHD (n = 86 [64.2%]), dyslexia (n = 44 [32.8%]), dyspraxia (n = 21 [15.7%]), anxiety disorder (n = 20 [14.9%]), and dyscalculia (n = 17 [12.7%]). Notably, 29 studies (21.6%) did not specify any clinical diagnoses. Conclusions and relevance While <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">neurodivergence</jats:italic> and <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">neurodiversity</jats:italic> are valuable for capturing lived experience, their lack of specificity may introduce substantial heterogeneity in research focused on clinical categories. These findings suggest prioritizing precise diagnostic descriptors in clinical practice and research involving clinically defined conditions, while reserving <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">neurodivergent</jats:italic> for studies and contexts focused on self-identification and identity.","PeriodicalId":14800,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Psychiatry","volume":"267 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":25.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148973476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-09-16DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2858
Kevin H. Yang, Boris D. Heifets, Andrew Krystal, Josh D. Woolley
{"title":"The Case for More Aggressive Masking in Psychedelic Trials","authors":"Kevin H. Yang, Boris D. Heifets, Andrew Krystal, Josh D. Woolley","doi":"10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2858","url":null,"abstract":"This Viewpoint discusses the UMBRAA (unidentifiable multidrug blinding with reduced, authorized awareness) strategy to address the masking problem in psychedelic trials.","PeriodicalId":14800,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Psychiatry","volume":"78 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":25.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148973480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}