{"title":"Putting the Amygdala and Hippocampus in PTSD to Rest.","authors":"Paul Frewen, Andrew Nicholson","doi":"10.1176/appi.ajp.20260188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20260188","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520786,"journal":{"name":"The American journal of psychiatry","volume":"183 5","pages":"283-285"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147825999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to Zwicker et al.","authors":"","doi":"10.1176/appi.ajp.20220476correction","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220476correction","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520786,"journal":{"name":"The American journal of psychiatry","volume":"183 5","pages":"364"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147826025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Brain Imaging Research on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Using Big Data to Guide Clinical Applications.","authors":"Daniel S Pine","doi":"10.1176/appi.ajp.20260255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20260255","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520786,"journal":{"name":"The American journal of psychiatry","volume":"183 5","pages":"280-282"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147825952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sex Differences in Psychiatric Comorbidity Among Adults With Substance Use Disorders.","authors":"Mark Olfson","doi":"10.1176/appi.ajp.20260090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20260090","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520786,"journal":{"name":"The American journal of psychiatry","volume":"183 5","pages":"286-288"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147826222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Next <i>DSM</i>, PTSD, and Substance Use Disorders.","authors":"Ned H Kalin","doi":"10.1176/appi.ajp.20260294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20260294","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520786,"journal":{"name":"The American journal of psychiatry","volume":"183 5","pages":"277-279"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147826246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eduardo R Butelman, Yuefeng Huang, Rita Z Goldstein, Nelly Alia-Klein
{"title":"Psychiatric Comorbidities in Substance Use Disorders: Sex-Based Differences in a National Real-World Clinical Sample.","authors":"Eduardo R Butelman, Yuefeng Huang, Rita Z Goldstein, Nelly Alia-Klein","doi":"10.1176/appi.ajp.20250828","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ajp.20250828","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Substance use disorders (SUDs) are associated with risk of psychiatric comorbidities, with inconsistent sex differences across studies. The objective of this study was to determine odds of psychiatric comorbidities based on sex in persons with a primary diagnosis of opioid, alcohol, or cannabis dependence, using a national clinical dataset.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a cross-sectional study of data from state-funded and state-run mental health programs in 2022 (Mental Health Client-Level Data, from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration). Data were obtained from adults (age ≥18 years) with a primary diagnosis of either opioid (N=28,808), alcohol (N=23,281), or cannabis dependence (N=5,961). Data from individuals with each SUD were examined for psychiatric comorbidity outcomes, based on secondary diagnoses of an anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, a depressive disorder, schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder, or a trauma- and stressor-related disorder versus no comorbidity. Data were analyzed with multinomial logistic regressions, examining sex, race, ethnicity, and age as predictors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Males with a primary diagnosis of opioid, alcohol, or cannabis dependence had lower adjusted odds of anxiety, bipolar, depressive, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders compared to females. However, males with opioid or cannabis dependence had higher adjusted odds of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders compared to females. Adjusted analyses also detected associations of race and ethnicity with specific comorbidities.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this recent national clinical dataset, sex-based differences were observed in specific psychiatric comorbidities for each of these three SUDs. Future studies should examine biopsychosocial mechanisms that underlie these differences, with the goal of improving personalized care.</p>","PeriodicalId":520786,"journal":{"name":"The American journal of psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"355-363"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13140079/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147439149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Circuit-Targeted TMS for PTSD: Where, When, How, and for Whom?","authors":"Ryan D Webler, Joshua C Brown, Shan H Siddiqi","doi":"10.1176/appi.ajp.20260231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20260231","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520786,"journal":{"name":"The American journal of psychiatry","volume":"183 5","pages":"289-291"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147825923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
João Ricardo Mendes de Oliveira, Lucas Rafael Ferreira Soares, Maria Helena Negreiros Sieber Padilla
{"title":"National Census Data on Autism in Brazil: Historic Advances and Persistent Inequities.","authors":"João Ricardo Mendes de Oliveira, Lucas Rafael Ferreira Soares, Maria Helena Negreiros Sieber Padilla","doi":"10.1176/appi.ajp.20251204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20251204","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520786,"journal":{"name":"The American journal of psychiatry","volume":"183 5","pages":"364"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147826002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disclosure of Editors' Financial Relationships.","authors":"","doi":"10.1176/appi.ajp.26183002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.26183002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520786,"journal":{"name":"The American journal of psychiatry","volume":"183 4","pages":"275"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147597822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charlotte E Wittekind, Keisuke Takano, Franziska Motka, Markus H Winkler, Gabriela G Werner, Thomas Ehring, Tobias Rüther
{"title":"Approach Bias Modification as an Add-On to Smoking Cessation Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Charlotte E Wittekind, Keisuke Takano, Franziska Motka, Markus H Winkler, Gabriela G Werner, Thomas Ehring, Tobias Rüther","doi":"10.1176/appi.ajp.20250189","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ajp.20250189","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Smoking is associated with an approach bias toward smoking-related stimuli. Approach bias modification (ApBM), a computerized training specifically designed to modify this approach bias, has shown positive effects in patients with alcohol use disorder; however, its efficacy as an add-on in smoking cessation treatment is inconclusive. The aim of this clinical trial was to investigate whether ApBM as an add-on to smoking cessation treatment results in higher 6-month prolonged abstinence rates compared to two control conditions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this randomized, controlled, double-blind, single-center superiority trial, 351 participants received a 1-day cognitive-behavioral smoking cessation treatment (treatment as usual [TAU]) and were subsequently randomized to either TAU+ApBM (N=119), TAU+sham training (N=115), or TAU only (N=117). Training sessions were conducted over 7 days. The primary outcome was prolonged abstinence at 6-month follow-up. Participants were classified as either nonsmoking (continuous abstinence for 6 months, ≤5 cigarettes since quit attempt, and breath CO level ≤9 ppm) or relapsed (no objective verification of smoking status, breath CO level ≥10 ppm, >5 cigarettes since quit attempt).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the intention-to-treat analyses, abstinence rates at 6 months were 19.3% (95% CI=12.13, 26.53) for TAU+ApBM, 17.4% (95% CI=10.36, 24.42) for TAU+sham training, and 16.2% (95% CI=9.46, 23.02) for TAU only, with no significant differences between groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This large-scale clinical trial demonstrates that TAU+ApBM is not significantly superior to TAU+sham training or TAU only. ApBM has been included in Australian and German alcohol use disorder treatment guidelines, but this randomized controlled trial shows that positive effects do not apply to tobacco use disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":520786,"journal":{"name":"The American journal of psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"240-250"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146115429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}