
January 2025: Special Issue on Psychedelics
01/01/25 • 19 min
Dr. Charles Nemeroff (University of Texas at Austin) joins AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin to discuss the January issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. Dr. Nemeroff is a guest editor of the special issue, which takes a close look at the potential, pitfalls, and clinicial implications of psychedelics in mental health treatment.
- 00:38 Nemeroff interview
- 02:27 McIntyre et al.
- 04:06 Ramaekers et al.
- 05:44 Ghaznavi et al.
- 08:01 Fonzo et al.
- 09:17 Wolfgang et al.
- 10:45 Psychedelics and psychotherapies
- 12:31 Aaronson et al.
- 14:17 Pagni et al.
- 15:31 Kirlić et al.
- 17:06 Olson
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Dr. Charles Nemeroff (University of Texas at Austin) joins AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin to discuss the January issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. Dr. Nemeroff is a guest editor of the special issue, which takes a close look at the potential, pitfalls, and clinicial implications of psychedelics in mental health treatment.
- 00:38 Nemeroff interview
- 02:27 McIntyre et al.
- 04:06 Ramaekers et al.
- 05:44 Ghaznavi et al.
- 08:01 Fonzo et al.
- 09:17 Wolfgang et al.
- 10:45 Psychedelics and psychotherapies
- 12:31 Aaronson et al.
- 14:17 Pagni et al.
- 15:31 Kirlić et al.
- 17:06 Olson
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December 2024: Discrimination Exposure, Neural Reactivity to Stress, and Psychological Distress
Devon Grey and David Knight (University of Alabama, Birmingham) join AJP Audio to discuss how exposure to discrimination impacts neural reactivity to stress and psychological distress in adolescents. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin joins us to discuss the rest of the December issue of AJP.
- 00:36 Grey and Knight interview
- 02:41 Demographics of the cohort
- 03:46 Neurobiological mechanisms of discrimination impacts
- 06:14 Racial discrimination and mental health impacts
- 09:34 Discrimination as a chronic stressor and prolonged activation of the stress response system
- 10:45 Limitations
- 13:52 Further research
- 14:38 Kalin interview
- 14:52 Grey et al.
- 17:35 Sippel et al.
- 18:06 Fox and Shackman
- 19:42 Kliemann et al.
- 22:16 Kamboj et al.
- 27:07 Pathak et al.
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February 2025: Real-Time Assessment of Alcohol Reward, Stimulation, and Negative Affect in Individuals With and Without Alcohol Use Disorder and Depressive Disorders
Dr. Andrea King (University of Chicago Medicine) joins AJP Audio to discuss a novel, real time assessment of the reward, stimulation, and negative affect of alcohol use in people with alcohol use disorder with and without depressive disorders. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the February issue, which focuses closely on issues surrounding addiction.
- 00:35 King interview
- 00:45 Allostatic model of addiction
- 02:12 Gathering data and the groups studied
- 07:37 The ethics of studying alcohol use in patients with AUD
- 10:38 Findings
- 13:29 The impacts of alcohol’s pleasurable effects on people with AUD and those without
- 14:32 Limitations of natural environment research versus laboratory research
- 18:18 Clinical implications
- 20:09 Further research
- 22:56 Kalin interview
- 23:03 King et al.
- 26:21 Brand et al.
- 28:12 Conway et al.
- 32:17 Kypriotakis et al.
- 35:42 Kuhn et al.
- 39:37 Grilo et al.
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