Perinatal Depression Screening Among Sexual Minority Women
This cohort study assesses the prevalence of sexual minority women giving birth in an academic medical center within 1 year and compares perinatal depression screening rates and scores among sexual minority vs heterosexual women. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - August 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Dynamic Prediction of Outcomes for Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis
This prognostic study evaluates the improvement in performance of prediction models and elucidates dynamic clinical profiles using joint modeling to predict conversion to psychosis and symptom remission. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - August 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Evaluation of Field Sobriety Tests for Identifying Drivers Under the Influence of Cannabis
This randomized clinical trial investigates the accuracy of field sobriety tests administered by law enforcement officers to assess functional impairment and driving performance among individuals who have smoked cannabis. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - August 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
High Traffic —The Quest for a Reliable Test of Cannabis Impairment
In this issue of JAMA Psychiatry, Marcotte et al report that field sobriety tests (FSTs) as administered by highly trained police officers are insufficient to detect cannabis-induced impairment in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel randomized clinical trial involving a large sample of 184 cannabis users. Although the group receiving active doses of Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in cannabis, performed worse on the FSTs as compared with the placebo group; about half of the participants in the placebo group were classified as impaired. These findings are in line with previous placebo-control...
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - August 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Errors in Figures
This article has been corrected online. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - August 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
JAMA Psychiatry
Mission Statement: JAMA Psychiatry strives to publish original, state-of-the-art studies and commentaries of general interest to clinicians and researchers in psychiatry, mental health, behavioral science, and allied fields. The journal seeks to inform its readers, to stimulate discussion into the nature, causes, treatment, and public health importance of mental illness, and to promote equity and justice for those affected by mental illness and for society. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - August 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War
The current issue of JAMA Psychiatry, along with all other JAMA Network journals and many others worldwide, features an Editorial on the role of health care professionals in reducing the risks of nuclear war. Our world is being buffeted by multiple crises and existential threats —a pandemic, climate change, economic uncertainty, and geopolitical strife. For the first time in some decades, world leaders are seriously discussing the odds of nuclear war. The risks of nuclear conflict to public health and indeed life on our planet are obvious, and the Editorial argues that th e health care community must work to educate the ...
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - August 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War —The Role of Health Professionals
In January 2023, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward to 90 seconds before midnight, reflecting the growing risk of nuclear war. In August 2022, the UN Secretary-General Ant ónio Guterres warned that the world is now in “a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War.” The danger has been underlined by growing tensions between many nuclear armed states. As editors of health and medical journals worldwide, we call on health professionals to alert the public and our leaders to this major danger to public health and the e...
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - August 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Potential and Challenges of Psychedelics as Therapeutics
This Viewpoint discusses the potential promise of the therapeutic use of psychedelics for mental illness and substance use disorders, acknowledging many open research questions and unique challenges with these substances. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - July 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Lessons on Well-Being Efforts for Health Care Workers Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic
This Special Communication reviews the programs developed during the COVID-19 pandemic at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, to address the behavioral health needs of the health care workforce. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - July 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Substances Detected in Poisoning- and Nonpoisoning-Related Suicides
This cross-sectional study investigates the substances detected at the time of death in poisoning- and nonpoisoning-related suicide. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - July 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Disparities in Telehealth Use for Mental Health Care Among American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans
This cohort study examines differences in use of video telehealth for mental health care by American Indian/Alaska Native and non –American Indian/Alaska Native veterans in rural and urban locations before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - July 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Open Notes Use in Psychiatry —The Need for Multilevel Efforts in Research and Practice
This Viewpoint highlights barriers to incorporating the use of open notes as a component of patient-centered psychiatric care. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - July 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Contextual Adaptation of the Unified Protocol in Emotional Disorders in Individuals Exposed to Armed Conflict in Colombia
This randomized clinical trial assesses the efficacy of a cultural and contextual adaptation of the Unified Protocol in treating posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression compared to waitlist control in individuals exposed to armed conflict in Colombia. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - July 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Suicide Ideation, Plan, and Attempt by Gender, Sexual Orientation, Race and Ethnicity, and Rurality
This cross-sectional study examines differences in the prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors across intersectional combinations of gender, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, and rurality among US adults. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - July 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
