September 2026 issues of APA journals feature new research on treating substance use disorders, mood disorders, pediatric anxiety disorders, and more

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 1, 2026 — The latest issues of three American Psychiatric Association journals (The American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Services) are now available online.

The September issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry brings together new data relevant to treating substance use disorders, bipolar disorder, and pediatric anxiety disorders. Highlights of the issue include:

• New Horizons in the Development of Treatments for Substance Use Disorders
• Convergence of TMS Sites and Lesion Locations Associated with Nicotine Addiction Improvement on a Common Brain Circuit.
• Circadian Rhythm Stabilization App to Prevent Mood Episode Recurrence in Patients with Mood Disorders: A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial. (Senior author Heon-Jeong Lee, M.D., Ph.D., is the guest on September's AJP Audio podcast and AJP Deputy Editor Daniel Pine, M.D., highlights the study in this video.)
  • A Pragmatic SMART Study of Medication and CBT Sequencing in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
  • Determinants of Nonspecific Response to Treatment in Randomized Controlled Trials of Major Depressive Disorder: A Narrative Review.

Psychiatric Services

• Unanticipated Effects of Parental Social Media Use: Guidance for Clinicians.

• Enhancing Medicaid Behavioral Health Crisis Reporting: A Multisource Approach to Capturing Crisis Service Events.

• Implementation of Measurement-Based Care in Mental Health Services: A Systematic Literature Review.

• Medicaid Reforms in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and Mental Health Care.

• Bridging the Disclosure Gap: AI’s Potential Role in Suicide Prevention.

• Variation in Use of Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model Codes and Episodes of Care for Commercially Insured Individuals.

• Unmet Health-Related Social Needs and Increased Acute Care Use Among Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.

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American Psychiatric Association
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