{"id":316644,"date":"2026-02-02T17:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/316644\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:04:07","slug":"february-2026-issues-of-apa-journals-feature-new-research-on-neuroplasticity-cannabis-and-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/316644\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2026 Issues of APA Journals Feature New Research on Neuroplasticity, Cannabis and Alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C. \u2014<\/strong> The latest issues of three American Psychiatric Association journals (<a href=\"https:\/\/ajp.psychiatryonline.org\/toc\/ajp\/current\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The American Journal of Psychiatry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ps.psychiatryonline.org\/toc\/ps\/current\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Psychiatric Services<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/psychiatryonline.org\/toc\/foc\/24\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Focus<\/a> are now available online.<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Doxycycline Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients and Risk of Schizophrenia: An Emulated Target Trial\u00a0(Senior author Ian Kelleher is the guest on February&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/psychiatryonline.org\/ajp\/audio\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">AJP Audio podcast<\/a>\u00a0episode, and\u00a0AJP Deputy Editor Daniel Pine, M.D., highlights the study in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/55mwJB15ud8\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">this video<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Efficacy and Tolerability of Seven Antipsychotic Drugs in Acutely Ill Patients with Schizophrenia: A Randomized, Multicenter, Assessor-Blinded Trial\u00a0(AJP Deputy Editor Pine highlights the study in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ayr34HuIT5k\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">this video<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Brain Neuroplasticity Mechanisms in Psychiatric Illnesses and in the Development of Novel Treatments<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Acute Effects of Cannabis on Alcohol Craving and Consumption: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Goals First: Centering Inpatient Psychiatric Care on the\u00a0Person, Not the Problem<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Impact of Psychotic-Like Experiences on\u00a0Perceived Need\u00a0for Mental Health Care, Interest in Care, and Barriers to Care<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>To AI, or Not to AI:\u00a0That Is Not the Question<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Caregiver Burden\u00a0Among Caregivers of Youths with Symptoms Across the Psychosis Spectrum: A Scoping Review<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Individual Placement and Support\u00a0for Young Adults with Mental Health Conditions: Perspectives of State and Team Leaders<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Trends in\u00a0Adult Outpatient Psychotherapy Use\u00a0in the United States, 2019\u20132023<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0first Focus issue of 2026, led by Guest Editor Tyler Durns, M.D., of the University of Utah&#8217;s Huntsman Mental Health Institute, highlights forensic psychiatry and examines violence as a multifaceted behavioral outcome shaped by numerous individual and contextual factors.<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Violence Risk Factors in Psychiatric Populations<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Contextualizing Violence Risk Associated with Hallucinogens<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Stalking: Unwanted Pursuit and Fear<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Extremism, Terrorism, and Mental Disorder<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Preventing Violence in Psychiatric Settings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>Journalists who wish to access the publications should email <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psychiatry.org\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#c8b8baadbbbb88b8bbb1aba0e6a7baaf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Psychiatric Association<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\">The American Psychiatric Association, founded in 1844, is the oldest medical association in the country. The APA is also the largest psychiatric association in the world with more than 39,200 physician members specializing in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and research of mental illnesses. APA\u2019s vision is to ensure access to quality psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychiatry.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.psychiatry.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Washington, D.C. \u2014 The latest issues of three&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[78],"tags":[19360,62187,18,19418,135,19,17,62188,7839,33758],"class_list":["post-316644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-american","tag-association","tag-eire","tag-focus","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-journals","tag-mental","tag-psychiatric"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116002125592692326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}