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July Issues of APA Journals Feature New Research on High-Potency Cannabis Use, Teen Suicide Trends, Problematic Internet Use, and More

  • July 01, 2025

Washington, D.C. — The latest issues of four American Psychiatric Association journals (The American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, American Journal of Psychotherapy, and Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice) are now available online.

The July issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry brings together research on adolescent suicidal behavior, internet overuse, cannabis, problematic alcohol use, and adolescent prescription use. Highlights of the issue include:

  • National Trends in Suicidal Thoughts and Suicide Attempts Among High School Students in the United States. (Two authors are the guests on July's AJP Audio podcast episode.)
  • Self-Control Abilities in Specific Types of Problematic Usage of the Internet: Findings from Clinically Validated Samples with Neurocognitive Tasks.
  • High-Potency Cannabis Use and Health: A Systematic Review of Observational and Experimental Studies.
  • An Update on the Behavioral and Neurobiological Effects of Cannabis Use in Adolescents: A Translational Perspective.
  • Trends in Prescription Stimulant, Opioid, and Benzodiazepine Use and Diversion in U.S. Adolescents.

Also in this issue, APA leadership addresses delivered at the APA Annual Meeting by APA Past-President Ramaswamy Viswanathan, M.D., Dr.Med.Sc., APA President Theresa M. Miskimen Rivera, M.D., and APA CEO and Medical Director Marketa Wills, M.D., M.B.A.

The July issue of Psychiatric Services features the following:

  • Medicaid Expansion and County-Level Suicide: Disparities Based on Rurality and Mental Health Provider Shortages.
  • Recovery Is Working: Piloting Individual Placement and Support with Assertive Community Treatment Teams.
  • Prevalence of On-Campus Student Mental Health Services at U.S. Colleges and Universities: A Web-Based Analysis.
  • A Wellness Model Developed by and for Individuals with Lived Experience.
  • Empowering Youths and Their Families: Educational Discharge Resources for a Pediatric Psychiatric Emergency Department.
  • An Employer’s View of Recovery.

The latest issue of the American Journal of Psychotherapy features:

  • How to Cope in 2025: Advice from a Holocaust Survivor.
  • Practical Psychosocial Management for Patients with Bipolar Disorder.
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents: Examining Preliminary Pretreatment Expectations and Preferences.
  • Revisiting Cultural Humility in Psychotherapy Supervision: A Descriptive Status Report.

The latest issue of Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice features:

  • The Future of the Psychiatrist.
  • Are There Race‐Based Differences in Neuropsychological Test Performance and Psychological Symptom Endorsement Among Adults Diagnosed With ADHD?
  • Ethnic Identity, Thwarted Belongingness, and Perceived Burdensomeness Among Latinx and Black Adolescents in the United States.
  • Psychotropic Drugs for Older Adults with Psychiatric Disorders Presenting to the Emergency Department.
  • Treatment Options in Youth with Major Depressive Disorder.

Journalists who wish to access the publications should email [email protected].

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