The latest issues of three American Psychiatric Association journals, The American Journal of Psychiatry , Psychiatric Services and Focus are now available online.
The February issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry features studies that focus on new developments in understanding and treating opioid and cannabis use disorders. Highlights include:
The February issue of Psychiatric Services features
Volume 22, Issue 1 of Focus is a special issue on Reproductive Psychiatry . Helmed by Guest Editors C. Neill Epperson, M.D., Sarah Nagle-Yang, M.D., and Andrew M. Novick, M.D., Ph.D., the issue features the following:
• Striking the Balance: Bipolar Disorder in the Perinatal Period.
• The Psychiatrist’s Role in Treating Perinatal Opioid Use Disorder and Reducing Maternal Mortality.
• Review of the Assessment and Management of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders.
• An Overview for the General Psychiatrist Evaluating Patients with Obstetric and Neonatal Complications and Perinatal Loss.
• Postpartum Psychosis: A Preventable Psychiatric Emergency.
• Bridging the Gap: Integrating Awareness of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome into Mental Health Practice.
• Hormones as Psychotropic Interventions in Females.
• Putting Politics Aside: Supporting Pregnant Women Who Have Experienced Sexual Violence.
Journalists who wish to access the publications should email press@psych.org .
American Psychiatric Association
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