Featured Activities

Addressing Substance Use Disorders in the Context of Sexual and Gender Diversity

APA Spring Highlights Meeting 2020

Applying the Integrated Care Approach: Core

Office-Based Buprenorphine Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (Online)

Anxiety and Trauma

Beyond the Initial Successful Treatment of Anxiety Disorders with Antidepressants

AJP CME: May 2020 - Age Differences in the Neural Correlates of Anxiety Disorders: An fMRI Study of Response to Learned Threat

COVID-19 and Mental Health: Caring for the Public and Ourselves

AJP CME: March 2020 - Efficacy of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Ventral Anterior Limb of the Internal Capsule for Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Clinical Cohort of 70 Patients

Emerging Treatment Strategies for Mood and Anxiety Disorders

AJP CME: November 2019 - Theta-Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges

Wake Up to Sleep! A Translational Perspective of the Role of Sleep in Readiness and Resilience

Gene Activity and Proteins that Relate to Chronic PTSD Symptoms

Mobilizing Hope in the Face of Despair: Applying Social Neuroscience Research in Brief Clinical Encounters

Preclinical Development of Ketamine and the Metabolite 2R-6R-Hydroxynorketamine for Depression and Other Disorders

Child and Family

AJP CME: June 2020 - Contribution of Intellectual Disability–Related Genes to ADHD Risk and to Locomotor Activity in Drosophila

What Should Psychiatrists Know and Do About Gun Violence Among Americas Adolescents and Emerging Adults

ADHD in College Populations - Diagnosing and Dosing in an Era of Diversion

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Comprehensive Assessment and New Treatment Developments

AJP CME: December 2019 - Distinct Patterns of Neural Habituation and Generalization in Children and Adolescents With Autism With Low and High Sensory Overresponsivity

AJP CME: December 2019 - Evidence for Dissociable Linkage of Dimensions of Psychopathology to Brain Structure in Youths

New Targeted Treatments for Fragile X Syndrome and ASD

AJP CME: September 2019 - Exposure to Maternal Depressive Symptoms in Fetal Life or Childhood and Offspring Brain Development: A Population-Based Imaging Study

Internet Gaming Disorder: A Condition for Further Study

AJP CME: August 2019 - A Third Linear Association Between Olduvai (DUF1220) Copy Number and Severity of the Classic Symptoms of Inherited Autism

Adult ADHD: An Evidence-Based Psychopharmacology Treatment Algorithm

Consultation Liaison Psychiatry

AJP CME: July 2020 - U.S. Adults With Pain, a Group Increasingly Vulnerable to Nonmedical Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorder: 2001–2002 and 2012–2013

Engaging the Individual and the Family in Treatment Planning

AJP CME: July 2019 - Development and Validation of a Dementia Risk Prediction Model in the General Population: An Analysis of Three Longitudinal Studies

Psychiatric Advance Directives: A Compelling Tool to Support Crisis Care

Chronic Physical Health Management for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: Integrated Care, Evaluation, and Interventions

Introducing Peer Support into Your Organization: Expanding Peer Support in Behavioral Health

AJP CME: April 2019 - Psychiatric Comorbidity in Moyamoya Disease and Preliminary Guidelines For Treatment

AJP CME: April 2019 - Proof of Concept for an Adaptive Treatment Strategy to Prevent Failures in Internet-Delivered CBT: A Single-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial With Insomnia Patients

Addressing the Public Health Epidemic of Premature Mortality in People with SMI: Evolving Roles for Mental Health Clinicians

HIV/AIDS as a Chronic Disease: The Role of Psychiatrists Across Cultures

Psychiatrists and the Treatment of Pain

Mood Disorders

AJP CME: May 2020 - Multimodal Abnormalities of Brain Structure and Function in Major Depressive Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies

Highs and Lows: Clinical Pearls and Lessons Learned in the Outpatient Management of Geriatric Bipolar Disorder

AJP CME: February 2020 - Effect of Intrinsic Patterns of Functional Brain Connectivity in Moderating Antidepressant Treatment Response in Major Depression

Emerging Treatment Strategies for Mood and Anxiety Disorders

AJP CME: December 2019 - Treatment-Resistant Depression and Ketamine Response in a Patient With Bilateral Amygdala Damage

Modeling Mood and Emotional Patterns from Speech in Bipolar Disorder

AJP CME: November 2019 - Reducing Suicidal Ideation Through Insomnia Treatment (REST-IT): A Randomized Clinical Trial

Neuromodulation Treatment for Treatment Resistant Psychiatric Disorders: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

FOCUS Self-Assessment Exam 2019

Zero Suicide: Taking a Systems Approach to Suicide Prevention in Health Care

AJP CME: September 2019 - The Emergent Course of Bipolar Disorder: Observations Over Two Decades From the Canadian High-Risk Offspring Cohort

Professional Development

Advocating for Advocacy. Bringing Advocacy into Resident Education

Medical Cannabis: What Every Psychiatrist Should Know

Liability and Ethical Considerations in Emergencies

The Opioid Epidemic: How Risk Management Can Prevent/Reduce Drug-Related Harm

Risk Management Considerations When Using Social Media and Technology in Psychiatry

Clinical Documentation with a Jury in Mind

How to Prepare for a Deposition

Risk Management Considerations When Practicing Addiction Psychiatry

Telepsychiatry and Risk Management Considerations

Life After Residency

Minimizing Risk When Treating Suicidal and Violent Patients

Psychosis

AJP CME: April 2020 - A Population-Based Cohort Study Examining the Incidence and Impact of Psychotic Experiences From Childhood to Adulthood, and Prediction of Psychotic Disorder

AJP CME: January 2020 - Maternal Bacterial Infection During Pregnancy and Offspring Risk of Psychotic Disorders: Variation by Severity of Infection and Offspring Sex

Early Intervention in Psychosis: 21st Century Implementation Challenges

AJP CME: October 2019 - Baseline Frontoparietal Task-Related BOLD Activity as a Predictor of Improvement in Clinical Symptoms at 1-Year Follow-Up in Recent-Onset Psychosis

AJP CME: October 2019 - Cognitive Change in Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses in the Decade Following the First Episode

AJP CME: September 2019 - Prediction of Onset of Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorder and Its Progression to Schizophrenia in a Swedish National Sample

Strategies for Successful Use of Clozapine: A Practical Guide

AJP CME: August 2019 - The Relationship Between Common Variant Schizophrenia Liability and Number of Offspring in the UK Biobank

First Episode Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: What Clinicians Need to Know

A Computer Decision Support System for First-Episode Psychosis Pharmacotherapy

AJP CME: July 2019 - Cerebellar-Prefrontal Network Connectivity and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

Special Populations

Addressing Substance Use Disorders in the Context of Sexual and Gender Diversity

What Should Psychiatrists Know and Do About Gun Violence Among Americas Adolescents and Emerging Adults

Highs and Lows: Clinical Pearls and Lessons Learned in the Outpatient Management of Geriatric Bipolar Disorder

Boarding of Mentally Ill Patients in Emergency Departments

What Happens When Your Patient with SMI Gets Arrested?

Culture, Family Caregiving, and Geriatric Psychiatry

Introduction to the Interface Between Serious Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System: Strategies for Realigning Patients Towards Treatment

FOCUS Quiz: Fall 2019 - Forensic Psychiatry: Focus on Malpractice and Risk Management

FOCUS Self-Assessment Exam 2019

Gay Men's Mental Health

Being a Good Partner to Law Enforcement: Strategies for Crisis Providers

Substance Use Disorder

Opioid Response Network: The Mental Health Complexities of Opioid Use Disorders

AJP CME: February 2020 - A Single Ketamine Infusion Combined With Motivational Enhancement Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Midazolam-Controlled Pilot Trial

AJP CME: November 2019 - Cannabidiol for the Reduction of Cue-Induced Craving and Anxiety in Drug-Abstinent Individuals With Heroin Use Disorder: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

FOCUS Self-Assessment Exam 2019

AJP CME: September 2019 - Prediction of Onset of Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorder and Its Progression to Schizophrenia in a Swedish National Sample

AJP CME: June 2019 - Nociceptin Receptors Upregulated in Cocaine Use Disorder: A Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Study Using [11C]NOP-1A

Vaccines for Opioid Use Disorder: Focusing on the Fentanyl Epidemic

The Clinical and Public Health Utility of Mutual Aid Organizations in Addressing Addiction: What Does the Science Tell Us?

Tracking Drug Use Patterns

Rethinking Withdrawal Management: Expanding the Use of Outpatient Settings

AJP CME: February 2019 - Connectome-Based Prediction of Cocaine Abstinence

Journal/Study Guide CME

AJP CME: July 2020 - Alcohol Use Disorder and Risk of Suicide in a Swedish Population-Based Cohort

AJP CME: July 2020 - Neural Insensitivity to the Effects of Hunger in Women Remitted From Anorexia Nervosa

AJP CME: July 2020 - U.S. Adults With Pain, a Group Increasingly Vulnerable to Nonmedical Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorder: 2001–2002 and 2012–2013

AJP CME: June 2020 - Contribution of Intellectual Disability–Related Genes to ADHD Risk and to Locomotor Activity in Drosophila

AJP CME: June 2020 - Associations of Benzodiazepines, Z-Drugs, and Other Anxiolytics With Subsequent Dementia in Patients With Affective Disorders: A Nationwide Cohort and Nested Case-Control Study

AJP CME: June 2020 - Sleep Onset Problems and Subcortical Development in Infants Later Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder

AJP CME: May 2020 - Multimodal Abnormalities of Brain Structure and Function in Major Depressive Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies

AJP CME: May 2020 - Age Differences in the Neural Correlates of Anxiety Disorders: An fMRI Study of Response to Learned Threat

AJP CME - May 2020 - Distinct Symptom-Specific Treatment Targets for Circuit-Based Neuromodulation

FOCUS Quiz: Spring 2020 - Challenges of Mood Disorders Care

AJP CME: April 2020 - Lead-Time Bias Confounds Association Between Duration of Untreated Psychosis and Illness Course in Schizophrenia