JAMA Psychiatry

Mission Statement: JAMA Psychiatry strives to publish original, state-of-the-art studies and commentaries of general interest to clinicians and researchers in psychiatry, mental health, behavioral science, and allied fields. The journal seeks to inform its readers, to stimulate discussion into the nature, causes, treatment, and public health importance of mental illness, and to promote equity and […]

Patients Use AI—Clinicians Should Ask How

This article discusses the increasing prevalence of individuals seeking mental health help from artificial intelligence (AI) and recommends strategies to help patients navigate AI use.

Interventions for Bereavement

This Viewpoint explores the effectiveness of various interventions for individuals experiencing grief disorders, particularly prolonged grief disorder, following the death of a loved one.

Personalized Cellular Modeling and Deep Phenotyping in Schizophrenia

This genetic association study tests whether genetically driven variability in excitatory neurons’ transcriptome and synapse density in patient-derived neurons in vitro explain individual changes in cortical morphology, electrophysiology, and cognitive impairments in vivo.

Enlightenment in a Pill—Testing the Efficacy of Psilocybin

Can a guided psychedelic experience with psilocybin successfully treat refractory depression? In other words, setting aside any simple direct biological drug effect, can psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy alleviate suffering via what William James would call a mystical experience?

JAMA Psychiatry

Mission Statement: JAMA Psychiatry strives to publish original, state-of-the-art studies and commentaries of general interest to clinicians and researchers in psychiatry, mental health, behavioral science, and allied fields. The journal seeks to inform its readers, to stimulate discussion into the nature, causes, treatment, and public health importance of mental illness, and to promote equity and […]

Development of Major Depressive Disorder—Does Insulin Resistance Play a Role?

To the Editor We read with great interest the study by Edwin Thanarajah et al published in JAMA Psychiatry. The authors present important findings on the association between soft drink consumption and the presence of depressive symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Their analyses further suggest that this association is mediated by increased […]