December 2025 issues of APA Journals feature new research on borderline personality disorder, depression, trauma interventions in schools, and more

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 2, 2025 — The latest issues of two American Psychiatric Association journals (The American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Services) are now available online.

The December issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry brings together updates and advances in the treatment of substance use disorders, depression, and borderline personality disorder. Highlights of the issue include:

• Buprenorphine and Methadone Discontinuation During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: A Nationwide Cohort Study
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy Versus Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Treatment for Suicidal Behavior in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial (AJP Deputy Editor Danny Pine highlights the study in this video)
• Adjunctive Lumateperone in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: Results From a Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase 3 Trial (Lead author Suresh Durgam, M.D., is the guest on December's AJP Audio podcast episode, and AJP Deputy Editor Daniel Pine, M.D., highlights the study in this video) 
• Treatment and Research Needs for Pregnant Individuals with Substance Use Disorders
• Commentary: Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Suicidality: Association Versus Causation and the Need for Ongoing Surveillance
   

The December issue of Psychiatric Services features the following:

• Raising the Bar: Growth of Specialized Hospital Psychiatric Units for Youths with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
• The Waiting Room Effect: Why Diverting People with Mental Illness from Jails Requires Broad Structural and Systemic Change
• Personal Account: Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury
• Estimating the Investment Gap in Treating Serious Mental Illness in the United States
• Trauma Interventions in Schools: Assessing the Evidence Base
• Seeking Common Ground: Shared Principles Between Psychiatry and Its Critics

Journalists who wish to access the publications should email press@psych.org.

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