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  • Volume 19
  • Number 2
  • June 2021

From the Guest Editor

Reviews

Publication date: 01 June 2021

Pages145–160

In this review, the author examines the evidence for psychopharmacologic treatments among adults for generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder derived from clinical trials. For each disorder, major categories of drugs are ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20200048

Publication date: 01 June 2021

Pages161–172

Losing a loved one is one of life’s greatest stressors. Although most bereaved individuals navigate through a period of intense acute grief that lessens with time, approximately 10% will develop a prolonged grief condition. This review provides an ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20200052

Publication date: 01 June 2021

Pages173–183

Mind-body interventions have gained increasing popularity for use with anxiety symptoms; however, it is unclear what role they play in the treatment of anxiety disorders, such as generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20200042

Clinical Synthesis

Publication date: 01 June 2021

Pages184–189

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a first-line, empirically supported intervention for anxiety disorders. CBT refers to a family of techniques that are designed to target maladaptive thoughts and behaviors that maintain anxiety over time. Several ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20200045

Publication date: 01 June 2021

Pages190–196

Although psychedelics initially showed promise in treating anxiety disorders, psychedelics were criminalized and research halted in the early 1970s. A subsequent resurgence of research into psychiatric benefits of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20200047

Publication date: 01 June 2021

Pages197–203

Although trauma exposure is a global phenomenon, trauma reactions vary considerably across cultures. Western psychiatric diagnoses, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), may be limited in capturing the breadth of trauma reactions in cross-cultural ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20200049

21St-Century Psychiatrist

Publication date: 01 June 2021

Pages204–210

Research and practice in psychiatry and clinical psychology have been guided by differing schools of thought over the years. Recently, the network theory of psychopathology has arisen as a framework for thinking about mental health. Network theory ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20200050

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Ethics Commentary

Influential Publications

Publication date: 01 June 2021

Pages222–242

Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent psychiatric disorders and a leading cause of disability. While there continues to be expansive research in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and schizophrenia, there is a relative dearth of novel ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.19203

Publication date: 01 June 2021

Pages247–255

Anxiety and fear-related disorders are common and disabling, and they significantly increase risk for suicide and other causes of morbidity and mortality. However, there is tremendous potential for translational neuroscience to advance our understanding ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.19205

Publication date: 01 June 2021

Pages256–263

Importance: Major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and anxiety disorders are highly comorbid and have shared clinical features. It is not yet known whether their clinical overlap is reflected at the neurobiological ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.19206

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