JAMA Psychiatry Author Interviews

Interview with Hemant Bhargav, MD, PhD, author of Yoga for Opioid Withdrawal and Autonomic Regulation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Yoga for Opioid Withdrawal and Autonomic Regulation

Interview with Balázs Szigeti, PhD, author of Psychedelic Therapy vs Antidepressants for the Treatment of Depression Under Equal Unblinding Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Psychedelic Therapy vs Antidepressants for the Treatment of Depression Under Equal Unblinding Conditions

Interview with Christian S. Hendershot, PhD, and Klara R. Klein, MD, PhD, authors of Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder Semaglutide Shows Promise in Reducing Alcohol Cravings

Interview with Christian A. Webb, PhD, author of Predicting Adolescent Response to School-Based Mindfulness: A Secondary Analysis of the MYRIAD Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Predicting Adolescent Response to School-Based Mindfulness

Interview with Amy N. Cohen, PhD, and Matthew Chinman, PhD, authors of Tailored Weight Loss Programs for Adults With Serious Mental Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Tailored Weight Loss Programs for Adults With Serious Mental Illness

Interview with Declan M. McLoughlin, PhD, author of Serial Ketamine Infusions as Adjunctive Therapy to Inpatient Care for Depression: The KARMA-Dep 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Serial Ketamine Infusions as Adjunctive Therapy to Inpatient Care for Depression

Interview with Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah, MD, author of Soft Drink Consumption and Depression Mediated by Gut Microbiome Alterations. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Soft Drink Consumption and Depression Mediated by Gut Microbiome Alterations GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Pharmacologically Induced Weight Gain

Interview with Anna D. Ratzliff, MD, PhD and Andrew J. Saxon, MD authors of Collaborative Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: A Hybrid Type 2 Cluster Randomized Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Collaborative Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care

Interview with Sameer Jauhar, PhD, author of Incidence and Nature of Antidepressant Discontinuation Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Incidence and Nature of Antidepressant Discontinuation Symptoms

Interview with Aaron Alexander-Bloch, MD, PhD, and Kevin Y. Sun, BA, authors of Polygenic Risk, Psychopathology, and Personalized Functional Brain Network Topography in Adolescence. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Polygenic Risk, Psychopathology, and Personalized Functional Brain Network Topography in Adolescence

Interview with Pim Cuijpers, PhD, author of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Mental Disorders in Adults: A Unified Series of Meta-Analyses. Hosted by John Torous, MD Related Content: Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Mental Disorders in Adults

Interview with Professor Jurgen Unutzer, MD, author of Effective Components of Collaborative Care for Depression in Primary Care: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Effective Components of Collaborative Care for Depression in Primary Care

Interview with Srividya N. Iyer, PhD, author of An Approach to Providing Timely Mental Health Services to Diverse Youth Populations. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: An Approach to Providing Timely Mental Health Services to Diverse Youth Populations

Interview with Jonathan Cantor, PhD, author of Changes in Specialty Crisis Services Offered Before and After the Launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Changes in Specialty Crisis Services Offered Before and After the Launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Interview with Jayani Jayawardhana, PhD, author of Association of State Cannabis Legalization With Cannabis Use Disorder and Cannabis Poisoning. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Association of State Cannabis Legalization With Cannabis Use Disorder and Cannabis Poisoning

Interview with Daniel T. Myran, MD, MPH, author of Emergency Department Visits Involving Hallucinogen Use and Risk of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Emergency Department Visits Involving Hallucinogen Use and Risk of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder

Interview with Benoit H. Mulsant, MD, MS, and Tarek K. Rajji, MD, authors of Slowing Cognitive Decline in Major Depressive Disorder and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Slowing Cognitive Decline in Major Depressive Disorder and Mild Cognitive Impairment

Interview with David B. Yaden, PhD, and Jared T. Hinkle, MD, PhD, authors of Adverse Events in Studies of Classic Psychedelics: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Adverse Events in Studies of Classic Psychedelics

Interview with Jonathan A. C. Sterne, PhD, author of COVID-19 and Mental Illnesses in Vaccinated and Unvaccinated People. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: COVID-19 and Mental Illnesses in Vaccinated and Unvaccinated People

Interview with Robert D. Gibbons, PhD, and Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, authors of Social Vulnerability and Prevalence and Treatment for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Social Vulnerability and Prevalence and Treatment for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

Interview with Vadim Zipunnikov, PhD, author of Integrative Modeling of Accelerometry-Derived Sleep, Physical Activity, and Circadian Rhythm Domains With Current or Remitted Major Depression. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Integrative Modeling of Accelerometry-Derived Sleep, Physical Activity, and Circadian Rhythm Domains With Current or Remitted Major Depression

Interview with Tom Bschor, MD, author of Differential Outcomes of Placebo Treatment Across 9 Psychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Differential Outcomes of Placebo Treatment Across 9 Psychiatric Disorders

Interview with Vincent Paquin, MD, and Jai L. Shah, MD, MSc, authors of Trajectories of Adolescent Media Use and Their Associations With Psychotic Experiences. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Trajectories of Adolescent Media Use and Their Associations With Psychotic Experiences

Interview with Otto Simonsson, PhD, author of Adolescent Psychedelic Use and Psychotic or Manic Symptoms. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Adolescent Psychedelic Use and Psychotic or Manic Symptoms

Interview with Michael Hollifield, MD, author of Acupuncture for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Acupuncture for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Interview with Nils R. Winter, MSc, author of A Systematic Evaluation of Machine Learning–Based Biomarkers for Major Depressive Disorder. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: A Systematic Evaluation of Machine Learning–Based Biomarkers for Major Depressive Disorder

Interview with Cristiane S. Duarte, PhD, MPH, author of Sociocultural Risk and Resilience in the Context of Adverse Childhood Experiences. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Sociocultural Risk and Resilience in the Context of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Interview with Ulrich Reininghaus, PhD, author of Transdiagnostic Ecological Momentary Intervention for Improving Self-Esteem in Youth Exposed to Childhood Adversity: The SELFIE Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Transdiagnostic Ecological Momentary Intervention for Improving Self-Esteem in Youth Exposed to Childhood Adversity

Interview with Michael H. Bloch, MD, MS, and Samuele Cortese, MD, PhD, authors of Treatment Outcomes With Licensed and Unlicensed Stimulant Doses for Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Treatment Outcomes With Licensed and Unlicensed Stimulant Doses for Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Interview with Marcel Riehle, PhD, author of Emotional Experience of People With Schizophrenia and People at Risk for Psychosis: A Meta-Analysis. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Emotional Experience of People With Schizophrenia and People at Risk for Psychosis

Interview with Denise M. Sloan, PhD, author of Written Exposure Therapy vs Prolonged Exposure Therapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Written Exposure Therapy vs Prolonged Exposure Therapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Interview with Jay Shore, MD, MPH, author of Rural-Urban Disparities in Video Telehealth Use During Rapid Mental Health Care Virtualization Among American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Rural-Urban Disparities in Video Telehealth Use During Rapid Mental Health Care Virtualization Among American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans

Interview with Patrick D. McGorry, MD, PhD, and Barnaby Nelson, PhD, authors of A Sequential Adaptive Intervention Strategy Targeting Remission and Functional Recovery in Young People at Ultrahigh Risk of Psychosis: The Staged Treatment in Early Psychosis (STEP) Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: A Sequential Adaptive Intervention Strategy Targeting Remission and Functional Recovery in Young People at Ultrahigh Risk of Psychosis

Interview with Carsten Hjorthøj, PhD, author of Cannabis Use Disorder and Subsequent Risk of Psychotic and Nonpsychotic Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Cannabis Use Disorder and Subsequent Risk of Psychotic and Nonpsychotic Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Interview with Ye Ella Tian, MBBS, PhD, and Andrew Zalesky, PhD, authors of Evaluation of Brain-Body Health in Individuals With Common Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Evaluation of Brain-Body Health in Individuals With Common Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Interview with Ziming Xuan, ScD, SM, and Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc, authors of Association of Implementation of Postoverdose Outreach Programs With Subsequent Opioid Overdose Deaths Among Massachusetts Municipalities. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Association of Implementation of Postoverdose Outreach Programs With Subsequent Opioid Overdose Deaths Among Massachusetts Municipalities

Interview with Merete Nordentoft, DrMedSc, author of Clinical Recovery and Long-Term Association of Specialized Early Intervention Services vs Treatment as Usual Among Individuals With First-Episode Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: 20-Year Follow-up of the OPUS Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Clinical Recovery and Long-Term Association of Specialized Early Intervention Services vs Treatment as Usual Among Individuals With First-Episode Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder

Interview with Cameron S. Carter, MD, author of Effect of Technology-Enhanced Screening in Addition to Standard Targeted Clinician Education on the Duration of Untreated Psychosis: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI, and Kara Bagot, MD. Related Content: Effect of Technology-Enhanced Screening in Addition to Standard Targeted Clinician Education on the Duration of Untreated Psychosis

Interview with Jari Tiihonen, MD, PhD, author of Association of Pharmacological Treatments and Hospitalization and Death in Individuals With Amphetamine Use Disorders in a Swedish Nationwide Cohort of 13 965 Patients. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Association of Pharmacological Treatments and Hospitalization and Death in Individuals With Amphetamine Use Disorders in a Swedish Nationwide Cohort of 13 965 Patients

Interview with Weili Xu, PhD, author of Body Mass Index Trajectories Preceding Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Body Mass Index Trajectories Preceding Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

Interview with Liane Schmidt, PhD, and Philippe Fossati, MD, PhD, authors of Evaluation of Early Ketamine Effects on Belief-Updating Biases in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression. Hosted by John Torous, MD.

Interview with Angelica Ronald, PhD, author of Heritability of Heritability of Psychotic Experiences in Adolescents and Interaction With Environmental Risk . Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI.

Interview with Michael P. Bogenschutz, MD, author of Percentage of Heavy Drinking Days Following Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy vs Placebo in the Treatment of Adult Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD. Related Content: Percentage of Heavy Drinking Days Following Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy vs Placebo in the Treatment of Adult Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder

In July 2022, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, took on a new role as the 17th editor in chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network. In conversation with Nobel laureate Harold Varmus, MD, Bibbins-Domingo discusses her research background, approaches to leadership in health care, and the critical role that journals play in communication about public health and science. Related Content: The Urgency of Now and the Responsibility to Do More—My Commitment for JAMA and the JAMA Network A Conversation With Dr Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, JAMA's New Editor in Chief (video) A Conversation With Dr Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, JAMA's New Editor in Chief (audio)

Interview with Cheng-Ta Li, MD, PhD, author of Assessment of Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Interventions for Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI.

Interview with Peter Watkinson, MD, and Julia Hippisley-Cox, MD, authors of Neuropsychiatric Ramifications of Severe COVID-19 and Other Severe Acute Respiratory Infections. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI.

Interview with Malek Bajbouj, MD, and Frank Padberg, MD, authors of Efficacy of Augmentation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI.

Interview with Sheri Madigan, PhD, author of Association of Screen Time With Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Children 12 Years or Younger: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI.

Interview with Gregory A. Wellenius, ScD, and Amruta Nori-Sarma, PhD, MPH, authors of Association Between Ambient Heat and Risk of Emergency Department Visits for Mental Health Among US Adults, 2010 to 2019. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI.

Interview with Thomas D. Marcotte, PhD, and Robert L. Fitzgerald, PhD, authors of Driving Performance and Cannabis Users' Perception of Safety: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John B. Torous, MD, MBI.