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Starting in January 2022, the CME courses for AJPCME and Focus will be available on PsychiatryOnline. Any AJPCME or Focus CME courses available prior to 2022 need to be completed on the APA Learning Center. CME activities will be transferred to the American Psychiatric Association’s CME recorder on a monthly basis.

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AJPCME

American Journal of Psychiatry

Earn CME credits by reading an article in the American Journal of Psychiatry and completing a short course for up to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. The course comprises reading the article and answering three multiple-choice questions with a single correct answer. Upon completion of the course, correct answers will be highlighted for the reader’s reference and the rationale in context can be viewed, thus extending the learning experience for people who want to read more. A certificate documenting participation in the course and credits claimed is generated upon completion of the course.

Starting in January 2022, the CME courses for AJPCME will be available on PsychiatryOnline. Any AJPCME courses available prior to 2022 need to be completed on the APA Learning Center.

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March 2024

Cognitive Outcomes After Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy for Late-Life Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Expires February 28, 2026)

Normalization of Fronto-Parietal Activation by Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Unmedicated Pediatric Patients With Anxiety Disorders (Expires February 28, 2026)

Intergenerational Effects of the Fast Track Intervention on Next-Generation Child Outcomes: A Preregistered Randomized Clinical Trial (Expires February 28, 2026)

February 2024

Converging Evidence for Frontopolar Cortex as a Target for Neuromodulation in Addiction Treatment (Expires January 31, 2026)

Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement for Veterans and Military Personnel on Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial (Expires January 31, 2026)

Effects of Bundling Medication for Opioid Use Disorder With an mHealth Intervention Targeting Addiction: A Randomized Clinical Trial (Expires January 31, 2026)

January 2024

Predicting Acute Changes in Suicidal Ideation and Planning: A Longitudinal Study of Symptom Mediators and the Role of the Menstrual Cycle in Female Psychiatric Outpatients With Suicidality (Expires December 31, 2025)

Psychotropic Drug-Related Weight Gain and Its Treatment (Expires December 31, 2025)

Recent Secular Trends of Body Mass Index in Individuals With Bipolar Disorders and in the General Population (Expires December 31, 2025)

December 2023

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19-Related Stressor Exposure and Adverse Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers (Expires November 30, 2025)

Adult Mental Health, Substance Use Disorders, and Functional Outcomes of Children Resilient to Early Adversity (Expires November 30, 2025)

Meta-Analyses of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Postpartum Depression (Expires November 30, 2025)

November 2023

A Functional Connectome-Based Neural Signature for Individualized Prediction of Antipsychotic Response in First-Episode Psychosis (Expires October 31, 2025)

Inequalities in the Incidence of Psychotic Disorders Among Racial and Ethnic Groups (Expires October 31, 2025)

Characterizing the Shared Genetic Underpinnings of Schizophrenia and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors (Expires October 31, 2025)

October 2023

Networks of Neurodevelopmental Traits, Socioenvironmental Factors, Emotional Dysregulation in Childhood, and Depressive Symptoms Across Development in Two U.K. Cohorts (Expires September 30, 2025)

Maternal Perinatal Stress Trajectories and Negative Affect and Amygdala Development in Offspring (Expires September 30, 2025)

Genetic Contribution to the Heterogeneity of Major Depressive Disorder: Evidence From a Sibling-Based Design Using Swedish National Registers (Expires September 30, 2025)

September 2023

Disparities in Suicide-Related Behaviors Across Sexual Orientations by Gender: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Linked Health Administrative Data (Expires August 31, 2025)

Subcortical Brain Alterations in Carriers of Genomic Copy Number Variants (Expires August 31, 2025)

Structural Racism in Psychiatric Research Careers: Eradicating Barriers to a More Diverse Workforce (Expires August 31, 2025)

August 2023

A Comprehensive Multilevel Analysis of the Bucharest Early Intervention Project: Causal Effects on Recovery From Early Severe Deprivation (Expires July 31, 2025)

Translating Developmental Neuroscience to Understand Risk for Psychiatric Disorders (Expires July 31, 2025)

The Devastating Clinical Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect: Increased Disease Vulnerability and Poor Treatment Response in Mood Disorders (Expires July 31, 2025)

July 2023

Recent Advances on Social Determinants of Mental Health: Looking Fast Forward (Expires June 30, 2025)

Differences in Social Determinants of Health Underlie Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Psychological Health and Well-Being: Study of 11,143 Older Adults (Expires June 30, 2025)

The Nature of Prefrontal Cortical GABA Neuron Alterations in Schizophrenia: Markedly Lower Somatostatin and Parvalbumin Gene Expression Without Missing Neurons (Expires June 30, 2025)

June 2023

Opioid Prescribing and Suicide Risk in the United States (Expires May 31, 2025)

Transition From Substance-Induced Psychosis to Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder or Bipolar Disorder (Expires May 31, 2025)

Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Diagnosis of Alcohol Use Disorder in Veterans (Expires May 31, 2025)

May 2023

Attention Bias Modification Treatment Versus a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Or Waiting List Control for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial (Expires April 30, 2025)

Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study of Memantine in Trichotillomania and Skin-Picking Disorder (Expires Expires April 30, 2025)

A Novel Psychosocial Intervention for Motivational Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: Combined Motivational Interviewing and CBT (Expires Expires April 30, 2025)

April 2023

Anterior Insula–Associated Social Novelty Recognition: Pivotal Roles of a Local Retinoic Acid Cascade and Oxytocin Signaling (Expires March 31, 2025)

Genetic Associations Between Stress-Related Disorders and Autoimmune Disease (Expires March 31, 2025)

Polygenic Scores and Onset of Major Mood or Psychotic Disorders Among Offspring of Affected Parents (Expires March 31, 2025)

March 2023

Shared and Unique Changes in Brain Connectivity Among Depressed Patients After Remission With Pharmacotherapy Versus Psychotherapy (Expires February 28, 2025)

Functional Connectivity Mapping for rTMS Target Selection in Depression (Expires February 28, 2025)

Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Depression: A Marginal Structural Model Approach Promoting Causal Inference (Expires February 28, 2025)

February 2023

Polygenic Risk and Social Support in Predicting Depression Under Stress (Expires January 31, 2025)

Racial Disparities in Adversity During Childhood and the False Appearance of Race-Related Differences in Brain Structure (Expires January 31, 2025)

Project Harmony: A Meta-Analysis With Individual Patient Data on Behavioral and Pharmacologic Trials for Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress and Alcohol or Other Drug Use Disorders (Expires January 31, 2025)

January 2023

Interplay of ADHD Polygenic Liability With Birth-Related, Somatic, and Psychosocial Factors in ADHD: A Nationwide Study (Expires December 31, 2024)

In Search of Biomarkers to Guide Interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review (Expires December 31, 2024)

Resting-State Connectivity and Response to Psychotherapy Treatment in Adolescents and Adults With OCD: A Randomized Clinical Trial (Expires December 31, 2024)

December 2022

Naltrexone-Bupropion and Behavior Therapy, Alone and Combined, for Binge-Eating Disorder: Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial (Expires November 30, 2024)

Technology and Mental Health: State of the Art for Assessment and Treatment (Expires November 30, 2024)

A Novel, Brief, Fully Automated Intervention to Extend the Antidepressant Effect of a Single Ketamine Infusion: A Randomized Clinical Trial (Expires November 30, 2024)

November 2022

Defining Recovery From Alcohol Use Disorder: Development of an NIAAA Research Definition (Expires October 31, 2024)

Leveraging Large-Scale Genetics of PTSD and Cardiovascular Disease to Demonstrate Robust Shared Risk and Improve Risk Prediction Accuracy (Expires October 31, 2024)

Association Between Polygenic Risk Scores and Outcome of ECT (Expires October 31, 2024)

October 2022

Flexible Buprenorphine/Naloxone Model of Care for Reducing Opioid Use in Individuals With Prescription-Type Opioid Use Disorder (Expires September 30, 2024)

Impact of COVID-19 Telehealth Policy Changes on Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (Expires September 30, 2024)

Neural Signatures of Pain Modulation in Short-Term and Long-Term Mindfulness Training (Expires September 30, 2024)

September 2022

Developmental Pathways and Clinical Outcomes of Early Childhood Psychotic Experiences in Preadolescent Children at Familial High Risk of Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder (Expires August 31, 2024)

Schizophrenia Imaging Signatures and Their Associations With Cognition, Psychopathology, and Genetics in the General Population (Expires August 31, 2024)

Persistent Dissociation and Its Neural Correlates in Predicting Outcomes After Trauma Exposure (Expires August 31, 2024)

August 2022

Evaluation of Antipsychotic Reduction Efforts in Patients With Dementia in Veterans Health Administration Nursing Homes (Expires July 31, 2024)

Infant Visual Brain Development and Inherited Genetic Liability in Autism (Expires July 31, 2024)

Subcortical Brain Development in Autism and Fragile X Syndrome: Evidence for Dynamic, Age- and Disorder-Specific Trajectories in Infancy (Expires July 31, 2024)

July 2022

Digital Intervention for Cognitive Deficits in Major Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess Efficacy and Safety in Adults (Expires June 30, 2024)

Predictive Value of Acute Neuroplastic Response to rTMS in Treatment Outcome in Depression: A Concurrent TMS-fMRI Trial (Expires June 30, 2024)

Longitudinal Trajectory of the Link Between Ventral Striatum and Depression in Adolescence (Expires June 30, 2024)

June 2022

A New Agenda for Optimizing Investments in Community Mental Health and Reducing Disparities (Expires May 31, 2024)

Structural Racism and Suicide Prevention for Ethnoracially Minoritized Youth: A Conceptual Framework and Illustration Across Systems (Expires May 31, 2024)

The Intergenerational Impact of Structural Racism and Cumulative Trauma on Depression (Expires May 31, 2024)

May 2022

Cell-Type-Specific Impact of Glucocorticoid Receptor Activation on the Developing Brain: A Cerebral Organoid Study (Expires April 30, 2024)

Long-Term Cannabis Use and Cognitive Reserves and Hippocampal Volume in Midlife (Expires April 30, 2024)

Longitudinal Changes in Structural Connectivity in Young People at High Genetic Risk for Bipolar Disorder (Expires April 30, 2024)

April 2022

Synaptic Variability and Cortical Gamma Oscillation Power in Schizophrenia (Expires March 31, 2024)

20-Year Prospective, Sequential Follow-Up Study of Heterogeneity in Associations of Duration of Untreated Psychosis With Symptoms, Functioning, and Quality of Life Following First-Episode Psychosis (Expires March 31, 2024)

Effects of County-Level Opioid Dispensing Rates on Individual-Level Patterns of Prescription Opioid and Heroin Consumption: Evidence From National U.S. Data (Expires March 31, 2024)

March 2022

Genetics and Brain Transcriptomics of Completed Suicide (Expires February 28, 2024)

The Genetic Architecture of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Contribution of Liability to OCD From Alleles Across the Frequency Spectrum (Expires February 28, 2024)

Putting Genetics to Work in the Psychiatric Clinic (Expires February 28, 2024)

February 2022

Using Principles of Trauma-Informed Care to Address Structural Racism in Psychiatric Care (Expires January 31, 2024)

Variable Patterns of Remission From ADHD in the Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD (Expires January 31, 2024)

Stanford Neuromodulation Therapy (SNT): A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial (Expires January 31, 2024)

January 2022

The Impact of Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders on Mortality in Patients With Eating Disorders: A Nationwide Register-Based Retrospective Cohort Study (Expires December 31, 2023)

Prevalence and Correlates of Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorder Among U.S. Veterans: Results From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC-III) (Expires December 31, 2023)

Association of Cannabis Use–Related Predictor Variables and Self-Reported Psychotic Disorders: U.S. Adults, 2001–2002 and 2012–2013 (Expires December 31, 2023)

December 2021

Association of ECT With Risks of All-Cause Mortality and Suicide in Older Medicare Patients (Expires November 30, 2023)

Association Between Systemic Inflammation and Individual Symptoms of Depression: A Pooled Analysis of 15 Population-Based Cohort Studies (Expires November 30, 2023)

Coordinate-Based Network Mapping of Brain Structure in Major Depressive Disorder in Younger and Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Expires November 30, 2023)

November 2021

Predictors of Suicide Attempt Within 30 Days After First Medically Documented Suicidal Ideation in U.S. Army Soldiers (Expires October 31, 2023)

Amyloid and Tau in Alzheimer's Disease: Biomarkers or Molecular Targets for Therapy? Are We Shooting the Messenger? (Expires October 31, 2023)

Differential Patterns of Delayed Emotion Circuit Maturation in Abused Girls With and Without Internalizing Psychopathology (Expires October 31, 2023)

October 2021

The Danish OPUS Early Intervention Services for First-Episode Psychosis: A Phase 4 Prospective Cohort Study With Comparison of Randomized Trial and Real-World Data (Expires September 30, 2023)

Lyme Borreliosis and Associations With Mental Disorder and Suicidal Behavior: A Nationwide Danish Cohort Study (Expires September 30, 2023)

Differences in Antipsychotic Treatment Discontinuation Among Veterans With Schizophrenia in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Expires September 30, 2023)

September 2021

Efficacy of Combining Varenicline and Naltrexone for Smoking Cessation and Drinking Reduction: A Randomized Clinical Trial (Expires August 31, 2023)

Anticholinergic Medication Burden-Associated Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia (Expires August 31, 2023)

Time Course of Relapse Following Acute Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa (Expires August 31, 2023)

August 2021

Evaluating the Machine Learning Literature: A Primer and User's Guide for Psychiatrists (Expires July 31, 2023)

A Longitudinal Study of Resting-State Connectivity and Response to Psychostimulant Treatment in ADHD (Expires July 31, 2023)

Variable Emergence of Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms From Childhood to Early Adulthood (Expires July 31, 2023)

July 2021

Association Between Benzodiazepine or Z-Drug Prescriptions and Drug-Related Poisonings Among Patients Receiving Buprenorphine Maintenance: A Case-Crossover Analysis (Expires June 30, 2023)

From Womb to Neighborhood: A Racial Analysis of Social Determinants of Psychosis in the United States (Expires June 30, 2023)

Dismantling Structural Racism in Psychiatry: A Path to Mental Health Equity (Expires June 30, 2023)

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FOCUS

Each quarterly issue of FOCUS offers Clinical Reviews, a Patient Management Exercise, Seminal Articles, and a CME quiz. Twenty CME credits are available per year for the four issue quizzes, and an additional 24 credits can be earned through completion of an end-of-year Self-Assessment Exam of material covered in the volume year.

Starting in January 2022, the CME courses for Focus (beginning with Volume 20) will be available on PsychiatryOnline. Any Focus CME courses available prior to 2022 need to be completed on the APA Learning Center.

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2024
January, 2024

Reproductive Psychiatry: Postpartum Depression is Only the Tip of the Iceberg (Expires December 31, 2026)

2023
October 16, 2023

Focus Self-Assessment Examination (Expires October 31, 2025)

Fall 2023

Assessment and Management of Bipolar Disorder (Expires December 31, 2025)

Summer 2023

Novel Mechanisms and Interventions for PTSD (Expires December 31, 2025)

Spring 2023

Suicide Preventive Interventions and Knowledge (Expires December 31, 2025)

Winter 2023

Emergency Psychiatry (Expires December 31, 2025)

2022
November 1, 2022

Focus 2022 Self-Assessment (Expires October 31, 2024)

Fall 2022

Borderline and Other Personality Disorders: New Directions in 2022 (Expires December 31, 2024)

Summer 2022

Innovations in Psychotherapy (Expires December 31, 2024)

Spring 2022

Tools to Address Children's Mental Health (Expires December 31, 2024)

Winter 2022

Novel Neurotherapeutics (Expires December 31, 2024)

2021
November 01, 2021

Focus 2021 Self-Assessment (Expires October 31, 2024)

Fall 2021

Diagnosis and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (Expires December 31, 2023)

Summer 2021

Update on Geriatric Psychiatry (Expires December 31, 2023)

Spring 2021

Anxiety and Stress Related Disorders (Expires December 31, 2023)

Winter 2021

Perspectives in Psychopharmacology (Expires December 31, 2023)

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