PN Update

December 17, 2025

News, Information, and Educational Offerings From APA

Editor’s note: This will be the last issue of PN Update for 2025. Happy holidays from the team at Psychiatric News. See you in 2026!

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CLINICAL CORNER

FDA Approves At-Home Brain Stimulation Device

Slow Tapering Plus Psychological Support Limits Depression Relapse

Long-Term Lecanemab Continues to Slow Cognitive Decline

GENERAL NEWS

Billing and Documentation Updates Near

Join APA on January 6, 1 p.m. ET for a webinar on the new and revised billing codes in 2026 relevant to psychiatry. The webinar will also explore key considerations to help participants craft notes that effectively communicate critical information to third-party readers, enhance patient care, and support telehealth billing requirements.

Apply for an AMA Community Microgrant

Have an idea to improve health outcomes in your community? The AMA is awarding $50,000 to up to 20 physician-led initiatives aimed at addressing health-related challenges faced by people with limited access to care. Applications are due by March 1, 2026.

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DSM Committee Seeking Feedback

The DSM Steering Committee is requesting feedback on proposed corrections to the severity specifiers for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder to emphasize the importance of symptom levels, functional impairment, and medical complications. Public comment is available through January 8, 2026.

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APA Recognized for Lifestyle Initiatives

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine presented APA with a 2025 Special Recognition Award for its efforts to raise awareness of lifestyle medicine among APA members and elevate the role of lifestyle interventions within psychiatric practice.

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PN Looking for AI Section Editor

Psychiatric News is looking for a dedicated and knowledgeable contributor to serve as our “AI + Digital Health” section editor, curating next-generation content in this rapidly evolving field for our readers. If interested, send a CV, a letter describing your vision for the section, and detailed proposals for three potential articles to editor@psych.org by January 31, 2026.

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Members in the News

Nina Kraguljac, M.D., M.A., chair of APA’s Council on Research, was recently installed as the inaugural Dr. Lee E. Shackelford Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

JOBCENTRAL

Considering a Career Change?

Looking to take the next step in your career? Post a resume, set job alerts, and find jobs tailored just for you on APA JobCentral. Current openings include a part-time psychiatrist or D.O. (board certified in psychiatry) in Jersey City, New Jersey, and a child and adult psychiatrist at the assistant/associate professor level at the University of Vermont Medical Center.

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NOW IN PSYCHIATRIC NEWS

Joy and Sadness Coexist in ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’

Ethics Corner: Donations From Patients

What It Means to Survive Conversion Therapy

NOW IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

DBT Versus SSRIs for Borderline Personality Disorder: What Does This Clinical Trial Teach Us?

APA Resource Document on Catatonia

Latest Issue of AJP Residents’ Journal

December Editor Spotlight

Deputy Editor Danny Pine reviews promising data for adjunctive lumateperone in patients with depression who have inadequately responded to antidepressants and findings that dialectical behavior therapy is superior to SSRI treatment in reducing suicide-related events, self-injury, and emotion dysregulation in individuals with borderline personality disorder.

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NOW IN PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES

Service Use After Psychiatric ED Boarding

Changes in Pediatric Physician Visits Addressing Mental Health, 2005-2019

Shortening the Stay for Youths in Acute Care Hospitals

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