The Society of Biological Psychiatry family of journals article selection

Articles included in this selection cover the following themes: brain stimulation, psychedelics, meditation, gut microbiota, and childhood mental health.

Brain stimulation

• Target Engagement and Brain State Dependence of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Implications for Clinical Practiceopens in new tab/window by Alexander T. Sack et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Personalized and Circuit-Based Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Evidence, Controversies, and Opportunitiesopens in new tab/window by Robin F.H. Cash and Andrew Zalesky (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Accelerated Theta Burst Stimulation: Safety, Efficacy, and Future Advancementsopens in new tab/window by Eleanor Cole et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation–Induced Neuroplasticity and the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: State of the Evidence and Future Opportunitiesopens in new tab/window by Sophie M.D.D. Fitzsimmons et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Evaluating Robustness of Brain Stimulation Biomarkers for Depression: A Systematic Review of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Electroencephalography Studiesopens in new tab/window by Debby Klooster et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Comparisons of Accelerated Continuous and Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression and Suicidal Ideationopens in new tab/window by Haoyang Zhao et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Targeting Symptom-Specific Networks With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulationopens in new tab/window by Shan H. Siddiqia and Michael D. Fox (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Optimal Stimulation Sitesopens in new tab/window by Garance M. Meyeret al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation–Electroencephalography for Biomarker Discovery in Psychiatryopens in new tab/window by Faranak Farzan (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Electric Field Modeling in Personalizing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Interventionsopens in new tab/window by Moritz Dannhauer et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Across the Lifespan: Impact of Developmental and Degenerative Processesopens in new tab/window by Lindsay M. Obermana and Alberto Benussi (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Tractography-Based Modeling Explains Treatment Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorderopens in new tab/window by Ron Gadot et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• A New Angle on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Coil Orientation: A Targeted Narrative Reviewopens in new tab/window by Andris Cerins et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• Efficacy of Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysisopens in new tab/window by Sandesh Reddy et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Targeting the Amygdala May Increase Psychophysiological and Subjective Negative Emotional Reactivity in Healthy Older Adultsopens in new tab/window by Bianca Hoang-Danget al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

Psychedelics

• Neural Mechanisms of Resting-State Networks and the Amygdala Underlying the Cognitive and Emotional Effects of Psilocybinopens in new tab/window by Devon Stoliker et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Expectancy Effects in Psychedelic Trialsopens in new tab/window by Balázs Szigeti and Boris D. Heifets (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• Serotonergic Psychedelics: A Comparative Review of Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Binding Profileopens in new tab/window by Friederike Holze et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• Microdosing Psychedelics: Current Evidence From Controlled Studiesopens in new tab/window by Robin J. Murphy et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• A Brief Historical Overview of Psychedelic Researchopens in new tab/window by Mark A. Geyer (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• Dynamic Functional Hyperconnectivity After Psilocybin Intake Is Primarily Associated With Oceanic Boundlessnessopens in new tab/window by Sepehr Mortaheb et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• Comparing Neural Correlates of Consciousness: From Psychedelics to Hypnosis and Meditationopens in new tab/window by Flora Moujaes et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• Altered States and Social Bonds: Effects of MDMA and Serotonergic Psychedelics on Social Behavior as a Mechanism Underlying Substance-Assisted Therapyopens in new tab/window by Yasmin Schmid and K. Bershad (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• Effective Connectivity of Thalamocortical Interactions Following d-Amphetamine, LSD, and MDMA Administrationopens in new tab/window by Mihai Avram et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Meditation

• Mindfulness Meditation and Network Neuroscience: Review, Synthesis, and Future Directionsopens in new tab/window by Ruchika S. Prakash et al. (2025), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• An Overview of Neurophenomenological Approaches to Meditation and Their Relevance to Clinical Researchopens in new tab/window by Antoine Lutz et al. (2025), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• Decoding Depth of Meditation: Electroencephalography Insights From Expert Vipassana Practitionersopens in new tab/window by Nicco Reggente et al. (2025), Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

• Exploring the Embodied Mind: Functional Connectome Fingerprinting of Meditation Expertiseopens in new tab/window by Sébastien Czajko et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

Gut microbiota

• Stressed to the Core: Inflammation and Intestinal Permeability Link Stress-Related Gut Microbiota Shifts to Mental Health Outcomesopens in new tab/window by Annelise A. Madison and Michael T. Bailey (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Mood Disorders: The Gut Bacteriome and Beyondopens in new tab/window by Amelia J. McGuinness et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Existing and Future Strategies to Manipulate the Gut Microbiota With Diet as a Potential Adjuvant Treatment for Psychiatric Disordersopens in new tab/window by Fiona C. Ross et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Adolescence, the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis, and the Emergence of Psychiatric Disordersopens in new tab/window by Sadie F. McVey Neufeld et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Chronic Stress Exposure Alters the Gut Barrier: Sex-Specific Effects on Microbiota and Jejunum Tight Junctionsopens in new tab/window by Ellen Doney et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

Childhood mental health

• Brain-Charting Autism and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Reveals Distinct and Overlapping Neurobiologyopens in new tab/window by Saashi A. Bedford et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Triple Interactions Between the Environment, Brain, and Behavior in Children: An ABCD Studyopens in new tab/window by Dongmei Zhi et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder: Evidence From Multiple Genetically Informed Designsopens in new tab/window et al. Miguel Garcia-Argibay et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Dimensions of Early-Life Adversity Are Differentially Associated With Patterns of Delayed and Accelerated Brain Maturationopens in new tab/window by Dani Beck et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Developmental Disruptions of the Dorsal Striatum in Autism Spectrum Disorderopens in new tab/window by Maya M. Evans et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Meta-Analysis of Childhood Traumaopens in new tab/window by Rebecca Ireton et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• Internalizing Symptoms and Adverse Childhood Experiences Associated With Functional Connectivity in a Middle Childhood Sampleopens in new tab/window by Emily A. Albertina et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• The Toronto Adolescent and Youth Cohort Study: Study Design and Early Data Related to Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms, Functioning, and Suicidalityopens in new tab/window by Kristin Cleverley et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• The First “Hit” to the Endocannabinoid System? Associations Between Prenatal Cannabis Exposure and Frontolimbic White Matter Pathways in Childrenopens in new tab/window by Julia M. Evanski et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

• Inflammatory Conditions During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disordersopens in new tab/window by Lisa A. Croen et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

• The Limbic System in Children and Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Longitudinal Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysisopens in new tab/window by Michael Connaughton et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

• Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and White Matter Microstructure of the Arcuate Fasciculus and Uncinate Fasciculus in Adolescentsopens in new tab/window by Artenisa Kulla et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science