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 Practice by Alexander T. Sack et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Personalized and Circuit-Based Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Evidence, Controversies, and Opportunities by Robin F.H. Cash and Andrew Zalesky (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Accelerated Theta Burst Stimulation: Safety, Efficacy, and Future Advancements 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 Opportunities 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 Studies by Debby Klooster et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

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

• Targeting Symptom-Specific Networks With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation by Shan H. Siddiqia and Michael D. Fox (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Optimal Stimulation Sites by Garance M. Meyeret al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation–Electroencephalography for Biomarker Discovery in Psychiatry by Faranak Farzan (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Electric Field Modeling in Personalizing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Interventions by Moritz Dannhauer et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Across the Lifespan: Impact of Developmental and Degenerative Processes 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 Disorder by Ron Gadot et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• A New Angle on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Coil Orientation: A Targeted Narrative Review 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-Analysis 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 Adults 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 Psilocybin by Devon Stoliker et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Expectancy Effects in Psychedelic Trials 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 Profile by Friederike Holze et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• Microdosing Psychedelics: Current Evidence From Controlled Studies by Robin J. Murphy et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• A Brief Historical Overview of Psychedelic Research by Mark A. Geyer (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

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

• Comparing Neural Correlates of Consciousness: From Psychedelics to Hypnosis and Meditation 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 Therapy by Yasmin Schmid and K. Bershad (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

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

Meditation

• Mindfulness Meditation and Network Neuroscience: Review, Synthesis, and Future Directions 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 Research by Antoine Lutz et al. (2025), Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

• Decoding Depth of Meditation: Electroencephalography Insights From Expert Vipassana Practitioners by Nicco Reggente et al. (2025), Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

• Exploring the Embodied Mind: Functional Connectome Fingerprinting of Meditation Expertise 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 Outcomes by Annelise A. Madison and Michael T. Bailey (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Mood Disorders: The Gut Bacteriome and Beyond 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 Disorders by Fiona C. Ross et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Adolescence, the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis, and the Emergence of Psychiatric Disorders 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 Junctions 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 Neurobiology by Saashi A. Bedford et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

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

• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder: Evidence From Multiple Genetically Informed Designs 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 Maturation by Dani Beck et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• Developmental Disruptions of the Dorsal Striatum in Autism Spectrum Disorder by Maya M. Evans et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry

• A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Meta-Analysis of Childhood Trauma 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 Sample 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 Suicidality 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 Children by Julia M. Evanski et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

• Inflammatory Conditions During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders 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 Analysis 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 Adolescents by Artenisa Kulla et al. (2024), Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science