Special 07 April 2021

Highlighting Research on Health Disparities

A collection aimed at highlighting NPP articles and commentaries that address disparities related to gender, race, ethnicity, LGBTQ+ individuals, and early life adversity

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Academic ethics of mental health: the national black postdocs framework for the addressment of support for undergraduate and graduate trainees
- Cellas A. Hayes
- Almarely L. Berrios-Negron
- Frankie D. Heyward
Comment8 Jan 2024 Neuropsychopharmacology
Sex-specific resting state brain network dynamics in patients with major depressive disorder
- Daifeng Dong
- Diego A. Pizzagalli
- Emily L. Belleau
Article13 Jan 2024 Neuropsychopharmacology
The effects of experience of discrimination and acculturation during pregnancy on the developing offspring brain
- Marisa N. Spann
- Kiarra Alleyne
- Dustin Scheinost
ArticleOpen Access15 Nov 2023 Neuropsychopharmacology
Digital and precision clinical trials: innovations for testing mental health medications, devices, and psychosocial treatments
- Eric Lenze
- John Torous
- Patricia Arean
Review Article7 Aug 2023 Neuropsychopharmacology
Associations between childhood ethnoracial minority density, cortical thickness, and social engagement among minority youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis
- Benson S. Ku
- Meghan Collins
- Elaine F. Walker
Article12 Jul 2023 Neuropsychopharmacology
C-reactive protein moderates associations between racial discrimination and ventromedial prefrontal cortex activation during attention to threat in Black American women
- Aziz Elbasheir
- Jennifer C. Felger
- Negar Fani
Article26 Sep 2023 Neuropsychopharmacology
Brain health in ethnically minority youth at risk for psychosis
- Rachel A. Rabin
- Lena Palaniyappan
Research Highlight4 Sep 2023 Neuropsychopharmacology
Ensuring psychedelic treatments and research do not leave anyone behind

Psychedelics are a promising approach to caring for persons living with severe mental illness. However, as with all clinical treatments and research in the US, health equity concerns must be considered and addressed. Ensuring health equity and health justice in psychedelic care delivery and research will require strategies to not only reduce disparities and preempt future disparities among minoritized and marginalized populations.
- Melissa A. Simon
Perspective21 Aug 2023 Neuropsychopharmacology
The biological embedding of structural inequities: new insight from neuroscience
- E. Kate Webb
- Nathaniel G. Harnett
Hot Topics18 Jul 2023 Neuropsychopharmacology
Transdiagnostic evaluation of epigenetic age acceleration and burden of psychiatric disorders
- Natan Yusupov
- Linda Dieckmann
- Elisabeth B. Binder
ArticleOpen Access17 Apr 2023 Neuropsychopharmacology
Ethical considerations in rapid and novel treatments in psychiatry
- Tobias Haeusermann
- Winston Chiong
PerspectiveOpen Access30 Jun 2023 Neuropsychopharmacology
Perspective on equitable translational studies and clinical support for an unbiased inclusion of the LGBTQIA2S+community
- Teddy G. Goetz
- Krisha Aghi
- Troy A. Roepke
Perspective16 Mar 2023 Neuropsychopharmacology
To dismantle structural racism in science, scientists need to learn how it works
- Caleb Weinreb
- Daphne S. Sun
Perspective16 Jan 2023 Neuropsychopharmacology
Five recommendations for using large-scale publicly available data to advance health among American Indian peoples: the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study^SM as an illustrative case
- Evan J. White
- Mara J. Demuth
- Robin Aupperle
Review ArticleOpen Access16 Nov 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
Deconstructing dissociation: a triple network model of trauma-related dissociation and its subtypes
- Lauren A. M. Lebois
- Poornima Kumar
- Milissa L. Kaufman
Article6 Oct 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
Building an intentional and impactful summer research experience to increase diversity in mental health research
- Oluwarotimi O. Folorunso
- Karen Burns White
- Elena H. Chartoff
PerspectiveOpen Access12 Oct 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
Sex-dependent risk factors for PTSD: a prospective structural MRI study
- Alyssa R. Roeckner
- Shivangi Sogani
- Jennifer S. Stevens
Article16 Sep 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
Sex-related differences in violence exposure, neural reactivity to threat, and mental health
- Heather E. Dark
- Nathaniel G. Harnett
- David C. Knight
Article27 Aug 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
Racial discrimination associates with lower cingulate cortex thickness in trauma-exposed black women
- Negar Fani
- Leyla Eghbalzad
- Bekh Bradley
Article13 Sep 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
The role of racial discrimination in dissociation and interoceptive dysfunction
- Negar Fani
- Sahib S. Khalsa
Hot Topics3 Aug 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
The National Institute on Drug Abuse Summer Research Internship Program: Building a Diverse National Scientific Workforce
- Albert H. Avila
- Jason H. Weixelbaum
- Wilson M. Compton
PerspectiveOpen Access28 Jul 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
It’s about racism, not race: a call to purge oppressive practices from neuropsychiatry and scientific discovery
- Sierra E. Carter
- Yara Mekawi
- Nathaniel G. Harnett
Comment30 Jun 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
Cross-ancestry genomic research: time to close the gap
- Elizabeth G. Atkinson
- Sevim B. Bianchi
- Sandra Sanchez-Roige
Perspective23 Jun 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
Intra-individual variability and stability of affect and craving among individuals receiving medication treatment for opioid use disorder
- Jennifer D. Ellis
- Chung Jung Mun
- Kenzie L. Preston
Article6 Jun 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
Does the moderator matter? Identification of multiple moderators of the association between peripheral inflammatory markers and depression severity in a large racially diverse community cohort
- Manivel Rengasamy
- Sophia Arruda Da Costa E Silva
- Rebecca B. Price
Article20 May 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
Altered reward and effort processing in children with maltreatment experience: a potential indicator of mental health vulnerability
- Diana J. N. Armbruster-Genç
- Vincent Valton
- Eamon McCrory
ArticleOpen Access11 Feb 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
Genome-wide meta-analysis of alcohol use disorder in East Asians
- Hang Zhou
- Rasmon Kalayasiri
- Joel Gelernter
ArticleOpen Access29 Jan 2022 Neuropsychopharmacology
Evaluating the evidence for sex differences: a scoping review of human neuroimaging in psychopharmacology research
- Korrina A. Duffy
- C. Neill Epperson
Review Article3 Nov 2021 Neuropsychopharmacology
Sensitive period-regulating genetic pathways and exposure to adversity shape risk for depression
- Yiwen Zhu
- Min-Jung Wang
- Erin C. Dunn
Article23 Oct 2021 Neuropsychopharmacology
A three-factor model of common early onset psychiatric disorders: temperament, adversity, and dopamine
- Maisha Iqbal
- Sylvia Maria Leonarda Cox
- Marco Leyton
Article8 Oct 2021 Neuropsychopharmacology
Accumbofrontal tract integrity is related to early life adversity and feedback learning
- Bryan V. Kennedy
- Jamie L. Hanson
- Seth D. Pollak
ArticleOpen Access24 Sep 2021 Neuropsychopharmacology
Brain sex differences: the androgynous brain is advantageous for mental health and well-being
- Qiang Luo
- Barbara J. Sahakian
Hot TopicsOpen Access16 Aug 2021 Neuropsychopharmacology
Transcriptome-wide association study of post-trauma symptom trajectories identified GRIN3B as a potential biomarker for PTSD development
- Adriana Lori
- Katharina Schultebraucks
- Kerry J. Ressler
Article29 Jun 2021 Neuropsychopharmacology
Being counted: LGBTQ+ representation within the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)
- Hayley Fisher
Comment7 Jun 2021 Neuropsychopharmacology
NIH research funding disparities affect diversity, equity and inclusion goals of the ACNP
- Michael A. Taffe
Correspondence29 Jan 2021 Neuropsychopharmacology
Distinct cortical thickness correlates of early life trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder are shared among adolescent and adult females with interpersonal violence exposure
- Marisa C. Ross
- Anneliis S. Sartin-Tarm
- Josh M. Cisler
Article3 Dec 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
Inaction speaks louder than words: tips for increasing black ACNP membership
- Carl L. Hart
- Jean Lud Cadet
Correspondence20 Nov 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
Intergenerational trauma is associated with expression alterations in glucocorticoid- and immune-related genes
- Nikolaos P. Daskalakis
- Changxin Xu
- Rachel Yehuda
Article10 Nov 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender representation among corresponding authors of Neuropsychopharmacology (NPP) manuscripts: submissions during January–June, 2020
- Chloe J. Jordan
- William A. Carlezon Jr.
Editorial23 Sep 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
Behavioral and neurobiological effects of GnRH agonist treatment in mice—potential implications for puberty suppression in transgender individuals
- Christoph Anacker
- Ezra Sydnor
- Christine A. Denny
Article12 Sep 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
Childhood maltreatment and cognitive functioning: the role of depression, parental education, and polygenic predisposition
- Janik Goltermann
- Ronny Redlich
- Udo Dannlowski
ArticleOpen Access14 Aug 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
Advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP): advances, challenges, and opportunities to accelerate progress

It is increasingly accepted that higher levels of excellence and innovation in research can be achieved by organizations that promote equity, diversity, and inclusion across several domains including ethnicity and gender. The purpose of this commentary is to provide an overview of the methods used to increase diversity within ACNP, as well as recommendations for accelerating progress. Annual membership surveys confirm increases in female membership and leadership positions, slower but encouraging signals for “Asian” and “Hispanic” members, and less progress for African American and other ethnic populations. Meetings have become visibly more diverse, due in part to ethnic minority travel awards and apparently increasing diversity among guest attendees. Evidence of increasing inclusion includes well-attended networking events and minority-relevant programming, active communications about diversity-related events and resources, and strong statements by ACNP leadership that embrace diversity as a core value and support collaboration among key committees and task forces to identify and implement pro-inclusion and diversity-enhancing efforts. We believe ACNP can accelerate progress with more scientifically valid approaches to assessing diversity and inclusion. The current membership survey includes five outmoded ethnic options and postmeeting surveys that are not designed to assess inclusion efforts and consequences. Measures should be developed that better characterize diversity and assess efforts to reduce the barriers that exist for potential non-White populations (e.g., annual membership and meeting attendance costs). Increased collaboration with NIH and other organizations that are committed to these same goals may also contribute to acceleration of progress by ACNP and other scientific organizations.
- Jack E. Henningfield
- Sherecce Fields
- Carlos A. Zarate
CommentOpen Access3 Aug 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
Impact of ADCYAP1R1 genotype on longitudinal fear conditioning in children: interaction with trauma and sex
- Tanja Jovanovic
- Anaïs F. Stenson
- Kerry J. Ressler
Article26 Jun 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
NPP statement on racism, discrimination, and abuse of power
- William A. Carlezon Jr.
- on Behalf of the NPP Team
Editorial20 Jun 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
The ABCD study: understanding the development of risk for mental and physical health outcomes
- Nicole R. Karcher
- Deanna M. Barch
Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews15 Jun 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
Evaluating the impact of trauma and PTSD on epigenetic prediction of lifespan and neural integrity
- Seyma Katrinli
- Jennifer Stevens
- Alicia K. Smith
Article7 May 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
Neurobiological consequences of racial disparities and environmental risks: a critical gap in understanding psychiatric disorders
- Nathaniel G. Harnett
Comment24 Apr 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
Associations between different dimensions of prenatal distress, neonatal hippocampal connectivity, and infant memory
- Dustin Scheinost
- Marisa N. Spann
- Catherine Monk
ArticleOpen Access18 Apr 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
Biological sex classification with structural MRI data shows increased misclassification in transgender women
- Claas Flint
- Katharina Förster
- Dominik Grotegerd
ArticleOpen Access9 Apr 2020 Neuropsychopharmacology
Polygenic scores for psychiatric disorders in a diverse postmortem brain tissue cohort
- Laramie Duncan
- Hanyang Shen
- Stefano Marenco
ArticleOpen Access24 Jan 2023 Neuropsychopharmacology

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