<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #333333;"&gt; Dr. Julia Linke (University of Mainz, Germany) joins &lt;em&gt;AJP Audio&lt;/em&gt; to discuss the &lt;a href= "https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.20241043" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;use of neural efficiency&lt;/a&gt;, a measure of brain activity, as a potential biomarker in the treatment of children with anxiety disorder.&lt;span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; Afterwards, &lt;em&gt;AJP&lt;/em&gt; Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin joins the podcast to put the rest of the issue into context.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;"&gt; 00:31&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt; Linke interview&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;"&gt; 02:15&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt; State or a trait?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;"&gt; 04:15&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt; Neural efficiency and CBT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;"&gt; 05:22&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt; Potential as a biomarker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;"&gt; 07:08&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt; Patient-rated and parent-rated measures of anxiety&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;"&gt; 08:16&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt; Immediate clinical implications&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;"&gt; 09:50&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt; Limitations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;"&gt; 10:43&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt; Future directions of research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;"&gt; 11:44&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt; Kalin interview&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;"&gt; 11:50&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20241043"&gt;Linke et al.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;"&gt; 15:16&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20240382"&gt;Mallard et al.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "text-align: justify; background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;"&gt; 18:11&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20241084"&gt;Naples et al.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;"&gt; 21:44&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20241115"&gt;Mac Giollabhui et al.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://psychiatryonline.org/pb-assets/podcasts/transcripts/AJP/AJP_Audio_Linke_January_2026_transcript.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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American Journal of Psychiatry

January 2026: Reduced Threat-Related Neural Efficiency: A Possible Biomarker for Pediatric Anxiety Disorders

JAN 1, 202626 MIN
American Journal of Psychiatry Audio

January 2026: Reduced Threat-Related Neural Efficiency: A Possible Biomarker for Pediatric Anxiety Disorders

JAN 1, 202626 MIN

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Dr. Julia Linke (University of Mainz, Germany) joins AJP Audio to discuss the use of neural efficiency, a measure of brain activity, as a potential biomarker in the treatment of children with anxiety disorder. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin joins the podcast to put the rest of the issue into context. 00:31 Linke interview 02:15 State or a trait? 04:15 Neural efficiency and CBT 05:22 Potential as a biomarker 07:08 Patient-rated and parent-rated measures of anxiety 08:16 Immediate clinical implications 09:50 Limitations 10:43 Future directions of research 11:44 Kalin interview 11:50 Linke et al. 15:16 Mallard et al. 18:11 Naples et al. 21:44 Mac Giollabhui et al. Transcript Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to it. Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen to other podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Browse articles online. How authors may submit their work. Follow the journals of APA Publishing on Twitter. E-mail us at [email protected]