Dr. Jessica Salvatore (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey) joins AJP Audio to discuss peer social genetic effects and their impact on alcohol and substance use, anxiety, and major depressive disorders in adolescents. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin takes us through the rest of the September issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.

00:52 Salvatore interview
02:49 Can the genetic makeup of other people impact your risk for psychiatric conditions?
04:12 Impact on genetic predisposition
05:12 Why look at these effects through a genetic lens?
07:17 Limitations
10:05 Clinical implications
12:40 Further research
13:32 Kalin interview
13:47 Salvatore et al.
15:54 Dalhuisen et al.
19:23 Hess et al.
24:14 Larsen et al.
26:43 Schwippel et al.

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