Chelsea Dyan Gober Dykan, M.A. (Tel Aviv University, Israel), joins AJP Audio to discuss a study looking at two versions of attention bias modification with an eye towards a prophylactic impact on developing PTSD in a cohort of combat-bound soldiers. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin joins the podcast to put the rest of the March issue into context.

00:57 Attention bias modifications
03:54 Response-time and gaze-contingent paradigms
05:05 Differences in efficacy between the two arms
08:06 Ethical considerations in investigating combat-bound soldiers
10:44 Controlling for combat experiences in studying PTSD
12:24 Duration of the effect
13:44 Limitations
15:03 Immediate clinical implications
16:22 Further research
17:05 Kalin interview
17:22 Dykan et al.
21:03 Kaul et al.
26:19 Kantrowitz et al.

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 ajp@psych.org

March 2026: Primary Prevention of PTSD Symptoms in Combat-Deploying Soldiers Using Attention Bias Modification: A Randomized Controlled Trial

American Journal of Psychiatry Audio