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

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.

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January 2026: Reduced Threat-Related Neural Efficiency: A Possible Biomarker for Pediatric Anxiety Disorders is an episode from American Journal of Psychiatry Audio by American Psychiatric Association Publishing.

This episode is 26:13 long.

This episode was published on Jan 1, 2026.

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