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CBT‑I in Cancer Survivors: Small Subjective Gains, Unclear Objective Benefits — What the 2025 Cochrane Review Tells Clinicians
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CBT‑I in Cancer Survivors: Small Subjective Gains, Unclear Objective Benefits — What the 2025 Cochrane Review Tells Clinicians

By MedXY|Dec 16, 2025

A 2025 Cochrane review of 21 RCTs (2431 participants) finds cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT‑I) yields modest improvements in self‑reported insomnia and sleep quality in people with cancer versus inactive controls or aerobic

Methylphenidate for ADHD in Children and Adolescents: Modest Symptom Gains but Uncertain Net Benefit
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Methylphenidate for ADHD in Children and Adolescents: Modest Symptom Gains but Uncertain Net Benefit

By MedXY|Dec 16, 2025

Updated Cochrane analysis (212 RCTs, 16,302 participants) finds methylphenidate may reduce teacher-rated ADHD symptoms and improve general behaviour but increases non‑serious adverse events; overall evidence certainty is very low.

Uncertain Evidence for Youth Suicide Interventions: DBT Shows Promise While Medications and Neurotherapies Remain Largely Unstudied
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Uncertain Evidence for Youth Suicide Interventions: DBT Shows Promise While Medications and Neurotherapies Remain Largely Unstudied

By MedXY|Dec 15, 2025

A 2025 systematic review of 65 studies (14,534 youths) finds moderate evidence for dialectical behavior therapy reducing suicidal ideation; other psychosocial interventions have low or insufficient evidence and pharmacologic/neurotherapeuti

Tailored Digital Emotion Regulation Improves Mental Health in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Results of a National Randomized Trial
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Tailored Digital Emotion Regulation Improves Mental Health in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Results of a National Randomized Trial

By MedXY|Dec 14, 2025

A 3‑arm randomized trial in 524 adults with congenital heart disease found a 4‑week tailored digital emotion‑regulation program produced moderate improvements in emotion regulation and multiple psychosocial outcomes versus usual care; a gen

Late-Onset Depression Risk Persists in Long-Term Breast, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancer Survivors — Who Is Most Vulnerable?
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Late-Onset Depression Risk Persists in Long-Term Breast, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancer Survivors — Who Is Most Vulnerable?

By MedXY|Dec 13, 2025

A SEER‑Medicare cohort study found higher 5‑year risk of late-onset depression in breast (13.3%) and colorectal (11.8%) survivors than prostate (8.7%). Dual Medicare‑Medicaid eligibility, preexisting anxiety, and higher comorbidity burden w

School Feeding Programs: Comprehensive Evidence on Benefits for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged School Children’s Physical and Psychological Health
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School Feeding Programs: Comprehensive Evidence on Benefits for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged School Children’s Physical and Psychological Health

By MedXY|Dec 12, 2025

This review synthesizes global evidence, including meta-analyses, showing that school feeding programs modestly improve math achievement, enrollment, and growth metrics in socioeconomically disadvantaged children, with limited effects on re

Clozapine Works Beyond Schizophrenia: Nationwide Evidence for Transdiagnostic Effectiveness and Safety
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Clozapine Works Beyond Schizophrenia: Nationwide Evidence for Transdiagnostic Effectiveness and Safety

By MedXY|Dec 1, 2025

Large Finnish and Swedish registry cohorts show clozapine is associated with lower psychiatric hospitalisation across schizophrenia-spectrum, bipolar disorder and severe depression without increased overall mortality or hospitalisation.

Large Phase 3 Trials Show No Cognitive Benefit with Iclepertin in Schizophrenia — What the CONNEX Programme Teaches Us About Treating CIAS
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Large Phase 3 Trials Show No Cognitive Benefit with Iclepertin in Schizophrenia — What the CONNEX Programme Teaches Us About Treating CIAS

By MedXY|Nov 30, 2025

Three multinational phase 3 trials found no clinically meaningful cognitive benefit of the GlyT1 inhibitor iclepertin versus placebo in schizophrenia, though the drug was well tolerated. Results highlight methodological and biological chall

Psychedelics and MDMA for Mental Disorders: Promising Large Effects but Limited Certainty—What the Latest Living Meta-analysis Shows
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Psychedelics and MDMA for Mental Disorders: Promising Large Effects but Limited Certainty—What the Latest Living Meta-analysis Shows

By MedXY|Nov 25, 2025

A living systematic review of 30 RCTs (n=1,480) finds moderate-to-large symptom reductions for MDMA in PTSD and serotonergic psychedelics in major depression and anxiety, but high risk of bias and low certainty overall; pragmatic, longer, a

Peer Self-harm Predicts a Small Increase in Adolescent Risk with a Peak at Age 16: Findings from a Nationwide Finnish Cohort
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Peer Self-harm Predicts a Small Increase in Adolescent Risk with a Peak at Age 16: Findings from a Nationwide Finnish Cohort

By MedXY|Nov 23, 2025

A Finnish registry cohort (n=913,149) found that exposure to same-grade schoolmates’ self-harm modestly increased later self-harm risk (HR 1.05), with the largest effect around age 16 (HR ~1.45), suggesting time-limited social transmi

Urban Greenness Associated with Fewer Mental-Health Hospital Admissions — But Effects Vary Across Countries
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Urban Greenness Associated with Fewer Mental-Health Hospital Admissions — But Effects Vary Across Countries

By MedXY|Nov 22, 2025

A multinational time-series analysis of 11.4 million admissions found that higher neighbourhood greenness (NDVI) was linked to lower hospital admissions for mental disorders overall, with heterogeneity across countries and disorder types an

Metformin Moderately Reduces Antipsychotic-Related Weight Gain in Youth with Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: Large Pragmatic 24‑Month Trial Supports Clinical Use
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Metformin Moderately Reduces Antipsychotic-Related Weight Gain in Youth with Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: Large Pragmatic 24‑Month Trial Supports Clinical Use

By MedXY|Nov 17, 2025

A 1,565‑participant pragmatic randomized trial shows metformin added to lifestyle counseling produced modest but statistically significant reductions in BMI Z-score at 6 and 24 months in overweight/obese children and adolescents with bipola

Metformin Modestly Reduces Antipsychotic-Associated Weight Gain in Youth with Bipolar Spectrum Disorders — Large Pragmatic Trial Supports Consideration in Practice
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Metformin Modestly Reduces Antipsychotic-Associated Weight Gain in Youth with Bipolar Spectrum Disorders — Large Pragmatic Trial Supports Consideration in Practice

By MedXY|Nov 17, 2025

A large, pragmatic randomized trial found that adjunctive metformin produced a modest but statistically significant reduction in BMI Z-score at 6 and 24 months among overweight and obese youth with bipolar spectrum disorders treated with se

Stopping Smoking Is Associated With Better Recovery From Other Substance Use Disorders: Longitudinal Evidence From a US National Cohort
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Stopping Smoking Is Associated With Better Recovery From Other Substance Use Disorders: Longitudinal Evidence From a US National Cohort

By MedXY|Nov 14, 2025

A longitudinal, nationally representative cohort study found that within-person transition from current to former cigarette smoking was associated with a 30–43% higher odds of sustained recovery from other substance use disorders, supportin

Collaborative Care for OUD in Primary Care Reduces Opioid Use: Cluster RCT Shows Added Benefit from an OUD-Focused Model
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Collaborative Care for OUD in Primary Care Reduces Opioid Use: Cluster RCT Shows Added Benefit from an OUD-Focused Model

By MedXY|Nov 14, 2025

A pragmatic cluster randomized trial found that adding OUD-specific components to collaborative care in primary care clinics reduced days of opioid use more than collaborative care for mental health alone, without clear additional mental he

ANK3-Guided Liafensine Shows Clinically Meaningful Benefit in Treatment‑Resistant Depression: Results of the ENLIGHTEN Trial
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ANK3-Guided Liafensine Shows Clinically Meaningful Benefit in Treatment‑Resistant Depression: Results of the ENLIGHTEN Trial

By MedXY|Nov 14, 2025

In ENLIGHTEN, a biomarker-guided randomized trial, ANK3-positive patients with treatment‑resistant depression randomized to liafensine achieved larger MADRS improvements than placebo (mean difference −4.4; 95% CI −7.6 to −1.3; P = .006), wi

High‑Intensity Interval Training Fails to Rescue Hippocampal Integrity in Adults With Cannabis Use Disorder — but Exercise Is Feasible and May Reduce Craving
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High‑Intensity Interval Training Fails to Rescue Hippocampal Integrity in Adults With Cannabis Use Disorder — but Exercise Is Feasible and May Reduce Craving

By MedXY|Nov 14, 2025

A randomized trial in adults with moderate–severe cannabis use disorder found 12 weeks of supervised HIIT did not improve a composite MRI measure of hippocampal integrity versus strength/resistance training; exercise participation was feasi

Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cuts Suicide Attempts in High‑Risk US Military Personnel and Veterans: MSPIRE RCT Confirms Prior Findings
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Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cuts Suicide Attempts in High‑Risk US Military Personnel and Veterans: MSPIRE RCT Confirms Prior Findings

By MedXY|Nov 14, 2025

A 2‑arm randomized trial (MSPIRE) found brief cognitive behavioral therapy (BCBT) significantly reduced suicide attempts versus present‑centered therapy in suicidal military personnel and veterans, despite comparable reductions in suicidal

Distinct and Shared Risk Profiles for Suicide Attempt Versus Suicide: Insights from Danish Registers and Genomic Data
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Distinct and Shared Risk Profiles for Suicide Attempt Versus Suicide: Insights from Danish Registers and Genomic Data

By MedXY|Nov 14, 2025

A large Danish register and genetic study shows overlapping but distinct environmental and genetic risk factors for nonfatal suicide attempts and death by suicide, with chronic and functional health problems linked more to attempts and seve

Intimacy, Intranasal Oxytocin, and Faster Wound Healing: A Randomized Trial Linking Touch, Sex, and Neuroendocrine Recovery
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Intimacy, Intranasal Oxytocin, and Faster Wound Healing: A Randomized Trial Linking Touch, Sex, and Neuroendocrine Recovery

By MedXY|Nov 14, 2025

A double‑blind RCT in 160 healthy adults found that intranasal oxytocin combined with structured positive interaction and daily physical intimacy (affectionate touch, sex) was associated with reduced cortisol and modestly faster dermatologi

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