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Neurology

Elevated Serotonin Release in Schizophrenia: New Insights Into Negative Symptom Pathophysiology

A PET imaging study reveals increased frontal serotonin release in schizophrenia, particularly in deficit type, tied to worse negative symptoms.

Dec 17, 2025
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CBT‑I in Cancer Survivors: Small Subjective Gains, Unclear Objective Benefits — What the 2025 Cochrane Review Tells Clinicians

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

Dec 16, 2025
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Methylphenidate for ADHD in Children and Adolescents: Modest Symptom Gains but Uncertain Net Benefit

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.

Dec 16, 2025
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Uncertain Evidence for Youth Suicide Interventions: DBT Shows Promise While Medications and Neurotherapies Remain Largely Unstudied

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

Dec 15, 2025
Cardiology

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

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

Dec 14, 2025
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Late-Onset Depression Risk Persists in Long-Term Breast, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancer Survivors — Who Is Most Vulnerable?

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

Dec 13, 2025
Clinical Updates

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

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

Dec 12, 2025
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Clozapine Works Beyond Schizophrenia: Nationwide Evidence for Transdiagnostic Effectiveness and Safety

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.

Dec 1, 2025
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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

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

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

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

Nov 25, 2025
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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

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

Nov 23, 2025
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Urban Greenness Associated with Fewer Mental-Health Hospital Admissions — But Effects Vary Across Countries

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

Nov 22, 2025
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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

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

Nov 17, 2025
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Metformin Modestly Reduces Antipsychotic-Associated Weight Gain in Youth with Bipolar Spectrum Disorders — Large Pragmatic Trial Supports Consideration in Practice

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

Nov 17, 2025
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Stopping Smoking Is Associated With Better Recovery From Other Substance Use Disorders: Longitudinal Evidence From a US National Cohort

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

Nov 14, 2025Sign in to read
Family Medicine & Nutrition

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

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

Nov 14, 2025
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ANK3-Guided Liafensine Shows Clinically Meaningful Benefit in Treatment‑Resistant Depression: Results of the ENLIGHTEN Trial

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

Nov 14, 2025Sign in to read
Neurology

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

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

Nov 14, 2025
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Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cuts Suicide Attempts in High‑Risk US Military Personnel and Veterans: MSPIRE RCT Confirms Prior Findings

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

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

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

Nov 14, 2025Sign in to read
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