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Access to addiction meds for young people has improved — but retention hasn’t
Only a small fraction of young people with opioid use disorder receive addiction medications, and few stay on them for long, a study finds.
Differences in autism features and adaptive functioning between adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and social communication disorder
IntroductionThis study aimed to characterize adolescents with social communication disorder (SCD) in comparison with those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) across two dimensions: autism features and adaptive functioning. SCD shares social communication difficulties with ASD, resulting in unclear diagnostic boundaries…
Short-term BMI-SDS change during child and adolescent psychiatric hospitalization: associations with antipsychotic treatment and length of stay
Children and adolescents receiving inpatient psychiatric treatment may be at increased risk of short-term weight gain-related changes, particularly during antipsychotic exposure. In this retrospective cohort study we analyzed a patient-level cohort of 776 unique patients younger than 18 years treated…
Circulating miR-1260a as a potential biomarker for First-Episode of Psychosis: a replication study in a treatment-Naïve Romanian cohort
The diagnosis of first-episode psychosis (FEP) in adolescents and young adults remains primarily clinical, often complicated by symptom overlap and the heterogeneity of psychiatric presentations. There is a critical need for non-invasive, objective biomarkers to support early diagnosis and patient…
If I Only Knew Then — Living with OCD
By Vinay Krishnan Vinay Krishnan My OCD has always manifested itself through a debilitating fear of harm coming to loved ones and to myself, a subset of OCD called Harm... Read more » The post If I Only Knew Then…
You Are More Than Your OCD — Living with OCD
By Stuti Pemmaraju Stuti Pemmaraju I cannot pinpoint the exact moment that I first began experiencing symptoms of OCD, but my earliest recollection of a compulsion was during my fifth-grade... Read more » The post You Are More Than Your…
Confessions of an Eight-Year-Old – Living with OCD
By Julia Hyman Julia Hyman Knots in my youth-sized stomach. My brain pounding and constantly racing. Guilt was consuming my eight-year-old body. Those were my very first signs of OCD.... Read more » The post Confessions of an Eight-Year-Old –…
Longitudinal white matter network reorganization after rTMS in first-episode schizophrenia: associations with sleep improvement
BackgroundSleep disturbances are highly prevalent in first-episode schizophrenia and are associated with poor clinical and functional outcomes. Although repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has shown therapeutic potential for insomnia and schizophrenia, its efficacy for sleep disturbances in first-episode schizophrenia remains…
Ketamine in psychiatry: a systematic review of clinical applications, safety considerations, and emerging challenges
Ketamine has progressed from solely being an anesthetic agent to a drug of rising clinical and research interest due to its distinctive pharmacological properties. Its dissociative properties and rapid-acting antidepressant effects have made it a prominent area of investigation across…
Towards sustainable funding for Recovery Colleges: lessons from Germany for advancing recovery-oriented psychiatry
Recovery Colleges (RCs) are community-based, co-produced educational initiatives that promote personal recovery, mental health, and well-being through collaborative learning grounded in recovery principles and adult education. Rather than functioning as clinical interventions, Recovery Colleges provide educational environments in which people…
Brave Heart Intervention and Mental Health Outcomes Among Young People in Sierra Leone
Conditions: Substance-related Disorders; Mental Health Literacy; Adolescent Health; Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Interventions: Behavioral: Brave Heart Intervention Sponsors: Slum and Rural Health Initiative; Grand Challenges Canada Completed
A Pilot Study of a DBT-Informed Caregiver Risk Management Workshop
Conditions: Caregivers; Suicide; Nonsuicidal Self Injury; Adolescent; Young Adult Interventions: Behavioral: Workshop and consultation for caregivers of at risk youth Sponsors: University of California, San Francisco Not yet recruiting
Enhancing a Behavioral Intervention Using Rest-Activity Rhythm Monitoring via a Consumer Wearable in Older Dementia Caregivers and People With Dementia: Feasibility and Acceptability Study
Background: Despite being established risk factors for poor mental or brain health outcomes in aging, rest-activity rhythm (RAR) disturbances are not routinely monitored or treated. This is, in part, due to a lack of clinician-friendly RAR monitoring systems. Objective: We…
Autism Target Discovered in Endothelial Cells in Genetic Deletion Mouse Model
Researchers reversed certain behavioral symptoms in a 16p11.2 deletion mouse model of autism spectrum disorder by activating the P2Y2 receptor in endothelial cells of brain blood vessels, which increased blood flow in the brain. The post Autism Target Discovered in…
Generative AI Adoption in Psychotherapy Practice Among Mental Health Professionals: Multicountry Cross-Sectional Survey
Background: Generative AI (GenAI) tools, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot, are being adopted across health care settings. Despite the popularity of GenAI, empirical data on the extent of adoption by mental health clinicians in routine psychotherapy…
The STORY MINE Digital Recovery Narrative Intervention for Personal Recovery in Mental Health Care: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Hope and confidence support personal recovery by helping individuals with mental illness to rediscover meaning, enhance social connections, and build fulfilling lives. Digital recovery narrative interventions may help stimulate these recovery processes by providing access to hopeful lived-experience stories.…
We Can Do Hard Things – A Mother and Son’s OCD Journey
By Kjersti and Jayden Helberg Jayden's Story Jayden and Kjersti Helberg It has been almost 7 years since I was diagnosed with OCD. When I was 7 years old I... Read more » The post We Can Do Hard Things…
Quieting the Chaos — Living with OCD
By Jack When I was in elementary and middle school, my mind was ravaged by constant OCD intrusive thoughts and obsessions, mainly about harming myself and others and whether I... Read more » The post Quieting the Chaos — Living with…
Waiting Room – A Sibling’s Story
Austin and his brother By Austin Kang Sometimes I think back to the waiting room. I was 13. My older brother was 17. I remember the sharp smell of lemon... Read more » The post Waiting Room – A Sibling’s…
Psychological and Contextual Factors of AI Acceptance Among Informal Caregivers of People Living With Dementia: Cross-Sectional Pilot Study
Background: Informal caregivers make up a large share of the care provided to people living with dementia, and experience an elevated risk for anxiety, depression, and caregiving burden. Technology-based interventions, such as mobile apps, aim to support informal caregivers by…