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Three Childhood ADHD Dimensions Each Predicted Distinct Adult Mood-Disorder Profiles in 755 Patients

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Three Childhood ADHD Dimensions Each Predicted Distinct Adult Mood-Disorder Profiles in 755 Patients

TL;DR: A 2026 study in European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience of 755 Korean adults with mood disorders found that three distinct childhood ADHD traits each tracked with different adult clinical features, suggesting ADHD’s influence on mood-disorder presentation is dimension-specific rather than uniform. Key Findings Mood-disorder profiles split by ADHD trait: Researchers analyzed 755 …

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Centaur AI Model Passed Psychology Tests Without Following New Instructions

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Centaur AI Model Passed Psychology Tests Without Following New Instructions

TL;DR: A 2026 study in National Science Open argued that Centaur, an AI model promoted as a simulator of human cognition, could reproduce psychology-test answers while failing a simple instruction-understanding check. Key Findings Centaur was tested as a cognition simulator: the earlier model reportedly performed well across 160 psychology tasks, including decision-making and executive-control experiments. …

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CBT-I Trial Will Test Sleep Treatment in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia

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CBT-I Trial Will Test Sleep Treatment in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia

TL;DR: A 2026 study protocol in Trials describes COSTS, a randomized trial that will compare cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) with standard cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in 60 people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and persistent sleep disturbance. Key Findings Planned sample: Researchers aim to enroll 60 adults with treatment-resistant schizophrenia or related chronic psychosis plus …

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CBD Psychiatric Claims Need Standardized Products and Safety Monitoring

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CBD Psychiatric Claims Need Standardized Products and Safety Monitoring

TL;DR: A 2026 paper in Neuropsychopharmacology argued that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-intoxicating cannabis compound, has plausible psychiatric and neurological uses, but clinical claims need standardized products, exposure tracking, and safety monitoring before retail CBD can be treated like medicine. Key Findings Epilepsy evidence is strongest: Approved prescription CBD has the clearest support in rare pediatric …

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Catecholamine GPCR Ligand Selectivity Was Swapped by Small Residue Sets

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Catecholamine GPCR Ligand Selectivity Was Swapped by Small Residue Sets

TL;DR: A 2026 Nature Communications study found that small sets of amino-acid changes could swap ligand preference between beta2 adrenergic and D1 dopamine receptors, showing that receptor selectivity depends on both the binding pocket and surrounding structural interfaces. Key Findings 120 receptor mutants: Researchers tested 120 engineered catecholamine receptor mutants across beta2 adrenergic and D1 …

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Bumetanide Study Captured Sensory-Reactivity Changes in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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Bumetanide Study Captured Sensory-Reactivity Changes in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv found that a parent-cocreated sensory-reactivity outcome set captured anxiety, mood, sleep, fatigue, cognition, and peer-relationship changes during bumetanide treatment in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders, but the unmasked design means the results should not be treated as definitive drug efficacy evidence. Key Findings Treatment cohort: 113 children and …

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Brain Tumor MRI Classifier Hit 99.29% Accuracy in One Dataset

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Brain Tumor MRI Classifier Hit 99.29% Accuracy in One Dataset

TL;DR: A 2026 Scientific Reports study reported that machine learning models classified brain tumor MRI images across four categories with high internal accuracy, led by a convolutional neural network at 99.29% on a single public dataset. Key Findings 7,023 MRI images: Researchers trained and tested models on 7,023 brain MRI images from a publicly available …

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Arts on Prescription Helped Young Adults Rebuild Mental-Health Routines

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Arts on Prescription Helped Young Adults Rebuild Mental-Health Routines

TL;DR: A 2026 qualitative study in iScience found that a 10-week Arts on Prescription program helped unemployed young adults with anxiety, depression, or stress report better mood, stronger routines, and less isolation, but some activities also caused stress, fatigue, or boundary concerns. Key Findings Young adult mental-health sample: The study focused on 22 Danish participants …

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Anxious Depression Showed Distinct Whole-Brain fMRI Patterns

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Anxious Depression Showed Distinct Whole-Brain fMRI Patterns

TL;DR: A 2026 meta-analysis in Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience pooled whole-brain functional MRI studies and found that anxious major depressive disorder (anxious MDD, depression with prominent anxiety symptoms) showed different brain-activity patterns from both non-anxious MDD and healthy controls. Key Findings 11 studies were included: The meta-analysis covered 829 anxious MDD patients, 681 MDD patients, …

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Antidepressant Side Effects in Pakistan Varied by Drug Class in 457 Adults With MDD

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Antidepressant Side Effects in Pakistan Varied by Drug Class in 457 Adults With MDD

TL;DR: A 2026 study in Annals of General Psychiatry found that, among 457 adults with recurrent major depressive disorder in Pakistan, escitalopram was the most common single antidepressant and reported side effects varied sharply by drug class. Key Findings Clinic sample covered 457 adults: All participants had recurrent major depressive disorder and were recruited from …

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