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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv linked atypical absence seizures in SYNGAP1-related developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (SYNGAP1-DEE) to higher caregiver-reported autistic behavior scores, while caregiver-reported peak seizure frequency did not show t…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in BJPsych Bulletin used Freedom of Information requests and found that most English NHS trusts providing in-patient psychiatric care were unable to report basic data on which patients were parents of children under 18. Key Findings 50 trus…
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TL;DR: A 2026 iScience study recorded human substantia nigra neurons during Parkinson’s surgery and found that putative dopamine-neuron firing was higher after a prior reward, while the next response was modestly faster. Key Findings Direct human recordings: R…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Communications Biology found that restraint stress weakened medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC, a frontal brain region that helps organize social behavior) activity during social testing, while stress-activated amygdala and hypothalamic oxyt…
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TL;DR: A 2026 qualitative study in BJPsych Open found that mental-health stigma in Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State shaped how people recognized illness, delayed biomedical care-seeking, and reinforced neglect of mental-health services. Key Findings Sixteen in…
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TL;DR: A 2026 randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial in The Lancet (N=108 adults with both moderate-to-severe alcohol use disorder and obesity) found that 26 weeks of once-weekly 2.4 mg semaglutide reduced heavy drinking days by 41.1 percentage point…
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TL;DR: A 2026 mixed-methods study in BMC Psychiatry found that adults in psychiatric treatment valued group-based physical activity less as generic exercise and more as structured, socially supported care, with 97% of questionnaire participants saying they fel…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy built a Parkinson’s visual hallucination mouse model and found that a combined behavior map identified hallucination-like episodes better than any single movement measure. Key Findings Model: Rese…
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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv found that deep brain stimulation for severe obsessive-compulsive disorder was followed by lower globus pallidus externus alpha-band activity in clinically responsive patients, suggesting a possible brain readout of sustained…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in European Journal of Social Psychology found that adding flattering Nazi-era propaganda images to atrocity photographs reduced several immediate negative emotions in German viewers across the combined evidence, even though the clearest gu…
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