TL;DR: A 2026 randomized trial in PLOS One found that one week of Bhagavad Gita learning, alone or paired with yoga, was associated with lower Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scores in Indian healthcare workers, with the strongest 45-day responder rate in the Gita-only group. Key Findings 68 healthcare workers: Researchers randomized 17 participants each to …
TL;DR: A 2026 BMC Psychiatry study found that antipsychotic dose was not associated with Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a brief cognitive screening test, in clinically stable schizophrenia patients under 40, while higher symptom scores and longer illness duration tracked lower cognition. Key Findings Forty-one clinically stable outpatients with schizophrenia were included after researchers screened a …
TL;DR: A 2026 study in Scientific Reports found that 300 high-risk pregnant women in Egypt reported much lower pregnancy anxiety and stress scores after 4 weeks of daily AI chatbot emotional support, although the pre-post design cannot prove the chatbot caused the full change. Key Findings 300 high-risk pregnancies: Researchers recruited women aged 18-45 from …
TL;DR: A 2026 cross-sectional study in Scientific Reports found that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom screening was linked to extremely severe chronic pain in 958 adults at Japanese pain centers, while autism spectrum disorder (ASD) screening was not clearly tied to pain intensity. Key Findings Referral pain sample: Researchers analyzed 958 adults with persistent chronic pain …
TL;DR: A 2026 qualitative study in BMC Psychology reported that the For Baby’s Sake whole-family domestic violence and abuse programme was linked to parents’ perceived changes in abuse recognition, emotion regulation, and parenting behavior across pregnancy-to-two-year interviews. Key Findings 83 interviews: Researchers analyzed 83 interviews from 39 parents enrolled in the For Baby’s Sake programme. …
TL;DR: A 2026 study in BJGP Open found no clear cohort-level increase in major bleeding outcomes when selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were used with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), but the self-controlled analysis still pointed to extra caution when an SSRI is newly started during DOAC treatment. Key Findings No cohort increase: DOAC plus SSRI …
TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review in Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience found that stroke and traumatic brain injury populations showed consistent social cognition alterations across domains, while insula, cingulate cortex, middle frontal gyrus, and corpus callosum were repeatedly implicated. Key Findings Study type: a PRISMA-guided systematic review of social cognition domains after stroke and traumatic …
TL;DR: A 2026 uncontrolled pilot study in BJPsych Open found that SMART, a personalized text-message program for metabolic health in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, improved patient activation, diabetes self-management confidence, health literacy, and recovery scores over 12 weeks, while objective cardiometabolic markers did not significantly change. Key Findings SMART reached a schizophrenia-risk group: Researchers …
TL;DR: A 2026 study in PNAS from Oregon Health & Science University and Anhui University used optogenetics in mice to map a specific serotonin-producing brain circuit that runs straight to the auditory system, showed that activating this circuit produced tinnitus-like behavior, and traced a likely mechanism for why some patients on SSRI antidepressants report worsened …
TL;DR: A 2026 scoping review in Sleep Science linked seasonal timing, daylight exposure, daylight saving time (DST), sleep-wake rhythm disruption, and driver drowsiness to traffic-crash risk, but found that few studies directly integrate seasonality with chronobiology in one model. Key Findings 1,758 records screened: The scoping review used PRISMA-ScR methods and screened 1,758 records before …
