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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Psychopharmacology found that healthy adults who used cannabis frequently had higher circulating THC markers after at least 12 hours of verified abstinence, but their cold-pressor pain threshold, pain tolerance, and pain ratings did not…
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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…
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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 illnes…
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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…
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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) scre…
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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…
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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 cau…
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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…
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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…
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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 tinni…
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