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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Autism Research found that autistic children with early speech delay needed longer sound gaps to detect timing changes, but detected smaller pitch-frequency changes than typically developing peers. Key Findings 21 autistic children were…
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TL;DR: Portable electroencephalography (EEG) recordings tracked perinatal anxiety most consistently in a preliminary medRxiv preprint, with delta power carrying the clearest longitudinal marker and alpha power appearing in visit-specific anxiety analyses. Key…
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TL;DR: A 2026 qualitative study in the Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment found that syringe service programs helped people receive buprenorphine quickly, but participants said precipitated withdrawal and limited at-home initiation guidance made…
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TL;DR: A 2026 pilot study in The British Journal of Psychiatry tested psilocybin-assisted therapy in 21 adult females with anorexia nervosa and found lower Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) symptom scores through 6 months, with large individual variation and n…
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TL;DR: A 2026 retrospective chart review in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica found that a psychiatrist-led metabolic clinic helped 132 of 378 patients with severe mental illness lose at least 5% of baseline body weight over 12 months. Key Findings Clinic outcome…
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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint on medRxiv found that adding 24 IU intranasal oxytocin before 4 mindfulness-based group therapy sessions was linked to larger clinician-rated negative-symptom improvements in a small schizophrenia spectrum disorder pilot trial. Key Findi…
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TL;DR: A 2026 longitudinal study in Journal of Korean Medical Science found that self-reported phobic anxiety on the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised helped predict 2-month depression treatment response even when baseline clinician-rated depression and anxiety sco…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in eNeuro used intracranial electroencephalography (EEG), a recording method for brain electrical activity, during deep brain stimulation surgery and found that Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor patients with elevated depression symp…
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TL;DR: A 2026 randomized trial in JMIR mHealth and uHealth found that a 7-session CBT-based online self-help group reduced depression symptoms, with the average Beck Depression Inventory-II score moving from the moderate range to the mild range after the progr…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study protocol in PLOS One describes a planned longitudinal study that will track academic stress, depressive symptoms, diet, sleep-related wearable measures, salivary cortisol, and other health indicators across a university semester, but it doe…
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