A new randomized controlled trial finds that a THC-based prescription medication significantly reduces nightmare frequency in adults with PTSD, with over a third seeing nightmares stop completely.
Category Archives: Mental Health News
Why a Stress Hormone May Be Scrambling Your Sense of Direction
A new imaging study finds that the stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain’s internal navigation system, raising questions about long-term links between chronic stress and cognitive health.
A New Global Partnership to Expand Mental Health Care in Jordan and Nepal
The WHO and Lions Clubs International Foundation announced a three-year partnership to expand mental health services in Jordan and Nepal.
Fifteen Years On: What Earthquake Survivors Reveal About Long-Term PTSD
A long-term study of survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake finds that early symptom patterns are linked to PTSD symptoms persisting 15 years later.
Two Years Later, Online Anxiety Therapy for Kids Still Holds Up
A study following Finnish children for two years finds that therapist-supported internet-based CBT for anxiety produced lasting symptom reductions.
Before Reaching for Medication: New Guidance on Dementia-Related Agitation
New professional guidance from psychiatric experts discusses evidence-based, often nonmedication-first approaches to behavioral symptoms of dementia.
A Different Kind of Antipsychotic: Early Hospital Experience With Xanomeline/Trospium
Clinicians share early real-world experience using xanomeline/trospium, a nondopaminergic schizophrenia medication, in acute inpatient psychiatric settings.
Between Two Worlds: How Generation Shapes Mental Health Help-Seeking for Muslim Americans
Research in Transcultural Psychiatry examines how mental health help-seeking attitudes differ between first- and second-generation Muslim Americans.
One Screening Isn’t Enough: Rethinking Mental Health Checks During Cancer Care
New clinical commentary argues that psychological screening for head and neck cancer patients should continue throughout treatment, not stop after diagnosis.
Inside the VA: A Real-World Look at How Veterans’ Depression Gets Treated
Researchers analyzed real-world treatment selection patterns for major depressive disorder among Veterans Health Administration outpatients.