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Targeting Intolerance of Uncertainty during Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Prevent Postpartum Anxiety Disorders
November 5, 2025
A 6-week CBT protocol targeting intolerance of uncertainty significantly reduced the risk of postpartum anxiety disorder onset versus care as usual, and patient satisfaction with treatment was high.
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Neurocognition and Impulsivity in Veterans with Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: Suicide Attempters Versus Nonattempters
October 29, 2025
Poorer working memory is associated with suicide attempt independent of depression, while verbal learning impairments associated with suicide attempt may be influenced by depression.
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Brief Video Intervention to Increase Treatment-Seeking Intentions in Young Adults
October 27, 2025
This brief video intervention was associated with greater increases in treatment-seeking intentions in people with self-reported psychiatric symptoms who were not previously engaged in the mental healthcare system and...
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Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Cross-sectional, Comparative Study
September 11, 2025
Older adults were found to have less depression and anxiety compared to middle-aged adults; loneliness and perception of knowledge about COVID can affect the association between the presence of...
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Autoimmune Diseases, Treatments, and Dementia Risk: A Population-Based Case-Control Study from Taiwan
October 15, 2025
Thirteen autoimmune diseases were linked with an elevated dementia risk, particularly Behçet's disease, multiple sclerosis, and lupus. Associations with vascular dementia were stronger than with Alzheimer's disease.
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Lack of Generalizability of PTSD Treatment Trials: The Recent Brexpiprazole-Sertraline Trials as an Example
November 26, 2025
In an outpatient psychiatry sample, nearly 95% of patients who want treatment for PTSD would not have qualified for the trials of brexpiprazole-sertraline for PTSD.
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Triple Network Model–Based Functional Dysconnectivity in Young People With Major Affective Disorders With or Without Suicidal Ideation
November 19, 2025
In young people with major affective disorders, suicidality is associated with extensive functional dysconnectivity in the triple networks (default mode network, salience network, and frontoparietal network).
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Effect of Adjuvant Metformin on Adherence to and Persistence of Treatment With SGAs in Nondiabetic Patients
November 17, 2025
Use of metformin with second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) was associated with improved adherence and persistence to SGAs at both 180- and 365-day follow-up in adults with Medicaid and commercial insurance.
