Psychiatry

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Home tDCS and Cognitive Training Fails to Beat Sham in Depression Trial

Home-based tDCS with gamified cognitive control training was feasible and safe in depression, but it did not outperform sham on mood outcomes.

By Dr. A. Manasa, MBBS · Oct 25, 2026 · 5 min read

Psychiatry·BMJ Open

Smoking cessation preferences in severe mental illness favor tailored support

A systematic review found people with severe mental illness prefer personalized smoking cessation support, with cost, trust and…

Oct 25, 2026

Psychiatry·BBC Dental

Older Patients Get Faster Autism Assessments in NHS Pilot

A Durham and Teesside NHS pilot cut older adults’ autism assessment waits from 118 weeks to 20 and…

Oct 25, 2026

Psychiatry·BMJ

Bedford CBT Practitioner Recruitment Posted by East London NHS Foundation Trust

BMJ job listing announces recruitment for a CBT practitioner in Bedford with East London NHS Foundation Trust, reflecting…

Oct 25, 2026

Psychiatry·BMJ

CBT-I Trial Targets Insomnia in Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder

A Finnish randomized trial is testing internet and group CBT-I for insomnia in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, with…

Oct 25, 2026

Psychiatry·BMJ

NETp trial to test trauma therapy feasibility in early psychosis services

A UK feasibility trial will test narrative exposure therapy for people with early psychosis and multiple trauma histories…

Oct 25, 2026

Psychiatry·Cancer Cell

High-Current tTIS for Depression Targets Left sgACC in Randomized Trial

Randomized, double-blind study examines high-current tTIS aimed at the left subgenual cingulate cortex for major depressive disorder.

Oct 25, 2026

Psychiatry·bioRxiv

DISC1-Perturbed Monkey Model Maps Adolescent Psychiatric Prodrome

A preprint describes an adolescent DISC1-perturbed monkey model aimed at tracing prodromal psychiatric phenotypes and translational brain-behavior markers.

Oct 25, 2026

Psychiatry·ClinicalTrials

NIMH natural history study tracks immune biomarkers in neuropsychiatric illness

NIMH is launching a 5,000-participant longitudinal cohort to identify immune biomarkers that may improve diagnosis of neuropsychiatric illness.

Oct 25, 2026

Psychiatry·NLM Alerts

Surrogate mothers show low depressive symptom prevalence after relinquishment

A meta-analysis of 11 studies found low overall depressive symptoms after child relinquishment in surrogate mothers, with wide…

Oct 25, 2026

Psychiatry

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