The Netherlands has practiced euthanasia for mental suffering since the early 2000s, and the procedure has expanded rapidly among young people. Between 2020 and 2024, euthanasia procedures for individuals under 30 rose sixfold — from 5 to 30 cases per year — now representing over 9% of all premature deaths (suicide + assisted dying) in …
Lurasidone is approved for schizophrenia and bipolar depression on the strength of acute trials that mostly reported a single number: the change in PANSS total score. A 2026 post-hoc analysis of the JEWEL Phase 3 trial pulls that number apart, looking separately at five symptom domains and at all 30 individual items of the PANSS …
Psychedelic-assisted therapy has been one of the most-covered mental-health stories of the past decade. A 2026 quantitative analysis by Evers and colleagues maps how media enthusiasm grew, peaked, and partially pulled back across major U.S. outlets — and how the coverage related to the actual evidence base for depression and PTSD.1 Research Highlights Psychedelic clinical …
Studies of adolescent cannabis effects on cognition have been limited by self-report and confounding. A 2026 longitudinal study by Wade and colleagues uses the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) cohort with both self-report and biological toxicology, separating THC and CBD effects on developing cognition.1 Research Highlights Adolescence is a critical window for cognitive maturation, with …
Lisdexamfetamine remains the only FDA-approved medication for binge-eating disorder — a serious condition affecting roughly 1.2% of adults. A 2026 human laboratory study by McKee and colleagues tests whether naltrexone/bupropion, already approved for obesity, reduces the food-reward mechanisms that drive binge episodes.1 Research Highlights Binge-eating disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder in the …
The internet era has dramatically changed how people are exposed to traumatic events — uncensored video of violence, war, and disaster reaches civilian audiences within minutes of occurrence. A 2026 study by Allouche-Kam and colleagues examines the mental health consequences of this indirect-trauma exposure in modern populations.1 Research Highlights Indirect trauma exposure through media has …
Chronic low-grade inflammation rises with age, and a growing body of work asks whether peripheral inflammatory markers in blood track subtle changes in brain white-matter microstructure on MRI. A 2026 preprint from the Healthy Minds for Life cohort by Mishra and colleagues at Johns Hopkins examined 457 dementia-free adults aged 50–79 and found that higher …