Autistic children had more complex, irregular brain-wave signals at rest than typically developing children in a 2026 EEG study of 186 kids aged 3 to 11 in Beijing.1 The gap was widest in preschoolers aged 3 to 6 and smaller, and limited to some brain regions, in school-age children. Research Highlights Higher complexity in autism: …
A 2026 nationwide study in Japan found that 28.6% of hospitalized patients with schizophrenia who were checked for treatment resistance met the criteria.1 Nearly half of those patients left the hospital on clozapine, the only antipsychotic with established benefit for this form of the illness. Research Highlights Large real-world sample: records covered 18,914 inpatients discharged …
In an MRI study of 337 young people aged 8 to 18, autistic boys and autistic girls each showed their own cluster of brain structure differences compared with peers of the same sex.1 The boys’ pattern centered on a face-processing region and tracked with social and communication traits; the girls’ pattern centered on a memory …
Among people prescribed ADHD medication in 5 health systems, recorded self-harm was most common in the 3 months before their first prescription, not after it.1 Risk fell once treatment began but stayed a little above each person’s unmedicated baseline. Research Highlights Highest risk before the first prescription: in the 90 days before starting ADHD medication, …
An 8-week virtual reality game program improved teacher ratings of how well children with ADHD were managing school, compared with children on a waiting list. A randomized trial in Turkey tested the program in 92 children aged 7 to 12.1 Research Highlights Scores rose with VR: the teacher-rated school participation total climbed from 136.6 to …
In a 2026 interview study, people of color living with both PTSD and a substance use disorder described racism and sexism as part of how both conditions began.1 Women and men told different stories, though: for women, the path ran through sexual violence and fear of being blamed; for men, through street and family violence …
Three men with ADHD and lifelong tics, treated at a Tokyo clinic, saw their tics ease soon after starting a low dose of guanfacine, a non-stimulant ADHD medication, according to a 2026 case report.1 Their ADHD symptoms improved more slowly and only partly, and with 3 patients and no comparison group, the report raises a …