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, …
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 …
A Turkish version of the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index, a widely used child and teen PTSD questionnaire, separated trauma-exposed adolescents with and without PTSD well in a 157-person clinic study.1 Higher scores were linked to more problems at home, at school, with friends, and in development.1 Research Highlights Strong screening accuracy: total scores told apart …
In a 2026 study of 138 teens with ADHD at a clinic in Turkey, school discipline, frequent absences, family factors and gaps in ADHD treatment were far more common in those who also had conduct disorder.1 A machine-learning model built from school, family and treatment records rarely flagged the wrong teen, but it missed about …
Drug use and internet fraud often fed each other, according to 22 young adults in addiction treatment in southwestern Nigeria who took part in focus groups for a 2026 study. They also described both as driven by peer pressure, lack of jobs and mixed community approval, and as carrying real costs in guilt and distress.1 …
At a Japanese psychiatric hospital where peer support workers helped patients write their own crisis plans, staff described a ward where patients began asking for the care they wanted and staff responded. A 2026 interview study of 13 nurses, managers and peer workers found that this change appeared only when 3 conditions were in place …
Peer support workers and people diagnosed with schizophrenia want a real say in how mental health research is chosen and run, according to a 2026 German interview study. They valued medication and brain research, but no more than research on therapy, relationships and everyday care.1 Research Highlights 26 interviews, 21 voices on research: researchers interviewed …