Adding music to ketamine psychotherapy failed to provide extra antidepressant benefit over matched non-music support in a 2026 randomized clinical trial (RCT; a study that assigns participants to groups by chance), even though the full 6-infusion ketamine-psychotherapy course was followed by large depression-score reductions. Research Highlights Music added no confirmed MADRS benefit: in the MUSIK …
A 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials found no broad superiority for phase-based complex PTSD care across most outcomes. Affect dysregulation was the clearest exception, improving more when treatment was phase-based, multi-phase, and exposure-containing. Research Highlights Most therapy formats helped: across waitlist and treatment-as-usual comparisons, psychological interventions reduced PTSD symptoms (k = 9; …
A 2026 machine-learning analysis of 110 adults with generalized anxiety disorder predicted 2-week digital mindfulness engagement with R2 = 82.1% in a top-10 predictor model, and the model favored mindfulness prompts over self-monitoring prompts for engagement (d = 1.447, p < .001).1 The calibrated read is that engagement with brief app-based mindfulness may be matchable, …
A 68-person randomized trial in Indian healthcare workers found a narrow but useful pattern: combined yoga plus Bhagavad Gita teaching beat usual care immediately on GAD-7 anxiety scores (p = 0.009), while Gita teaching alone beat usual care at 45 days (p = 0.047).1 Yoga alone improved within its own arm, but it did not …
A 16-patient pilot study after facial reanimation surgery found that online emotional training and in-person emotional training both reduced anxiety and improved facial movement; FDI physical function changed by 21.25 points in the in-person group vs. 7.5 points in the online group.1 Research Highlights Small pilot, real recovery signal: Guidetti et al. followed 16 adults …
A 2026 qualitative study of the For Baby’s Sake domestic-violence program used 83 interviews with 39 parents and found a practical engagement pattern: parenting work gave some mothers and fathers a way into safety planning, violence acknowledgment, and emotional-regulation change.1 Research Highlights Longitudinal interviews showed the engagement route: researchers conducted 83 interviews with 39 parents, …
A 2026 mixed-methods preprint found that iSupport-Malaysia, a multimedia web-based dementia caregiver psychoeducation program, reached a good System Usability Scale score of 74.3. That is enough to justify pilot testing, but not enough to claim caregiver mental-health benefit: 33.3% of usability-test participants failed sign-up, 20.0% failed search, and Loh et al. did not measure burden, …