--- title: Most Viewed Articles in 2025 description: Read the year’s top 10 most popular articles from Psychiatric News. image: https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/metmorfin_pills_iStock-2233152547.jpg --- 12/30/25 11:00 AM # Most Viewed Articles in 2025 ![Picture of Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Psych%20News%20Email%20Banners/PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png?width=50&name=PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png) [ Psychiatric News Alert ](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert) Share: [facebook-f icon ](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://alert.psychnews.org/most-viewed-articles-in-2025) [linkedin-in icon ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://alert.psychnews.org/most-viewed-articles-in-2025) [Twitter icon ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://alert.psychnews.org/most-viewed-articles-in-2025) [pinterest-p icon ](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://alert.psychnews.org/most-viewed-articles-in-2025) [envelope icon ](mailto:?body=https://alert.psychnews.org/most-viewed-articles-in-2025) ![metmorfin_pills_iStock-2233152547](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/metmorfin_pills_iStock-2233152547.jpg?width=220&height=124&name=metmorfin_pills_iStock-2233152547.jpg)Read the year’s top 10 most popular articles from *Psychiatric News*:   1. [New Guideline Calls for Metformin to Prevent Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain](https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.02.2.8) (Jan. 27) *Linda M. Richmond* * * The guideline, published in *Schizophrenia Bulletin*, summarizes the evidence about antipsychotic-induced weight gain and offers a treatment algorithm specifying when to use metformin when initiating antipsychotics.   2. [Special Report—AI-Induced Psychosis: A New Frontier in Mental Health](https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.10.10.5) (Sept. 29) *Adrian Preda, M.D.* * * The rapid proliferation of AI technologies has raised concerns about potential adverse psychological effects, including psychosis, suicidality, and even murder-suicide following intense chatbot interactions.   3. [FDA Has Ended the Clozapine REMS. What Happens Now?](https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.04.4.22) (March 4) *Linda M. Richmond and Mark Moran* * * Advocates and clinicians alike are feeling relieved, hopeful, but somewhat bitter—and they’re calling for new clozapine guidelines updated to reflect the most recent evidence.   4. [Special Report—U.S. Immigration Policy and the Mental Health of Children and Families](https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.08.8.19) (July 25) *Lisa Fortuna, M.D., M.P.H., M.Div., Kevin Gutierrez, M.D., M.S., Paula Mendoza, M.D., Omar Abbas, M.D., Austin Nguy, M.D., and Natan J. Vega-Potler, M.D.* * * Immigration policy in the United States is a source of chronic fear, instability, and trauma for millions of immigrants.   5. [Therapy That Isn’t Psychotherapy](https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.06.6.12) (May 29) *Steven Reidbord, M.D.* * * The public hungers for painless support that demands no introspection, no grappling with internal conflicts or mixed feelings, no need to admit to having a role in one’s own misery.   6. [Special Report—Using Nutrition as a Therapeutic Modality](https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.01.1.18) (Dec. 20, 2024) *Marta Mudd, M.D., Ph.D.* * * Research has shown not only that a low-quality diet is a risk factor for mental health—but also that individuals with mental illness are more likely to have a poor dietary patterns.   7. [Viewpoints: It’s Time for Psychiatrists to Reach Out to NPs and PAs](https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.03.3.10) (Feb. 25) *Benjamin Crocker, M.D.* * * Psychiatric providers will need to create new models that encourage flexible, patient-centered, team-organized services that can provide care affordably.   8. [Early Reports From Clinicians Suggest Cobenfy Can Work](https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.05.5.19) (April 29) *Mark Moran* * * But the recommended titration schedule may be too aggressive. Two psychiatrists suggest that patients should be kept on a lower dose until they develop a tolerance for the drug.   9. [‘Make America Healthy Again’ Commission to Examine Use of Psychotropic Medications](https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.04.4.13) (Feb. 19) *Linda M. Richmond* * * President Trump has issued an executive order to address the nation’s ‘escalating health crisis’—and the first order of business will be scrutinizing prescription psychotropics for youth.   10. [Special Report—Antidepressant Withdrawal](https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.09.9.1) (Aug. 27) *Bryan Shapiro, M.D., M.P.H., and Daniel Cohrs, M.D.* * * Even as one in eight adults in the U.S. population is prescribed an antidepressant, there is little formal guidance on how to safely, effectively taper off these medications.   (Image: Getty Images/iStock/Love Employee)   **Happy New Year from *Psych News*! 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