Most Viewed Articles in 2025

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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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Immigration policy in the United States is a source of chronic fear, instability, and trauma for millions of immigrants.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Psychiatric providers will need to create new models that encourage flexible, patient-centered, team-organized services that can provide care affordably.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.