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Do Gastric Balloons Have a Future? Intragastric Balloons in the Era of Highly Effective Obesity Pharmacotherapy.

Sibal R, Balamurugan G, Aradaib M et al.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Intragastric balloons (IGBs) were developed to bridge the gap between lifestyle intervention and Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (MBS), but the advent of highly efficacious pharmacotherapies and Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG) has challenged their role. This narrative review synthesises contemporary evidence and guideline recommendations…

Prospective Acceptability and Implementation Considerations of a Proposed Brief Online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Intervention Among Military Personnel.

Matias MAC, Rosa PJBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

Burnout constitutes a critical psychological and operational challenge in military environments, with potential implications for well-being and occupational functioning. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy has shown beneficial effects on stress and burnout across different populations; however, little is known about how brief online adaptations are…

Practice Effects on Repeated Self-Administered Digital Cognitive Assessments in Cognitively Intact Older Adults from the Framingham Heart Study: Longitudinal Observational Study.

Christianson K, Lyu C, Karjadi C et al.JMIR aging

BackgroundRemote, self-administered digital assessments provide scalable approaches for monitoring cognition in older adults. Practice effects (PEs), once viewed as measurement noise, are increasingly recognized as potential markers of cognitive decline. As disease-modifying therapies for neurodegenerative conditions emerge, longitudinal digital assessments may capture subtle…

Psychosocial Distress and Radiation Treatment Interruptions in Patients With Cancer Using Machine Learning and Regression: Retrospective Cohort Study.

Hashtarkhani S, Brett CL, Kumsa FA et al.JMIR cancer

BackgroundUninterrupted delivery of radiation therapy is critical to cancer treatment quality. Unplanned radiation treatment interruptions compromise tumor control and survival. Although previous studies have explored clinical and sociodemographic factors influencing treatment adherence, the role of psychosocial distress and related symptoms remains unclear.ObjectiveThis study…

Priming the Brain Before Chemotherapy: Chronic Stress and HPA-Axis Dysregulation in Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment.

Andrews L, El Khaldi Y, George T et al.Brain sciences

Cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is often attributed to chemotherapy, yet cognitive deficits are detectable in some patients before systemic treatment begins. This review examines a proposed two-hit framework in which cancer-related psychological and physiological stress contributes to pretreatment neural vulnerability, followed by superimposed…

Kommentare zum Artikel von Schomerus G et al. Welche Rolle spielt „die Psyche“? Long COVID und ME/CFS als Prüfsteine für eine evidenzbasierte und patient*innenorientierte Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie. Psychiat Praxis 2026;53:263-269.

Henningsen PPsychiatrische Praxis

Clinical evidence of acupressure for improving chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in breast cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Quan XM, Wang WY, He ZY et al.Complementary therapies in medicine

Health-Related Quality of Life, Mood, and Sexual Function in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): Assessing the Impact of Combined Oral Contraceptive Pills and Metformin Therapy (characters with spaces: 175, limit 125).

Satish S, Ewy J, Coutifaris C et al.Fertility and sterility

Do People Dream of Sex with Androids? Neuroscience Behind Cybersex and Technosexual Behaviour.

Gerymski RBrain sciences

Technology-mediated sexual behaviours, including cybersex and technosex, are becoming increasingly prevalent as digital technologies, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and interactive devices continue to develop. Although these behaviours may offer numerous benefits, such as facilitating sexual exploration, supporting individuals with disabilities, and enabling long-distance…

Towards precision psychotherapy: Leveraging session-level data to predict session-by-session treatment outcomes

Strakeljahn F, Lincoln TM, Jacobs N et al.

Ocular Phototherapy and Mental Health: What Vision Scientists and Clinicians Need to Know

Peterzell DH

Predicting the Unpredictable: Identifying Patient-Level Drivers of Predictive Error Across Psychotherapy Outcome Algorithms

Pena Loray JS, Gómez Penedo JM, Meglio M et al.

Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Suicidal and Depressed Adolescents in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Hultmann O, Hassling T, Holmqvist R et al.

Beyond Symptom Reduction: Interconnectedness and Self-Transcendent Emotions During MDMA Sessions Predict Flourishing, Not Symptom Change, in Social Anxiety Disorder Treatment

Chwyl C, Lear MK, Luoma JB

From Learning Theory to Fragmentation: CBT and the Problem of Borrowed Scientific Credibility

Saggino A

Inclusive musical environments in educational contexts: a conceptual framework for equity, participation, and student wellbeing.

Alleres-Otero L, Honrubia-Montesinos C, Losada-Puente L et al.Frontiers in psychology

This review develops a framework for examining the conditions under which musical environments may support equity, participation, and situated student wellbeing in educational contexts. To this end, it brings together literature from music education, educational psychology, inclusive education, music therapy, and critical studies…

Immunometabolic crosstalk between dysfunctional adipose tissue and the brain: implications for postoperative cognitive dysfunction in obesity.

Ya-Jiao Hu, Juan Ni, Jin-Xi ZhangFrontiers in immunology

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is an important complication after surgery, particularly in patients with pre-existing metabolic and inflammatory vulnerability. Obesity may increase susceptibility to postoperative cognitive decline, but its independent association with POCD and the underlying mechanisms remain uncertain. This review critically examines…

A narrative review of research status and prospects of mindfulness-based interventions in schizophrenia.

Xin J, Zhu J, Lu HFrontiers in psychology

Schizophrenia patients often experience frailty due to persistent hallucinations, delusions, negative symptoms, and social stigmatization, severely impacting their quality of life and psychosocial functioning. Recently, mindfulness intervention therapy has emerged as a supplementary treatment for residual symptoms and functional decline in schizophrenia. Numerous…

Insights from Germany's Largest Diabetes Camp for Young People: Who Attends, Why, and What Do They Gain?

Kim-Dorner SJ, Fritsch H, Lange K et al.Children (Basel, Switzerland)

Background: Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with type 1 diabetes face unique challenges in diabetes management due to hormonal fluctuations, lifestyle changes, and the transition to adult healthcare. Despite this, participation in traditional diabetes education courses is low. Diabetes camps may help address…

Remission Trajectories During Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A 2-Year Naturalistic Follow-Up Study.

Keiichiro Mukai, Naomi Matsuura, Yukihiko Hosoi et al.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Background and Objectives: Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has primarily been evaluated in short-term, high-intensity treatment protocols. However, remission trajectories during low-intensity CBT (LiCBT) delivered in routine clinical practice remain insufficiently characterised. The aim of this study was to examine 2-year…