Psychotherapy Dropouts; Blankets for Anxiety; Mom’s Depression and Infant Death

A large study of patients with depression found that 28.4% dropped out of psychotherapy, with most leaving after just a single session. (JAMA Network Open)

A Dutch drug addiction and mental health institute warned about the use of potentially lethal ecstasy pills shaped to look like the head of President Trump. (AP)

Pharmacy dispensing of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder rose steadily from 2019 to 2021 before declining through 2025, even as emergency department adoption increased. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

A 15-lb weighted blanket reduced self-reported anxiety in a small trial of hospitalized adults. (American Journal of Critical Care)

Experts argued that the next revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, expected around 2030, must address how social media algorithms and online influencers shape eating disorders. (STAT)

Use of social media at earlier ages was linked to increased anxiety and depression symptoms among adolescents, an Australian cohort study suggested. (JAMA Network Open)

Only 31% of former National Football League (NFL) players with clinician-adjudicated dementia had neurodegenerative disease listed as their underlying cause of death in a study of brain donors. (JAMA Network Open)

Meanwhile, the NFL and NFL Players Association are launching a behavioral health network to streamline confidential mental health support for players. (AP)

Infants born to mothers experiencing depressive symptoms had a higher risk of death before their first birthday compared with those born to mothers without depression, according to a population-based retrospective cohort study. (JAMA Network Open)

In a case echoing Lindsay Clancy’s, a New York City mother who confessed to killing her two sons at a family shelter in 2022 — and whose doctors confirmed she experienced postpartum psychosis — was found not guilty by reason of insanity. (ABC7)

Researchers found that a single 30-minute session of moderate evening exercise may help counteract the memory deficits caused by sleep restriction. (Sleep)

The European Medicines Agency flagged a shortage of paliperidone palmitate, an injectable used to treat schizophrenia, which could affect other long-acting injectables containing the drug in ​additional countries. (Reuters)

Researchers identified 36 genes that significantly increase the risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder and chronic tic disorders. (Nature Neuroscience)

Actress and singer Selena Gomez asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging she defrauded investors in a mental health startup she co-founded. (NBC News)