Hot Topics of 2015

Courts cite teen brain science to soften sentences; experts warn generalized neuroscience overreaches and adult responsibility stabilizes by 18 to 20.

Can hormones flag suicide risk in schizophrenia? Review links cortisol, thyroid and testosterone shifts—and clozapine/lithium pathways—to risk.

How VA clinicians treat veterans’ PTSD while managing suicide risk, using shared decisions, safety planning, and phase-based trauma therapies.

RADIANT phase 2 shows once-daily remlifanserin eases Alzheimer’s psychosis symptoms with placebo-like safety, advancing pivotal trials.

Discover how integrated psychotherapy—CBTp, family support, and relapse plans—boosts schizophrenia recovery alongside antipsychotics.

FDA grants Breakthrough Device status to NET Recovery’s tACS wearable, aiming to curb cocaine and meth use and close a major treatment gap.

Learn how IPV shapes mental health from pregnancy to adulthood, and how clinicians assess risk, plan safety, and treat victims and perpetrators.

Early trial shows investigational orexin-2 agonist ALKS 7290 improves adult ADHD symptoms in 14 days, with tolerable safety, paving way for phase 2.