Lancet PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-08-12DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00237-3
Tomáš Formánek, Oleguer Plana-Ripoll, Linda Ejlskov
{"title":"Early prevention of multimorbidity for those with severe mental illness","authors":"Tomáš Formánek, Oleguer Plana-Ripoll, Linda Ejlskov","doi":"10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00237-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00237-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48784,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Psychiatry","volume":"461 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148715295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-08-12DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00191-4
Stephan Krohn, Guido Cammà, Wei Zhao, Amy Romanello, Katharina Wurdack, Ole Jonas Böken, Sophia Rekers, Friedemann Paul, Harald Prüss, Christopher R Madan, Carsten Finke
{"title":"Structural brain changes and clinical outcomes of patients with NMDA receptor encephalitis in Germany: a cross-sectional study","authors":"Stephan Krohn, Guido Cammà, Wei Zhao, Amy Romanello, Katharina Wurdack, Ole Jonas Böken, Sophia Rekers, Friedemann Paul, Harald Prüss, Christopher R Madan, Carsten Finke","doi":"10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00191-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00191-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48784,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Psychiatry","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148715301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-08-12DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00201-4
Alexander S Roth, Nolan B Ayers
{"title":"AI scribe functions in psychiatric practice: clinical oversight, consent, and regulation","authors":"Alexander S Roth, Nolan B Ayers","doi":"10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00201-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00201-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48784,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Psychiatry","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148715302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-08-12DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00233-6
Tony Kirby
{"title":"Mark Rapaport—aiming to leave a better world than he found","authors":"Tony Kirby","doi":"10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00233-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00233-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48784,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Psychiatry","volume":"198 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":64.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148715306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-08-11DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(26)00235-X
Jennifer Shaw, Sandra Flynn, Alison Baird, Jodie Westhead, Pauline Turnbull, Nav Kapur, Louis Appleby
{"title":"New national investigation of mental health-related homicides in England.","authors":"Jennifer Shaw, Sandra Flynn, Alison Baird, Jodie Westhead, Pauline Turnbull, Nav Kapur, Louis Appleby","doi":"10.1016/S2215-0366(26)00235-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(26)00235-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48784,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":21.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148714159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-08-05DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(26)00231-2
Maria Alejandra Pulido Febres, Milton L Wainberg, Lilian Abbo, Nurys Morin Cabrera, Zelde Espinel, James M Shultz
{"title":"Harnessing the Venezuelan diaspora for safe mental health and psychosocial support after the 2026 earthquakes.","authors":"Maria Alejandra Pulido Febres, Milton L Wainberg, Lilian Abbo, Nurys Morin Cabrera, Zelde Espinel, James M Shultz","doi":"10.1016/S2215-0366(26)00231-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(26)00231-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48784,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":21.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148680675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-08-01DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00174-4
Stefan Leucht,Mathias Harrer,Susan Illing,Christos Christogiannis,René S Kahn,W Wolfgang Fleischhacker,Josef Priller,John M Davis,Dimitris Mavridis,Stephen Z Levine
{"title":"Temporal course of symptom domain improvement in schizophrenia: individual participant data analysis of six antipsychotic drug trials.","authors":"Stefan Leucht,Mathias Harrer,Susan Illing,Christos Christogiannis,René S Kahn,W Wolfgang Fleischhacker,Josef Priller,John M Davis,Dimitris Mavridis,Stephen Z Levine","doi":"10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00174-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00174-4","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDThe temporal course of antipsychotic drug action in schizophrenia remains poorly understood. We aimed to explore how different symptom domains of schizophrenia improve over time. Such knowledge has important implications for treatment decisions and for understanding the mechanisms of action of antipsychotic drugs.METHODSWe analysed individual patient data from an existing repository comprising six antipsychotic drug trials of 6-12 months' duration in patients with acute schizophrenia (n=2079; 1328 [64%] men, 751 [36%] women; 1577 [76%] White, 502 [24%] non-White; mean age 34·72 years [range 16-73]). We used descriptive statistics to examine improvement trajectories across five PANSS symptom domains according to an established five-factor model (positive symptoms, negative symptoms, hostility and excitement, anxiety and depression, and cognitive and disorganisation). Time-to-response analyses were conducted using a threshold of at least 50% symptom reduction to define response within each domain. We used path analysis to explore whether improvements in negative, positive, and cognitive symptoms were mediated by changes in other symptom domains. People with lived experience were not involved in the project.FINDINGSAll five symptom domains showed substantial improvements during the first weeks of treatment, which slowly plateaued from week 15 onwards. While the factors improved in parallel, some improved more than others. Within the first 6 months, on average, hostility and excitability symptoms decreased by 76% (95% CI -80·5 to -71·1) from baseline, positive symptoms by 64% (-68·0 to -60·5), anxiety and depression symptoms by 57% (-61·2 to -53·2), cognitive and disorganisation symptoms by 61% (-64·0 to -57·2), and negative symptoms by 50% (-53·9 to -46·4). Median time to response adjusted for baseline symptom severity, age, and sex, was 3 weeks (95% CI 3 to 3, restricted mean survival time [RMST] 6·60, SE 0·20)) for hostility and excitement and 4 weeks for positive symptoms (4 to 4, RMST 7·76, SE 0·20) and anxiety and depression symptoms (4 to 4, RMST 8·71, SE 0·22), compared with 8 weeks for negative symptoms (6 to 9, RMST 12·45, SE 0·25) and cognitive and disorganisation symptoms (6 to 9, RMST 12·06, SE 0·25). Exploratory investigations using path analysis suggested that only a small proportion of the improvement in negative symptoms was mediated by improvements in cognitive and disorganisation and anxiety and depression domains.INTERPRETATIONClinicians should be aware of earlier attainment of substantial response of hostility and excitement, then positive symptoms, before substantial reductions in other domains. Treatment changes should not be made prematurely when negative and cognitive and disorganisation symptoms persist, as improvement in these domains lags behind. Researchers should consider these temporal patterns when investigating the mechanisms of action of antipsychotic drugs.FUNDINGNone.","PeriodicalId":48784,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Psychiatry","volume":"320 1","pages":"688-698"},"PeriodicalIF":64.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148451700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-06-18DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(26)00159-8
Mena Farag, Ying Hei Chu, Diego Kaski
{"title":"Communication, expectancy, and placebo response in clinical trial design.","authors":"Mena Farag, Ying Hei Chu, Diego Kaski","doi":"10.1016/S2215-0366(26)00159-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2215-0366(26)00159-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48784,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"640"},"PeriodicalIF":21.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148279330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet PsychiatryPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-05-26DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(26)00162-8
Chandrasen Yadav
{"title":"Kosmemophobia: a paradox of beauty and disgust.","authors":"Chandrasen Yadav","doi":"10.1016/S2215-0366(26)00162-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2215-0366(26)00162-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48784,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"645-646"},"PeriodicalIF":21.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148036901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}