PSYREFLECT

Issue #20

March 12, 2026

#1Research

When the Game Won't Stop: Mindfulness Rewires the Depressed Gamer's Brain

Treating gaming disorder without treating the depression underneath it is like draining a bathtub with the tap still running.

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#2Research

Bulimia in Japan: A Digital CBT Trial That Shifts the Access Equation

Nine years of illness, and a 12-week digital protocol still produced clinically meaningful change — the barrier was access, not treatability.

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#3Tool

Reading the MADRS Longitudinally: Three Trajectories That Predict Mortality in Older Adults

In geriatric depression, a rising MADRS tells you more than a high MADRS — trajectory predicts mortality where a single cutoff cannot.

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#4Industry

Community Over Clinic: The RECOVER Trial Puts a Number on What We Already Suspected

Preventing one psychiatric hospitalization saves more than an entire year of intensive community outreach — RECOVER proves the math holds at the system level.

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#5Industry

Who Is Actually Starting to Use Psychedelics? The NSDUH Data Is Surprising

The fastest-growing new psychedelic users in the US are over 65 — the generation that once outlawed these substances is now quietly experimenting with them.

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#6Resource

NICE NG69: The Most Comprehensive Free Clinical Reference for Eating Disorders, Updated

NICE NG69 closes the gap between research and practice on eating disorders — 72 graded recommendations, freely available, covering every disorder and every age group.

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