We prescribe ADHD medications to help with focus and impulsivity, but what happens when someone stays on them for years? Today, we're digging into new research that links long-term ADHD medication use to higher cardiovascular risk. It's not a reason to panic, but it is a reason to look twice at the dosages, duration, and how we follow up. 

Parents often come into treatment hoping an SSRI will make their child's OCD
disappear. But how much relief do these medications actually provide? Today, we look at a large meta-analysis that gives us a more realistic picture of what SSRIs can and can't do for pediatric OCD.

Nine studies have tried to find out whether ADHD can start in adulthood, we dig into the data and find some answers to the controversy.

We tell patients to exercise. We're usually vague about the dose. A 2025 UK Biobank study (Yu K et al, Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2025;33(5):512–523 https://lnkd.in/eVAh4Dtq) put real numbers on it — using accelerometers, not self-report. The design: 71,556 adults. Mean age 62. No depression or anxiety at baseline. Followed a median of 8 years.

Awe quiets the brain’s default mode network, the same loop behind depression and rumination. 

The rise in autism is real.

But the reasons are more structural than sinister.

And more hopeful than we often assume—because they reflect progress, not collapse.

12 clinically relevant findings from the past 3 years on quetiapine (Seroquel), including new side effects, dosing strategies, withdrawal phenomena, and new uses in bipolar with OCD.