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Adjunctive cognitive behavioral therapy reduced depressive symptoms and ideation scores versus treatment as usual in a 93-patient feasibility trial of esketamine for major depression with suicidal ideation.

A systematic review of 27 studies found behavioral sleep interventions — particularly CBT-I and sleep hygiene — reduced BMI and body weight in adults with poor sleep health, with the largest effects among patients with obesity.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine just clarified where combination therapy fits for chronic insomnia. Spoiler: CBT-I still wins, but pharmacotherapy alone has a narrower role.

The authors suggest that an effective, smartphone-delivered CBT program could expand access to first-line treatment for GAD—particularly in settings where traditional therapy is difficult to obtain.

“Health care systems should recruit more trained psychologists and offer combinations of evidence-based pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy to patients with mood disorder, especially with suicide risk in resource-limited settings.” — Study authors, Journal of Psychiatric Research

Studies have shown a mean effect size with CBTI of 0.96 compared with 0.87 for pharmacotherapy, suggesting similar efficacy in short term but CBTI seems to have longer-lasting effects.