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Scholarly Articles for the week of March 30, 2026


Welcome to the weekly overview of research and scholarly highlights from members of our department.
Here are the articles that were published this week:
 

  1. Safeguarding academic medicine in times of challenge and change. Roberts LW. Acad Med. 2026 Apr 1;101(4):351-352. doi: 10.1093/acamed/wvag006. PMID: 41894657   
  2. Classification of narcolepsy type 1 using machine learning on Stanford Cataplexy Questionnaire responses and HLA-DQB1∗06:02. Ricciardiello Mejia G, Brink-Kjaer A, Mignot E. Sleep Med. 2026 Mar 26;143:108927. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2026.108927.   PMID: 41916140     
  3. Hypothalamic volume reduction in adult patients with Narcolepsy type 1. Motta L, Venturi G, Biscarini F, Fiscone C, Morandi L, Manners DN, Mignot E, Pizza F, Gnazzo M, Lodi R, Plazzi G, Tonon C. Sleep. 2026 Mar 31:zsag087. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsag087.   PMID: 41914665     
  4. A Randomized Trial Testing a Body-Focused Exposure Treatment for Functional Abdominal Pain in Children. Zucker NL, Pendergast J, Rivera-Cancel A, Ives L, Small B, Gagliano ME, Lewis G, Davila M, Walter BK, Datta N, Erwin S, Farber M, Romer AL, Gil C, Pilato I, Stein K, Craske M, van Tilburg MAL, Maslow G, Egger H. Am J Gastroenterol. 2026 Mar 31. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000004010.   PMID: 41914616     
  5. Non-linear age-related change in human Interleukin-11 and the receptor subunit alpha DNA methylation. Shimura A, Dwaraka VB, Yamanishi K, Seki T, Nishiguchi T, Aoyama B, Ishii T, Phuong NJ, Gorantla N, Nguyen HD, Santiago T, Nishitani S, Smith R, Shinozaki G. Biochem Biophys Rep. 2026 Mar 19;46:102546. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2026.102546. eCollection 2026 Jun. PMID: 41909151      
  6. A scoping review of music-based digital therapeutics for stress, anxiety, and depression. Venkatesan T, Demetriou AM, Hempel A, Bowling DL. Front Hum Neurosci. 2026 Mar 13;20:1602004. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2026.1602004. eCollection 2026. PMID: 41907803        
  7. T1w/T2w ratio as an in vivo proxy for reduced intracortical myelin content in youth with RASopathies: a cross-sectional study. Plank JR, Pardej SK, Raman MM, McNab J, Green T. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2026 Mar 27:S2451-9022(26)00082-0. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2026.03.009.   PMID: 41905474     
  8. Implementing IVR for family therapy training: a prototype for first family therapy sessions.  Everri M, Queiroz AC, Heitmayer M, Campbell A, Balestra F, Hanley D, Fruggeri L, Jacobson J, Messena M, Merrick T, O’Brien V, Rait DS, Roberts A and Thaker S. Front. Virtual Real. 2026 Mar 7:1743641. doi: 10.3389/frvir.2026.1743641
  9. Atypical inter-brain synchrony and social communication deficits in girls with fragile X syndrome: Evidence from functional near-infrared spectroscopy hyperscanning. Li R, Dybvik H, Feng D, Eng CM, Lee CH, Bartholomay KL, Zhang Y, Lightbody AA, Reiss AL. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2026 Mar 28. doi: 10.1007/s00787-026-03024-4.   PMID: 41902915      
  10. A Pilot Study of the Peer Supported Family Intervention, Psychosis Recovery by Enabling Adult Carers at Home (Psychosis-REACH) in an Early Psychosis Clinic. Lean M, Benitah KC, Wakeham DE, Chang L, Virtheim D, Runestad S, Kopelovich SL, Hardy KV. Early Interv Psychiatry. 2026 Apr;20(4):e70169. doi: 10.1111/eip.70169. PMID: 41902572     
  11. Metabolic psychiatry targeting metabolic dysregulation in mental health. Sethi S, Berk M, Andreazza AC, Mujica-Parodi LR, Campbell I, Campbell H, Longhitano C, Rasgon N, Volek J, Calkin CV, Ford J, McCullumsmith R, Cunnane S, Liwinski T, D’Agostino D, Frye M, Sarnyai Z.  Nat. Mental Health (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-026-00609-5
  12. Pulmonary Complications of Cancer Therapy: Clinical Presentations, Imaging Patterns, and Management Strategies. Zafar B, Haque T, Tan M, Singh R, Bashoura L, Sheshadri A, Azhar M, Faiz SA. Medicina (Kaunas). 2026 Mar 19;62(3):578. doi: 10.3390/medicina62030578. PMID: 41901659        
  13. Family-Based Treatment for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Last-Session Reflections. Datta N, Boyce H, West C, Liu A, Lock JD. Behav Sci (Basel). 2026 Feb 27;16(3):325. doi: 10.3390/bs16030325. PMID: 41897987      
  14. Evaluation of 3D Counterfactual Brain MRI Generation. Sun P, Peng W, Li LY, Wang Y, Pohl KM. Deep Gener Model (2025). 2026;16128:46-56. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-05472-2_5. Epub 2025 Sep 25. PMID: 41890356      
  15. Should Sponsorship Be Added on to Mentorship? A Consideration for Clinician Educators. Louie AK, Balon R, Castillo EG, Morreale MK, Seritan AL, Coverdale J, Beresin EV, Thomas LA, Guerrero APS, Aggarwal R, Brenner AM. Acad Psychiatry. 2026 Mar 26. doi: 10.1007/s40596-026-02333-9.   PMID: 41886178      
  16. The Use of Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) in the Management of Patients with Difficult-to-Treat Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): An Expert Consensus Statement. McAllister-Williams RH, Alva G, Banov M, Conway CR, Cusin C, De Beer JC, Demyttenaere K, Domany Y, Domenech P, Dougherty DD, Dunner DL, Feffer K, George MS, Iosifescu DV, Kavakbasi E, Kraus C, Lehnhardt FG, Lesperance P, McCall WV, Murrough JW, Nahas Z, Nemeroff CB, Quevedo J, Reif-Leonhard C, Riva-Posse P, Rush AJ, Schwartz TL, Stander MP, Williams NR, Zajecka J, Aaronson ST, Baune BT, Sackeim HA. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2026 Mar 18;22:554007. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S554007. eCollection 2026. PMID: 41884079      
  17. Staff Perspectives on the VISN 20 Tele-Neuropsychology Program. Messler AC, Hargrave DD, Gould CE, Carlson C, Sordahl JA. Fed Pract. 2025 Nov;42(11):1-6. doi: 10.12788/fp.0652. Epub 2025 Nov 20. PMID: 41884070      
  18. Increased cortical thickness and decreased brain age among special operations veterans with blast TBI after a magnesium-ibogaine protocol. Geoly AD, Coetzee JP, Buchanan DM, Struckmann W, Kim B, Sridhar M, Azeez A, Lissemore JI, Cherian K, Faerman A, Keynan JN, Singal P, Shanbour A, Bandeira ID, Kratter IH, Adamson MM, Saggar M, Rolle C, Williams NR. iScience. 2026 Feb 21;29(3):115121. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115121. eCollection 2026 Mar 20. PMID: 41883580      
  19. The American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP) task force on the deprescribing of psychotropic medications for mood disorders: Delphi expert consensus. Goldberg JF, Swartz HA, McIntyre RS, Mago R, Malhi GS, Jha MK, Berk M, Kasper S, Freeman MP, Gitlin MJ, Sajatovic M, Ostacher MJ, Citrome L, Iosifescu DV, Perlis RH, Furukawa TA, Vieta E, Thase ME, Young AH, Tohen M, Nierenberg AA, Macaluso M, Shelton RC, Correll CU, Aaronson ST, Rosenblat JD, Gorwood P, Khan A, Kupka R, Cohen LJ, Mitchell PB, Frye MA, Sanacora G, Kane JM, Rubio-Lorente JM, Goodman DW, Zohar J, Davis L, Gupta S, Steingard S, Zarate CA, Clayton AH. Br J Psychiatry. 2026 Mar 25:1-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2026.10580.   PMID: 41877318      


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