Frontiers in Psychiatry

SEP 4, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Integrated approaches to geriatric mental disorders: pathophysiology, interventions, and precision medicine horizons

Frontiers in Psychiatry

A comprehensive narrative review synthesizing evidence on geriatric mental disorder pathophysiology, management, and emerging approaches; provides clinical roadmap rather than new primary evidence.

AUG 26, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Comparative efficacy and cognitive safety of bifrontal versus bitemporal electroconvulsive therapy in adolescents with major depressive disorder: a retrospective cohort study

Frontiers in Psychiatry

A well-conducted retrospective cohort study with adequate sample size and multivariate adjustment showing safety advantages (fewer memory complaints, shorter recovery time) for bifrontal ECT in adolescents, though efficacy was equivalent and cognitive assessment was limited to subjective measures.

AUG 19, 2026 · REVIEW

Functional psychosurgery in psychiatry: indications and preoperative evaluation. A narrative review

Frontiers in Psychiatry

A narrative review proposing a structured preoperative assessment framework for functional psychosurgery in psychiatry, intended to guide clinical decision-making in specialized centers rather than report new empirical evidence.

AUG 19, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Understanding the brain mechanisms behind anxiety disorders in late life: progress and limitations of the past 15 years

Frontiers in Psychiatry

This is a narrative opinion review summarizing MRI literature on anxiety in late life over 15 years, identifying neurobiological patterns and research gaps rather than presenting new empirical evidence or a definitive synthesis.

AUG 17, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Exercise as a multimodal intervention for adolescent depression: integrating neuroplasticity, BDNF signaling, stress biomarkers, exercise intensity, digital mental health interventions, and precision psychiatry

Frontiers in Psychiatry

A narrative review synthesizing evidence on exercise for adolescent depression that acknowledges heterogeneity, limited mechanistic proof, and the need for future research—informative for clinical context but not a definitive evidence synthesis or meta-analysis.

AUG 12, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Case Report: Diagnostic overshadowing in a patient with major depressive symptoms later diagnosed with systemic amyloidosis

Frontiers in Psychiatry

A single case report illustrating diagnostic delay due to cognitive bias; raises awareness of a potential clinical problem but does not quantify prevalence, risk, or establish causation.

AUG 12, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Psychedelic integration beyond the verbal: participatory-imaginal processing as a hypothesis-generating therapeutic framework

Frontiers in Psychiatry

This is a conceptual framework paper proposing a novel integration approach for psychedelic therapy with no empirical results reported; pilot studies are described as ongoing but not completed.

AUG 5, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

When the biological clock is disordered: circadian rhythm disruption as a core pathophysiological mechanism in anxiety and depression

Frontiers in Psychiatry

A narrative review synthesizing mechanistic pathways and proposing a conceptual framework; does not report primary experimental evidence, effect sizes, or comparative clinical outcomes.