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Psychiatric treatment: breaking new ground?

David P. Lichtenstein

The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter April 13, 2026 DOI: 10.1002/cbl.30949 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Commentary Peer reviewed
Key points The text notes growing enthusiasm for diverse psychiatric treatments, including psychedelics, TMS, ECT, lesioning, and GLP-1s, but provides no specific results or conclusions.

Abstract

Excitement has built recently about new avenues for psychiatric treatment: psychedelic drugs such as Ketamine and psilocybin; trans‐cranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). We see the revival of older practices such as electro‐convulsive shock therapy (ECT) and therapeutic lesioning, and medicines borrowed from other fields, like GLP‐1s.