The First Ninety Days: A New Scorecard for Opioid Treatment RTI International researchers have built a quality measure that tracks emergency visits and hospitalizations in the first 90 days after people start opioid treatment — and the typical program's rate is 5 percent. Source RTI Researchers Introduce New Measure to Track Adverse Events Among Patients Starting Care at Opioid Treatment Programs — RTI International via PR Newswire, October 26, 2026

Staying on the Medicine: The Schizophrenia Combination People Stick With Longer Claims analyses presented at AMCP Nexus 2026 and reported by AJMC on October 27 found patients with schizophrenia stayed on olanzapine/samidorphan far longer, adhered better, and were hospitalized less than patients on olanzapine alone or other oral antipsychotics. Source Olanzapine/Samidorphan Tied to Longer Persistence in Schizophrenia — AJMC, October 27, 2026, reporting AMCP Nexus 2026 poster analyses

The Second Year Can Be Worse: Bury Hospice Builds Grief Support That Stays Bury Hospice's bereavement services — counselling, support groups, a walking group, and a creative group for grieving children — are built around an honest truth: the second year of grief can be worse than the first. Source Bury Hospice offering bereavement and wellbeing services — Bury Times, October 22, 2026

Eight Sessions: The Therapy Trial That Eased Distress for Mothers Raising Children With Disabilities A randomized trial of 80 mothers in Pakistan found eight weekly CBT sessions produced large reductions in depression, anxiety, and stress — and gains in life satisfaction and self-compassion — for mothers of children with intellectual disability. Source Eight Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Eased Distress in Mothers of Children With Intellectual Disability — ScienMag, October 27, 2026, reporting BMC Psychology

The Emergency Room Is Telling a Story About Young Mothers A CMAJ study of more than two million Ontario females found substance-related emergency visits rose nearly 5 percent a year among mothers — and about 8 percent a year among mothers under 25 — with alcohol still the largest single driver. Source Substance-related emergency visits rising fastest among young mothers, Ontario study finds — ScienMag, October 27, 2026, reporting the Canadian Medical Association Journal