Reading a Face, Live: The Brain Circuit That Goes Quiet in Early Psychosis Frontiers in Neuroimaging published November 4 a Yale multimodal study of 24 people with first episode psychosis and 32 comparison participants: during live face-to-face interaction, activity in the right temporoparietal region was atypical and correlated with expressive deficits and social withdrawal. Source A multimodal approach to identify atypical face processing in first episode psychosis (early schizophrenia spectrum disorders) — Frontiers in Neuroimaging, November 4, 2026, reporting Purushothaman and colleagues at Yale

Trauma in the Room: One in Three Teens in Addiction Care Thought of Suicide Bioengineer.org reported November 9 on Vasileva and colleagues in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health: among 390 adolescents in the DELTA substance use treatment programme in Dresden, 34.2 percent reported suicidal ideation in the prior two weeks and trauma and depression were pivotal correlates. Source Adolescent Substance Use Study Identifies Trauma and Depression Links to Suicidality — Bioengineer.org, November 9, 2026, reporting Vasileva and colleagues in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

One Drink Is Too Many: Dusty Slay on the Bender That Ended It USA TODAY reported November 10 that comedian Dusty Slay, in his new essay collection We're Having a Good Time, opens up about drug use, a 2001 arrest that blocked his Army enlistment, and quitting drinking in 2012 after a three-day bender. Source Comedian Dusty Slay opens up about drug use, arrest and the moment he got sober — USA TODAY, November 10, 2026

Your Walk May Be Talking: What Your Stride Reveals About Your Mind Medical Xpress reported November 9 on the University of Miami MindStep project: researchers Eltoukhy and Britton are tracking how college students walk to find objective signals of anxiety and depression, with early results linking depression symptoms to stride changes under mental load. Source Could the way we walk give clues about our mental health? — Medical Xpress, November 9, 2026, reporting the University of Miami MindStep project

Treat the Back First: The Care That Cut Opioid Risk by a Third Drugs.com reported November 9, via HealthDay, on a JAMA Network Open study of 399,500 Medicaid patients with new acute low back pain: guideline-compliant nonpharmacologic care was linked to lower opioid use disorder or overdose risk, while higher-dose or longer opioid starts raised risk sharply. Source Nonpharmacologic Therapy Cuts Opioid Use Disorder Risk With Low Back Pain — Drugs.com, November 9, 2026, via HealthDay, reporting Doan and colleagues in JAMA Network Open