Before Birth, in 3D: The Brain Atlas That Locates Schizophrenia Risk A Cell study reported by Neuroscience News on November 12, 2026, mapping nearly 287,000 developing brain cells from mid-pregnancy through infancy, found developing spiny projection neurons were strongly enriched for genetic variants linked to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Source 3D Genome Atlas Reveals Early Roots of Schizophrenia — Neuroscience News, November 12, 2026, reporting Cell / UCLA

Chess Moves Against Craving: Training the Brain That Has to Say No An exploratory trial reported by Scienmag on November 13, 2026, in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, found chess-based cognitive remediation in 41 abstinent inpatients with alcohol use disorder changed supplementary motor area reactivity during alcohol cue exposure over six weeks, with authors stressing validation is still needed. Source Chess Training Modulates Brain Cue Reactivity in Alcohol Use Disorder Study — Scienmag, November 13, 2026, reporting Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

An AI at the Table, a Dietitian in Charge: A New Case in Teen Eating Disorder Care A Frontiers in Nutrition perspective published November 12, 2026 presented a case of an adolescent girl with anorexia nervosa whose outpatient team used a dietitian-supervised AI platform for real-time, food-neutral meal guidance, concluding the approach was feasible as an adjunct but cannot establish efficacy or safety. Source Artificial intelligence in the treatment of eating disorders in teenagers: a novel approach to outpatient care — Frontiers in Nutrition, November 12, 2026

Forty-Two Years, One Day at a Time: Scott Silverman's Long Recovery San Diego recovery advocate Scott H. Silverman, founder of Confidential Recovery and a 2008 CNN Hero, marks 42 years in continuous recovery on November 13, 2026, his last drink having been November 13, 1984, according to his November 10, 2026 announcement. Source San Diego Recovery Advocate Scott H. Silverman Marks 42 Years Sober — Your Crisis Coach / Scott H. Silverman, November 10, 2026

The Scroll That Predicts the Slide: Short Videos, Irritability, and Teen Anxiety A longitudinal network analysis reported by Scienmag on November 13, 2026, studying 1,629 Chinese adolescents, found irritability and anhedonia bridged short-video addiction with anxiety and depression, while behavioral withdrawal was the strongest addiction-related predictor of later internalizing symptoms. Source Symptom Pathways Link Adolescent Short-Video Addiction to Anxiety and Depression Over Time — Scienmag, November 13, 2026, reporting the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction