PSYREFLECT

Issue #31

April 20, 2026

#1Research

Thirty Minutes Before Session: Exercise Priming Nearly Doubles CBT Remission in Depression

If a brisk walk before the session nearly doubles remission rates, the question is not whether to prescribe exercise — it is when to prescribe it.

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#2Research

Beyond Deficit Correction: A Neuroaffirmative Protocol for Adult ADHD Challenges CBT Assumptions

Patients with adult ADHD are not looking for a trainer to fix broken executive function — they are looking for a witness to a cognitive style they are trying to live inside.

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#3Tool

Brief PTSD Screening in Crisis: Validation of STO + PCL-5 Short Form in a National Wartime Sample

In acute-phase trauma care, the tool you can administer in five minutes is the tool that gets administered at all — and this study shows the cost in diagnostic precision is near zero.

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#4Industry

The Nutrition CARE Act and the Eating Disorder Coverage Gap Medicare Still Has Not Closed

When 61% of eating disorder denials are overturned on appeal, the denial rate is not a clinical judgment — it is a cost-control strategy with a financial expectation of provider exhaustion.

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#5Industry

The Opioid Settlement Money Is Landing, Mostly Missing Harm Reduction — and Clinicians Should Know Where It Goes

The opioid settlement money is the largest public health windfall of the decade — and the 2% going to syringe services tells you everything about whose politics won the allocation fight.

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#6Resource

EMDRIA Advanced Credentials 2026: Certification, Consultant Track, and the New Standards You Need to Know

EMDR has moved past the phase where Basic Training alone defines competence — the credential ladder in 2026 separates clinicians who use EMDR from clinicians who are accountable for EMDR.

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