Tailored Weight Loss Interventions for Veterans with Serious Mental Illness: Efficacy and Implementation Insights from Recent RCT Evidence
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Tailored Weight Loss Interventions for Veterans with Serious Mental Illness: Efficacy and Implementation Insights from Recent RCT Evidence

This review synthesizes evidence from a 2025 randomized clinical trial evaluating a tailored weight loss program, CoachToFit, for veterans with serious mental illness, highlighting its potential to improve weight outcomes via remote support technologies and peer-led interventions.
Individualized Feedback Letters Fail to Reduce Long-Term Alcohol Consumption: Insights from a 4-Year RCT
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Individualized Feedback Letters Fail to Reduce Long-Term Alcohol Consumption: Insights from a 4-Year RCT

A 4-year randomized controlled trial found that computer-generated feedback letters failed to reduce alcohol consumption in the general population. Unexpectedly, the control group showed greater reduction at 48 months, suggesting that current digital intervention strategies may require significant adaptation for low-risk drinkers.
Optimizing Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: When Does 300 mg Outperform 100 mg of Extended-Release Buprenorphine?
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Optimizing Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: When Does 300 mg Outperform 100 mg of Extended-Release Buprenorphine?

This randomized clinical trial compares 100-mg and 300-mg maintenance doses of extended-release buprenorphine. While overall efficacy was similar, the 300-mg dose significantly improved abstinence among patients with high-frequency fentanyl use, suggesting a need for dose-intensification in the era of potent synthetic opioids.
CBT‑I in Cancer Survivors: Small Subjective Gains, Unclear Objective Benefits — What the 2025 Cochrane Review Tells Clinicians
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CBT‑I in Cancer Survivors: Small Subjective Gains, Unclear Objective Benefits — What the 2025 Cochrane Review Tells Clinicians

A 2025 Cochrane review of 21 RCTs (2431 participants) finds cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT‑I) yields modest improvements in self‑reported insomnia and sleep quality in people with cancer versus inactive controls or aerobic activity; objective sleep changes and long‑term effects remain uncertain.
Tailored Digital Emotion Regulation Improves Mental Health in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Results of a National Randomized Trial
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Tailored Digital Emotion Regulation Improves Mental Health in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Results of a National Randomized Trial

A 3‑arm randomized trial in 524 adults with congenital heart disease found a 4‑week tailored digital emotion‑regulation program produced moderate improvements in emotion regulation and multiple psychosocial outcomes versus usual care; a general program showed delayed, smaller benefits.