The Royal College of Psychiatrists issued a position statement at the end of August highlighting the need for improved care and systems to address the impact of non-recent child sexual abuse (CSA) on the mental health of adults. Like other forms of trauma, the report noted how CSA is alarmingly prevalent and has enduring consequences for health and wellbeing but lacks adequate, effective treatment. The immediate past President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Dr Lade Smith CBE, ackn

Psychosis is a severe and debilitating condition with relatively few effective treatments. For this reason, there is ongoing interest in identifying factors that may make someone more likely to develop psychosis, with the aim of developing intervention and prevention strategies. A recent meta-analysis by Carly Stevens and colleagues examined the associations between the age of first cannabis use and the age of onset of psychosis. Several aspects of the findings deserve further consideration.

A recent meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, published in Lancet Psychiatry, concluded there was little evidence that cannabinoids help treat mental health conditions (Wilson et al, 2026). It got plenty of media coverage, much of which made the classic mistake of treating 'lack of evidence of benefit' as 'evidence of lack of benefit'. They're not the same thing.