WELTRUZA (monthly olanzapine injection)
FDA-approved monthly subcutaneous olanzapine for adults with schizophrenia—a delivery option, not a proven improvement over every oral treatment.
Established: Schizophrenia & Psychosis
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Ecopipam (investigational Tourette medication)
Selective dopamine D1 antagonist with promising randomized pediatric tic findings; under FDA Priority Review, not yet approved.
Promising: Tourette Syndrome & Tic Disorders
Evenamide (investigational schizophrenia drug)
Investigational adjunct for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; FDA clinical hold at US study sites after a potential cardiac safety signal.
Clinical trial: Schizophrenia & Psychosis
Ibogaine research and serious safety risks
Experimental psychedelic drug under early-phase trial planning for PTSD and opioid use disorder; not FDA approved and associated with dangerous heart-rhythm risks.
Experimental: PTSD & Trauma
Cannabis, CBD & cannabinoids
Defined medicines have specific approved uses. Anxiety, OCD and autism-related research remains limited or mixed; psychiatric risks matter.
Established: Seizures associated with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome, Dravet syndrome or tuberous sclerosis complexEmerging: AnxietyExperimental: OCDEmerging: Autism
Neupulse and wrist median nerve stimulation
A Tourette research pathway with encouraging trial findings; the current wellness release is distinct from medical-device approval.
Promising: Tourette Syndrome & Tic Disorders
EMDR for trauma symptoms in autistic adults
EMDR can be considered for PTSD in an autistic adult after individualized assessment; it does not treat autism itself.
Established: PTSD & TraumaEmerging: Autism
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
The specialized form of CBT at the center of evidence-based OCD care.
Established: OCD
Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT)
A behavioral therapy that teaches tic awareness, competing responses and ways to manage situations that worsen tics.
Established: Tourette Syndrome & Tic Disorders
CBT for anxiety disorders
Structured therapy for generalized anxiety, panic, social anxiety and phobias, often including gradual exposure.
Established: Anxiety
CBT and behavioral activation for depression
Talking therapies that change unhelpful thinking and rebuild meaningful activity.
Established: Depression
CBT and skills-focused therapy for adult ADHD
Structured help with organization, planning, procrastination and the patterns ADHD tends to create.
Promising: ADHD
Behavioral parent training
Coaching parents in specific, positive strategies that reduce challenging behavior and stress at home.
Established: ADHD
CBT for insomnia (CBT-I)
The recommended first treatment for chronic insomnia in adults—not just 'sleep hygiene'.
Established: Sleep
Trauma-focused therapies (TF-CBT, CPT, PE, EMDR)
Structured therapies designed specifically to process trauma and reduce PTSD symptoms.
Established: PTSD & Trauma
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Skills-based therapy for intense emotions, impulsive behavior and self-harm.
Established: Reducing self-harm in young people with significant emotional dysregulation
Eating-disorder-focused therapies (FBT, CBT-ED)
Specialist therapies for anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating disorder.
Established: Eating DisordersEstablished: Eating Disorders
CBT for psychosis (CBTp)
Therapy that helps people make sense of and cope with distressing experiences like voices or unusual beliefs.
Established: Schizophrenia & Psychosis
Family psychoeducation and family intervention
Structured sessions that help families understand the condition, communicate and plan for relapse together.
Established: Schizophrenia & PsychosisEstablished: Bipolar Disorder
Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) for first-episode psychosis
Team-based early psychosis care—the recommended approach soon after psychosis begins.
Established: Schizophrenia & Psychosis
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
A multidisciplinary team that brings care to the person in the community, for those with the highest needs.
Established: Schizophrenia & Psychosis
Supported employment (IPS and individual supported employment)
Help finding, getting and keeping a real job—matched to the person, with ongoing support.
Established: Schizophrenia & PsychosisEstablished: Autism
Structured social & leisure programs
Regular, organized activities with support built in—for friendship, confidence and somewhere to belong.
Promising: Autism
Social-skills and social-learning groups (e.g., PEERS®)
Small groups that practice conversation, friendships and handling conflict—for people who want that.
Promising: Autism
Occupational therapy (OT)
Practical help with daily living, sensory needs, motor skills and participation at home, school and work.
Practical support: Autism
Speech-language therapy & AAC
Support for communication—including augmentative and alternative communication for people with limited speech.
Practical support: Autism
Executive-function & ADHD coaching
Practical accountability and systems for planning, routines and getting things done.
Practical support: ADHD
Respite, companion & supported-living services
Paid help that gives caregivers a break and helps the person build a more independent life.
Practical support: Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
Stimulant medications for ADHD
Among the most-studied treatments in psychiatry; chosen and monitored by a prescriber.
Established: ADHD
Non-stimulant medications for ADHD
Options when stimulants aren’t suitable, aren’t tolerated or aren’t enough.
Established: ADHDPromising: Tourette Syndrome & Tic Disorders
Antidepressant medications (SSRIs, SNRIs and others)
Established medicines for depression, several anxiety disorders and OCD—each for specific indications.
Established: DepressionEstablished: AnxietyEstablished: OCDNot recommended: Autism
Mood stabilizers (including lithium)
The core of long-term bipolar treatment, chosen and monitored by a psychiatrist.
Established: Bipolar Disorder
Antipsychotic medications
Central to treating psychosis and schizophrenia; also used for mania, autism-related irritability and severe tics.
Established: Schizophrenia & PsychosisEstablished: Bipolar DisorderEstablished: AutismPromising: Tourette Syndrome & Tic Disorders
Esketamine nasal spray (Spravato)
A rapid-acting prescription treatment for treatment-resistant depression, given in certified clinics.
Established: Depression
IV ketamine for depression (off-label)
Offered by some clinics for depression; differs from esketamine in regulatory status and evidence.
Emerging: Depression
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
Noninvasive magnetic pulses to specific brain areas—established for depression, cleared for OCD, experimental elsewhere.
Established: DepressionPromising: OCDExperimental: Autism
Theta-burst TMS (iTBS/cTBS): depression and OCD research
Patterned TMS: established depression uses and a separate, emerging OCD evidence base. The exact protocol matters.
Emerging: OCDEstablished: DepressionPromising: Depression
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
A highly effective treatment for severe depression and catatonia, given under anesthesia.
Established: DepressionEstablished: Bipolar Disorder
Implanted stimulation: VNS and DBS
Surgically implanted devices reserved for severe, treatment-resistant situations.
Emerging: DepressionEmerging: OCDEmerging: Tourette Syndrome & Tic Disorders
External trigeminal nerve stimulation (eTNS) for ADHD
A prescription device worn at night that stimulates a nerve in the forehead.
Emerging: ADHD
Digital therapeutics (e.g., EndeavorRx)
Regulated software treatments—different from general wellness apps.
Emerging: ADHD
Neurofeedback (EEG biofeedback)
Training brain-wave patterns with real-time feedback; widely marketed, evidence mixed.
Emerging: ADHD
Physical activity & exercise
Supports mood, sleep and health; a treatment option for some depression and a helpful add-on elsewhere.
Established: DepressionEmerging: ADHD
Sleep assessment & sleep-focused care
Poor sleep worsens almost everything—and often has treatable causes.
Established: Sleep
Melatonin
A sleep-timing hormone sold over the counter in the US; evidence depends on the sleep problem and the person.
Promising: Sleep
Omega-3 fatty acids
Widely discussed for ADHD and mood; effects in studies are small and inconsistent.
Emerging: ADHD
Iron
Correcting a documented deficiency is established; using iron for ADHD symptoms is not.
Established: Treating documented iron deficiencyEmerging: ADHD
Vitamin D
Correcting deficiency matters for health; claims that it treats autism are not established.
Established: Treating documented vitamin D deficiencyEmerging: Autism
Zinc & magnesium
Useful when someone is deficient; evidence for ADHD symptoms is limited.
Established: Treating documented deficiencyEmerging: ADHD
N-acetylcysteine (NAC)
Studied for OCD-related conditions and autism irritability; results are mixed.
Emerging: AutismEmerging: OCD
Probiotics & microbiome approaches
An active research area; not an established treatment for autism or mental-health conditions.
Experimental: Autism
Saffron, sulforaphane, micronutrients & leucovorin
Frequently searched options with very different—and mostly early—evidence. Each has its own brief.
Emerging: ADHDClinical trial: AutismEmerging: Autism
Chelation for autism
Not recommended—no benefit for autism and real risk of serious harm.
Not recommended: Autism
Gluten-free / casein-free and other exclusion diets for autism
Not recommended for core autism features; medical dietary needs are a separate question.
Not recommended: Autism
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for autism
Not recommended for autism.
Not recommended: Autism