[Psychiatry : what's new in 2025]

In this paper three points are discussed: the diagnosis of High Intellectual Potential (HPI) is mentioned with increasing frequency. While it is suspected to be linked with many negative consequences, this is not the case; HPI is rather associated with greater life expectancy, better professional performance, and higher levels of well-being. Exposure to childhood trauma is linked to alterations of mentalization capacities, which are essential for understanding one's own mental states as well as those of others. And finally, the trajectories of alcohol and cannabis misuse follow different patterns during treatment for a first psychotic episode, suggesting both that these substances are used by distinct subgroups of patients and that they require differentiated clinical approaches.