Mad in America

MAY 3, 2025

Establishment psychiatry does acknowledge that emotional suffering and behavioral disturbanceswhat it calls mental illnesseshave biological-psychological-social roots. medical schools. Worldwide, there are parallels to U.S. Iatrogenesis , which is defined as illness or injury caused by medical treatment.

Trauma and the brain

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

MAY 7, 2025

Science News from research organizations Non-inherited genes affect childrens development Date: May 7, 2025 Source: University College London Summary: Parents genes -- even when not directly inherited by a child -- may play a role in their educational and mental health outcomes, finds a new report. non-cognitive skills).

Genetics and mental health

Psychiatric Times

JUNE 18, 2025

Studies in Australia and the United States followed individuals with subthreshold psychotic symptoms and functional decline, along with a genetic risk for schizophrenia, over time. Given her young age and the described alterations in her behavior and cognition, these can be viewed as prodromal symptoms.

Genetics and mental health

Department of Psychiatry News

JUNE 24, 2025

Professor Cathy Creswell , from Oxford’s Department of Experimental Psychology and lead for the NIHR ARC OxTV’s mental health across the life course theme, recently visited Chile to establish the project. In February 2023, it was recommended for use in the NHS by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Genetics and mental health

Department of Psychiatry News

JUNE 19, 2025

I was tremendously excited at the launch to see the latest data in patients with Parkinson’s disease and in children.’ Search NIHR OXFORD HEALTH BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE NEWS Please follow the link below to read the news on the NIHR BRC website.

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Department of Psychiatry News

JUNE 12, 2025

© Shutterstock Generously contributed by Daria and Dmitri Bukhman of Bukhman Philanthropies, the gift will bolster Oxford’s pioneering research and help expand mindfulness-based cognitive therapy – an evidence-based approach that helps people recover from depression, enjoy mental health and flourish. .

Genetics and mental health

ADDitude

MAY 13, 2025

In research examining eating disorder symptoms among women aged 45 to 61, body dissatisfaction was cited as a key risk factor. In 2024, more than 21% of calls to the National Alliance for Eating Disorders, a support and advocacy organization I founded in 2000, were from individuals (primarily women) age 40 and older. Hooper, S.C.,

Eating disorders

Psychiatric Times

JUNE 23, 2025

ADHD in Elementary School Age Child: Patient Case 1 EP: 3. Before reaching specialized behavioral health services, families typically consult pediatricians who must possess comprehensive knowledge of ADHD presentation, diagnostic criteria, and evidence-based treatment approaches. Subscribe Now!

Genetics and mental health

ADDitude

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

A 101 on Epigenetics Reading Genes Genes play an important role in shaping a wide range of traits and characteristics, from hair and eye color to susceptibility to mental health conditions. Yet, genetic influences are less fixed than one might think. Epigenetic alterations have been linked to numerous poor health outcomes.

Genetics and mental health

ADDitude

MAY 23, 2025

May 23, 2025 The anticipated MAHA Commission report released yesterday misrepresents ADHD causes and care in the U.S., The MAHA Report , spearheaded by Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Robert F. The MAHA Report , spearheaded by Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Should the U.S. Absolutely.

Genetics and mental health

Child Mind Intitute

APRIL 23, 2025

Yet, it persists, and that can weigh on families trying to make the best decisions about their childrens health. And people can be diagnosed with autism at any age. Before a vaccine was available, almost all children contracted measles before the age of 15. In 2025, the CDC reported it was 1 in 31.

Autism spectrum

ADDitude

MAY 18, 2025

While testosterone levels fluctuate slightly throughout the course of the day, their levels remain stable from the end of adolescence until roughly age 40. Similar results were found in a 2024 systematic review of 55 studies investigating the role of pubertal hormones on mental health conditions.

Aging and mental health

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

MARCH 20, 2025

A Brief Group Social-Belonging Intervention to Improve Mental-Health and Academic Outcomes in BIPOC and First-Generation-to-College Students Erin S. Understanding Ethnoracial Disparities and Advancing Mental Health Equity Through Clinical Psychological Science: Introduction to Special Issue P. Pritchard, Jennifer L.

Genetics and mental health

Mad in America

MAY 6, 2025

2 Or you are told you have a lack of insight into your disease, which is a symptom of your mental illness, a catch-22 situation from which there is no escape. In 2014, the Danish Ministry of Health issued a licence to kill. Depression and antidepressants in Australia and beyond: a critical public health analysis (PhD thesis).

Neurotransmitters and mental health

Department of Psychiatry News

JULY 1, 2025

Get Involved Search News Award in memory of Dr Valeria Frighi given to psychology trainee Michael Barry Award in memory of Dr Valeria Frighi given to psychology trainee Michael Barry Share Share Awards 1 July 2025 The £1,000 fund was set up to support researchers with an interest in intellectual disabilities. We look forward to his findings.”

Genetics and mental health

ADDitude

MAY 27, 2025

May 27, 2025 ADHD symptoms are impacted by changes in sex hormone levels in females across the lifespan, finds a new systematic review published in the Journal of Attention Disorders. Drugs & Aging , 39(8), 607618. Sources 1 Osianlis, E., Thomas, E. Jenkins, L. M., & Gurvich, C. Journal of Attention Disorders , 0 (0).

Genetics and mental health

ADDitude

APRIL 16, 2025

April 16, 2025 Every few years, the ADHD community must endure another skeptic an author, a journalist, a contrarian mental health provider, quite frequently a chiropractor recycling claims like “ADHD is overdiagnosed,” “stimulants dont work,” or, most remarkably in one case, “ADHD does not exist.”

Genetics and mental health

Zencare

JANUARY 22, 2025

Published on January 22, 2025 by Zencare Team. There are 298 mental health conditions currently recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition-TR, which is the standard reference for clinical practice among trained, licensed mental health professionals, in the US.

Neurotransmitters and mental health

ADDitude

APRIL 16, 2025

April 16, 2025 Since its publication last Sunday, The New York Times Magazine article “Have We Been Thinking About ADHD All Wrong?” “Theres no genetic marker for most psychiatric illness, but there is very clear heritability, as Dr. Russell Barkley has pointed out for years,” says Wes Crenshaw, Ph.D.,

Genetics and mental health