Psychology & Psychiatry

PTSD in pregnant women may affect the risk of ADHD in the child

A comprehensive registry study led by Anna-Clara Hollander, associate professor at the Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, shows that children of women who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder ...

Genetics

Scientists identify genetic anxiety 'switch'

Research from the University of Aberdeen has identified an area of DNA in the human genome that plays a role in controlling anxiety. In the study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, the team, led by Professor Alasdair Mackenzie, ...

Medications

Your lifestyle can determine how well your medicine will work

By examining liver samples from 116 deceased persons with severe mental disorders, researchers have demonstrated that smoking, obesity and alcohol use can be decisive in determining how medicine will work for an individual ...

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