ADHD Genes; Psychosis and Suicide; Your Brain on Internet Gaming

— News and commentary from the psychiatry world

by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, �鶹��ý November 28, 2018

A genome-wide association meta-analysis including more than 20,000 people with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) along with 35,000 controls, highlighted that were significantly associated with the disorder. (Nature Genetics)

Thousands of foreign doctors in the U.K. are undergoing license checks after a woman, , practiced for 22 years. The woman was arrested last month for fraud after faking a will for a patient with dementia. (BBC)

People who had psychotic episodes at some point had a much higher risk for compared with individuals without such history, according to a meta-analysis. "These findings show the need both for clinicians to pay particular attention to patients reporting experience of psychotic experience, and for greater funding for research into recognizing a psychosis subtype of suicide," said Ian Kelleher, MD, PhD, of the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, said in a statement. (JAMA Psychiatry)

For older patients with dementia, trazodone (Desyrel, Oleptro) wasn't any in regard to risk for falling. (CMAJ)

Men and women obsessed with showed different brain patterns, according to a study presented at the Radiological Society of North America's (RSNA) annual meeting. "Our findings demonstrated that alterations in cerebral activity are observed in men with IGD [internet gaming disorder], but not in women with IGD, and that the lower brain activity in the superior frontal gyrus in men with IGD may be associated with higher impulsivity," Yawen Sun, MD, of Ren Ji Hospital in Shanghai, said in a statement. Catch up on all of �鶹��ý's RSNA coverage here.

The Vatican is hosting a conference this week focusing on . (Vatican News)

had better mental health outcomes when they received the so-called PATH psychological intervention compared with traditional care. "We hope our findings will be used by policy makers and commissioners to invest in programs that make a real difference to women who experience domestic violence and abuse," said Giulia Ferrari, PhD, of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, in a statement. (PLOS One)

Kristen Monaco is a senior staff writer, focusing on endocrinology, psychiatry, and nephrology news. Based out of the New York City office, she’s worked at the company since 2015.