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This review found that ADHD often continues from childhood into adulthood but is commonly missed and untreated in grown-ups. It estimates adult ADHD affects about 2.5%–5% of the general population and says fewer than 20% of adults with ADHD are diagnosed or treated. Adults with ADHD often have other mental…
This small randomized pilot study tested a therapy called Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT) as an extra treatment for women in substance use disorder (SUD) care. Forty-six women were enrolled and those in the MABT group received eight weekly one-on-one sessions in addition to usual care. At the main…
This review looks at how three common drugs of abuse—nicotine, cocaine, and alcohol—change learning and memory and how those changes connect with stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The authors describe how these drugs can either help or hurt memory depending on dose, how long they are used, and whether…
Researchers looked at sixty studies to see how biology, social life, and psychology mix together to affect substance use problems and mental health. They found that brain systems, genes, childhood experiences, parenting, personality, and existing mood or anxiety problems all interact. This makes addiction and related psychiatric symptoms complicated, especially…
Researchers tested a type of artificial intelligence that reads doctors' notes to find how severe different substance use problems are. They used an open-source AI model called Flan-T5 and gave it carefully written instructions so it could find severity details without extra training. The AI found more of these severity…
