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ADHD and its comorbidities: Implications for management

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Dr Wen-Harn Pan, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, is interested in the relationship between nutrition and health. One of her most recent projects, published last year, investigated the link […]

Issue 143

Welcome to Research Outreach! In this issue, we are pleased to spotlight some of the individuals making important contributions to recent discoveries and innovations in research. The COVID-19 pandemic presented […]

Psychotropic medications for behavioural disorders in children: Are we getting it right?

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Psychotropic medications are used to treat mental health conditions by regulating the levels of certain chemicals in the brain. In children, they are often used to treat behavioural issues including […]

Ladders4Action: Working for an ethical, inclusive, and collaborative research landscape

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Ladders4Action is a nonprofit organisation which works to radically enhance the equality and inclusivity of the UK’s research spaces. It seeks to protect and nurture marginalised voices who might otherwise […]

Can cognitive impairments caused by methamphetamine use perpetuate the addiction cycle?

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The repeated use of methamphetamine, or meth, is known to cause significant changes in the brain and cognitive impairments, which might strengthen or perpetuate a user’s addiction. Dr Carmela Reichel […]

Old drugs, new purpose: The search for binge eating medication

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Binge eating is an important feature of two serious mental health conditions: bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. While medication can be helpful in treating patients with these illnesses, currently […]

Understanding equine assisted interventions: The role of emotional learning

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For those suffering from mental health or behavioural issues, there are a range of non-medical, non-talk based therapeutic options available. Perhaps one of the most interesting of these is equine-assisted […]

Unveiling the neurobiological processes behind cognitive control

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The biological underpinnings of human mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge, processing information and understanding experiences, have been substantially investigated throughout the years. Prof Christian Beste, working at University Hospital […]

Swimming against the stream: modern-day challenges to male reproductive health

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The effects of a mother’s age, health and habits upon her offspring are well documented. However, far less attention has been paid to fathers. Dr Bernard Robaire, Professor at McGill […]

Fluoxetine (Prozac) use in children: working towards a customised approach

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Dr Mari Golub from the Environmental Toxicology Department at the University of California at Davis, has recently completed a five-year research project looking at the behavioural effects of fluoxetine (Prozac) […]