New paper! Around 8% of adults in prison have been diagnosed with ADHD in research studies, and 4% after excluding an outlier.

Previous reviews/metas included selected samples (eg forensic psych pts, referrals) - overestimated prevalence by >3-4 fold. #ADHD #prison

Ed Bullmore john williams UKBIOBANK UKBIOBANK Cam Neuroscience Nice study! But complicated by the the fact that exposure to childhood maltreatment is genetically influenced and some of the observed association between maltreatment and e.g. scz could be due to genetic confounding / G-E correlations... thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

Exceptionally good pod for footie fans - from the FT’s Simon Kuper and Mehreen Khan: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/her…

Q. Are there ways to engage with policy on a long term basis - to support systemic change?

A. Yes. Involvement in advisory bodies is a great way to do this. Find out how Seena Fazel|Oxford Psychiatry is doing this by working with Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody

youtube.com/watch?v=dlkAKv…

New Human Rights Watch report out today details #Iran authorities' persecution of #Bahai , which is a crime against humanity. Iran's gov't decades-long repression of Baha'is includes arbitrary arrest, property confiscation, & denial of jobs & education. hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…

New paper on mental and physical health of people in prison globally The Lancet Public Health .

Read author Seena Fazel's thread on findings 👇

& the press release here:
psych.ox.ac.uk/news/people-in…

Medical Sciences The Mental Elf @oxneuro

Harriet Vogt Say one’s Framingham risk score is 7%, that isn’t a simple yes/no risk of heart attack in next 10yrs. But rather 7 out of 100 people with these background risks will have a heart attack - not that it’s wrong 93/100x. The whole classification (incl PPV) issue doesn’t apply here