Innovative intervention delivered by trained community health workers – meaning nonclinical personnel with deep knowledge of the community – increased treatment utilization among participating families with children who have ADHD, according to a pilot study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders. This intervention for parents and caregivers, covering topics that range from education about ADHD to discussions of stigma and barriers to care, intends to reduce inequities in access to evidence-based treatment and boost family engagement in ADHD care.

EBMT (The European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation) is proud to announce the 10th International Transplant and Cellular Therapy Course (#ITCTC25), set to take place from 5-7 September 2025, at the University of Barcelona – Faculty of Medicine, Spain.

Engaging with nature could be an effective measure for those with low wellbeing to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Allie is a chess bot powered by artificial intelligence that demonstrates the benefits of AI tools that think like humans. Training future AI systems to ponder and deliberate on complex problems could create better agents for use in therapy, education and medicine.

Much previous work in the social sciences has involved researchers – often but not always from the Global North – collecting data from rural communities in the Global South on a wide range of topics from public health to education, agriculture and climate change. Such ‘helicopter’ research is not good practice as it often involves an asymmetry of power and knowledge that invariably disadvantages local communities. So how can research be made more equitable? This is the topic of an analysis undertaken by Jasper Knight from the Wits School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, who is also chair of the University’s Non-Medical Ethics Committee, in a new research study published in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods.