ADHD meds may help control opioid use disorder

New School of Medicine research may offer options for pregnant people with substance use disorders. The study indicates that those with opioid use disorders and ADHD who remain on ADHD medications during pregnancy are far more likely to adhere to treatment.

Book explores consequences of political conversations

In her new book, political scientist Taylor Carlson, in Arts & Sciences, explores how political information changes as it flows from the media to person to person. Her research shows that socially transmitted information becomes biased and less accurate, fueling a “distorted democracy.”

WashU Expert on social work and psychedelics

As psychedelic-assisted therapy gains mainstream acceptance, the role of social workers, who provide many mental health services in the U.S., will become increasingly important, says Tonya Edmond, an expert on mental health at the Brown School.

Notables

Tomás Collado, a rising senior studying mechanical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been named an Astronaut Scholar, one of the nation’s most prestigious STEM fellowships.

Research Wire

School of Medicine researchers have joined an international study aimed at understanding the gene changes that may lead to Parkinson’s disease in Black and African American people.

Research Wire

In a new paper in Physical Review Letters, Kater Murch in Arts & Sciences and his collaborators explore the effects of memory in quantum systems. View an illustrated video about the experiments and findings.