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Among eight things you can do to lower dementia risk is reduce alcohol intake, experts say. "I think people should be aware that even a small amount of alcohol intake may have negative cognitive effects down the line,” said Joel Gelernter, MD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and professor of genetics and of neuroscience.

A new study led by researchers at the National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, and Yale School of Medicine, including first author Robert H. Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, provides one of the most comprehensive examinations to date of how cumulative social disadvantage is linked to suicide risk among U.S. military veterans. The findings were published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Peter Jongho Na, MD, a staff psychiatrist at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System and assistant professor of psychiatry, has been awarded the Dr. Lim Sewon Award by the Korean National Assembly.

Erectile dysfunction has complex biological and psychological causes. In a recent study published in Nature Communications, Yale authors Uri Bright, PhD; Joel Gelernter, MD; and colleagues performed cross-ancestry genome-wide association studies and identified multiple risk loci, highlighting SIM1 as a key genetic regulator of erectile function across populations.

Peter Jongho Na, MD, MPH, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been honored with the Sherman Family Emerging Scholar Lecture Award from the Korea Society.

Daniel Levey, PhD; Hang Zhou, PhD, Joseph Deak, PhD; and Joel Gelernter, MD, are co-authors of the study, "Alcohol Use and Risk of Dementia in Diverse Populations: Evidence from Cohort, Case–Control and Mendelian Randomisation Approaches" in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine.

A new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine and the VA Connecticut Healthcare System provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of genetic, psychiatric, and environmental factors that shape risk for alcohol use disorder. Yale authors are Peter Na, MD, MPH; Joseph Deak, PhD; Daniel Levey, PhD; Robert Pietrzak, PhD, MPH; and Joel Gelernter, MD.

Younger U.S. military veterans are three times more likely to experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than their older counterparts, largely due to greater psychological and social challenges, according to a new study led by researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the National Center for PTSD.

The benefits of exercise and its positive influence on physical and mental health are well documented, but a new Yale and VA Connecticut study sheds light on the role genetics plays for physical activity, accounting for some of the differences between individuals and showing differences in biology for physical activity at leisure versus physical activity at work and at home.