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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a childhood-onset mental disorder, demonstrates genetical effects, and is characterized by attention deficit, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. While ADHD was previously only considered a childhood disorder, longitudinal studies over the past decades have proven that in a significant number of cases, the symptoms of the disorder can also be detected in adulthood, and therefore affects 2-4% of the adult population. In Hungary, adult ADHD programs started about 20 years ago and has been able to provide help to many adults living with ADHD. However, this form of care needs further development in many aspects and suffers from capacity deficits at the national level. On July 4-6, 2023 we organized a CME course on adult ADHD at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Semmelweis University. The objective of this course was to deepen the knowledge of participants and alleviate care difficulties in the long term through the sharing of information and good practices. As part of this, a narrative review was written, which touches on the current issues of diagnosing and treating ADHD in adults.

In Hungary, there is no actual ovarian cancer guideline, despite this disease being the most lethal gynaecologic cancer. An expert panel was created by the Hungarian Society of Gynaecologic Oncologists to prepare a recommendation for the reatment of ovarian cancer patients. This multidisciplinary expert group worked together during the first trimester of 2022 using the guidelines and recommendations of the European Society of Gynaecologic Oncologists (ESGO) and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and created the updated recommendations. This paper presents the recommended surgical and medical treatment of early, advanced stage and recurrent ovarian cancer.

Background: Celiac disease (CD) is a common chronic systemic autoimmune disease in Europe. The prevalence of CD in Hungarian children is estimated at 1.2 - 1.4 %. To date, however, no data on adult CD prevalence has been published., Aims: Analysis of the serological evidence for CD among Hungarian adults in order to estimate its prevalence., Methods: Plasma samples from 4155 healthy blood donors were anonymously screened for circulating IgA autoantibodies by a highly sensitive tissue transglutaminase ELISA. Positive results were subsequently confirmed by endomysial antibody test., Results: Endomysial antibody test confirmed positivity in 25 samples suggesting a prevalence of CD of at least 0.6 % (1:166). Since no identification on the samples was provided, no further examinations could be done on endomysial antibody positive individuals., Conclusions: The first serological screening study among healthy Hungarian adult blood donors showed a prevalence of CD similar to other central European countries and lower than that in Hungarian children. Among countries worldwide, the Hungarian prevalence of CD appears to be in the mid-range, although pediatric data suggest a higher prevalence., (© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.)

Introduction: According to a recent assessment the prevalence of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was 1.5% in the Hungarian adult population (1), which is in line with previous results indicating that ADHD is a disorder of high prevalence. The core symptoms, including the attention deficit, the hyperactivity and impulsivity are all characteristics that have a significant impact on cognitive functions. Our review focuses on event-related potentials of patients suffering from adult ADHD. With information gained from electrophysiological measurement, our goal is to give an overview of the process leading to a functional impairment based on the available literature., Method: PubMed and Medline search engines were used in order to identify all relevant articles, published between 1993 and 2010. For the purpose of the current paper we reviewed publications summarizing results of clinical studies., Results: With regard to evoked potentials reflecting early sensorial information processing a significant difference between ADHD and control subjects was detected in the auditory N2 and P2, and visual N2 components. The P300 component, which is independent of modality, was significantly lower in ADHD patients compared to the control group. Similar results were reported with regard to error related negativity (ERN)., Conclusion: Since electrophysiological research investigating event-related evoked potientials in adults suffering from ADHD have come to the focus of scientific interest only recently, the amount of literature available is relatively limited. Considering that all three core symptoms of the disorder have a significant impact on both information processing and on concomitant cognitive functions, patients with ADHD should be divided into subgroups based on their neuropsychologically measured dominant symptoms.