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The Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) community came together via Zoom on May 29, 2024 to recognize long-term service to the university. Forty-eight community members were honored for their respective years of service at Yale, from 5 up to 45 years.
- May 28, 2024
Yale Department of Psychiatry residents Robin Bonomi, MD, PhD; Yang Jae Lee, MD; and Sarah Abdallah, MD, have been named the 2024 recipients of the Lustman Award for Psychiatric Research.
- May 28, 2024
Michael J. Sernyak, MD, died peacefully on May 25, 2024. He was 62. At the time of his death, Michael was professor, Deputy Chair for State Affairs, and Deputy Chair for Clinical Affairs for the Department of Psychiatry. Also, he was CEO of the Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
- May 25, 2024Source: Buzzfeed
“The anxiety sort of crosses a threshold where it’s no longer comfortable or manageable for someone,” said David Klemanski, a Yale Medicine psychologist and assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine.
- May 24, 2024
Yale researchers who conducted the largest human brain analysis from a single-cell perspective hope their findings lead to better prediction of medicine that will target certain cells.
- May 24, 2024Source: STAT
Philip Corlett, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, spoke to STAT for a story about considerations being given to MDMA-assisted therapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
- May 23, 2024Source: Psychology Today
Benjamin Kelmendi, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, writes in Psychology Today about the new dimension psychedelic-assisted therapies bring to questions about subjectivity in psychiatry.
- May 23, 2024Source: The Boston Globe
Reena Kapoor, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, is referenced in a Boston Globe story about the effort in Massachusetts to monitor health care and mental health services in the state's prisons. Kapoor is an independent monitor who twice yearly assesses mental health services provided by the Massachusetts Correction Department.
- May 23, 2024Source: JAMA Psychiatry
Jacob Kannarkat, MD, clinical instructor of psychiatry, is first author of a viewpoint in JAMA Psychiatry that highlights the government’s historical approach to coverage of mental health services, reviews proposed reforms, and presents opportunities for the field.
- May 23, 2024
Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH) and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) launched the Art Show and Book Expression & Recovery on May 21 at the DMHAS Office of the Commissioner.