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Elevating from a Distance: A Partnership to Help Mothers During the Pandemic
Elevate is working with WHRY to generate the science necessary to break the cycle of poverty through effective mental health interventions for mothers and families.
17 Jun 2020
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Sinha: Coronavirus pandemic could create mental health crisis, experts warn
The coronavirus, which is stressing the American spirit unlike any crisis since World War II, could create an unprecedented outbreak of anxiety and depression unless mental health systems intervene with a sweeping strategy to deliver psychological first aid, experts say - including Rajita Sinha, PhD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Neuroscience and Director of the Yale Interdisciplinary Stress Center.
Source: Danbury News Times
28 Apr 2020
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Coping With Pandemic: Who’s Zoomin’ Who?
The pandemic has many parents trying to do their jobs from home, supervise their children’s education and provide 24-7 care. Creating reasonable expectations can keep parents from becoming overwhelmed in a high stress situation. Setting goals that are achievable – and carving out a bit of time for yourself — will make this extraordinary time more manageable. C-HIT’s Colleen Shaddox discusses ways to find balance with Dr. Megan V. Smith, DrPh, MPH, Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and the Yale Child Study Center at Yale School of Medicine.
Source: Connecticut Health I-Team
6 Apr 2020
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Yale Psychiatry's Smith, Sestan Elected to Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
Megan Smith, DrPH, MPH, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Mental health Outreach for MotherS (MOMS) Partnership, and the Yale Child Study Center Parent and Family Development Program, and Nenad Sestan, MD, PhD, Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Neuroscience, and Professor of Comparative Medicine, of Genetics and of Psychiatry, were recently elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE).
28 Feb 2020
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Bloch Featured in HuffPost: ADHD Can Be Debilitating At Work. Here's How To Make It Better.
Michael Bloch, MD, MS, Associate Professor in the Child Study Center and Associate Director of the Albert J. Solnit Integrated Training Program, weighed in on how adults can manage attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at work.
Source: Huffington Post
26 Feb 2020
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Yale Review: Opioid Use in Pregnancy
Amalia Londono Tobon, MD, Clinical Fellow in the Yale Child Study Center; Erin Habecker, MD, a 2019 graduate of the Yale Psychiatry Residency Program; and Ariadna Forray, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, are co-authors of a paper published in Current Psychiatry Reports that reviews recent evidence of perinatal outcomes and treatment of opioid use disorder during pregnancy.
Source: Current Psychiatry Reports
23 Jan 2020
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MoMba App: Hopelab and Elevate Team Up on Social Media Application
Elevate, a policy lab at Yale School of Medicine and Hopelab, a social innovation lab in San Francisco, Calif., recently teamed up in a collaboration focused on the MoMba® app, a social media application designed to strengthen the mental health of mothers as well as their connections with their young children.
21 Jan 2020
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Yale Study: Ketamine Disinhibits Dendrites and Enhances Calcium Signals in Prefrontal Dendritic Spines
In a study published in Nature Communications, Alex Kwan, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, and his research team found that within an hour after a mouse received ketamine, there is a substantial increase in the amount of calcium that goes into the dendritic spines for neurons in the prefrontal cortex.
7 Jan 2020
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Researchers, Clinicians, Communicators By Day; Town Servants By Night
Three members of the Yale Department of Psychiatry are serving as elected members of volunteer boards in their communities, helping to shape policy while prioritizing and tracking spending on behalf of constituents.
4 Dec 2019
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Yale Review: How Brain Alterations Contribute to Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors
How brain alterations contribute to suicidal thoughts and behaviors is the subject of a new published review of brain scanning studies by Yale and international researchers. Hilary Blumberg, MD, John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience, and Professor of Psychiatry, in the Child Study Center and of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at Yale, is the paper's lead and corresponding author.
2 Dec 2019
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Here's What Happens To Your Body When You Overthink
Rajita Sinha, PhD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Neuroscience; and Director of the Yale Stress Center, spoke to HuffPost about the consequences of overthinking.
Source: HuffPost
25 Nov 2019
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“I smile for children everywhere!” Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yale professor, Rima Salah, PhD, commemorates the 30th Anniversary on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). "Let us unite our strengths and reaffirm our commitment to uphold and fulfill the rights of all children wherever they are."
Source: Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC)
20 Nov 2019
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Yale Imaging and Psychopharmacology Lab Publishes Articles in Molecular Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry CNNI
Yale School of Medicine's Yale Imaging and Psychopharmacology Lab, directed by neuroscientist Sarah Yip, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, has published research articles in Molecular Psychiatry and Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
14 Nov 2019
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Editorial: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use During Pregnancy—Associated With But Not Causative of Autism in Offspring
José M. Flores, MD, PhD, MPH, a fourth-year resident in the Yale Department of Psychiatry, is the first author of an editorial published in JAMA Psychiatry that emphasizes that an association found between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and autism is due to confounding by indication, a source of bias.
Source: JAMA Psychiatry
11 Nov 2019
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Yale Study: Connecticut Overdose Deaths Have More Than Doubled Since 2012
Greg Rhee, PhD, MSW, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and Robert Rosenheck, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and of Health Policy, are co-authors of a paper published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence that found the rate of drug overdose deaths in Connecticut has more than doubled since 2012.
Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
31 Oct 2019
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Study Suggests Role for Targeting Psychological Variables in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder and Chronic Pain
There is a paucity of evidence-based treatments for co-occurring opioid use disorder and chronic pain. These inter-related chronic medical conditions have been central to the unfolding of the opioid crisis. A new study by researchers at Yale, Johns Hopkins, University of Bridgeport, and Western Connecticut State University published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology suggests that psychological variables are important treatment targets for co-occurring opioid use disorder and chronic pain.
28 Oct 2019
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A Structured Approach to Introducing Residents to Group Therapy Leadership
Zachary M. Harvanek, MD, PhD, a second-year resident in the Yale Department of Psychiatry, and Hun Millard, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, co-wrote a letter to the editor published in Academic Psychiatry that proposes a structured and easy-to-implement protocol to have residents receive formal instruction and experience in group therapy as part of an inpatient rotation.
Source: Academic Psychiatry
23 Oct 2019
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National Academy of Medicine Elects Six Yale Faculty Members
Six Yale School of Medicine faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). The six are among 100 new members elected by the organization to receive the honor, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service in the fields of health and medicine.
Source: YaleNews
21 Oct 2019
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YSPH Professor Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Yale School of Public Health Professor Rafael Pérez-Escamilla—a researcher with wide-ranging expertise in maternal-child nutrition, food security, diabetes and global health—has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
21 Oct 2019
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Sestan Among Six Yale Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Nenad Sestan, MD, PhD, Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Genetics and Psychiatry, is one of six Yale faculty members elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the organization announced October 21 at its annual meeting.
21 Oct 2019