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"The Perch" Publishes its Latest Issue
THE PERCH, a creative arts journal with a mental health theme, publishes its fifth issue.
11 Dec 2019
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Ball and Grauer Are Named Associate Deans of Faculty Affairs
Samuel Ball, PhD, and Jonathan Grauer, MD '97, have been appointed associate deans of faculty affairs, representing non-surgical and surgical departments respectively, effective January 1, 2020.
9 Dec 2019
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Soup's On: Reflections on Food and Mental Health from the Teaching Kitchen at CMHC
The cooking education team at Connecticut Mental Health Center explains why food is a healing, empowering force for us all.
9 Dec 2019
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Anticevic Recipient of Joel Elkes Research Award
Alan Anticevic, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, has been named recipient of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology’s (ACNP) Joel Elkes Research Award for excellence in clinical research.
9 Dec 2019
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IMANI Breakthrough Honored for Transformational Work in Community
The IMANI Breakthrough Faith-based Opioid Recovery Program has received local and national recognition.
6 Dec 2019
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New Hope For People With Serious Mental Illness
Sandra Resnick, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, spoke to the American Psychological Association's Monitor on Psychology for a story about new efforts to treat people with serious mental illness.
5 Dec 2019
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Yale Psychiatry to Launch Public Psychiatry Track
The Yale Department of Psychiatry is creating a new track for residents who are interested in the field of Public/Community Psychiatry, broadly defined as the treatment of individuals with serious mental illness and substance use disorders who receive services supported by public funds.
3 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.
25 Nov 2019
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Yale Researchers Measure Ketamine's Effects on a Glutamate Receptor
Sophie Holmes, PhD, Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry, and Irina Esterlis, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, are the first and senior authors, respectively, of a study published in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism that measured the effects of the anesthetic ketamine on a glutamate receptor.
21 Nov 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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Life Lessons: Cancer Today and Beyond
Life Lessons: Cancer Today and Beyond on CPTV. Whether you or someone you love has cancer, knowing what to expect can help you cope. Learn basic facts about cancer as well as in-depth information you can use – including risk factors, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment options.
25 Oct 2019
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Two Faculty, Two Students to Open Women's Mental Health Conference
Two Yale Department of Psychiatry faculty and two students with diverse backgrounds in women’s mental health will speak at the first Women’s Mental Health Conference at Yale on October 25.
22 Oct 2019
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Yale Researchers to Study How Music Affects People With Psychosis
Philip Corlett, PhD receives an inaugural grant from the "Sound Health Initiative" of the National Institutes of Health.
17 Oct 2019
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Women Are Not Differently Shaped Men
In a special message, YSM Dean Robert J. Alpern, M.D., discuses Women’s Health Research at Yale's committment to understanding why and how diseases that affect everyone are different in women.
14 Oct 2019
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Addy's Work Featured in NPR Story on Nicotine and its Effect on the Brain
Nii Addy, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, spoke to NPR for a story about vaping and its effect on teenage brains.
10 Oct 2019
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The power of collaboration in mental health care
Dr. Michelle Silva, director of the Connecticut Latino Behavioral Health System, works to build equity and access in mental health care.
8 Oct 2019
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Yale Sleep Researchers Awarded $4.6M To Study Sleep Deficiency / Opioid Use Disorder
Henry Klar Yaggi, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine; vice chief of Research at Yale’s Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, director of the Yale Centers for Sleep Medicine, and an investigator at the VA CT Clinical Epidemiology Research Center (CERC) was recently awarded a grant through The Helping to End Addiction Long-term, or the NIH HEAL Initiative.
7 Oct 2019
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Cook: When Men Are Sexually Abused in the Military
Joan Cook, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, is co-author of a letter to the editor in the October 2 New York Times titled, "When Men Are Sexually Abused in the Military." Cook is the principal investigator of a study that is looking at how to encourage sexual and gender minority men to engage in treatment for past sexual abuse.
2 Oct 2019
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Yale Investigators Receive NIH HEAL Grants to Study Solutions to the Opioid Crisis
Yale researchers representing a range of disciplines have been awarded grants through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative (HEAL). This national effort provides $945 million in total funding to support a variety of research projects that tackle the opioid addiction and overdose crisis.
1 Oct 2019