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Testimony in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial drew attention to postpartum psychosis, a rare and severe psychiatric emergency that can occur after childbirth. Ariadna Forray, MD, professor of psychiatry, explained the symptoms, challenges surrounding diagnosis, and the need for more education and training in an interview with NBC Connecticut.

Yale Medicine sleep psychologist Lynelle Schneeberg, PsyD, associate professor of psychiatry, recently joined Good Morning Connecticut to offer advice for how to sleep better.

Christy Olezeski, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, has been appointed to the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Committee on Children, Youth and Families.

Rabin Dahal, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been appointed the next program director of the Yale Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship.

Pochu Ho, MD; Matthew Goldenberg, MD, MSc; Kirsten Wilkins, MD; and Pamela Petersen-Crair, MD, MS, MPH, attended the annual meeting of the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry in Louisville in June.

Elie Abdelnour, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, was awarded the Psychiatry Clerkship Faculty Teaching Award at the annual Biopsychosocial Approach to Health (Psychiatry/Primary Care) Clerkship Awards Banquet at Yale West Campus on June 9.

Dwain Fehon, PsyD, professor of psychiatry and chief psychologist, psychiatric services, at Yale New Haven Hospital, has been awarded the 2026 Sidney J. Blatt Faculty Award by the Yale Department of Psychiatry’s Psychology Section.

Gabriel Cartagena, PhD, assistant professor, clinical director, Yale Psycho-Oncology Program, discusses PTSD, anxiety, depression, and how the nervous system responds to a cancer diagnosis.