Taylor co-authors JAMA Psychiatry article on age-related mental disorders
August 29, 2019
As the percentage of U.S. adults older than 65 years continues to grow, so too does the need for preventing mental illness among older adults as well as improving clinical services and outcomes for older patients with psychiatric disorders. Psychiatry's obligation to treat this population, and an agenda for research and enhancement of clinical services, is outlined by Warren D. Taylor, M.D., M.H.Sc., James G. Blakemore Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Division of General Psychiatry, and Charles F.
Psychiatric Hospital debuts new inpatient unit for psychotic disorders
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$10 million gift bolsters psychosis research efforts
Cascio work on affective touch, autism featured in Science Magazine
June 3, 2019
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Carissa Cascio, Ph.D., recently received national news coverage for her work on affective touch and autism. The story, titled "'I will feel actual rage.’ Unusual responses to kind touches could help explain autism traits," was originally covered in Spectrum News and picked up by Science Magazine. The article discusses findings from her lab and others.
Riddle, Petrie invited to speak as part of Vanderbilt Alumni Speaker Series
April 4, 2019
Meghan Riddle, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Bill Petrie, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, were invited to take part in Vanderbilt University's Alumni Speaker Series, themed "Looking in the Rearview Mirror." The two will present their talk, "Happiness in Life and Work: Reflections from Two Psychiatrists," on Sunday, Apr. 7, from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in Commons Center 235.
Click here for more information on the lecture.
Brain aging occurs at accelerated rate in patients with psychosis
Newhouse op-ed on clinical trials, Alzheimer's featured in Tennessean
March 7, 2019
Paul Newhouse, M.D., Jim Turner Chair in Cognitive Disorders, professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Pharmacology, and Medicine, and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine, recently contributed an opinion piece to the Tennessean titled "A cure for Alzheimer’s is not possible without you."
Click here to view the opinion piece.
Vaccinating the Vulnerable
March 4, 2019
https://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/vaccinating-the-vulnerable/
On Halloween morning, a patient nervously listened to Greg Fricker, fourth-year medical student from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, as he explained the importance of receiving an influenza vaccine.
Fricker told the patient that roughly 80,000 people died last year due to complications from the flu and confidently reassured him that getting the vaccine could in no way make him sick.