Jo Ellen Wilson, colleagues author Nature Primer on Delirium
November 12, 2020
As part of the Nature Reviews Disease Primers series, Jo Ellen Wilson, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and multiple colleagues at Vanderbilt University, have authored a comprehensive Nature Primer on Delirium which thoroughly covers everything you might need to know about the diagnosis.
McKernan Interview: 7 Little Ways To Feel A Sense Of Normalcy Right Now
November 6, 2020
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ways-to-feel-normalcy-covid-election_l_5fa43504c5b64c88d3fe389b?qwd=
Let’s just say what we all know is true: things are not “normal” right now and things won’t look remotely “normal” for months to come. The coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of slowing down as we inch toward a cold winter, and post-election stress is adding an additional layer of unrest to an already unrestful year.
New links between neighborhood factors and risk for child maltreatment
October 16, 2020
New research from COE team
Investigators at the Vanderbilt Center of Excellence for Children in State’s Custody, including Director of Quality Improvement, Kathy Gracey, M.Ed., have shown new links between neighborhood factors and risk for child maltreatment. The study combined census data with state administrative data and found that youth in the lowest income neighborhoods were 10 times more likely to enter an out-of-home placement. Higher employment rates, having health insurance, and greater educational attainment were protective factors.
Christman, Taylor article published in Translational Psychiatry
September 21, 2020
Fourth-year resident in General Psychiatry Seth Christman, MD, and James G Blakemore Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Warren Taylor, MD, MHSc, recently published the article "Accelerated brain aging predicts impaired cognitive performance and greater disability in geriatric but not midlife adult depression" in the journal Translational Psychiatry.
Article on psychosis in youth published in American Journal of Psychiatry
September 17, 2020
Several Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences faculty recently contributed to a new published article in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The article, "Thalamic Nuclei Volumes in Psychotic Disorders and in Youths with Psychosis Spectrum Disorders," was produced by Anna S. Huang, Ph.D., Baxter P. Rogers, Ph.D., Julia M. Sheffield, Ph.D., Maria E. Jalbrzikowski, Ph.D., Alan Anticevic, Ph.D., Jennifer Urbano Blackford, Ph.D., Stephan Heckers, M.D., and Neil D. Woodward, Ph.D.
McHugo heads paper on early psychosis published in Translational Psychiatry
September 9, 2020
Maureen McHugo, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, was lead author on a new article published in the journal Translational Psychiatry. "Hippocampal volume in early psychosis: a 2-year longitudinal study" was created by Hugo as well as fellow Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences faculty and staff members Kristan Armstrong, LMSW; Maxwell J. Roeske; Neil D. Woodward, Ph.D.; Jennifer Blackford, Ph.D.; and Stephan Heckers, M.D., MSc.
Meta-analysis: Postmortem studies of the hippocampus in schizophrenia
August 14, 2020
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-020-0853-y
Hippocampal volume and hippocampal neuron density, number and size in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of postmortem studies
Abstract
Reduced hippocampal volume is a consistent finding in neuroimaging studies of individuals with schizophrenia. While these studies have the advantage of large-sample sizes, they are unable to quantify the cellular basis of structural or functional changes.
Memory complaints linked to changes in brain structure in postmenopausal women
August 5, 2020
https://news.vumc.org/2020/07/30/memory-complaints-linked-to-changes-in-brain-structure-in-postmenopausal-women/
Memory complaints in younger postmenopausal women are associated with differences in brain structure and may serve as an early marker for risk of future cognitive decline, according to a study published June 22 in Menopause by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers.
The study, conducted in collaboration with the University of Vermont, looked at the impact of self-reported memory and attention complaints on brain structure in women ages 50-60 who were in the early years after menopause.