Woodward, Cascio publish paper on brain structure in autism
April 11, 2016
Neil Woodward, Ph.D., and Carissa Cascio, Ph.D., Assistant Professors of Psychiatry, served as co-authors on a paper titled "Brain structure in autism: a voxel-based morphometry analysis of the Autism Brain Imaging Database Exchange (ABIDE)," published in the March 2016 issue of the journal Brain Imaging Behavior.
Kipper-Smith article featured in International Journal of School & Education Psychology
March 30, 2016
Adriana Kipper-Smith, Ph.D., HSP, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, is the lead author of a new article appearing in the International Journal of School & Education Psychology. The article is titled "Effects of biofeedback on distress in a university counseling center: Preliminary Results." Kipper-Smith is also a staff psychologist for Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Psychological and Counseling Center.
Finlayson interviewed for Healthline article on doctor suicides
March 21, 2016
The Vanderbilt Comprehensive Assessment Program and the Institute For Behavior and Health, Inc., in Rockville, MD, recently published a study spearheaded by Reid Finlayson, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, addressing whether the high rates of physician suicide may result from association with Physician Health Programs, which suggests that the programs are more likely beneficial. Dr.
Gaines paper on depression, Crohn's disease accepted by American Journal of Gastroenterology
February 11, 2016
Lawrence S. Gaines, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, will soon be published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. His paper is titled "Association between affective-cognitive symptoms of depression and exacerbation of Crohn's Disease." Affective-cognitive symptoms of depression predicted subsequent Crohn's disease activity and hospitalization rate, suggesting a temporal relationship.
Paper authored by Warren Taylor appears in Brain Imaging & Behavior Journal
February 8, 2016
Warren Taylor, M.D., MHSc, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, served as lead author on a paper titled "APOE ε4 associated with preserved executive function
performance and maintenance of temporal and cingulate brain volumes in younger adults" in the journal Brain Imaging & Behavior. According to the abstract, the APOE ε4 allele is associated with cognitive deficits and brain atrophy in older adults, but studies in younger adults are mixed. The ε4 allele benefits younger adults
Fuchs, others develop Preschool Confusion Assessment Method for ICU
December 16, 2015
D. Catherine Fuchs, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, was among a team of researchers who developed "The Preschool Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU: Valid and Reliable Delirium Monitoring for Critically Ill Infants and Children." The paper will be published in the journal Critical Care Medicine and is available to review online ahead of print.
Finlayson presents to NAMI Nashville
December 14, 2015
Reid Finlayson, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, recently spoke to the members of the Nashville chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Dr. Finlayson presented a talk titled "Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders on Nov. 18 at the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital.
Martin, Finlayson published in American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse
December 14, 2015
Peter R. Martin, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology and Director of the Vanderbilt Addiction Center, and Reid Finlayson, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, serves as authors for the paper "Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy in Tennessee: Expediency vs. Science," recently published online ahead of print in The American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse.
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