Psychiatry@Yale [September 2011]

September 2011

Brain Camp 2011 Header Photo

Our residents participate in a class among the extraordinary specimens housed at Yale Medical Library's Cushing Center. The session, on neuroscience, is part of the residency program's "Brain Camp".

Yale/NAMI-CT Collaboration Stronger Than Ever: Faculty Joins Board, NAMI-CT Honors Department Chair and Resident

Yale's Department of Psychiatry fosters a strong working relationship with the Connecticut chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI-CT), an organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with serious mental illnesses and their families. Recently, Dr. Hilary Blumberg, a member of Yale Psychiatry's faculty, joined the NAMI-CT Board of Directors. Read more

Drug and Alcohol Abuse Program Ranked #1, Again

Once again for 2012, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Yale's Drug and Alcohol Abuse program #1 in the country. See rankings on U.S. News & World Report site.

Department Announces Clinical Innovation Honors

Yale Shield The Department is pleased to announce the winners of its second annual Clinical Innovation in Psychiatry (CIIP) Awards. Read more

First Place: Dr. William Sledge; Behavioral Intervention Team
Second Place: Dr. Caroline Easton; Forensic Drug Diversion Program
Third Place: Drs. Morris Bell and Bruce Wexler; Combined Computerized Cognitive Remediation Treatment and Vocational Services for Schizophrenia

Anti-psychotic Drug Found Ineffective for Veterans' Stress

An anti-psychotic drug commonly prescribed to patients with hard-to-treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) does not ease PTSD symptoms, according to a new study by Yale Department of Psychiatry researchers. The study was published in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. Read the New York Times article.

The Importance of Health Care Reform for Women

Mazure,Caolyn,FacultyHeadshot,162x100 Upcoming changes to health care access and affordability, the basis for the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will change the health care landscape for everyone. Dr. Carolyn Mazure writes on the impact of this and other health reforms on women. Read the article

Yale/CMHC Study Suggests Insurers Trying to Skirt Mental Health Parity Law

New research, published in Psychiatric Services, suggests maintaining health insurance coverage can be extremely difficult for US patients with early psychosis. Discontinuities in health insurance coverage may make it difficult for individuals to receive the services that are critical in determining long-term outcomes. Read more

A Role for Stress Hormones in Response to Food Restriction

Stress Hormones in Response to Fool Restriction 162 x 100

A study by investigators in the Ribicoff Research Facilities demonstrates a central role for stress hormones in mediating responses to food restriction. The report, appearing in Biological Psychiatry, outlines alterations in gene expression that may be relevant for both adaptive and pathological responses to stress. Read more

Volume on Impulse Control Disorders Co-edited by Yale Psychiatry Professor

Oxford University Press has released The Oxford Handbook of Impulse Control Disorders as a new title in its Oxford Library of Psychology series. The book, a collection of articles that thoroughly examine a range of related "impulse control disorders", was co-edited by Yale Psychiatry Professor Marc Potenza, MD, PhD. Read more

Professor Receives Young Investigator Award from International Society of Psychiatric Genetics

Yale Shield The International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG) has named David Glahn, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, the winner of the 2011 Theodore Reich Young Investigator Award. Read more

Philosophy and Psychiatry Group Kicks-off Second Year

The Yale Philosophy and Psychiatry Group, founded and led by a third-year Yale Psychiatry resident, announces another academic year of programming. The group provides a monthly forum to discuss the "bigger questions" that arise in attempting to understand the whole of a patient. Read more

Visiting Professor Will be Delegate to United Nations NGO Conference

The European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) has selected Golan Shahar, PhD, a Visiting Professor in Yale's Psychiatry Department, to represent EHPS at the 64th Annual United Nations Conference for Non-Governmental Organizations Associated with the Department of Public Information. Read more

Noteworthy

CDC: 1/4 of US Adults Have a Mental Illness, Nearly 1/2 Will Develop Mental Illness During Their Lives

Mental illnesses account for a larger proportion of disability in developed countries than any other group of illnesses, including cancer and heart disease. A report out this month summarizes data from CDC surveillance systems that measure the prevalence and impact of mental illness in the U.S. adult population. Read more

Department Calendar

Please visit the Department's online calendar for the next seven days at a glance.

Or, jump to any of the following listings:

Grand Rounds
Biological Sciences Training Program in Psychiatry
Clinical Practice Seminar Series
More Upcoming Events

Grand Rounds

Friday, September 9, 2011; 10:15 am

Neuronal Epigenome Mapping in Developing and Diseased Prefrontal Cortex

Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD; Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School

CMHC Auditorium, 34 Park St