Threat assessment professionals gathered at Emory for a panel discussion aimed at enhancing collaboration between mental health providers and law enforcement officers to shape a more empathetic, efficient system for those in crisis.
On Valentine's Day, three of Emory's scientific power couples are proving that the best research is produced in pairs.
Wounded Warrior Project invests more than $100 million in mental health and brain injury care, benefiting veterans nationwide with innovative treatments and research through the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program and other network partners.
As the holiday season approaches, many individuals find themselves grappling with challenging memories or experiences that may evoke intense emotions.
Emory Healthcare Veterans Program is honoring Veterans Day 2023 and recognizing the extraordinary contributions of those who served in the United States Armed Forces.
The Addiction Alliance of Georgia has been honored with the prestigious 2023 Bill Foege Global Health Award by MAP International.
A team of leading clinicians, engineers and neuroscientists has made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of treatment-resistant depression published online in the journal Nature on Sept. 20.
Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing is partnering with the Liz Blake Giving Fund and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Children’s) to develop a scholarship program to expand and equip the workforce of pediatric mental health professionals.
In commemoration of Military Appreciation Month in May, the Atlanta Falcons announced a $225,101 donation to the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program. The donation is intended to support the health care needs of veterans and service members who have served our country.
Emory Healthcare and the Goizueta Institute @Emory Brain Health are joining forces with NeuroFlow, a behavioral health infrastructure company, to support and improve the delivery of psychiatric services for both patients and providers. The collaboration will also pilot a primary care suicide prevention program.
The fourth season of the Emmy award-winning PBS television series “Your Fantastic Mind” debuts April 19 at 7 p.m. A partnership between Emory and Georgia Public Broadcasting, the season premiere addresses the crisis of adolescent mental health in America.
In two long-term, NIH-funded studies, researchers from Emory University are continuing to gain a deeper understanding into factors that help predict how well three first-line treatments work for adults diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD).
Many studies have found that inflammation contributes to several psychiatric disorders but developing drugs that target inflammation as a treatment for these conditions is proving to be difficult.
Two years after launching the Addiction Alliance of Georgia, partners Emory Healthcare and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation are celebrating the official opening this week of the Emory Addiction Center.
The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University has earned accreditation for its novel Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program from the South Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. Post-BSN DNP candidates will have the opportunity to learn more about the mental health field and help close the current care gap.
John Constantino, MD, is joining Emory University School of Medicine as a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and will serve as Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s first system chief of Behavioral and Mental Health.
William M. McDonald, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine.
Emory faculty and staff are frequently recognized for their work locally, nationally and internationally. Read a sampling of recent accolades, including awards for professional contributions and leadership appointments.
The Emory Healthcare Veterans Program is expanding its reach by joining forces with the South Carolina Department of Veterans’ Affairs to provide free mental health care and services to post-9/11 veterans and service members.
BARR Center and the Addiction Alliance of Georgia, a unique collaboration between Emory Healthcare and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, have announced South Atlanta High School of Atlanta Public Schools as the first BARR school in Georgia.
Emory faculty and staff are frequently recognized for their work locally, nationally and internationally. The following is a sampling of recent accolades, including fellowships and national awards for leadership and excellence.
William M. McDonald, MD, has accepted the position to serve as Interim Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine. McDonald is Professor and the JB Fuqua Chair for Late-Life Depression and also serves as Vice-Chair of Psychiatry Education.
The Emory Healthcare Veterans Program is celebrating its five-year anniversary during Veterans Day 2020 and announcing the expansion of its virtual telemedicine services to include 13 states across the country.
Supported by a $8 million, five-year grant, an Emory-led team of scientists plans to investigate new therapeutic approaches to fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited intellectual disability and a major single-gene cause of autism.
With needs for substance use treatment growing amid the pandemic, Emory Healthcare and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation will collaborate and engage community partners throughout Georgia to advance addiction-related clinical care, education and research.
Second Lady Karen Pence visited the Emory Brain Health Center Wednesday to tour the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program (EHVP).
Patients suffering from severe, treatment-resistant depression can experience long-term relief through deep brain stimulation, according to research conducted at Emory University.
In an effort to raise awareness, mental health advocates are shining a spotlight on this public health epidemic throughout the month of September during Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Nationally-renowned expert Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, professor, Emory University School of Medicine, addresses ways to recognize the warning signs of someone who is depressed or suicidal.
The Emory Healthcare Veterans Program is celebrating the opening of new patient treatment and office space and the expansion of its healthcare services for veterans.
Emory is partnering with Georgia Public Broadcasting on Your Fantastic Mind, a new weekly TV series that features compelling stories on brain-related health and wellness. The show premieres Monday, Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. on GPB's statewide television network.
In a study among United States combat veterans, researchers found no significant difference between two of the most common treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and no benefit for combination treatment.
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Dorian A. Lamis, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences in Emory University School of Medicine, has been awarded a Young Investigator Grant for his research with African American populations experiencing bipolar disorder.
Research in mice shows that a pharmacological strategy can alleviate multiple behavioral and cellular deficiencies in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common inherited form of intellectual disability.
NMDA receptor assemblies containing GluN2C -- a drug discovery target important in schizophrenia -- have distinct electrochemical properties, Emory researchers show.
Researchers at Emory University have found that depressed patients who have not responded to multiple antidepressants exhibit evidence of increased inflammation. Findings were recently published online in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology.
Oliver Glass, MD, a fellow in geriatric psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine, has been selected as editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal for 2018-2019.
Exposed to sarin gas as a soldier in Iraq, Emory PhD student Michael Yandell now studies moral injury, the emotional and spiritual damage that can occur when someone's deeply held moral beliefs are transgressed.
Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Brain Health Center have received a five-year, $12.7 million National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) grant to continue innovative research on oxytocin, a brain chemical known for establishing mother-infant bonds.
Andrew H. Miller, MD, William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, is the 2018 recipient of the Albert E. Levy Scientific Research Award in the Senior Faculty Division.
The Blue Angels Foundation has donated $300,000 to the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program to support efforts to provide comprehensive care and treatment for post-9/11 Veterans and service members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Sander L. Gilman, distinguished professor of the liberal arts and sciences and professor of psychiatry at Emory, wrote an op-ed on the history of pseudoscience in the service of anti-Semitism.
The hustle and bustle of the holiday season often bring demands and deadlines that create added stress in our everyday lives. Emory psychologist Nadine Kaslow offers these survival tips to help reduce stress during the holidays and create a more positive and meaningful holiday season.
Voted in by his fellow School of Medicine faculty as a "Hidden Gem," Emory's Dr. Raymond Young specializes in psychosomatic medicine, the intersection between medicine and psychiatric illness. His work involves looking at patients who are medically ill and addressing their psychiatric needs.
Emory researchers Jonathan J. Langberg, MD, and Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD, have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.
A drug that stimulates neuron pruning can nudge mice away from habit-driven behaviors when combined with retraining, Emory neuroscientists have found.
Long-lived collaborations in academia are rare, and successful female researchers in statistical and math sciences are far from commonplace. So a trio of female scientific collaborators in Emory's Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics is something of a phenomenon.
Xu Ji, doctoral candidate at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, is lead author on a paper published in Medical Care, that demonstrates the negative impact breaks in Medicaid coverage can have on populations suffering from severe depression.
Oliver Glass, MD, an incoming fellow in geriatric psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine, has been selected as Senior Deputy Editor of The American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal for 2017-2018.
Neuroscientists find a key connection between areas of the adult female prairie vole's brain reward system that promotes the emergence of pair bonds, a discovery that could aid efforts to improve social function in humans with disorders like autism.
The Emory Healthcare Veterans Program has received a grant from the Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) to identify, train and develop a network of consultants to provide advanced training in prolonged exposure therapy to post-9/11 veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
A study published in Molecular Psychiatry finds that using an advanced imaging technique called Diffusion Tractography Imaging helps researchers find the exact target in patients undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for treatment-resistant depression (TRD).
Neuroscientist Helen Mayberg and New Testament scholar Carl Holladay have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research.
Emory University researchers have found that specific patterns of activity on brain scans may help clinicians identify whether psychotherapy or antidepressant medication is more likely to help patients recover.
Researchers at Emory University are embarking on a study of 3q29 deletion syndrome, a genetic mutation associated with a 40-fold increased risk for schizophrenia and a range of other neuropsychiatric conditions.
Long dismissed as hysteria, or hypochondria by the field of psychiatry a number of "conversion disorders" are now recognized. Blindness, paralysis, seizure and other disorders may results as emotional stress being converted to physical symptoms. They are now known as functional neurological symptom disorders.
A recent study conducted by Emory University researchers finds that amygdala reactivity may help predict who will have PTSD in the year following a trauma. The amygdala is the area in the brain that processes emotion, aggression and fear.
New research provides insight into how estrogen changes gene activity in the brain to achieve its protective effects against PTSD.
The 21st Century Cures Act, passed by both houses of Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support, reflects an effort to expedite the discovery, development and delivery of new treatments and cures.
Social status affects patterns of gene activity in the immune cells of rhesus macaques, a collaboration between Duke and Yerkes researchers found.
Researchers found molecular differences between how African and Asian strains of Zika virus infect neural progenitor cells. The results could provide insights into Zika's emergence as a global health threat and point to potential leads for drugs to protect brain cells.
A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry finds acute Swedish massage therapy provides significant improvement in symptoms of individuals with generalized anxiety disorder.
Emory's Veterans Program formally opened a new intensive outpatient treatment program for post-9/11 veterans at a ceremony on Wednesday, May 25. The program is a comprehensive, two-week treatment program that aims to reduce the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), while helping veterans re-engage in daily life and promoting physical and mental health and wellness.
The Emory Autism Center today helped launch SPARK, a research initiative designed to become the largest autism study ever undertaken in the United States.
Increased activation of the prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain that regulates complex cognitive, emotional and behavioral functioning, appears to protect against post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in individuals who suffered abuse as a child, says a recent study by Emory researchers.
Emory researchers recently released a study comparing blood cytokine levels in patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.
The invisible wounds that injured soldiers struggle with have devastating long-term consequences on their health, yet too often they have difficulty seeking and getting timely and effective care. The Emory Veterans Program aims to change that.
A gift from the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation will support two child psychiatry fellowships in the Division of Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Programs in Emory University¿s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
When the process of epigenetic reprogramming is defective in mouse development, the consequences in adulthood can include abnormal repetitive behaviors, Emory scientists have shown.
The Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences held a special screening and post-show discussion of "Touched With Fire", a movie that delves into the lives of two poets with bipolar disorder.
Researchers have discovered that the prairie vole shows an empathy-based consoling response when other voles are distressed, contrary to the belief that this kind of behavior is uniquely human.
Melissa Pinto, PhD, RN, assistant professor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University will be inducted as a Fellow of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.
Depressed patients with signs of systemic inflammation have elevated levels of glutamate in regions of the brain that are important for motivation, Emory researchers have found.
For three years Emory faculty members Corrine Abraham and Anne Tomolo have worked together in care and training at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. Their latest collaboration is a new center to coordinate care for patients with dementia.
New research indicates that persistent inflammation affects the brain in ways that are connected with stubborn symptoms of depression, such as anhedonia, the inability to experience pleasure.
On October 5, Emory University Hospital at Wesley Woods opened a new 22-bed behavioral health unit specializing in the care of patients with a primary behavioral health diagnosis who also have coexisting medical conditions.
A team of staff and students from Emory Psychiatry seeks support from the university community as they join in the Sept. 26 NAMIWalk in Grant Park, benefitting the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
The Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is partnering with the Alliance Theatre's production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
On September 1, Emory Brain Health Center is launching a new program for veterans offering clinical care, research and education. Emory's Veterans Program will offer comprehensive care and treatment for post-9/11 veterans combining behavioral health care, including psychiatry, psychology and neurology, with rehabilitative medicine, wellness, and family support.
Emory's Veterans Program will celebrate Military Heroes Night with the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, Aug. 15. For the fourth year in a row, Emory has supported the Braves in honoring members of the U.S. Armed Forces with a special day at the ballpark.
Clinical researchers in Emory's Veterans Program will study the use of virtual reality exposure therapy to treat people suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma.
A recent study examining the temperament and behavior of toddlers whose mothers have bipolar disorder shows that toddlers who struggle with frustration, restraint and negative emotions may be at increased risk for behavioral problems over time.
In a one of clinical trials related to the biological benefits of massage therapy, Emory researchers are currently studying how massage may help reduce fatigue in breast cancer patients.
The Emory Healthcare Veterans Program has been selected by the national Wounded Warrior Project to participate in a first-of-its-kind national medical care network.
Created by Emory/Grady psychologist Dr. Nadine Kaslow, Nia is a suicide crisis intervention and support program for African-American women who are abuse survivors. Kaslow's research shows a link between intimate partner violence, a history of child abuse or neglect and suicide attempts in African- American women. She created the program in the early 1990s to provide at-risk women with resources and hope
With a family history of mental illness that left her feeling uncertain about her future, Jennifer Mullé did not take the direct route into public health research. But today she's an assistant professor of epidemiology, with a PhD in human genetics and a passion for discovering the genetic underpinnings of schizophrenia.
The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Emory Autism Center have entered into an agreement designed to improve Georgia's community-based infrastructure for adults with autism spectrum disorder.
In a study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, researchers found that the omega-3 fatty acid EPA (eicosapentataenoic acid) appears to boost mood in a subgroup of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) who have high inflammation levels.
Fifteen percent of Americans have clinical depression during some portion of their lives. A third of those have major depression. For a few of those, the entire arsenal of traditional treatments doesn't work. These are the patients Emory's Dr. Helen Mayberg sees.
The Emory Autism Center is making use of the Emory University campus for an initiative to help adults with autism spectrum disorder learn and practice important life skills.
In a continuation of clinical trials related to the biological benefits of massage therapy, Emory researchers are currently studying how massage may help reduce fatigue in breast cancer patients.
In a skillful combination of science and art, 3-D visualizations created by School of Medicine medical illustrator Michael Konomos help illustrate pioneering deep brain stimulation research led by Emory professor and neurologist Helen Mayberg.
An analysis of 203 research articles from around the world shows that individuals with mental health disorders have a risk of mortality that is two times higher than the general population. This translates to about 10 years of life lost for people with mental disorders.
"If you escape from a lion once, or you see someone else being eaten by a lion, you know to be afraid of that lion," explains Kerry Ressler, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory University. That's very different from something like studying facts in a book, and activities that aren't emotionally arousing. "That may make sense evolutionarily, because we want to prioritize things that are really important," explains Ressler.
A free suicide prevention app called ReliefLink is now available on Emory iTunes. The app, which was originally developed in 2013, is designed to help people at risk maintain mental health on a daily basis, and keep barriers to accessing treatment at a minimum.
Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD, ABPP, professor and associate vice chair of clinical research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine, was recently awarded the Paul A. Janssen Chair of Neuropsychopharmacology.
The consumption of a diet high in fructose throughout adolescence can worsen depressive- and anxiety-like behavior and alter how the brain responds to stress, an animal study presented at the SFN meeting shows.
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation -- the largest private charity funding mental health research -- has announced three new two-year NARSAD grants to Emory University researchers.
Many young people are intimidated by the process of visiting a doctor, especially when the purpose of the visit is a mental health checkup. A new project led by an Emory nursing professor uses a computer-based tool to make the prospect of a doctor's appointment less daunting.
The Center for Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development (MSACD) in Emory University¿s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) in Washington, DC, are joining the cause to increase awareness of the risks of drinking alcohol while pregnant.