Summer Depression by Richard Dopp, MD
The song Summertime Blues was originally recorded by Eddie Cochran in 1958 prior to its rerecording by numerous other artists including the Beach Boys and The Who. The song tells
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Ask the Doctor: What Is Postpartum Depression? By Maria Muzik, MD
Ask the Doctor: What Is Postpartum Depression? By Maria Muzik, MD (Originally published on June 6, 2018, in esperanza.) Postpartum depression is extremely common; 80% of all new mothers experience
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2018 Woman in Science Award goes to UIC mental health expert
We are so pleased to congratulate Pauline Maki, PhD, for receiving the American Medical Women’s Association 2018 Woman in Science Award. Dr. Maki is professor of psychology and psychiatry and senior research director of the Center for Research on...
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UIC app to track mood, predict bipolar disorder episodes
An app that one day may help predict and monitor manic and depressive episodes in people with bipolar disorder is now available in the App Store. The app, called BiAffect,
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More data, more answers: picking the optimal antidepressant
In an era of increasingly large datasets for health and emphasis on so-called big data analyses, key clinical questions remain unpretentiously simple. For example, do some antidepressants work better than
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Kara Zivin, Ph.D., Receives MIP Scholars Award for Critical Work Identifying Unmet Treatment Needs for Perinatal Depression in Michigan Medicaid
Congratulations to Kara Zivin, Ph.D., associate professor with the U-M Department of Psychiatry and faculty associate at the U-M Institute for Social Research, who is a 2018 recipient of the
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Psychiatric Assessment and Brief Intervention (PABI) Program, a pilot program at UC San Francisco
A new study, appearing online Feb. 1, 2018, in The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders, looks at the effectiveness of the Psychiatric Assessment and Brief Intervention (PABI) Program, a
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Raising Awareness About Depression Among Physician Trainees
A recent University of Michigan study found that many doctors are reluctant to report or treat their mental health issues — a byproduct of some states’ rules that require physicians
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Dell Medical School Named Member of National Depression Research Collaborative
The Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin has been named a Center of Excellence member of the National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC). The NNDC is a
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