August 2, 2024
A new review article written by Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, the Yeargan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics, outlines the genetic foundations for schizophrenia.
December 19, 2023
Dea Garic, PhD, and Mark Shen, PhD, both in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry, have found that enlarged perivascular spaces in the brains of babies, caused by an accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid, have a 2.2 times greater chance of developing autism later in life.
April 27, 2023
UNC School of Medicine’s Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, and a team of scientists in the Psychiatric Genetic Consortium have created a new manual researchers can use to learn more about the origins of human diseases with high genetic risk.
April 10, 2023
UNC School of Medicine’s Alex K. Gertner, MD, PhD, and Beat D. Steiner, MD, MPH, led a study on a new “enhanced primary care” model which resulted in lower blood pressure and hemoglobin A1c and increased screening for people with severe mental illness.
February 20, 2023
A research collaboration between clinical and preclinical investigators in the Department of Psychiatry at the UNC School of Medicine, led by Leslie Morrow, PhD, found that a drug for post-partum depression works by inhibiting systemic inflammatory pathways.
September 24, 2020
Mary Kathryn Kimray has never tested positive for coronavirus, but like a lot of people she says the pandemic has weighed on her emotions.
September 17, 2020
Today, September 17, is National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. As you take care of others, please ensure that you are taking care of yourself.
September 17, 2020
An oral GABA-active agent reduced symptoms for women with postpartum depression in a phase III trial sponsored by the drugmaker, researchers said.
January 23, 2020
Call for survey participants to assess the presence of mental health stigma within health care providers at UNC Medical Center. Participation in this survey is anonymous and voluntary.