Displaying items by tag: department of psychiatry

Turning down the lights and reducing noise levels as part of a stimulation reduction initiative can decrease assaults and the amount of time patients must spend in restraint at psychiatric intensive care units, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Tarak Vasavada, M.D., professor and regional chair of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine’s Huntsville Regional Medical Campus has been elected to serve on the executive committee for the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin.
Adrienne Lahti, M.D.,and Nina Kraguljac, M.D., were named the recipients of the 2017 Kempf Fund Award for Research Development in Psychobiological Psychiatry for their research efforts in schizophrenia.
"Studies indicate the vast majority of suicide attempt survivors end up eventually dying of something other than suicide, so a means of preventing someone from making future gun purchases during a suicidal crisis might reduce suicide rates.”
A UAB study examines teen sleep patterns and exposure to media in an effort to see if there is a link to teen obesity.
A UAB crowdfunded study of Narcan to reverse heroin overdoses has funded 350 naloxone kits and reversed nine overdoses.
A UAB study that is the first of its kind found that a tiny RNA — miR-124-3p — appears to play a role in producing major depression.
Palliative care helps patients get the most out of life, whether they’re newly diagnosed, a survivor, or nearing the end of their journey. UAB’s palliative care pioneers provide a fresh look at the fast-growing specialty and its emphasis on listening, choices, patient goals, and quality of life.
UAB yields two-plus winners for fourth consecutive year for national undergraduate research scholarship program.
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