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Psychiatry
The Department of Psychiatry extends beyond its 60 inpatient beds to include a busy electro convulsive therapy service, two partial hospitalization programs and a rehabilitative/nursing home facility. Our clinicians have championed the medical model of psychiatry, almost universally accepted now, which stresses the scientific method and views psychiatric dysfunction as an interaction between genes and environment. Our collaborative, interdisciplinary approach fosters an exchange of ideas that lead to advances in clinical care.
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Great depression
Omega-3 fatty acids don't improve depression in heart patients
Oct. 20,
2009 --
Depression is common in patients with heart disease but antidepressants often aren't effective in these patients. In a new approach, scientists at the School of Medicine gave patients antidepressants plus omega-3 fatty acids, which are known both for their heart benefits and for alleviating depression in some people. However, the combination therapy was no better than antidepressants alone, they report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Leading psychiatry researcher Robins, 87
Leading psychiatry researcher Lee Robins dies
Sept. 28,
2009 --
Lee Nelken Robins, professor emeritus of social science in psychiatry at the School of Medicine, died peacefully at her home Sept. 25, 2009, following a long battle against cancer. Robins was a world leader in psychiatric epidemiology research and had worked in the Department of Psychiatry for more than 50 years.
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Early warning
Young age at first drink may affect genes and risk for alcoholism
Sept. 18,
2009 -- The age at which a person takes a first drink may influence genes linked to alcoholism, making the youngest drinkers the most susceptible to severe problems.
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Ramesh Raghavan
Assistant professor of Social Work
Ramesh Raghavan's clinical, policy and administrative expertise in public health and psychiatry fuel his research interests in mental health services and policies for children in the child welfare system. Prior to joining the faculty at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the School of ...
Expertise: public health, mental health services, children in the child welfare system, health policy, Medicaid
Direct contact: 314-935-4469
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raghavan@wustl.edu
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John Constantino
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry)
Constantino is an expert on genetic and environmental factors that influence early social development. In particular, he studies the genetic influences that contribute to autism. In other research he also is working with very young children and their parents, hoping to better understand the earliest ...
Expertise: autism, early social development, genetic influences on autistic social impairment, psychiatric disorders in children
Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu
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John Csernansky
Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry
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John G. Csernansky, M.D. uses sophisticed imaging techniques to study changes in the brains of patients with schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses.
Expertise: Brain imaging studies of mental illness
Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu
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Deanna Barch
Associate Professor of Psychology in Arts & Sciences
Barch studies cognitive and language deficits in disorders such as schizophrenia, and the neurobiological mechanisms that contribute to such deficits. Her research includes behavioral, pharmacological, and neuroimaging studies with normal and clinical populations. One line of research examines discourse-level ...
Expertise: cognitive and language deficits, language production, dopamine, neurobiological mechanisms, neuroimaging, prefrontal cortex and modulatory neurotransmitters, schizophrenia, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-8729
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Linda Cottler
Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry
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Linda Cottler, Ph.D., investigates the epidemiology of many psychiatric disorders including gambling, drug use -- particularly use of so-called "club" drugs such as ecstasy -- and high risk sexual behavior among drug users.
Expertise: HIV, club drugs, compulsive gambling, high risk behaviors, needle exchange programs, peer education, safe sex
Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu
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More Alzheimer genetic risk factors found
United Press International
and 3 others
Sept. 9,
2009 -- An international team of scientists has reported finding two more genetic risk factors of Alzheimer's disease. Includes comments by co-author and WUSTL professor of genetics in psychiatry Alison Goate.
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Can Toddlers Get Depressed? Yes, and Parents Can Help Them Feel Better
U.S. News & World Report online
Aug. 5,
2009 -- A child psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, treats tiny babies who have "flat affect" -- no joy in the things that a baby would normally delight in. Refrence made to a WUSTL study on childhood depression [led by WUSTL psychiatry professor Joan Luby].
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Toddler Depression -- Real or a Phase?
ABCNews.com
Aug. 4,
2009 -- While a number of studies in recent years have found toddlers -- and even babies -- can suffer from major depressive disorder, doctors have debated whether preschool depression was an isolated blip in a child's development or a sign of future problems. According to a new WUSTL study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, preschoolers can suffer from major depression, and those children are likely to face depression again in elementary school.
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Patterns: Drinking Age Affects Bingeing, to a Point
The New York Times
June 30,
2009 -- A new study in The Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry finds that as the drinking age has gone up, binge drinking has gone down -- except among college students. Includes comments by study leader WUSTL psychiatry professor Richard Grucza.
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Study: 'Depression Gene' Doesn't Predict the Blues
Time.com
June 17,
2009 -- Are some people hardwired to get the blues? Scientists have long believed that a tendency toward melancholy runs in families. A new study published on June 16 in JAMA now threatens to send researchers back to the drawing board. The meta-analysis of 14 prior studies concludes that the so-called depression gene may not be associated with an elevated risk for depression, as many researchers had believed. WUSTL psychiatric geneticist Alexandre Todorov, whose 2007 peer-reviewed study was included in the JAMA piece, comments.
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