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Close-up portrait of a young person with dark hair resting their chin on folded arms and looking toward the camera, wearing a red shirt.
May 24, 2023

Child Health Poll: more than 1 in 4 Tennessee parents worried their kids have undiagnosed depression, anxiety

The latest analysis of the 2023 Tennessee Child Health Poll, released during National Mental Health Awareness Month, has found that roughly 29% of Tennessee parents are concerned their child has undiagnosed anxiety or depression.

By Jake Lowary
Infographic titled “TN Child Mental Health” from the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy. It reports anxiety and depression percentages by Tennessee region: anxiety—West 10.1%, Middle 16.1%, East 14.4%; depression—West 10.5%, Middle 8.4%, East 9.6%. A child in yellow overalls appears at left beside a Tennessee map and brain illustration.
May 17, 2023

Poll shows more than 1 in 4 Tennessee parents worried their kids have undiagnosed depression, anxiety

The latest analysis of the 2023 Tennessee Child Health Poll, released during National Mental Health Awareness Month, has found that roughly 29% of Tennessee parents are concerned their child has undiagnosed anxiety or depression.

By Jake Lowary
Participants in a recent shared medical appointment include, front row from left, patient Ellen Nelson, Merranda Holmes, MD, and Kevin Liu, MD, Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellow. Back row from left, Francis Balucan, MD, MBA, Taina Ovchinnikov, APRN, F-NP, and Erica Gray, PharmD.
April 6, 2023

Program studies impact of shared medical visits on loneliness and other issues

Vanderbilt is is studying how the use of shared medical appointments — when patients with common needs meet together with several health care providers — might impact loneliness, as well as other factors such as depression, substance abuse and utilization of emergency care.

By Jill Clendening
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March 2, 2023

Sex counts in the brain as seasons change

Photoperiod, or length of day, has sex-specific impacts on dopamine dynamics in the brain, offering insights into sex differences in neuropsychiatric disorders, Vanderbilt researchers report.

By Paul Govern
Promotional flyer inviting viewers to “KICK OFF A FRESH #LISTENDNA SEASON” with a colorful signpost labeled “MENTAL HEALTH,” “STRESS + LIFE,” “ANXIETY,” and “GENETICS.” It announces a live chat featuring teens from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee and experts from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, hosted by @VUMC_INSIGHTS on Twitter Spaces on Wed., July 20 at 10:30 AM CT. Logos for Vanderbilt Health DNA Discoveries in Action and Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee appear at the bottom.
July 15, 2022

‘DNA’ podcast goes live: July 20 Twitter Spaces chat about mental health, teens

Season 3 of the “Vanderbilt Health DNA: Discoveries in Action” podcast series will kick off with a live Twitter Spaces chat about mental health, featuring several teens from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee.

By Holly Fletcher
Stylized black silhouette of a seated, curled figure against a bright orange background, with several gold spiral motifs inside the head.
July 11, 2022

A speedier treatment for depression?

Vanderbilt researchers used a computer-based search to identify a compound with promise as a new, mechanistically distinct and rapid-acting therapy for major depressive disorder.

By Paul Govern