Mental Health Archive — Page 2 of 13
-
May 16, 2025
Healing Through Expression: Young Adults’ Journey in Recovery Art Workshop (slideshow)
The class was created by a specialty team that works with young adults who have experienced their first hospitalization or episode of psychosis within the past two years. -
May 8, 2025
Veterans with depression have increased risk of heart failure: study
The findings give patients and clinicians have another reason to screen for and treat depression in order to prevent potential future heart failure. -
January 3, 2025
AI tested for alerting clinicians of suicide risk at three VUMC clinics
At neurology clinics the system was used to flag 8% of arriving patients as having relatively high risk for suicide attempt in the next 30 days. -
December 18, 2024
VUMC part of multisite team investigating genetic markers of anorexia nervosa
With funding from the newly established Sarah Kyle Anorexia Nervosa Research Foundation, the researchers hope to identify biomarkers that will point to novel targets for prevention and treatment. -
November 8, 2024
People with schizophrenia show distinct brain activity when faced with conflicting information
Researchers introduce a biomarker to indicate whether someone is struggling with the inflexible thinking associated with the disorder. -
October 30, 2024
Genetic risk, sexual trauma associated with mental illness: study
Evaluating how genetic risk interacts with environmental risk factors such as sexual trauma is important for understanding how mental illness develops and identifying high-risk groups for early intervention. -
September 4, 2024
Groundbreaking study links cognition and brain networks before the first psychotic break
Early detection opens the door to intervention via noninvasive neuromodulation for those with treatment-resistant symptoms of psychotic disorders like schizophrenia.