Chatbot takes first prize in Mental Health Innovation challenge

A chatbot — a computer program that simulates and processes human conversation — was the winning entrant in Vanderbilt’s recent Mental Health Innovation Challenge and Hackathon.

VUMC mourns loss of former Psychopharmacology director Ban

Thomas Arthur Ban, MD, emeritus professor of Psychiatry and former director of Vanderbilt’s Division of Psychopharmacology, died Feb. 4. He was 92.

Study finds LGBQ people report higher rates of adverse childhood experiences than straight people, worse mental health as adults

A new study led by researchers at Vanderbilt found that 83% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer (LGBQ) individuals reported going through adverse childhood experiences such as sexual and emotional abuse, and worse mental health as adults when compared to their heterosexual peers.

Parents of children who have experienced suicidal thoughts or behaviors needed for study

A memoir of the COVID years: a Vanderbilt ICU nurse remembers patients who died, families who wept, and discovers the importance of hearing “thank you” and caring for herself

“I realized that my mechanism of avoiding and ignoring death in the workplace had taken its toll on me.”

White matter and psychosis

The microstructure of white matter in the brain could be an important risk marker for psychosis, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.