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Common themes emerge as members of the department think about Women in Medicine Month
To commemorate Women in Medicine Month, we’re highlighting three women in our department, two seasoned professionals and one getting ready to start her career. There are common themes that run...
Psychiatry
VA/UMN study designed to help prevent Veteran suicide
The collaborative effort is using novel approaches to help solve a growing problem. #SuicidePreventionAwarenessMonth
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Trip to Africa teaches faculty member about the impact of culture on mental health and substance abuse
Dr. Sheila Specker believes in working globally and sharing with and learning from other cultures.
Psychiatry
Making the transition from Chief Resident to Assistant Professor enables new faculty member to fuel her passion for medical education
Stephanie Wick, DO, has assumed a new role as an Associate Program Director for the residency and as the University of Minnesota Medical Center site director for the medical student psychiatry...
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Preparing for the unthinkable – Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship team creating a protocol for responding to a patient suicide
The protocol is designed to have all the questions answered about what to do before it needs to be done.
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New child & adolescent psychiatry faculty member enjoys his “kitchen sink” practice
As a new member of the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain’s child and adolescent psychiatry team, Tom Briese, MD, is enjoying the freedom of being an independent provider.
Psychiatry
New child & adolescent inpatient medical director values the teamwork involved in the treatment process
The Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department recently welcomed Dr. Katarzyna Litak as the new Medical Director of the Child and Adolescent inpatient unit at University of Minnesota Medical...
Psychiatry
Acupuncture can be part of good mental healthcare
Good mental healthcare is also good mind-body care. As a result, the department rolled out acupuncture services in the summer of 2019. Crystalin Montgomery was brought on to provide...
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Resident space renovation increases opportunities for teaching, collaborating, and building community
Three psychiatry residents have taken on the task of renovating the room set aside for the residents' use. The collaborative process they used has created a more modern, functional space.
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Chapbook project showcases the importance of artistic expression for people struggling with mental health issues
Inspired by the creativity of the people with whom they work, a NAVIGATE program team finds a way to showcase their artistry.
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship making meaningful changes to improve the fellows’ experience
Program Director Dr. Jacquetta Blacker is leading the rebuilding team to ensure that fellows are clinically competent, academically active.
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Newest MIDB faculty member enjoys opening doors and giving hope to his adolescent patients
Licensed Psychologist and board-certified Behavior Analyst Tim Moore, PhD, recently joined the department’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division and is based at the Masonic...
Psychiatry
Part 2: New residents bring breadth of strengths, interests
We welcomed eight new residents this year and this is the second of two articles introducing them. They are done with orientation and have officially started their four-year residencies. This group...
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New residents bring breadth of strengths, interests
We welcomed eight new residents this year and this is the first of two articles introducing them. They are done with orientation and have officially started their four-year residencies.
Psychiatry
PTSD Treatments – Established and Emerging
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a syndrome that sometimes develops in people who have had a frightening or threatening life experience. June is PTSD Awareness Month, and we thought it might be...
Psychiatry
Department researcher using K23 grant to take a unique approach to learning more about cognitive effort
Assistant Professor Dr. Alexander Herman, can count the years since he completed a research residency in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department on one hand. That –...
Psychiatry
New outpatient nurses find that psychiatric nursing is challenging, fulfilling, and rewarding
May is not only Nurses Month but is also Mental Health Awareness Month. Perhaps nowhere else is the impact of nurses felt more acutely than in the mental health setting. To celebrate that impact, we’...
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Interprofessional collaboration at the U aims to improve mental health treatment for children and adolescents
The model being created by the groups involved is helping pediatric primary care learners improve their mental health diagnosis and treatment skills.
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