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WPIC Opens Nation?s First Bipolar Child and Adolescent Inpatient Unit The Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) of UPMC has opened the nation's only inpatient unit dedicated to serving children with bipolar disorder. The Inpatient Child and Adolescent Bipolar Services (in-CABS) program is an innovative initiative aimed at facilitating early identification and treatment of bipolar disorder in children...

Diagnosing Postpartum Depression with a Brain Scan Eydie L. Moses-Kolko, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, was recently featured in a Time Magazine article highlighting her research on the use of brain-imaging in new mothers that may help to identify women who are vulnerable to post-partum depression. In this study, Dr. Moses-Kolko found interesting differences in the way mothers? brain regions interacted and...

National Institute on Aging Awards $9.8 Million Grant to Study Insomnia in Aging The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded a $9.8 million grant to study insomnia in older adults. The Age Wise program, led by Timothy H. Monk, DSc, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science, is a multidisciplinary research initiative that will focus on biological clock problems, stress and arousal...

What Childhood Experiences Teach Us about Adult Chronic Diseases Karen Matthews, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Psychology, and Clinical and Translational Science, and a leading expert on stress and disease, was recently featured in an article in the Bloomberg Business News focusing on how adversity in childhood can increase risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Dr. Matthews's...

Stable Routines in Infants Can Help Kids Stave Off Anxiety as They Grow Older Timothy H. Monk, DSc, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science, was featured in a recent Time Magazine article highlighting his collaborative study (with colleagues at the University of Wisconsin) of 59 children and their parents. The children were followed for 13 years. The study showed that babies who had more...

Dr. David Benhayon Receives APIRE Clinical Trials Psychiatric Research Fellowship David Benhayon, MD, PhD, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry?s Triple Board Program in Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry, has received the 2010 APIRE Clinical Trials Psychiatric Research Fellowship Award by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The award is presented by the APA to an outstanding post-doctoral...