Depression and anxiety in COPD: the role of the psychiatrist

Psychiatry Advisor | May 22, 2015

Soo Borson, PhD discusses the commonly overlooked issue of depression and anxiety accompanying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and how, through anti-depressants, therapy, or collaborative care, these mental illnesses can be greatly reduced in COPD patients.





Departments of Psychiatry, Pharmacology receive Conte Center P50 Grant

Department news | April 30, 2015

NIMH has awarded a Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic or Translational Mental Health Research grant to principal investigator Charles Chavkin, PhD in the Department of Pharmacology and co-investigators John Neumaier, MD, PhD, Paul Phillips, PhD and Larry Zweifel, PhD, all in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.




Vivek Datta, MD, MPH wins National Psychiatry Resident Awards

Department news | April 30, 2015

Dr. Vivek Datta, one of our third-year psychiatry residents, received two national awards at the March annual meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Datta won an International Medical Graduate award, which honors and provides national mentorship for outstanding psychiatry residents who have graduated from foreign […]


DAWN Study paper wins Roy M. Pitkin Award

Department news | April 30, 2015

The Depression Attention for Women Now (DAWN) Study led by Wayne Katon, MD and Susan Reed, MD, MPH, received the 2014 Roy M. Pitkin Award presented by the editors of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.