Psychiatry
Meals4Moms: UConn, CT Small Business Develop Program to Support Gestational Diabetes Management
Gestational diabetes impacts 2 to 10% of U.S. pregnancies, and about 50% of patients with GDM will develop Type 2 diabetes
Distinguished Scientist Award Goes to UConn’s Dr. David C. Steffens
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Highly Honors UConn School of Medicine’s Chair of Psychiatry
Dr. Linda S. Durst Elevated to Fellow of The American College of Psychiatrists
Durst recently joined the faculty of UConn School of Medicine
Dr. David C. Steffens Named Fellow of American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
ACNP Prestigiously Honors Chair of Psychiatry at UConn School of Medicine for His Contributions to the Field of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Helping the Teen Brain Bounce Back
Sarah Feldstein Ewing, the new Vice Chair for Research in UConn Health’s Department of Psychiatry, wants to help young people thrive through adversity
UConn Health Minute: Treating Severe Depression
It’s estimated that 30% of people with severe depression and suicidal thoughts are diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression. As Dr. Caleb Battersby, director of Interventional Psychiatry at UConn Health explains, esketamine nasal spray works differently than oral antidepressants and typically brings relief within hours or days of receiving the medication.
UConn’s Experts in Aging Honor Colleagues and Highlight Advances
'This is a time of remarkable innovation in geriatric medicine and gerontology'
World Mental Health Day is October 10
UConn Health’s Psychiatry experts share step-by-step advice for finding balance in your life to help sustain you and improve your mental health including for work.
Confronting the Problem of Suicide
Dr. Neha Jain of UConn Health discusses social stigma, common warning signs, and what people can do when someone needs help
Emergency Room Visits for Self-Harm Skyrocket
Between 2011 and 2020, an increase of nearly 19%