{"id":68722,"date":"2012-11-13T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=68722"},"modified":"2014-01-16T15:45:44","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T20:45:44","slug":"health-center-in-the-news-november-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2012\/11\/health-center-in-the-news-november-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Center in the News \u2013 November 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>PTSD Study Showing Positive Outcomes<\/h2>\n<p><em>Aired on WTNH, Nov. 9 and NBC Connecticut, Nov. 12, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Ford-Julian\">Julian Ford<\/a>, clinical psychologist at the UConn Health Center, is the principal investigator in a unique research study comparing two treatments for post traumatic stress disorder. Ford is interviewed on WTNH and NBC Connecticut about how PTSD impacts many military personnel and how the treatments being studied are showing positive outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the broadcasts from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pvaEJnkFg_E&amp;feature=youtu.be\">WTNH &gt;<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ABhgZF0_hTk&amp;feature=youtu.be\">NBC Connecticut &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Video icon\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_video.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"62\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 62px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 62\/17;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Study Focusing on Pot Smoking Teens<\/h2>\n<p><strong><\/strong><em>Valley Press and West Hartford Press, Nov. 8, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/psychiatry.uchc.edu\/faculty\/index.php-fac_id=8.html\">Dr. Yifrah Kaminer<\/a>, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, is conducting a study involving marijuana-using teens which offers state-of-the-art treatment free of charge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/today.uchc.edu\/pdfs\/teen_pot_use_2012_11_13.pdf\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Sandy\u2019s Psychological Wake<\/h2>\n<p><strong><\/strong><em>Aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080, Nov. 5, 2012<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtic.com\/\">WTIC 1080 News<\/a> asked clinical psychologist <a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/Home\/Physician?profileId=Steinberg-Karen\">Karen Steinberg-Gallucci<\/a> about the mental health impact of natural disasters and their aftermath.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/today.uchc.edu\/audio\/gallucci_11_5_12_wtic.mp3\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Audio icon\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_audio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 58px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 58\/17;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Falling Behind Can Be Depressing<\/h2>\n<p><strong><\/strong><em>Aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080, Nov. 4, 2012<\/em><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In light of the return to standard time, <a href=\"http:\/\/psychiatry.uchc.edu\/faculty\/index.php-fac_id=13.html\">Dr. Andrew Winokur<\/a>, professor of psychiatry at the UConn Health Center, discusses seasonal affective disorder with Bill Pearse on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtic.com\/\">WTIC NewsTalk 1080<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/today.uchc.edu\/audio\/winokur 11_4_12_wtic.MP3\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Audio icon\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_audio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 58px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 58\/17;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Carbon Monoxide Dangers from the Storm<\/h2>\n<p><strong><\/strong><em>Aired on FOX CT Nov. 2, 2012<strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/poisoncontrol.uchc.edu\/Default.htm\">Connecticut Poison Control Center<\/a> has reported that cases of carbon monoxide poisoning continue to be high in the wake of Sandy. Community education specialist <a href=\"http:\/\/poisoncontrol.uchc.edu\/educators\/specialist.html\">Amy Hanoian-Fontana<\/a> discusses the dangers of CO poisoning and how to avoid it on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctnow.com\/news\/morningextra\/\">FOX CT \u201cMorning Extra\u201d<\/a> with Erica Arias.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7oE1LvPJ760\">Watch the video &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Video\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_video.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"62\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 62px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 62\/17;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uchc.edu\">UConn Health Center<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uconnhealthcenter\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uconnhealth\">Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/uconnhealth\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PTSD study; pot smoking teen study; Sandy\u2019s mental impact; SAD; and CO dangers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":53726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1,70],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-68722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized","category-video"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 13:02:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68722"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88437,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68722\/revisions\/88437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/53726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68722"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=68722"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=68722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}