UAB Psychiatrists Make 2015-2016 'Best Doctors' List
By: Darlene Murdoch
UAB Psychiatry is proud to announce that six faculty members were named in the 2015-2016 ‘Best Doctors’ list. The Best Doctors in America list includes the nation’s most respected specialists and primary care physicians. These are the doctors that other doctors recognize as the best in their fields. Choosing from thousands of the nation’s top physicians, six psychiatrists within the Department were included in this latest edition of the Best Doctors in America. Among these were Drs. Lee Ascherman, Jacqueline Feldman, Peter Penherski, Samuel Rubin, F.Cleveland Kinney, and Richard Shelton.
Read moreUAB Department of Psychiatry opens mental health and wellness clinic for LGBTQ community
By: Darlene Murdoch
"Our aim is to create the appropriate culture to provide nonjudgmental mental health care through awareness, training and education"
-Stephanie Perry,
Administrative Manager of Psychiatric Clinics
A mental health and wellness clinic specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning individuals will open Monday, July 20, 2016 at UAB Department of Psychiatry.
The mission of the UAB LGBTQ Mental Health and Wellness Clinic is to provide culturally competent outpatient psychopharmacology and therapy that is safe, supportive, and affirming for the LGBTQ community in Birmingham and surrounding areas. Additionally, the goal is to raise awareness of the unique mental health needs of this community and provide culturally sensitive training opportunities for health care professionals. Until now, there have been no formal comprehensive standards to help medical schools and health care organizations train providers in the health care needs of these patients. UAB, along with other medical schools in the country, has created curricula for all medical students in the care of LGBTQ patients. Larry McMillan, M.D., who will see adult and adolescent patients at the clinic, says "many LGBT people avoid seeking professional help out of fear of being marginalized or stigmatized." McMillan hopes the new clinic will be a welcoming environment where those who identify as LGBTQ will feel comfortable enough to seek assistance for their mental health needs.
For more information on this story follow the link provided below:
http://www.uab.edu/news/service/item/6290-uab-to-open-mental-health-and-wellness-clinic-for-lgbtq-community
-Stephanie Perry,
Administrative Manager of Psychiatric Clinics
A mental health and wellness clinic specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning individuals will open Monday, July 20, 2016 at UAB Department of Psychiatry.
The mission of the UAB LGBTQ Mental Health and Wellness Clinic is to provide culturally competent outpatient psychopharmacology and therapy that is safe, supportive, and affirming for the LGBTQ community in Birmingham and surrounding areas. Additionally, the goal is to raise awareness of the unique mental health needs of this community and provide culturally sensitive training opportunities for health care professionals. Until now, there have been no formal comprehensive standards to help medical schools and health care organizations train providers in the health care needs of these patients. UAB, along with other medical schools in the country, has created curricula for all medical students in the care of LGBTQ patients. Larry McMillan, M.D., who will see adult and adolescent patients at the clinic, says "many LGBT people avoid seeking professional help out of fear of being marginalized or stigmatized." McMillan hopes the new clinic will be a welcoming environment where those who identify as LGBTQ will feel comfortable enough to seek assistance for their mental health needs.
For more information on this story follow the link provided below:
http://www.uab.edu/news/service/item/6290-uab-to-open-mental-health-and-wellness-clinic-for-lgbtq-community
Yogesh Dwivedi, Ph.D., awarded $3.5 million grant to study the causes of suicide
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Yogesh Dwivedi, Ph.D., Elesabeth Ridgely Shook Endowed Professor and Director of Translational Research, UAB Mood Disorders Program, in the Department of Psychiatry has been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Dwivedi is searching for a biomarker that will indicate the likelihood of a person’s attempting suicide. This grant will be used to follow up promising preliminary findings — that specific microRNAs (miRNAs) may be associated with suicide ideation. Congratulations to Dr. Dwivedi on being recognized for receiving this grant and for being acknowledged for his very exciting and valued research.
This story can be accessed at the following links:
http://www.uab.edu/medicine/news/latest/item/721-3-5-million-uab-grant-to-find-biomarkers-that-tell-likelihood-of-suicide and http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2015/06/18/uab-receives-3-5m-grant-to-study-the-suicidality.html
This story can be accessed at the following links:
http://www.uab.edu/medicine/news/latest/item/721-3-5-million-uab-grant-to-find-biomarkers-that-tell-likelihood-of-suicide and http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2015/06/18/uab-receives-3-5m-grant-to-study-the-suicidality.html