Apathy and Reward in Alzheimer’s Disease
Memory loss, confusion, misplacing things – these are all familiar symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. However, there is actually a more common sign that often goes undetected: apathy.
National Awards for UConn Health Faculty
Dr. Kristina Zdanys was honored as future leader in geriatric psychiatry and the 2019 Clinician Scientist Fellowship Grant has been awarded to Dr. Kevin Manning from the Alzheimer’s Association.
Tech to Assist with Medication Compliance
Depression is a major public health problem affecting over 300 million people worldwide and more than 16 million U.S. adults. Depression patients often struggle with remembering to take their daily medications due to a number of factors including simply forgetfulness.
Nasal Spray Offers Hope for Severely Depressed Patients
Some Connecticut hospitals and doctors and a clinic are starting to treat severely depressed patients with a new nasal spray called Spravato, touted as the most significant federally approved depression medication since Prozac was approved in 1987.
Video Gaming May Reduce Depression in Older Adults
UConn School of Medicine researchers are testing the power of computerized video gaming to improve late-life depression in older adults and they are already seeing early-promising results.
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program
For Anxiety, Single Intervention Is Not Enough
No matter which treatment they get, only 20 percent of young people diagnosed with anxiety will stay well over the long term, UConn Health researchers report in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
MDMA Opens Door for PTSD Patients to Work Through Trauma
When lasting trauma is caused by callous acts of violence, the key to recovery can be making meaning out of meaninglessness.
Summer’s Most Stressful Three Words: ‘Back to School’
For students of all ages, and even their parents, hearing the three little words ‘back to school’ can provoke mixed emotions of excitement and dread, or even stress and anxiety.