With the holiday season upon us, UConn Health’s Dr. Michael Kisicki, assistant professor of psychiatry, shares his best advice to help you and your family get through any potential stressful and anxiety-provoking holiday activities, including family get-togethers and post-election debates.
Tackling Depression, Delirium, and Dementia at Home
The national Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has awarded the UConn Center on Aging and the School of Medicine at UConn Health more than $6 million in research funding to study cognitively vulnerable older adults living in their own home who have one or more of the ‘3Ds’: dementia, depression, or delirium.
The study is a collaboration among the UConn Center on Aging and the Department of Psychiatry at UConn Health, the University of Connecticut, and community partners including ConnectiCare Inc., and the Connecticut chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.
UConn Health’s Hennig to Compete in World Fencing Championships
Bonnie Hennig is packing her bags for Paris, not to represent UConn Health at a conference, but to represent the United States at the 2015 Veterans Fencing World Championships.
Therapy Can Prevent Anxiety in Children, Study Says
Children of anxious parents are at increased risk for developing the disorder. Yet that does not need to be the case, according to new research by UConn Health psychologist Golda Ginsburg.
Smartphone App Could Change How Depression is Diagnosed
UConn researchers believe they can use the ubiquity of these devices to better screen for depression.
Smaller Plates, Smaller Portions? Not Always
It may have become conventional wisdom that you can trick yourself into eating less if you use a smaller plate. But a UConn Health study finds that trick doesn’t work for everyone, particularly overweight teens.
Lawmakers Seek To Limit Use Of Shackles On Juveniles In Court
Concerns about the use of shackles on juveniles in court have prompted two lawmakers, Rep. Bruce Morris of Norwalk and Rep. Toni Walker of New Haven, to introduce legislation to limit the use of restraints.
Jury Still out on Opiod Drugs for Chronic Pain
Dr. David Steffens, UConn Health psychiatry chair, joins “Mornings With Ray Dunaway” on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 to discuss findings from an NIH panel he was on that studied the use of opioid drugs for chronic pain. (Aired Jan. 14, 2015, www.wtic.com)
Study Reveals Lack of Data on Opioid Drugs
A National Institutes of Health white paper that was released today finds little to no evidence for the effectiveness of opioid drugs in the treatment of long-term chronic pain, despite the explosive recent growth in the use of the drugs.
Did Race and Affluence Factor into Mental Care of Sandy Hook Shooter?
A new report asks whether the race and affluence of Adam Lanza’s family influenced decisions about how to care for his mental health problems in the years before he committed the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.