Important new paper by the Center for Cognitive Medicine's Alexander Conley, PhD providing further evidence that cognitive changes after menopause influence brain function and response to estrogen.

"Precision Medicine Approaches to the Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Pediatric Anxiety"

"Assessment and Management of Psychiatric Illness in a Patient Undergoing Heart Transplantation"February 4 Psychiatry Grand RoundsGeneral Psychiatry Division Case Conference

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"Adolescent Suicide:  Screening, Risk Assessment and Intervention"

Assistant professor of Geriatric Psychiatry Patricia S. Andrews, M.D., recently served as lead author on the paper "Delirium, depression, and long-term cognition," published in the journal International Psychogeriatrics. In this new publication, Dr. Andrews et. al. found that patients with a depression history prior to ICU stay exhibit a greater severity of depressive symptoms in the year after hospitalization.

"At the interface of delirium and dementia: Using animal models to interrogate the impact of acute systemic inflammation on the brain"

Assistant professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Alexandra (Alex) Bettis, Ph.D., will be chairing a symposium, "The Role of Caregivers in Interventions for Youth Depression and Suicidality," at the annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America in March 2022. Dr. Bettis, who also holds an appointment in Psychology & Human Development within Vanderbilt University, will present alongside Jessica Schwartzman Ph.D. (assistant professor of Psychiatry), Kirsty Clark, Ph.D.

Alan Lewis, M.D., Ph.D., was recently named an Associate Member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP). Lewis' membership officially began on Jan. 1, 2022.