Blackford and Benningfield call for greater attention to anxiety in research, clinical practice

May 20, 2020
Jenni Blackford, PhD and Meg Benningfield, MD published a viewpoint in JAMA psychiatry along with Kristy Allen, PhD from University of Tennessee, highlighting the need for a greater emphasis on childhood anxiety in psychiatry research and practice.  Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental health conditions among youth and contribute to significant costs for society.  In this piece, Drs.

Blackford, Winder labs collaborate on paper in Addiction Biology journal

April 6, 2020
M.D./Ph.D. student Elizabeth Flook spearheaded a paper published in the journal Addiction Biology. The review paper, titled "Anxiety during abstinence from alcohol: A systematic review of rodent and human evidence for the anterior insula's role in the abstinence network," was a joint collaboration between Jennifer Blackford and Danny Winder's research labs describing the role of the anterior insula in abstinence. 

2020 VKC Hobbs Discovery and Director’s Strategic Priorities Grants announced, next call to open May 2020

March 31, 2020
https://notables.vkcsites.org/2020/03/2020-vkc-hobbs-discovery-and-directors-strategic-priorities-grants-announced-next-call-to-open-may-2020/
A Nicholas Hobbs Discovery Grant and a Director’s Strategic Priorities Grant have been awarded to Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) investigators for 2020-21. The grants aim to further our understanding of the neurocognitive effects of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome and to explore the brain function of comorbid reading comprehension and math problem solving learning disabilities.

Psychiatry Grand Rounds | Daniel Claassen, MD

Psychiatry Grand Rounds March 27, 2020 Daniel Claassen, MD "Dopamine, the Reward Circuit, and Impulsive Behaviors in Parkinson Disease" CME credit for Psychiatry Grand Rounds is only available during the live feed time and for a brief time immediately following. The code for this week's session is displayed in the title of the Zoom and also below. The live feed for this event will be available March 27, 2020 beginning at 11:45am.   Note: The GRED Zoom window is near the bottom of this page  

GRED: March 11, 2020

This week's articles for discussion are: (This is meant to precede the talk by Dr. Rogers on Friday March 13) "The Impact of Mental Health Services in a Pediatric Emergency Department" by Sharon M. Holder, PhD, MSc, MSW, Kenneth Rogers, MD, MSPH, MMM, Eunice Peterson, MD, Robbie Shoenleben, MA, LPC, and Dawn Blackhurst, DrPH

GRED: February 19, 2020

This week's article for discussion is: (This is meant to precede the talk by Dr. Niznikiewicz on Friday February 21) "Real-time fMRI neurofeedback reduces auditory hallucinations and modulates resting state connectivity of involved brain regions: Part 2: Default mode network -preliminary evidence"
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