Since 1979, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has been providing leadership in advocacy and education on the subject of mental health in the effort to reduce barriers to treatment and ser...
In 2010, almost 2 million American children had at least one parent in active military duty. A new University of Iowa study suggests that deployment of a parent puts these children at an increased ris...
Mild traumatic brain injury, including concussion, is one of the most common types of neurological disorder, affecting approximately 1.3 million Americans annually. It has received more attention rece...
When doctors at the University of Iowa prepared a patient to inhale a panic-inducing dose of carbon dioxide, she was fearless. But within seconds of breathing in the mixture, she cried for help, overw...
Jane Paulsen, PhD, professor of psychiatry, neurology, psychology and neurosciences, has been named the Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience.
Chances are the only thing you remember about your first swig of alcohol is how bad the stuff tasted. What you didn’t know is the person who gave you that first drink and when you had it says a lot ab...
Nine-year-old Virginia Buck does not ask for much for herself. In fact, the only thing she really asks is that you try and understand what she and other kids like her are going through. Virginia is li...
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa is proud to welcome two new faculty members -- Laura Fuller, PhD, and Jeff Jaeger, PhD -- to the Division of Psychology.
Memo to casino operators: just because you build it doesn’t mean they will come.
Congratulations to Brenda Winkle, RN, who received the 2012 Nursing Excellence in Clinical Education Award. Winkle is a nurse in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Unit where she plays a ma...
Raymond R. Crowe, MD, professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa, received the Snow and Ming Tsuang Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society of Psych...
Congratulations to Jodi Tate, MD, associate professor and vice-chair for clinical services in the Department of Psychiatry, who received the 2012 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence. T...
Congratulations to Donald Black, MD, professor and vice-chair for education in the Department of Psychiatry, who received the 2012 Regents Award for Faculty Excellence. A total of six University of Io...
Nancy Andreasen, MD, PhD, professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa, has received the 2012 National Alliance of Mental Illness Scientific Research Award, honoring her contributions to the unde...
Diseases that progressively destroy nerve cells in the brain or spinal cord, such as Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, are devastating conditions with no cures.
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa and the Department of Neuropsychiatry at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea signed a Memorandum of Understanding this summer that sets ...
Five researchers, including Michael Lutter, MD, PhD, and Huxing Cui, MD, PhD, pictured above, from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa were selected to receive Young Investigator Gr...
Jess Fiedorowicz, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa, received the prestigious Gerald R. Klerman Prize on Frid...
Jane Paulsen, PhD, co-director of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America Center of Excellence at the University of Iowa, has been named winner of the 2012 Juvenile Huntington’s Disease Award from...
University of Iowa neuropsychiatrist John Wemmie is interested in the effect of acid in the brain (but not that kind of acid!). His studies suggest that increased acidity—or low pH—in the brain is lin...
Scientists at the University of Iowa are studying brain development in adolescent children who have a genetic risk for developing alcohol use-related problems due to having a family history of alcohol...