Eating Disorders Awareness Week February 27-March 5
February 27, 2023
Author Archives: samweiss
A research collaboration between clinical and preclinical investigators in the Department of Psychiatry at the UNC School of Medicine, led by Leslie Morrow, PhD, found that a drug for post-partum depression works by inhibiting systemic inflammatory pathways.
February 23, 2023
Dr. Christine Peat tells MedPage Today Just How Common Eating Disorders Really Are
February 17, 2023
Dr. Mary Kimmel shares the emotional challenges of pregnancy with Live Science
February 17, 2023
With $100,000 in funding from UnitedHealthcare and support from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars, and many other community partners and stake holders, the Farm at Penny Lane will be unveiling a new mobile food unit!
February 8, 2023
With $100,000 in funding from UnitedHealthcare and support from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars, and many other community partners and stake holders, the Farm at Penny Lane will be unveiling a new mobile food unit! The mobile food unit will increase nutritious foods to North Carolinians impacted by housing insecurity, homelessness and...
Effect of tACS on prefrontal neural activity is menstrual phase dependent in patients with premenstrual dysphoric disorder
February 8, 2023
A case series providing evidence that the impact of tACS is dependent on context of affective and brain state.
Mental Activity as the Bridge Between Neural Biomarkers and Symptoms of Psychiatric Illness
February 8, 2023
We propose that the best chance to discover biomarkers and treatment targets for psychiatric illness is to investigate the relationship between a specific symptom, the correlated mental activity, and the correlated neural activity signature.
Reward-Based Decision-Making Engages Distinct Modes of Cross-Frequency Coupling
February 8, 2023
Goal directed behavior and reward evaluation were found to be linked with distinct neural oscillations. Furthermore, mood symptoms of depression appear to be related to reward-evaluation and motivation symptoms appear to be related to goal-directed behavior.
Closed-loop control of bistable symptom states
February 8, 2023
Response to paper suggesting the precise mechanism for depressive symptom reduction in closed-loop deep brain stimulation could be illuminated by a dynamical systems approach.
Alpha transcranial alternating current stimulation reduces depressive symptoms in people with schizophrenia and auditory hallucinations: a double-blind, randomized pilot clinical trial.
February 8, 2023
A pilot trials investigating the effect of tACS in treating auditory hallucinations in people with schizophrenia.