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Alarming Rates of Self-Harm in Adults With Autism Expose a Broken System: Dr. Brenna Maddox, comments for Medscape saying “There has to be much more than awareness. We need more training for clinicians, we need more tools, we need to know which tools are going to work.”

February 21, 2022

Dr. Kenan Penaskovic gives insight to what to expect when being hospitalized for mental health while sharing with UNC Health Talk

February 14, 2022

Welcome Council Mintz to our research mission!

February 14, 2022

Barriers and facilitators to implementing the HEADSS psychosocial screening tool for adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in teen club program in Malawi: health care providers perspectives.

February 9, 2022
Barriers and facilitators to implementing the HEADSS psychosocial screening tool for adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in teen club program in Malawi: health care providers perspectives.

Anticipating mental health needs after chemotherapy in early-stage breast cancer using patient-reported symptom screening

February 9, 2022
Among 149 women with breast cancer, 40% reported at least mild depression and 52% reported at least mild anxiety at the end of chemotherapy. These mental health symptoms at the end of chemotherapy were predictive of future prescriptions for psychiatric medications in the first several years after treatment.

The effects of predator odor (TMT) exposure and mGlu3 NAM pretreatment on behavioral and NMDA receptor adaptations in the brain

February 9, 2022
This work identifies lasting behavioral changes and adaptations in glutamatergic targets in the insular cortex and BNST following a stressor exposure and a role for mGlu3 signaling in some of these changes.

Prior histories of posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression and their onset and course in the three months after a motor vehicle collision in the AURORA study

February 9, 2022
This study examined the degree to which a prior history of depression and PTSD influenced the development of these outcomes in a cohort of individuals (n=1306) presenting to the emergency department after a new index trauma (motor vehicle collision). A prior history of these disorders were dominant risk factors for...

Welcome Sarah H. Donnelly to Asheville TEACCH!

February 8, 2022

Brianne Tomaszewski, PhD speaks with the Daily Tar Heel about employment options to those with Autism Spectrum Disorder

February 7, 2022

Helping others can provide mental, physical and community benefits, says Dr. Austin Hall to UNC’s The Well

February 7, 2022