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Hospital Appreciation Ride Honors UR Medicine Teams
Heather O'Brien, Senior Nurse Educator, captured this image of a "hospital appreciation ride" by the University of Rochester Department of Public Safety, Rochester Police Department, Monroe County Sheriff's Office. and local police departments as a thank you to UR Medicine teams for their hard work and courageous efforts during this difficult time. READ MORE>>>
Psychiatry Experts Discuss Mental Health in the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Tziporah Rosenberg, PhD spoke with USA TODAY on why the pandemic may be a new source of household tension and how families can navigate it.
- Michael Hasselberg, PhD joined Laura Jowly of Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic and Vicki Spurr of NAMI Rochester to talk about the value of telepsychiatry and mental health support offered through virtual platforms in an episode of Connections with Evan Dawson.
- Eric Caine, MD discussed tips on managing the stress surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Yeates Conwell, MD and Caroline Silva, PhD spoke with WXXI, 13WHAM News, and WROC on the impact of telepsychiatry and future directions for remote appointments.
Kate Cerulli, JD, PhD published an article in Democrat & Chronicle on the factors contributing to the recent surge in family violence.
2020 Mental Health Month
May is Mental Health Month. In support of mental health awareness and fighting stigma, four of our teams will be walking- Psychiatry Ambulatory Nurses/Techs, Department of Psychiatry Advisory Council of Consumers (DPACC), 3-9000, and Psychiatric Emergency- in this year's virtual NAMI Walks Rochester. There is still time to support
our teams' donation goals in support of NAMI Rochester. READ MORE>>>
American Psychiatric Association Fellowships Awarded
Three residents in our Psychiatry Residency Program were recently selected for fellowships with the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Carla Velarde, MD, was selected for an APA SAMHSA Funded Minority Fellowship Program. Emilie Transue, M.D., was selected for an APA Public Psychiatry Fellowship Program. Joshua Wortzel, M.D. was selected for an APA Leadership Fellowship Program. READ MORE>>>
Exercise Express and W.I.S.H. Health and Wellness Zoom Conference
The Women's Initiative Supporting Health Transitions Clinic (WISH-TC) will be partnering with Exercise Express Spinning & Fitness Center for a virtual Health and Wellness Zoom Conference from May 11 to May 14. Topics will include exercise demos, nutritional cooking demos, and mental health management during the COVID-19 pandemic. To register, contact Karen Rogers of
Exercise Express. READ MORE>>>
Mask Donations from Peiyuan Qiu
Peiyuan Qiu, PhD, a former postdoc in the Department of Psychiatry, sent a care package of about 150 masks to help protect our clinical staff and patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. Thank you, Dr. Qiu, for your contributions in helping us flatten the curve!
Review of Cognitive Outcomes Among Top 10% of Articles Downloaded
A 2018 article in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society by Mark Oldham, MD and Hochang Ben Lee, MD was recently recognized for being among the top 10% most downloaded papers published between 2018 and 2019 in the journal. The paper provided a systematic review of cognitive outcomes after heart valve surgery. READ
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13th Annual Psychology Day at the United Nations
Mark your calendars – Psychology Day is May 27th this year. Celebrate with us via social media with hashtags: #PsychologyDay2020 and #PsychDayUN2020. Thank you to all of our fabulous psychologists and psychology trainees for ALL that you do, in so many places! READ MORE>>>
Barbara Witt Joins the Department of Psychiatry
Barbara Witt will be joining the Department of Psychiatry Chair's Office as Administrative Assistant to Hochang Ben Lee, MD. She comes to us with many years of experience in the Department of Surgery and we are happy to have her as a member of our team.
April Psychiatry Publications
- Catherine Glenn, PhD led a study published in the Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychology on the feasibility and acceptability of intensive ecological momentary assessment among high-risk adolescents with suicidal thoughts and behaviors following discharge from acute psychiatric care. Yeates Conwell, MD and Linda Alpert-Gillis, PhD were also co-authors.
- Steven Lamberti, MD, Viki Katsetos, MD, David Jacobowitz, MA, and Robert Weisman, DO recently published an article looking at the relationship between psychosis, mania and criminal recidivism in Harvard Review of Psychiatry.
Mark Oldham, MD, led a study published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine on integrating proactive, multidisciplinary mental health teams and provider and nursing satisfaction. Patrick Walsh, PhD, Daniel Maeng, PhD, and Hochang Ben Lee, MD were co-authors on this paper.
Daniel Maeng, PhD, Jennifer Richman, MD, Hochang Ben Lee, MD, and Michael Hasselberg, PhD published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine a paper on the impact of integrating psychiatric assessment officers via telepsychiatry on rural hospitals' emergency revisit rates.
Lauren DeCaporale-Ryan, PhD, Jessica Goodman, PhD, Adam Simning, MD, PhD, Lara Press-Ellingham, MPA, Linda Williams, BSN, RN, and Michael Hasselberg, PhD published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry a study looking at staff training and Process Group Intervention as a method of addressing psychosocial needs in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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