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A virtual event featuring musical dedications and words from co-workers was held on October 29th to celebrate Deborah King's years of mentorship and friendship as she retires after 39 years of service to our department.
She comments, "So many of us have made really beautiful music together, and it's been a privilege for me to have [been]. . . a part, in so many careers and so many lives. It's been a true blessing."
Thank you for all your years of service, Deborah! We are wishing you the best in this next chapter of your life! If you missed the event, you can see a recording online here. READ MORE>>>
Tziporah Rosenberg Named Associate Chair of Education
With the retirement of Deborah King, PhD, Tziporah Rosenberg, PhD, LMFT, has been appointed as the new Associate Chair of Education, effective as of January 1st, 2021. In this role, Dr. Rosenberg will lead our overall education and training agenda in the Department of Psychiatry. Rosenberg currently serves as the Director for Training and Education in our Division of Collaborative Care and Wellness and has been an important member of our leadership team integrating behavioral health across our community’s primary care practices. She is also Director of the Institute for the Family’s Family Therapy Services and a member of the Behavioral Health Integration Team for Accountable Health Partners, our region’s premier integrated network of community and faculty providers and regional hospitals largely affiliated with URMC. Please join us in welcoming and congratulating Dr. Rosenberg in her new role! READ MORE>>>
Next Community Conversation to Take Place in December
Our Pediatric Behavioral Health and Wellness Services will be hosting their next virtual Community Conversation on December 3rd. The panel will discuss what parents/caregivers need to consider when thinking about medication for behavioral and mental health concerns in children as well as what to expect when talking with a medical provider about medication. If you missed last month's conversation on What to Expect when Looking for and Getting Behavioral Health Services for Children and Teens, you can watch the event
recording online. READ MORE>>>
Behavioral Health Integration Annual Symposium Wraps Up
Thank you to everyone who attended this year's Behavioral Health Integration Symposium. This year's event, Treatment on Demand and the Ecosystem of Recovery: Helping Patients and Communities Recover from the Opioid Crisis, brought in both local and national speakers to discuss strategies for addressing the opioid epidemic, particularly in rural communities. If you missed any of the panels, recordings are now available on the Recovery Center of Excellence's website! READ MORE>>>
Disturbances of Retinal Structure and Function in Schizophrenia Webinar
Steve Silverstein, PhD will be presenting a webinar at the Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab (CNL) at the Teacher's College of Columbia University on November 19 on the clinical implications of retinal structure disturbances in schizophrenia. READ MORE>>>
Creating Intersectional Partnerships for Youth Mental Health
Melissa Heatly, PhD and Corey Nichols-Hadeed, JD recently spoke with the National Center for School Mental Health on creating cross-sector partnerships in your organization to support child mental health and wellness such as the Expanded School Mental Health Initiatives Program. This initiative aims to develop educators' ability to
identify, refer, approach and support kids with behavioral health challenges. READ MORE>>>
Cultural Engagement and Suicide Ideation among Hispanic Outpatients
Caroline Silva, PhD will be presenting a UR Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Seminar on her CTSI proposal on Cultural Social Engagement and Suicide Ideation among Hispanic Outpatients on November 19! To register, visit the event page.
Managing Legal and Health Needs During COVID-19
Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD joined a group of attorneys, doctors and ethicists to discuss and create a one page working document that could help individuals understand what their legal and health needs are to prepare for COVID.
October Psychiatry Publications
Steven Silverstein, PhD contributed to the investigation of the effects of Parkinson’s disease on retinal activity in this study using Flash Electroretinography data parameters from 21 participants as a non-intrusive measure of retinal activity.
Peter Wyman, PhD, Anthony Pisani, PhD, Lacy M. Morgan-DeVelder, MS, LMFT, Karen Schmeelk-Cone, PhD, and Eric Caine, MD helped evaluate suicide prevention and mental health programs for US Air Force personnel. The Wingman-Connect program studied is the first to reduce suicidal ideation and depression symptoms in a general Air Force population.
Marsha N. Wittink, MD, MBE completed a qualitative study of community oncologists and older adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) to determine influences on initial treatment and transplant decision-making.
Mark Oldham, MD characterized frequent neuropsychiatric complications relating to COVID-19. Evaluating how inconsistent terminology can place constraints on mental status research/diagnosis, and expressing the importance of shared classification and nomenclature.
Elizabeth Karras, PhD led a trial focusing on whether firearm safety messaging is related to changes in safe storage intentions and behaviors in US military veterans.
Mark Oldham, MD was a coauthor on a paper published in Psychosomatics reviewing subtypes of personality changes due to other medical conditions.
Mark Oldham, MD and Hochang Ben Lee, MD, alongside I‐Hsin Lin, PhD, Keith Hawkins, PsyD, Fang‐Yong Li, MPH, David Yuh, MD of Yale School of Medicine, published a paper on the relationship between depression and cognitive and functional decline after coronary artery bypass grafts.
Alumni Highlight
Henry Z'vi Lothane, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, recently announced the planned publication of his newest book, The Untold Story of Sabina Spielrein. Lothane completed his residency training in the Department of Psychiatry in 1963 under then-Chair, Professor John Romano. Lothane has published a number of papers exploring the history, methodology, and clinical technique of psychoanalysis, love and sex, and "dramatology," an approach to clinical work and technique which Lothane has developed. The book will be published in 2021.
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