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Access the UPMC/Pitt Mental and Physical Health Resource Guide

The Department of Psychiatry Advocacy Workgroup has created a Mental and Physical Health Resource Guide for employees of the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC. The guide provides information on how to find information and support on topics including but not limited to workplace accommodations and accessibility, leaves of absence, and short-term disability. Click here to view and print the Mental and Physical Health...

Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Alzheimer's Biomarker Consortium–Down Syndrome (ABC‐DS): A 10‐year Report

Figure from Handen et al. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2025

Over 90% of adults with Down syndrome will be diagnosed with clinical dementia/Alzheimer's disease by their mid-60s. The National Institute on Aging/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development-funded Alzheimer's Biomarker Consortium – Down Syndrome (ABC‐DS) has been studying Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome since 2015. A recent paper in Alzheimer’s & Dementia describes the ABC‐DS...

Rebecca Thurston, PhD, Appointed Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry

We are pleased to announce that Rebecca Thurston, PhD, FABMR, FSBSM, has been appointed Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh. A distinguished professorship constitutes the highest honor that the University can accord a member of the professoriate. Dr. Thurston is one of the top international experts in women’s health. At the University of Pittsburgh, she serves as Pittsburgh...

Kurt Ackerman, MD, PhD, Receives Special Honor from Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Please join us in congratulating Kurt Ackerman, MD, PhD (Clinician Emeritus of Psychiatry), who has received the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP)’s 2025 Special Recognition Award, recognizing an individual who has provided outstanding service to the field of consultation-liaison psychiatry locally and nationally. The Award, as determined by the ACLP Fellowship and Awards Committee, is a special...

The Department of Psychiatry Welcomes New Clinical Faculty Members: Resident Alumnae Anika Binner, MD, and Isabella Kratzer, MD

Drs. Anika Binner and Isabella Kratzer

Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to new clinical faculty members—and recent UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) resident alums— Anika Binner, MD, and Isabella Kratzer, MD. Anika Binner, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) Dr. Binner earned her MD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She completed child and adolescent psychiatry residency training and fellowship at WPH in the Academic...

Recent Research on Neural Network Connectivity in Late-Life Depression and Anxiety

Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry: CNNI

Recent papers in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging examine neural connectivity in late-life anxiety and depression. “Together, these two studies highlight the central role of the default mode network—a diverse set of brain regions theorized to integrate our experiences and sense of self—and its relationship with other large-scale brain networks in affective...

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