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Snoring and Insomnia linked to Risk of Metabolic Syndrome A study led by Wendy M. Troxel, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, linking snoring and insomnia to the risk of developing metabolic syndrome has been featured in several news publications including the Los Angeles Times. The results of the study demonstrate the importance of screening for common sleep disorders in routine clinical...

U.S. News & World Report Article Features Advice from Dr. Charles Reynolds for Beating the Holiday Blues A recent issue of U.S. News & World Report featured advice from Charles F. Reynolds, III, MD on beating the holiday blues. Dr. Reynolds is the UPMC Endowed Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry, and Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, and Clinical and Translational Science...

Please join us in congratulating K. N. Roy Chengappa, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, on his receipt of the Academician of the Year Award by the Indo American Psychiatric Association (IAPA). The IAPA award recognizes outstanding members of the organization that have made significant research or clinical contributions to the mental health field. Dr. Chengappa will be presented with the award as part of the 33rd...

CONTACT: Megan Grote Quatrini PHONE: (412) 586-9769 E-MAIL: GroteME@upmc.edu CONTACT: Wendy Zellner PHONE: (412) 586-9777 EMAIL: ZellnerWL@upmc.edu Leading Experts in Schizophrenia to Meet at 27th Annual Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference Dec. 10 Internationally renowned experts in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, researchers and clinicians, patients and their families and friends will gather in...

Schizophrenia Research in the Department featured in Nature The November 10, 2010 issue of the journal Nature features an article, ? Schizophrenia: The Making of a Troubled Mind,? that highlights some of the innovative schizophrenia research being conducted by Dr. David Lewis and his colleagues in the Department of Psychiatry. To read more, please visit: http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101110/full/468154a.html?s...

Children with Mania Do Not Always Have Bipolar Disorder Children with elevated symptoms of mania (ESM) are far more likely to meet criteria for disruptive behavior disorders than for bipolar spectrum disorder according to new data from the Longitudinal Assessment of Manic Symptoms (LAMS) study. The multi-site project, led in Pittsburgh by Boris Birmaher, MD, also found that that kids that do have bipolar disorder...