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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...

WPIC Opens Nation?s First Bipolar Child and Adolescent Inpatient Unit The Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) of UPMC has opened the nation's only inpatient unit dedicated to serving children with bipolar disorder. The Inpatient Child and Adolescent Bipolar Services (in-CABS) program is an innovative initiative aimed at facilitating early identification and treatment of bipolar disorder in children...

Diagnosing Postpartum Depression with a Brain Scan Eydie L. Moses-Kolko, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, was recently featured in a Time Magazine article highlighting her research on the use of brain-imaging in new mothers that may help to identify women who are vulnerable to post-partum depression. In this study, Dr. Moses-Kolko found interesting differences in the way mothers? brain regions interacted and...