Psychiatric Research Institute
March 18, 2024
New UAMS Clinic to Treat Youth, Adolescents for Substance Use
The Six Bridges Clinic is the first of its kind at UAMS, treating patients between the ages of 12 and 21 for dependency on substances like opioids, alcohol and marijuana.
October 18, 2023
Matt Kern, M.D., Andrea McMahon, M.D. Join UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute-Northwest
FAYETTEVILLE — Matt Kern, M.D., and Andrea McMahon, M.D., have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Psychiatric Research Institute – Northwest as outpatient psychiatrists.
October 17, 2023
Psychiatrist Todd Brinkley, M.D., Joins UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute
LITTLE ROCK — Todd Brinkley, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Psychiatric Research Institute as an outpatient psychiatrist.
October 13, 2023
UAMS Receives Grants from Blue & You Foundation to Expand, Build Mental Health Programs
The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas announced a series of grants totaling $5.9 million targeting trauma, substance use and suicide among youth and adolescents at a press conference held Oct. 5 at the Clinton Presidential Center, including two to develop and expand programs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
October 10, 2023
DHS, UAMS Program Receives $9.5 Million Grant For Statewide Mental Health Initiative
LITTLE ROCK — In an effort to increase mental health services for Arkansans, especially in rural parts of the state, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced an $9.5 million, five-year mental health grant program.
June 6, 2023
Researchers Forming Alliance to Help Women Who Have Been Incarcerated
LITTLE ROCK — A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received an award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to help launch an alliance of Arkansas organizations that provide services to women who have been incarcerated.
May 16, 2023
Research Team Looking for Connection Between Isolation, Mental Illness in Older Adults
LITTLE ROCK — A group of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has launched a pilot project to study a possible link between social seclusion and mental illness in older adults.
April 25, 2023
UAMS Invests Laura B. Dunn, M.D., in Marie Wilson Howells Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Laura B. Dunn, M.D., in the Marie Wilson Howells Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences during an April 20 ceremony. Dunn, who joined UAMS in February 2022 as chair of the UAMS Department of Psychiatry and director of the UAMS…
April 21, 2023
Young Patients Explore Life Cycle of Butterflies
There are roughly 750 species of butterfly in the United States. That fact may come as a surprise to most people, but probably not to the young patients on the Child Diagnostic Unit in the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute. The young children on the inpatient unit recently spent four weeks learning a great deal about…
December 1, 2022
UAMS Researchers Design App to Prevent Opioid Use Disorder Relapse
LITTLE ROCK — A trio of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have designed a smart phone application to decrease opioid cravings and optimize medication-assisted treatment among individuals with opioid use disorder.
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