UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute
January 3, 2018
Briggs Trust Donates $436,000 for Schizophrenia Research at UAMS
Jan. 3, 2018 | A gift of $436,000 will allow the Psychiatric Research Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to fund additional research into schizophrenia, a serious mental disorder that can cause hallucinations, delusions and a loss of touch with reality. The donation from the Caroline T. Briggs Charitable Trust was…
August 3, 2017
UAMS Researchers Receive National Science Foundation Grant to Study Regulation of Emotion
Aug. 3, 2017 | A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientists recently received a $422,610 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the mechanisms of control of emotional responses of men and women using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Keith Bush, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UAMS College…
March 1, 2017
Documentary Takes A New Look At Treating Childhood Trauma
March 1, 2017 | Healthcare professionals and others with special interest in children’s needs filled the audience at a screening of a documentary exploring the identification and treatment of child abuse held Feb. 21 at the Ron Robinson Theater in Little Rock’s River Market area. The hour-long film, “Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The…
July 20, 2015
Deep Brain Stimulation Relieves Patient’s OCD Symptoms
July 20, 2015 | Thomasine Williams of Sherwood was constantly washing her hands and arranging and rearranging items. She was unable to go anywhere in public without taking a towel to sit on. She balked at opening doors and using silverware at restaurants.
April 10, 2015
UAMS Patient Advisors Create “Art with Heart”
April 10, 2015 | The red hearts painted on deep blue backgrounds were the same, yet each was different.
February 19, 2015
Pope Moseley, M.D., Named Dean of UAMS College of Medicine
Feb. 19, 2015 | Pope L. Moseley, M.D., has been named dean of the College of Medicine and executive vice chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), effective July 15.
February 11, 2015
Physician Wins Postpartum Research Award
LITTLE ROCK – Shona Ray-Griffith, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded the 2015 Susan A. Hickman Memorial Research Award by Postpartum Support International (PSI).
April 5, 2011
Paintings With Healing Message Donated to Child Study Center
Art helps children forget that they are ill while being in a strange place that otherwise might be frightening. Art connects children to delight and discovery and brings back some of the experiences of being a child, not just a sick child. – “Creativity and the Arts in Health Care Settings,” Journal of the American Medical Association, Feb. 4, 1998
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