The State of Texas has started the process of putting a new, state-funded psychiatric hospital in Dallas within 5-6 years, possibly sooner. Dallas is the single big city in Texas without such a hospital; other state facilities have been renovated and rebuilt. Texas HHS has partnered with its medical schools in this effort to bring the delivery of mental health care close to the doctors developing new knowledge. This facility will broadly treat serious mental illness in the 200-bed facility.
UT Southwestern has received planning dollars and resources for acquiring a location.
Stay tuned for additional developments.
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--Carol A. Tamminga, M.D.
Department Chair
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Jessica Moore, M.D., Dedman Scholar
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Dr. Jessica Moore has been appointed as a Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care by a generous gift from the Dedman Foundation, which was established in 1995 by the late Robert H. Dedman, Sr. This award provides Dr. Moore dedicated time to focus on clinic development, trainee education, and inter-institutional collaboration for the Transitional Age Youth Program.
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Transitional Age Youth Program
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Suicide is the second leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults, and 75% of lifetime psychiatric disorders develop by age 24. Transitional Age Youth broadly describes a discrete developmental period for people ages 16-27. These young adults face unique developmental tasks, social changes, and neurobiological changes that put them at risk for psychiatric disorders and make their care significantly challenging. Despite the risks, Transitional Age Youth have the lowest rates of mental health service use of any age groups, with about only a quarter receiving needed services. Without intervention, Transitional Age Youth face difficulties maintaining employment, decreased likelihood to complete college, higher risk of legal difficulties, and worsening of comorbid medical problems. These patients and their families need comprehensive care to help transition not only from pediatric to adult psychiatric care but also from adolescence to adulthood.
Dr. Moore’s passion for Transitional Age Youth and the challenges they face is a tremendous asset to our department, and we look forward to the continuing development of our clinical services to this vulnerable patient population.
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Welcome New Psychiatry Residents and
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Students
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General Psychiatry Residents
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Rachel Beck, M.D.
UT Health Science Center, Houston
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Khady Diack, M.D.
UT Health Science Center, San Antonio
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Donald Egan, M.D., M.P.H.
UT Health Science Center,
San Antonio
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Allyson Folsom Davis, M.D.
University of Texas Medical Branch
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Jasmine Jack, M.D.
Morehouse School of Medicine
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Zachary Kennedy, M.D.
University of Texas Medical Branch
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Caila Lavine, M.D.
University of Arizona
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Christian Monsalve, M.D., M.S.
Rutgers
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Diona Symester, M.D., M.P.H.
State University of New York Downstate
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Lindsay Szauter, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Texas Medical Branch
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Kelston Thomas, M.D.
Columbia University
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Child and Adult Psychiatry Combined Track Residents
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Emily Nguyen, M.D.
Texas Tech University
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Vivianne Oyefusi, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh
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Swetha Ramamurthy, M.D.
UT Southwestern
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Ozlem Hokelekli, M.D., Ph.D.
Hacettepe Üniversitesi
Tip Fakültesi
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Bryan Kromenacker, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Arizona
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Rural and Public Mental Health Track Residents
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Trisha Modi, M.D., M.B.A.
Texas Tech University
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Justin O’Brien, M.D.
UT Southwestern
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Combined Residency Program Residents
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Nathalie Abenoza, M.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Internal Medicine-Psychiatry
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Areej Ali, M.D., M.P.H
University of Pittsburgh
Internal Medicine-Psychiatry
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Enrique Chiu Han, M.D.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Medicina
Neurology-Psychiatry
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Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program Students
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NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist
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Child Psychiatry Fellow Joseph Guillory, M.D., received one of the 2021 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Exemplary Psychiatrist Awards, following nomination by
Dr. Athena Tremtin, Executive Director of NAMI North Texas.
Congratulations, Dr. Guillory!
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Children's
Charles Odom
Parkland
Abhisek Khandai
Megan Verlage
VA
Andrew Fritz
Steven Bender
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We have many opportunities
for new faculty!
for our openings.
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The Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs Department is pleased to offer all UTSW Faculty the opportunity to have a new professional head shot taken each fiscal year. Sitting for a professional photo takes about 10 minutes.
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- Fawn Palmer, Advanced Practice RN, BL7
- Kennedy Balzen, Clinical Data Specialist, Pediatrics
- Ovidio Cruz Diaz, CSA, Neuropsychology Clinic
Mood Disorders
- Catherine Kurusu Callan, Clinical Research Coordinator
- Elizabeth Kaiser, Clinical Research Coordinator
- Harmony Hilton, Program Manager, Public Education & Community Outreach
- Michael Henson, Research Scientist Senior
- Rorie Duprey, Clinical Research Coordinator
- Tobi Fuller, Clinical Research Manager
- Olufunmilayo Adesanlu, Advanced Practice RN
Brown Lab
- Donovan Taylor, Clinical Data Specialist
- Edward Fitzrandolph, Research Study Coordinator
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Highlights from Our Publications
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Dr. C. Munro Cullum’s publication with colleagues on “ One-year aerobic exercise reduced carotid arterial stiffness and increased cerebral blood flow in amnestic mild cognitive impairment” in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease attracted attention in the media recently in relation to its finding that aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking, increases blood flow to the brain in older adults affected by mild memory loss. The work results from Dr. Cullum's collaboration with the Neurology Department at UTSW (Tomoto T, Liu J, Tseng BY, Pasha E, Cardim D, Tarumi T, Hynan LS, Cullum CM, Zhang R).
Other Recent Publications
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Adjunctive parental support within manualized parent training for children with autism spectrum disorder (Cartwright JE, Mount KB) in Child Psychiatry & Human Development
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Clinical utility of the ECLECTIC framework in providing culturally-informed autism spectrum disorder evaluations: a pediatric case-based approach (Bordes Edgar V, Meneses V, Shaw D, Romero RA, Salinas CM, Kissel A) in Clinical Neuropsychologist
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Defining traumatic encephalopathy syndrome – Advances and challenges (Cullum CM, LoBue C) in Nature Reviews Neurology
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Differences in adolescent symptom reporting following motor vehicle accident versus sport-related concussion (Tarkenton T, Caze Ii T, Silver CH, Hynan LS, Didehbani N, Miller S, Batjer H, Bell K, Cullum CM) in Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
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Frequency and predictors of traumatic encephalopathy syndrome in a prospective cohort of retired professional athletes (Schaffert J, Didehbani N, LoBue C, Hart J, Rossetti H, Lacritz L, Cullum CM) in Frontiers in Neurology
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Impact of childhood maltreatment on outcomes of antidepressant medication in chronic and/or recurrent depression (Medeiros GC, Prueitt WL, Rush AJ, Minhajuddin A, Czysz AH, Patel SS, Trombello J, Trivedi MH.) in Journal of Affective Disorders
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Life during COVID-19: A pandemic of silence (Baig-Ward KM) in Current Psychiatry
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Longitudinal neurocognitive effects of combined electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and pharmacotherapy in major depressive disorder in older adults: Phase 2 of the PRIDE Study (Lisanby SH, McClintock SM, McCall WV, Knapp RG, Cullum CM, Mueller M, et al) in American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Mentorship in clinical neuropsychology (Cullum CM, McClintock, SM, Lacritz L). In C. Block (Ed.), The Neuropsychology Roadmap: A Training and Career Guide
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Objective and subjective perspectives on implementation of a violence risk screening program in an emergency department (Roaten K, Browne S, Pollio DE, Khan F, North CS) in Journal of Psychiatric Practice
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Patterns of treatment utilization across the perinatal period in the Center for Maternal and Infant Outcomes and Research in Translation (COMFORT) Veterans Study (Shivakumar G, Kroll-Desrosiers AR, Copeland L, Anderson EH, Maydon A, Mattocks K) in Journal of Women's Health
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Perceived recovery and self-reported functioning in adolescents with mild traumatic brain injury: The role of sleep, mood, and physical symptoms (Wright B, Wilmoth K, Juengst S, Didehbani N, Maize R, Bell K, Cullum CM) in Developmental Neurorehabilitation
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Reynolds Intellectual Screening Instrument 1st versus 2nd Edition in a memory disorder sample (Ruchinskas R, Goette W) in Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
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Smoking status links habenular volume to glycated hemoglobin: Findings from the Human Connectome Project-Young Adult (Jha MK, Kim JW, Kenny PJ, Chin Fatt C, Minhajuddin A, Salas R, et al) in Psychoneuroendocrinology
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Teaching psychotherapy (Crocker EM, Brenner AM) in Psychiatric Clinics of North America
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The association between time incarcerated and employment success: comparing traditional vocational services with a hybrid supported employment program for veterans (LePage JP, Crawford AM, Martin WB, Ottomanelli L, Cipher D et al.) in Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
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Validation of fearlessness about death scale in adolescents (Krantz SM, Yang X, King J, Kennard BD, Emslie GJ, Stewart SM) in Psychological Assessment
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Check out Study Finder for clinical trials studying mental health at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care
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The CDRC will partner with US colleagues to expand detection and treatment for depression and other disorders across Texas as part of the Lone Star Depression Challenge. Lyda Hill Philanthropies and Lever for Change announced Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute as the recipient of the $10 million Lone Star Prize, a Texas-based competition launched in early 2020 to improve the lives of Texans and their communities. Measurement-based care strategies, which have been shown to improve outcomes by 40-60%, are being combined with other proven effective strategies into a three-tiered Lone Star Depression Challenge action plan. Watch a short video illustrating our plan of action. The initiative is being led by Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute in collaboration with the Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care at UT Southwestern, Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and The Path Forward for Mental Health and Substance Use.
Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) is an interactive CDRC program for adolescents promoting increased discussion and knowledge about mental health, suicide prevention, and the development of problem-solving skills and emotional intelligence. Instructors are certified and qualified to implement YAM within their districts and charters upon completion of the 4.5-day course, comprehension of the model, successful demonstration of the opening session, and active participation throughout the course. Nineteen instructors received certification at the end of our recent training session.
The CDRC's Texas-Resilience Against Depression (T-RAD) study examines the development of resilience in youth and young adults who may be at risk for depression or bipolar disorder as well as individuals who are currently facing either of these disorders. The Town Hall series is an opportunity for study participants to learn more about ongoing research. Watch the third T-RAD Town Hall webinar.
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Maria Alvarez, a nurse with our Parkland CL service, received one of the 2021
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July 27, 12pm
Seizing the Opportunity:
What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About Mental Health
in Minority Populations and How to Continue the Conversation
Four panelists will foster conversation:
- Dr. Suselina Acosta, Parkland Department of Psychiatry
- Dr. Joseph Guillory, Children’s Medical Center Department of Psychiatry
- Dr. Brenda Richardson-Rowe, LPC-S of Harmony House Counseling Center
- Dr. Dennis Le, UT Southwestern Department of Psychiatry
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August 4 Department Town Hall
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Our next Psychiatry Department Town Hall will be held via Zoom at noon on Wednesday, August 4. Reach out with your ideas for topics to cover or questions to be addressed!
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Faculty Retreat - Hybrid Style
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The Faculty Retreat will take place on Friday, October 1, 2021, in a hybrid format, with both an online joining option and an in-person option at University Hospital.
More information to come!
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