Key Medicare payment model fails to improve mental health
A widespread Medicare program that aims to improve health care and lower costs by providing financial incentives to doctors and hospitals resulted in no improvements in mental health care, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and the Yale School of Public Health.
Cabassa appointed to mental health advisory board
Leopoldo Cabassa, a professor at the Brown School, has been appointed as a member of the Mental Health First Aid Research Advisory Board.
Improved orthopedic health doesn’t necessarily mean improved mental health
Orthopedic clinics at the School of Medicine ask patients to fill out an electronic questionnaire at each visit. Analyzing data from questions about anxiety and depression, researchers have found that as patients’ musculoskeletal health improves, anxiety and depression don’t necessarily follow suit.
Training program expands mental health services
This fall, Washington University will launch a new mental health doctoral training program that will expand clinical mental health services on campus while cultivating a new generation of expert psychologists.
Children’s brain scans provide clues to processing of emotional cues
Washington University researchers found that how children’s brains process emotional cues typically is set by the time they are school age. They studied brain scans from hundreds of children ages 5 to 15 who watched videos that dealt with emotional topics.
Data from wearables could be a boon to mental health diagnosis
A team of researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering and the School of Medicine are using Fitbit data and deep learning to detect depression and anxiety.
In Afghanistan, poverty, lack of education associated with dementia
In a newly published study, poverty was closely associated with higher rates of dementia among older adults in Afghanistan. Jean-Francois Trani, an associate professor at the Brown School, led the research.
Adding med to antidepressant may help older adults with treatment-resistant depression
For older adults with clinical depression that has not responded to standard treatments, adding the drug aripiprazole to an antidepressant they’re already taking is more effective than switching from one antidepressant to another, according to a study led by the School of Medicine.
Addressing Health Inequities in People with Serious Mental Illness
A Call to Action
People with serious mental illness die at a much younger age than people in the general population. This book looks at decades of research and asks two questions: Why? And, what can be done to address these deadly health inequities?
Suicide prevention training teaches users to recognize, respond to suicidal behavior
QPR training, a nationally recognized suicide prevention program, is now available to all students, faculty and staff at Washington University. Kirk Dougher, associate vice chancellor for student support and wellness, likens QPR to CPR — an emergency response that saves lives.
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