depression
December 7, 2018
UAMS Exercise Study Looking for Pregnant Women with Depression
A new study at UAMS is testing whether exercise for pregnant women with depression could become an evidence-based treatment and alternative to antidepressant medications. The pilot study supported by the UAMS Translational Research Institute is the first to test exercise as a possible treatment option for depression during pregnancy. Ten pregnant women with depression are…
May 5, 2016
Study Looking for Connection Between Dopamine, PTSD
LITTLE ROCK – A trio of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers are studying a chemical in the brain that plays several roles, including regulating movement and emotional responses, in an effort to help women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Joshua Cisler, Ph.D., of UAMS’ Brain Imaging Research Center, was awarded a five-year…
January 20, 2016
Primary Care Providers Train in Child Behavioral Health
Jan. 20, 2016 | Many Arkansas children and adolescents with behavioral health problems do not have immediate access to a child psychiatrist. While they wait on referral, UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) are working together to ensure help from other health care professionals is on the way. A nationwide shortage of child psychiatrists is…
February 14, 2013
UAMS Opens Psychiatric Inpatient Unit to Serve Women
<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – An inpatient unit devoted solely to women with serious mental health needs such as trauma, depression and anxiety is opening at the Psychiatric Research Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).</p>
October 10, 2012
October 23 Science Cafe ‘Loneliness, Anxiety, and Depression – Oh, My’
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Loneliness, Anxiety, and Depression – Oh, My! on Oct. 23. Panelists will discuss cutting-edge research as well as the causes and treatments involved in behavioral problems.</span>
September 7, 2011
UAMS Psychiatrist to Speak Sept. 14 on Connection Between Teen Depression and Internet Use, Video Games
LITTLE ROCK — A recent study by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) psychiatrists found that youth who spend five or more hours per day on the Internet or playing video games are at a higher risk of depression and suicidal thoughts than teens who play fewer hours.