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COVID-19 Mental Health Resource Guide & Support
The Department of Psychiatry has compiled a curated collection of resources from a variety of sources to support the mental health and emotional wellbeing of our community during this difficult time. We hope this guide will offer helpful information, expert tips, coping strategies, tools and best practices to support the well-being of individuals and families,…
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Impact of COVID-19 on Wisconsin Families
Click here to complete the surveys. INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A RESEARCH STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON WISCONSIN YOUTH AND FAMILIES If you have a son or daughter between the ages of 6-17 and are …
June 30, 2020
Michael Koenigs, PhD Earns Collaborative Health Sciences Grant
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Michael Koenigs, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry) and Co-Principal Investigator Josh Cisler, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) for becoming recipients of this year’s Collaborative Health Sciences Grant awards. The awards of $600,000 …
November 26, 2019
“Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia” – book by Dr. Art Walaszek published this week
Art Walaszek, MD, Psychiatry Department Vice Chair for Education & Faculty Development, recently authored the book Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia by American Psychiatric Association Publishing. Below is the book description, which can be …
September 10, 2019
The Future of Clinical Continuing Education – Q&A with Dr. Marcia Slattery
Marcia Slattery, M.D., MHSc, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Public Health, was recently appointed Clinical Continuing Education Director in the Office of Continuing Professional Development in Medicine and Public Health (OCPD).
August 19, 2019
Affective Neuroscience: 25 Years of Progress and the 25th Annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion
Richard J. Davidson, PhD (left), and Ned H. Kalin, MD (PG ’79), met in the early 1980s as new faculty members. Twenty-five years ago, they co-founded the annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion, which continues to attract a broad array of presenters and learners in the fields of psychology and psychiatry.
August 19, 2019
Remembering James Jefferson, MD
“Dr. Jefferson taught generations of psychiatrists how to provide high-quality, evidence-based care to people suffering from mental illness. He was widely seen as an expert in the use of lithium, the gold standard treatment of bipolar disorder,” says Art Walaszek, MD, professor, Department of Psychiatry.
August 19, 2019
Department Chair Ned Kalin, M.D. Assumes Role of Editor for The American Journal of Psychiatry
University of Wisconsin Psychiatry Department Chair, Ned Kalin, M.D., has officially assumed the role of Editor in Chief of The American Journal of Psychiatry, the premier scientific journal of the American Psychiatric Association. Please take a …
January 15, 2019- More News
Upcoming Events
Educational Conference: Nancy Raymond, MD – Compulsive Sexual Disorders
October 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmSamantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH | UW Psychiatry Grand Rounds
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