News
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
A team co-led by David Goldston, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University, and Joan Asarnow, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA, has been approved for a $13 million award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
The Durham Risk Score is a new risk assessment tool that enables practitioners to better identify those most at risk for suicide attempts, potentially saving lives
Thursday, September 9, 2021
NC-PAL is a free provider-to-provider consultation line and education program available to all clinicians across the state for questions about behavioral health or psychiatric medication management for their pediatric and perinatal patients.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded funds from the National Institutes of Health to establish a prestigious Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), part of a federally-funded national network of similar centers.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Lauren Franz, MB, ChB, will present at an online conference on Sept. 29, “From Surviving to Thriving: Creating Global Equity in Supports and Services for Childhood Developmental Disability,” which will focus on challenges and research priorities for autism, cerebral palsy and hearing loss.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Adric Hardy is adjusting to a new position as assistant dean of students for the Duke Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards. He’s also searching for a home in Durham. But the heaviest burden remains navigating life during a historic pandemic.
Thursday, August 5, 2021
In a recent opinion piece in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Jane Gagliardi, MD, MHS, reflects on a study in the same journal issue of a cross-sectional cognitive assessment of older incarcerated adults.
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Dr. Frank Keefe, head of the Duke Pain Prevention and Treatment Research Program, shares his thoughts about pain research, research mentoring and ethical research in a recent interview with the Duke Office of Scientific Integrity.
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Annise Weaver, MSEd, CRC, is one of the founders of the newly-established ME² Black Employee Resource Group. Read about this group and other initiatives related to the School of Medicine's new strategic plan for addressing systemic racism.
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Because of her experience with her own son, Laura Anderson Kirby, PhD, wanted to figure out a way to help facilitate discussions about the pandemic with kids. She decided to write a children's book.
Thursday, August 5, 2021
In two related studies just published, researchers including Alison Adcock, MD, PhD, designed an intervention to help people more accurately assess the risks they face from COVID while engaging in typical day-to-day activities.
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
This fall marks an uncertain moment in the pandemic, with rising COVID-19 infection rates in the United States and a shifting public health response to protect the population from the highly infectious Delta variant of the virus.
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Family Connects, a nurse home visiting program for newborns and their families, is linked to substantial reductions in child maltreatment investigations in children’s first five years, according to new research from Duke University.
Sunday, June 27, 2021
Congratulations to the Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences faculty members and trainees who received year-end awards, including Outstanding Mentor, Honored Professors and several resident awards.
Saturday, June 26, 2021
In honor of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, we talked with three experts in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences to learn more about how they support gender diverse patients at Duke. They also shared advice and their go-to resources for trans youth.