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Browsing: Psychiatry

Disease Discoveries
Feb 6, 2023

Potential Therapeutic Target for Schizophrenia Identified 

Targeting calcium signaling in neurons may represent a promising therapeutic approach for treating a rare form of schizophrenia, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Feb 2, 2023

Gender-Affirming Hormones Improve Mental Health in Transgender and Nonbinary Youth

Transgender and nonbinary youth experienced sustained improvements in depression and anxiety over two years after starting treatment with gender-affirming hormones, according to a recent study.

Campus News
Jan 19, 2023

Medical School Establishes New Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience

Feinberg has established the Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, a collaborative hub created to unite interdisciplinary scientists to understand neural mechanisms underlying mental illness, elucidate mechanisms of psychotropic drug action and develop novel therapeutics.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Dec 26, 2022

Northwestern Investigators Develop New Therapy for Autism Subtype

A team of Northwestern investigators led by Peter Penzes, PhD, has developed a new therapy that could treat Phelan-McDermid syndrome, a subtype of autism spectrum disorder.

Disease Discoveries
Jul 18, 2022

Brain Lesion Location Influences Addiction Behaviors

Damage to particular regions of the brain may influence addiction behaviors, providing insight into potential therapeutic targets for substance use disorders.

Campus News
Jun 6, 2022

Remembering John Csernansky, MD

John Csernansky, MD, former chair and Lizzie Gilman Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, whose career at Northwestern spanned nearly 15 years, passed away recently at age 68.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Apr 22, 2022

Antipsychotics During Pregnancy Don’t Increase Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Children born to women who took antipsychotic medications later in their pregnancy did not show increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, according to a recent study.

Campus News
Apr 5, 2022

Accomplished Scientist to Join Feinberg as Inaugural Director of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science

Sara Becker, PhD, of the Brown University School of Public Health and the Warren Alpert Medical School, has been named the Alice Hamilton Professor of Psychiatry and inaugural director of the newly formed Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science, which is part of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine, effective August 1st.

Disease Discoveries
Sep 9, 2021

Biomarker Predicts Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease

A biomarker in the brain predicts future cognitive decline in patients with the language form of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Campus News
Aug 16, 2021

Eminent Physician-Scientist Sachin Patel Named Chair of Psychiatry

Sachin Patel, MD, PhD, has been named chair and Lizzie Gilman Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and psychiatrist-in-chief at Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Norman and Ida Stone Institute of Psychiatry.

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