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  • image from Self-Advocacy – Standing up for what is right for yourself

    Self-Advocacy – Standing up for what is right for yourself

    Self-advocacy is a way to stand up for ourselves, make our own decisions, and go for what we believe is...

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    Anti-Asian Sentiment and Mental Health Implications during COVID

    Since the onset of COVID, anti-Asian sentiment and racism has been an ongoing issue worldwide. Between March and December 2020...

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  • image from A Challenge with Social Media: Self-Diagnosing Mental Health

    A Challenge with Social Media: Self-Diagnosing Mental Health

    There is a popular trend right now of utilizing social media platforms, particularly TikTok, where influencers post content leading children,...

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    The impact of bullying on mental health

    There has been a lot of conversation in the media lately about bullying and the damaging impact it can have...

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  • image from Substance Use, Misuse, and Dependence: When is it too far?

    Substance Use, Misuse, and Dependence: When is it too far?

    Did you know that dependence can happen at any age? Often times it starts at a younger age. It is...

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    Giving yourself a break

    Wow, what a week Texas experienced! Have you stopped to check in with yourself to see how you are feeling?...

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    Grief and Loss

    Talking about grief and loss is never easy. Experiencing it can be even harder. There are many situations that cause...

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  • image from Maintaining a balance through life’s stressors and burnout

    Maintaining a balance through life’s stressors and burnout

    While life is forever evolving, many people are finding it hard to manage all of life’s stressors that come with...

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  • image from What if I suspect mental illness in my child?

    What if I suspect mental illness in my child?

    Those who are parents know that parenting isn’t just a job; it is all the jobs. From cooking, cleaning, ensuring...

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  • image from Reducing isolation during the pandemic

    Reducing isolation during the pandemic

    Many of us have adjusted our lives due to the pandemic. Vacations cancelled, concert tickets refunded, not watching our children...

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  • image from Human Trafficking…What is it, Who does it Affect, Where is it Happening

    Human Trafficking…What is it, Who does it Affect, Where is it Happening

    Human trafficking is the recruitment or transportation of a person or persons for the purpose of exploitation, which typically includes...

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  • image from How to talk to kids about big events and scary things

    How to talk to kids about big events and scary things

    Monsters under the bed, strangers, and things they hear as their parents are watching the news, or things they may...

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  • image from Managing the holidays and a pandemic

    Managing the holidays and a pandemic

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year….maybe. For many, the holidays bring added stress along with the expected cheer...

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  • image from Radical Acceptance During Difficult Times

    Radical Acceptance During Difficult Times

    It seems like an understatement to say we are in a time of unknown. We hope COVID is coming to...

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    Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)

    It would not surprise most people to hear that childhood trauma can have an impact across the lifespan.  What might...

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  • image from Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue: Helpful tips for our Frontline Workers

    Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue: Helpful tips for our Frontline Workers

    Frontline workers have been showing up and working hard to provide the best service possible in these trying times. Many...

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    Transitioning In Times of COVID

    The world feels so unknown right now and many families are faced with conflicting decisions, – do I send my...

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  • image from Daily Tips to Support a Child With Autism As The School Year Starts

    Daily Tips to Support a Child With Autism As The School Year Starts

    The COVID-19 pandemic has definitely impacted the way we all live our lives and how we go about our daily...

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  • image from Using DEAR MAN to Guide Difficult Family Interactions in COVID-19.

    Using DEAR MAN to Guide Difficult Family Interactions in COVID-19.

    Written by: Melissa Goldberg, Psy.D COVID-19 has been tough on our family relationships.  Whether it’s a mother-to-be feeling anxious about...

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    What is Disordered Eating?

      Written by: Nicole Bartek, DNP What a “good, healthy meal and/or body” looks and feels like can become a...

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  • image from What To Do If You Think Your Child Is Having Suicidal Thoughts

    What To Do If You Think Your Child Is Having Suicidal Thoughts

    Written by: Meaghan Lightbody-Warner, LCSW-S In the United States, suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among children/adolescents aged...

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    Teen Mental Health and COVID: A Letter for Parents

    Written by: Meaghan LIghtbody-Warner, LCSW To say these are trying times for most is an understatement. Things are unpredictable, big...

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  • image from Story Time: Using Popular Media to Talk to Your Children About Mental Health

    Story Time: Using Popular Media to Talk to Your Children About Mental Health

    Written by: Jennifer Yen, MD, FAACAP Let’s face it: it’s tough to talk about mental health and mental illness. This...

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    How to know when your child is experiencing everyday stress versus an anxiety disorder?

    Written by: Angela Durbin-Garfield, APRN, PMHNP-BC Collectively, our nation is experiencing a multitude of events such as the Coronavirus (COVID-19),...

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    Depression in Adolescents

      Written by: Meaghan Lightbody-Warner, LCSW-S Being a teenager can be a challenging time.  As a parent, it can sometimes...

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  • image from What’s so Important About Getting A Good Night of Sleep?

    What’s so Important About Getting A Good Night of Sleep?

      Written by: Nicole Bartek, DNP While most people know that sleep is important, if you ask most kids and...

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    Making Sure Kids Stay Safe Online

    Written by: Hikari Ward, LMSW COVID-19 has left many parents relying on technology to engage their children in learning and...

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  • image from Can hiring a diverse staff actually help patients from different backgrounds open up more during sessions?

    Can hiring a diverse staff actually help patients from different backgrounds open up more during sessions?

    Written by: Zeshen Wu, MD Hello, I’m Zeshen Wu, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry at UTHealth, and I was very...

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  • image from Suicide in bipolar disorder

    Suicide in bipolar disorder

      Written by: Gabriel Fries, PhD, MSc Being among the top 10 leading causes of death in the United States...

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  • image from Challenges for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research in COVID-19 Era

    Challenges for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research in COVID-19 Era

    Written by: Deborah A. Pearson, PhD In a recent article, Drs. Michael Aman (Ohio State University) and Deborah Pearson (University...

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  • image from Medical school education remains strong during COVID-19 pandemic

    Medical school education remains strong during COVID-19 pandemic

    Written by: J. Chase Findley, MD The COVID-19 pandemic has created tremendous challenges throughout every aspect of our society. More...

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  • image from The Research Track Residency Program at the Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    The Research Track Residency Program at the Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    Written by: Marsal Sanches, MD, PhD, FAPA The last several decades have witnessed an unprecedented shift in the way medicine,...

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  • image from Providing Project ECHO® to Support Our Community in Addressing  Child Mental Health Needs When and Where it Matters Most

    Providing Project ECHO® to Support Our Community in Addressing Child Mental Health Needs When and Where it Matters Most

    Written by: Elizabeth Newlin, MD As a mental health clinician, it has never been more important to reach out to...

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    Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month

    Written by: Kimberly Samuels, PhD May is Maternal Mental Health Month, a time in which we focus on increasing the...

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    COVID-19; a professional and personal testimony

    Similar to the experiences of most others, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused me to make many adjustments in my personal...

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  • Helping our patients with Telemental Health and Social Support in the times of COVID-19 and Social Distancing

    Written by: Melba A. Hernandez-Tejada, PhD, DHA Telemedicine (or in the case of psychological and psychiatric services: telemental health), has...

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  • Managing stress during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Leslie K. Taylor, PhD, spoke with Newsweek, offering tips for managing stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.newswise.com/articles/managing-stress-during-the-covid-19-pandemic

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    Alamo Area Housing Summit Review

    Around 100 participants attended the Alamo Area Housing Summit. There were several presentations involving housing and homeless problems in the...

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  • Psychedelics: Where we started and where are we now

    Psychedelics: Where we started and where are we now

    Written by: Valeria A. Cuellar, MD The external world became changed as in a dream. Objects appeared to gain in...

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  • image from Electronic Cigarettes: The truths and myths

    Electronic Cigarettes: The truths and myths

    Written by: Jin Yoon, PhD Cigarette smoking continues to be a significant public health issue in the United States. The...

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  • image from The U.S. Opioid Crisis: How Did We Get Here?

    The U.S. Opioid Crisis: How Did We Get Here?

    Written by: Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM In the 1990s, there was a concerted effort in the United States to address...

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  • image from 2019 Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Holiday Party

    2019 Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Holiday Party

    The Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences celebrated the holidays with a dinner at Armadillo Palace. Food, fun, fellowship,...

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  • image from Addressing Housing as a Social Determinant of Health to Improve Outcomes for  People with Serious Mental Illness

    Addressing Housing as a Social Determinant of Health to Improve Outcomes for People with Serious Mental Illness

    Written by: Jane Hamilton, PhD, MPH, LCSW-S Social determinants of health (SDoH) are conditions in which people are born, grow,...

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    What is CBT?

    Written by:  Ana M. Ugueto, PhD Cognitive-behavioral therapy, commonly referred to as CBT, is a short-term, goal-oriented psychotherapy that focuses...

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    Age-Friendly Health Systems Movement changes approach

    The Harris County Psychiatric Center (HCPC) is proud to be recognized as part of the “Age-Friendly Health Systems Movement.” The...

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  • image from Child Sexual Abuse and the Myth of Vampire Syndrome

    Child Sexual Abuse and the Myth of Vampire Syndrome

    Written by: Melissa Goldberg, PsyD During the Q&A section of a Grand Rounds presentation I gave last week titled “Classification...

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    2019 Houston Mood Disorders Recap

      The 2019 Houston Mood Disorders Conference is going to be one we don’t forget for quite some time. In...

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  • image from Psychopathology, Life, and Society: Coulrophobia: Are you afraid of clowns?

    Psychopathology, Life, and Society: Coulrophobia: Are you afraid of clowns?

    Written by: Marsal Sanches, MD, PhD, FAPA Psychopathology, Life, and Society: Coulrophobia: Are you afraid of clowns? When we think...

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  • image from Mitochondrial hypothesis and its relationship to bipolar disorder

    Mitochondrial hypothesis and its relationship to bipolar disorder

    Written by: Giselli Scaini The “mitochondrial hypothesis” suggests that bipolar disorder is triggered, in part, via dysfunction of the cell’s...

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    A year in review: from Dr. Soares

    Written by: Jair C. Soares, MD, PhD The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is dedicated to the mission of...

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  • image from UTHealth-HCPC Program Shows Promise for Psychosis

    UTHealth-HCPC Program Shows Promise for Psychosis

    Written by: Alia Warner, Ph.D. Individuals with serious mental illnesses (SMI), such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, often experience substantial...

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    What is test anxiety and how can we support students when they experience it?

    Written by: Leslie K. Taylor, PhD As the first day of school approaches, parents and children gather their backpacks as...

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  • image from Using extracellular vesicles to study bipolar disorder

    Using extracellular vesicles to study bipolar disorder

    Written by: Dr. Gabriel R. Fries, PhD In the search for ways to better understand bipolar disorder and develop better...

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  • image from Psychopathology, Life, and Society: On being a psychiatrist in the XXI century

    Psychopathology, Life, and Society: On being a psychiatrist in the XXI century

    Written by: Marsal Sanches, MD, PhD, FAPA In a recent article published in Academic Psychiatry(1), the authors discuss the progressively...

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    Ketamine – Could it Bridge Treatment Gaps in Postpartum Depression?

    Written by: Sudhakar Selvaraj, MD, PhD Maternal depression is a seriously disabling form of mood disorder that occurs in 1...

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    Am I aging faster than I should be?

    Written by Dr. Gabriel Fries The concept of “accelerated aging” was first introduced after researchers started studying biological markers of...

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  • Hurricane Season sign

    How can families prepare for hurricane season?

    Written by Dr. Leslie Taylor It’s the end of the school year and many children and families are ready for...

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    Vicarious Trauma

    Written by: Jennifer B. Hughes, PhD At times, it can feel nearly impossible to find the motivation to keep showing...

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    Alcohol Use Disorder: An Overview

    Written by: Austin Lin, MD Although the opioid epidemic garners national attention, alcohol use remains a major problem. According to...

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  • image from How Talking to Your Child about Sexual Health can Help Protect them from Child Sexual Abuse

    How Talking to Your Child about Sexual Health can Help Protect them from Child Sexual Abuse

    Written by: Melissa Goldberg, PsyD Recent reports highlight the alarming prevalence of child sexual abuse. According to the National Sexual...

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    Suicide in Teens

    Written by: Ana Ugueto, PhD Despite best efforts in public health to reduce youth suicide, rates of teen suicides have...

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  • image from How Genes may Lead to Psychiatric Disorders

    How Genes may Lead to Psychiatric Disorders

    Written by: Gabriel Fries, PhD Psychiatric disorders are known to have a high heritability and a strong genetic component. This...

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  • image from “It hurts doc!”— The Complex Relationship between Sickle Cell Disease, Pain, and Psychiatry

    “It hurts doc!”— The Complex Relationship between Sickle Cell Disease, Pain, and Psychiatry

    Written by: Kairav Shah, MD Sickle cell disease is an inherited group of disorders that affects hemoglobin, the molecule in red...

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    TMS and Treatment-Resistant Depression

    Written by: Bobby Nix, MD The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences continues to be on the forefront of revolutionary...

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  • image from ADHD vs. Bipolar: Diagnosing the Difference in Kids

    ADHD vs. Bipolar: Diagnosing the Difference in Kids

    Diagnosing behavioral conditions can be challenging, especially in kids. Consulting a specialist with a trained eye, who follows best practices...

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  • image from Traumatic Brain Injury: A Silent Epidemic

    Traumatic Brain Injury: A Silent Epidemic

    Written by: Dharmendra Kumar, MD, and Reena Kumar, MD Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and...

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    Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) as an Effective Treatment Option for Depression

    Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, or TMS, is a localized, non-invasive outpatient procedure, in which magnetic energy is directed towards specific areas...

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    Silvia’s Corner: The Mystery of Sleep  — Part 4

    Silvia’s Corner is written by Silvia Hafliger, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry. In her posts, Dr. Hafliger will discuss a...

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    Silvia’s Corner: The Mystery of Sleep – Part 3

    Silvia’s Corner is written by Silvia Hafliger, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry. In her posts, Dr. Hafliger will discuss a...

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    Silvia’s Corner: The Mystery of Sleep – Part 2

    Silvia’s Corner is written by Silvia Hafliger, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry. In her posts, Dr. Hafliger will discuss a...

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  • image from Silvia’s Corner: The Mystery of Sleep – Part 1

    Silvia’s Corner: The Mystery of Sleep – Part 1

    Silvia’s Corner is written by Silvia Hafliger, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry. In her posts, Dr. Hafliger will discuss a...

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  • image from Being a Spouse or Partner of a Person Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder Can Be a Roller Coaster

    Being a Spouse or Partner of a Person Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder Can Be a Roller Coaster

    Written by: Thomas D. Meyer, PhD Spouses and partners of individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder may experience specific challenges. Being...

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    Exploring Inroads to Schizophrenia

    Consuelo Walss-Bass, Ph.D., is on a quest. Currently, she is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences...

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