Soares named president of the International Society for Affective Disorders
Jair C. Soares, MD, PhD, professor and Pat R. Rutherford, Jr. Chair in Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School, has been named the new president of the International Society for Affective Disorders (ISAD)….
Deep brain stimulation and mental health: Novel experimental therapy gives new hope to patients with treatment-resistant depression
An experimental treatment option now available for the first time in North America for people struggling with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) has researchers optimistic. The Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is…
Understanding, overcoming depression the focus of community event
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School invites the public to attend a special presentation Jan. 10 titled “Finding Hope: Understanding and Overcoming Depression,” focused on meaningful advancements in depression treatment and research with the goal…
UTHealth researchers link epigenetic aging to bipolar disorder
HOUSTON – (Dec. 11, 2017) – Bipolar disorder may involve accelerated epigenetic aging, which could explain why persons with the disorder are more likely to have – and die from – age-related diseases, according to researchers from The University of…
Psychiatry hosts mood disorders conference Sept. 22-23
“Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder” is the focus of the second annual Houston Mood Disorders Conference, hosted by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School. The two-day symposium, set for Sept. 22-23 at…
McGovern Medical School named member of national depression center network
HOUSTON – (July 13, 2017) – McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has been named a Center of Excellence member of the National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC), a consortium of leading…
Going to extremes: There is hope regarding mental health issues in children and adolescents
When Pat Sumner’s son, Eric, was in elementary school, she chalked up his moodiness to anxiety issues. After two decades of frustration and confusion, the diagnosis of bipolar disorder was tough. Sumner knows all too well the toll that bipolar…
Researchers identify genes linked to stress, bipolar
Genetic alterations that can be modulated by stress have been identified in children at high risk for bipolar disorder, according to a recently published study by researchers at McGovern Medical School. Results appeared in Translational Psychiatry, a Nature Publishing Group…
Researchers pinpoint area of brain linked to bipolar disorder
A volume decrease in specific parts of the brain’s hippocampus – long identified as a hub of mood and memory processing – was linked to bipolar disorder in a study led by researchers at McGovern Medical School. The research was…