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Read the latest issue of IMPACT - The Department of Psychiatry's Community Newsletter

Four Year Anniversary for UMass Tobacco Free Campus - Press Release

NEW picture 2 Maryann Davis, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry (CMHSR), and Director of the Transitions Research and Training Center (Transitions RTC), was interviewed by Kim Bissett, EdD, host of “Picking up the Pieces, Dare to Persevere” cable show. This was taped on May 9th in recognition of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. Marcia Fowler, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, PPAL and the Home for Little Wanderers was also featured. Dr. Davis discussed the specific needs of transition age youth and young adults with serious mental health conditions and why they are a unique population in need of age-appropriate services. Mental health services that are tailored to transition age youth and young adults will help bridge the gap between child and adult mental health systems. Watch it here.

Red bullet The program, “Be Mentally Well: Managing the Impact of Alzheimer's Disease,” was presented by the University of Massachusetts Medical School and UMass Memorial Health Care's Department of Psychiatry on March 28. It featured speakers who addressed the latest in genetic testing, treatment options and caregiving support. Read about the event which was covered in a recent Telegram & Gazette article and also in UMassMed Now.

A paper written by BNRI’s Liwang Liu, Rubing Zhao-Shea, Paul D. Gardner, and Andrew R. Tapper, "Nicotine Persistently Activates Ventral Tegmental Area Dopaminergic Neurons via Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Containing α4 and α6 Subunits", was published in the April issue of Molecular Pharmacology. An image from the paper was also selected as the issue’s cover. Read the paper.