Psychiatry Advances

The Pandemic Continues: Treating the Seriously Mentally Ill

Aug 27, 2020

Roy Chengappa, MD, is professor of psychiatry and medical director/chief of Comprehensive Recovery Services at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. This service includes care for 5,000 to 10,000 serious, chronically mentally ill patients. Kimberly Clinebell, MD, is major clinician at the Pathways, a long-term structural...

The Pandemic Continues: Non-Psychiatric/Psychiatric Crisis Services (resolve Crisis Services)

Aug 21, 2020

Jack Rozel, MD, is associate professor of psychiatry and medical director at resolve Crisis Services. He is president of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry. This podcast addresses the pandemic functioning of an established, multi-purpose, and community-based crisis center. Crises are not defined by the...

The Pandemic Continues: Addiction Services

Aug 14, 2020

Dr. Jody Glance is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry/Medical Director of Addiction Services/ in-hospital and community. Providing a range of services for patients with addiction to substances has never been easy. This Podcast summarizes how, under Dr. Glance’ s leadership, treatment for patients continues...

INFANT PSYCHIATRY/MENTAL HEALTH - THE MATILDA THEISS CENTER

Aug 12, 2020

Dr. Paula Marie Powe is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry/Medical Director of Theiss Early Childhood and School-Based Behavioral Center. Her work involves analysis and intervention in infants 0-3 years old exposed to stress. potentially toxic stress. This type stress impacts later mental and physical health. Poor...

The Pandemic Continues: Telepsychiatry

Aug 7, 2020

Gina Perez is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. She is Associate Chief /Behavioral Health Network and Telepsychiatry for UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. This Podcast, 2nd in this Pandemic Series, describes the considerable expansion and implications for the future of telepsychiatry in treating psychiatric patients....