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New Evansville youth mental health initiative moving forward, slowly

March 6, 2023

A year after the announcement of a major gift, a new youth mental health initiative based in Evansville is moving forward, officials say.

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Source: courierpress.com

Lipid Signature May Flag Schizophrenia

January 25, 2023

A specific lipid profile can identify patients with schizophrenia, possibly paving the way to the first clinically useful diagnostic test for a severe psychiatric illness, new research suggests.

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Source: medscape.com

UT psychiatrists work with community to improve mental health in jails

September 27, 2022

About 40% of people in Travis County Jail struggle with mental health, the director of inmate health in the Travis County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Source: statesman.com

Bret Stetka, Longtime Medscape Editor, Dies at 43

August 19, 2022

A physician-turned-journalist, Stetka covered neuroscience and psychiatry at Medscape for 15 years, as well as authored a highly regarded book on the evolution of the brain.

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