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UIHC is first in the Midwest to offer game-changing treatment for major depression

Friday, March 7, 2025
University of Iowa Health Care is among only three academic medical centers in the nation, and the first in the Midwest, to offer what promises to be groundbreaking treatment for people who are dealing with major depression.

Patient and Provider: On the Journey to Recovery in the UI Partial Hospitalization Program

Friday, March 7, 2025
A patient and his provider at the University of Iowa Partial Hospitalization Program reflect on the life-skills needed to recover from addiction.

UI researchers ask if psychedelics can treat alcohol use disorder

Monday, February 24, 2025
This past spring, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry guided their first human volunteer through a psychedelic session.

Exceptional processing

The lab of Jake Michaelson, PhD, uses advanced neuroimaging to learn more about brain function with twice-exceptional individuals

Q&A: Alison Lynch

Monday, October 7, 2024
Expanding access to addiction treatment, addressing Iowa’s physician workforce are key priorities as Lynch looks to statewide leadership role

A new perspective on community care

Iowa is facing a critical shortage of mental health care providers in rural communities. New rotation sites across Iowa provide resident physicians training in psychiatry with opportunities to experience mental health care in critical access settings.

Nicholas Trapp: Leading advances in interventional psychiatry

Monday, April 22, 2024
Clinician-researcher examines neurostimulation therapies to treat brain disorders.