In this video from the Big Ten Network, learn about transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a non-invasive treatment that stimulates the brain and is showing positive effects for those with depression. Video of Iowa explores a “stimulating” treatment for brain-based disorders: LiveBIG 2019-20
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Each June, the world celebrates Pride Month and members of the LGBTQ community. This year, UI Health Care is celebrating some of our employees, like resident physician Kevo Rivera, MD. What’s your title and what do you do on campus? “I am a resident physician with the Department of Psychiatry at...
By Francie Williamson, Communications Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry Since 2006, the Free Mental Health Clinic has been available to anyone seeking assistance—including those who do not have insurance or face other barriers to receiving care. But volunteers from the University of Iowa Carver...
By Francie Williamson, Communications Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this year, faculty and staff from the University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry are working to raise $10,000 for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Each year,...
By Francie Williamson, Communications Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry When Megan Lahann was growing up in the small town of Wheatland, Iowa, psychiatry was far from her mind. “I always thought I would be a ‘baby nurse’,” says Lahann, who followed her dream to the University of Iowa, where she...
By Francie Williamson, Communications Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry Angela Dossett sits cross-legged on a yoga mat in the front of the small room. The lights are switched off, save the soft glow of a small lamp beside her. Gentle, relaxing music begins to play. “We’re going to use our brain...
The outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) may be stressful. Fear and anxiety about a disease can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and children. In this video, Aiysha Malik, Mental Health expert at the World Health Organization, speaks with Sari Setiogi, Head of WHO's...
Shea Jorgensen, MD, is a third-year resident in the psychiatry residency program. After graduation, she intends to return to her native northern Iowa to practice. By Francie Williamson, Communications Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry As she nears the end of her third year of residency at...
By Francie Williamson, Communications Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry If you’re planning a visit to University of Iowa Health Care’s clinic on Scott Boulevard in Iowa City, you can take part in a research study without talking to a soul. You will have to talk, however. Jake Michaelson, PhD,...
By Francie Williamson, Communications Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry When Jeffrey Brown, MD, saw Carson King’s fundraising campaign for Stead Family Children’s Hospital go viral last fall, he got a similar idea. “I just remember seeing his poster and thinking it was a really cool thing that...