Deborah Deas, MD, MPH, Selected Dean of the UC Riverside School of Medicine

Deas will join UCR on May 16, 2016, moving from her previous position as interim dean of the College of Medication and professor of psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina. In making the statement, Wilcox stated: “Dr. Deas brings an …See all stories on this topic

Dealing with the reality of being a carer

A 2008 study of family carers by the College of Psychiatry of Ireland and the Carers’ Association found that over half of carers were physically and psychologically drained by their function, with 71 per cent spending more than 50 hours each week caring …See all stories on this topic

Stress, Genetic Danger, Dieting Triggers Anorexia Nervosa

especially throughout teenage years,” Zeltser described in the paper released online in the journal Translational Psychiatry. Individuals with anorexia view themselves as being obese, even when they are underweight. Likewise, they are non-stop obsessed about …See all stories on this topic

Anxiety Research study Update: April 2016

Embodying self-compassion within virtual reality and its impacts on patients with depression. Br J Psychiatry Open. 2016; 2:74 -80. 2. Macy RJ, Jones E, Graham LM, Roach L. Yoga for injury and associated mental health issue: a meta-review with clinical and …See all stories on this topic

When the general public grieves: Why star deaths can feel deeply individual

In the month after her funeral, suicides in England and Wales were up 17.4 percent, according to a research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry in 2000. It concluded that “the death of a major public figure can influence rates of self-destructive habits.”See all stories on this subject