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September 6, 2024
For the past decade, adolescent mental health disorders have skyrocketed, an issue propelled even further by the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health has declined surreptitiously for millions of people in recent years, affecting even the youngest among us. According to the American Academy of Child Psychiatry (AACAP), each year about one in six children aged 6-17 […]
August 7, 2024
A researcher with (UT Health San Antonio) was awarded a $300,000 research project grant through the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium’s New and Emerging Children’s Mental Health Research initiative. Jessica Sandoval, MD, associate clinical professor with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, in the Joe R. and […]
July 26, 2024
Carey Calvin was at the lowest point in his life two years ago. After a childhood filled with physical and emotional abuse and years of antidepressant medications and therapies that were not working, Calvin was ready to give up. “It was the first time I felt like my family and the things closest to […]
July 19, 2024
Those with an interest in the psychological health needs of the warfighter can register now to grab their seats at the 9th Annual San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference. Slated for Oct. 22–23 at the Briscoe Western Art Museum in downtown San Antonio, and the only major conference of its type, the event last year […]
June 21, 2024
Alan Peterson, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and director of the South Texas Research Organizational Network Guiding Studies on Trauma and Resilience, or STRONG STAR, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
May 14, 2024
Steven Pliszka, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now