Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network offers real-time mental health consultations

February 19, 2024

Maternal mental health conditions can develop during pregnancy and postpartum and affect 1 in 5 perinatal women. Pregnancy and caring for an infant are periods during which those with preexisting depression and other challenges can suffer worsening of that condition. Untreated behavioral health problems are among the leading causes of pregnancy-related death in the United […]

KSAT 12: San Antonio mom feeling panic during worsening ADHD medication shortage

January 3, 2024

Giancarlo Ferruzzi, MD, associate clinical professor, psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was interviewed for this news segment.   Watch Now

KSAT 12: Doctors uncover why ADHD wildly underdiagnosed in girls

September 12, 2023

Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, MD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was interviewed for this news segment.   Watch Now

KSAT 12: ‘TikTok brain’ explained, and what parents can do about it

September 6, 2023

Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, MD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was interviewed for this news segment.   Watch Now

KENS 5: International Overdose Awareness Day observed as fentanyl problem persists

September 1, 2023

Rachel Broussard, DNP, psychiatric and addiction nurse practitioner at Be Well Texas, a program of UT Health San Antonio offering treatment and recovery support for substance use and mental health, was interviewed for this news segment.   Watch Now

UT Health San Antonio Professor France leads novel drug discovery research

March 7, 2023

Charles P. France, PhD, the Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry, professor of pharmacology and professor of psychiatry in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), recently received a $4.12 million award from the U.S. […]