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A team of Mount Sinai researchers working under a mental health research project created by the National Institutes of Health in 2015—the PsychENCODE Consortium—has made significant discoveries about the molecular biology of neuropsychiatric disease. Their study findings are published in a special issue of Science.
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New Insights Into the Origins and Treatment of Mental Health Disorders
Working under the umbrella of the PsychENCODE Consortium, the mental health research project established in 2015 by the National Institutes of Health, a team of Mount Sinai scientists has uncovered important new insights into the molecular biology of neuropsychiatric disease through two new studies published in a special issue of Science on May 24. These investigations, conducted with colleagues from other major research centers, involve the largest single-cell analysis to date of the brains of people with schizophrenia, and a first-of-its-kind population-scale map of the regulatory components of the brain that provides critical insights into the pathogenesis of mental health disorders.
“We desperately need new directions for developing treatments for individuals with schizophrenia and other serious mental health illnesses,” says Panos Roussos, MD, PhD, senior author of both studies, a professor of psychiatry and genetics and genomic sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and director of the Center for Disease Neurogenomics. “We now have the technology and methodology to do a deeper dive than ever before into the biology of neuropsychiatric diseases, and believe that through our latest research, we have significantly advanced the field.”
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Are Fish Oil Supplements Bad for the Heart?
Fish oil supplements have long been recommended for heart health, but according to a new study, they may increase heart risks. Time reports on the study involving 415,000 men and women, which found that those who regularly took fish oil supplements had a 13% higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation than those who didn’t, as well as a 5% greater risk of stroke.
The Telehealth Backdrop
What your telehealth backdrop looks like may be more influential than you imagined. According to a new study, patients want their physicians to appear to be in the same setting they’d be in during an in-person consultation.
Extreme Heat Hazards for Older Adults
Moving toward midcentury, rising temperatures could put a significant portion of the population of older adults at risk for the effects of chronic heat exposure, according to a report in Science News.
Help for Coping With Aggression in People With Dementia
Kaiser Health News reports on a first-of-its-kind website that provides free training for managing aggression, paranoia, and other inappropriate behaviors and neuropsychiatric symptoms in people with dementia. |
Minoritized Occupational Therapists
Occupational Identity: Journeys of Minoritized Occupational Therapists Across Race, Religion, and Culture by Alaa Abou-Arab and Erica V. Herrera looks at the diverse experiences of minoritized occupational therapists, focusing on a person-centered approach and encouraging meaningful dialogue and self-reflection. Coauthored by the Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity, it’s published by Julia Kingsley Publishers. Learn more »
New Wound Care App
Intellicure’s wound care charting module is designed to help wound care clinicians chart faster, elevate the quality of their care, and increase the wound center’s profitability. It’s available as an interoperable SMART app inside of Epic and Cerner that can interface with any Cerner, Epic, Meditech, and other EHRs. Learn more »
Assisted Living Expansion
Avendelle Assisted Living, a leading franchise in residential assisted living providing quality and personalized care, is expanding into new communities to provide an alternative to traditional senior housing facilities. Rather than a conventional institutionalized facility, Avendelle offers residential homes for its residents, providing personalized care in the comfort of a home, with three central components of care: living safely, living independently, and living comfortably. Learn more » |
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Veterans and Dementia
Factors related to military service, such as traumatic brain injury and PTSD, put veterans at risk for dementia.
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