Heavy alcohol use linked to 232M missed workdays in US each year (Links to an external site)
People who meet the criteria for alcohol use disorder reported missing 32 days of work annually.
Wash U study aims to find out how divorce affects young children (Links to an external site)
A new study at Washington University seeks to examine how divorce and high parent conflict affect kids ages 4 to 7.
Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital receive $15 million gift to transform mental health care for kids (Links to an external site)
A $15 million gift to St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine from St. Louis-area couple Bob and Signa Hermann aims to change how pediatric mental health care is provided in the St. Louis area by identifying and managing children’s behavioral health problems before they turn into crises.
Risk of schizophrenia assessed with new screening tool (Links to an external site)
16-question tool designed to identify young people at high risk
Predicting the chaos in Tourette syndrome tics (Links to an external site)
New Washington University research may hold key to a diagnostic tool