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WashU to test OCD drug for potential COVID-19 treatment (Links to an external site)

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine are recruiting COVID-19 patients for a clinical trial that will examine whether an existing anti-depressant can be an effective treatment for COVID-19.

Can a long-used antidepressant stop COVID-19’s deadly ‘cytokine storm’? (Links to an external site)

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020

Eric Lenze, MD, and Caline Mattar, MD, have launched a study into whether a long-used antidepressant can reduce the likelihood that COVID-19 will turn deadly.

Mobile phone technology to screen, help treat college students (Links to an external site)

March 13, 2019May 13, 2019

With a growing demand for mental health services at colleges, a research team led by Denise E. Wilfley, PhD, has received a $3.8 million grant to test a mental health phone app to treat depression, anxiety and eating disorders in a study involving some 8,000 students at 20 colleges, universities and community colleges.

Repetitive behaviors tied to brain activity patterns in toddlers (Links to an external site)

November 29, 2018June 12, 2019

“We believe that this is one of the first, if not the first, studies of functional brain connectivity in relationship to restricted and repetitive behaviors in the first years of life,” says lead investigator John Pruett, associate professor of psychiatry.

Why are there so few autism specialists? (Links to an external site)

November 21, 2018May 1, 2019

Assistant professor and child psychiatrist Natasha Marrus, MD, PhD, shares her experience specializing in autism.

Cicero receives Pioneer Award (Links to an external site)

September 6, 2018May 1, 2019

Theodore J. Cicero, PhD, is the 2018 recipient of the Pioneer Award from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (NCADA).

Study seeks former opioid users who avoided addiction (Links to an external site)

September 6, 2018May 1, 2019

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are launching a large-scale study involving people who have used opioids recreationally but not become dependent on the drugs.

Depressed patients see quality of life improve with nerve stimulation (Links to an external site)

August 21, 2018July 1, 2019
Closeup of a vagus nerve stimulator.

Study led by Dr. Charles Conway focuses on people not treated effectively with antidepressants.

Decriminalizing pot doesn’t lead to increased use by young people (Links to an external site)

July 17, 2018July 1, 2019

Study also shows drop in marijuana-related arrests

Youths prescribed antipsychotics gain body fat, have increased diabetes risk (Links to an external site)

June 13, 2018July 17, 2018

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