16-question tool designed to identify young people at high risk
Risk of schizophrenia assessed with new screening tool (Links to an external site)
Category: Research
Predicting the chaos in Tourette syndrome tics (Links to an external site)
New Washington University research may hold key to a diagnostic tool
Fighting burnout in health care (Links to an external site)
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have launched a research project as part of a new program funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reduce burnout and promote mental health and wellness among those in the health-care workforce.
Wash U researchers are exploring psychedelic drugs — for science (Links to an external site)
Researchers at WashU are studying how psychedelics like psilocybin can be used therapeutically. They discuss its uses — and its limits — during what they say is a “renaissance” of research into the impact of psychedelic drugs.
WashU part of $65 million NIH study of schizophrenia in young people (Links to an external site)
Teens, young adults needed for study aimed at improving early diagnosis
Jake’s mice: Searching for answers to the puzzle of autism (Links to an external site)
That mouse and its lab-grown relatives are the first in the world to mirror the missing gene that causes Jake’s autism.
Persistent, distressing psychotic-like experiences associated with impairment in youth (Links to an external site)
Study from Barch lab highlights need for early intervention for youth with such experiences
Older people’s resilience during pandemic focus of $9 million grant (Links to an external site)
Research to explore the effects of social isolation on cognitive, emotional health
$12.2 million to fund new Conte Center to study neurosteroids (Links to an external site)
Complements efforts of Taylor Family Institute to develop treatments for psychiatric illness
$6.2 million grant to fund Center for Perioperative Mental Health (Links to an external site)
Researchers to study ways to improve mental health for surgery patients