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The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s First Episode Schizophrenia Clinic Opens
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s First Episode Schizophrenia Clinic was recently established to provide a comprehensive response to treat teen patients after first diagnosis. Early diagnosis and intervention facilitates prompt treatment, accelerated recovery, preservation of psychosocial skills, and decreased risk of relapse. The services offered are interdisciplinary, recovery driven, and individually tailored to support [...]
UAB Department of Psychiatry Sixth Annual Research Symposium
The UAB Department of Psychiatry held its Sixth Annual Research Symposium on April 24, 2012. The event included 51 posters presented in the categories of Clinical Division, Faculty/Staff, Psychiatry Resident and Research Trainee followed by three oral presentations. Two Department of Psychiatry faculty members presented: Dr. Richard C. Shelton, Adiposity, Inflammation and Depression and Dr. [...]
Continued Accreditation for General Resident, Geriatric, and Child/Adolescent Training Programs
Laura Montgomery-Barefield, M.D., Director of the General Psychiatry Residency Program, is pleased to announce that the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved continued accreditation status for the General Resident, Geriatric, and Child/Adolescent Training Programs. The ACGME Residency Review Committee (RRC) examined the Specialist Site Visitor Representatives’ reports in April and approved continued accreditation [...]
Children’s of Alabama funds Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Library
The UAB Department of Psychiatry would like to thank Children’s of Alabama for their generous gift to establish our Child and Adolescent Psychiatry training library. These funds will allow us to provide the best materials and most current teaching resources for our Child and Adolescent Psychiatry residents, in turn making their training experience even more [...]
UAB Psychiatry Supports AFSP Walk for 4th Consecutive Year
The UAB Department of Psychiatry participated in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Out of the Darkness Walk for the 4th year in a row at Heardmont Park on November 6th, 2011. The Alabama Chapter of AFSP hosted several walks throughout the state this year with over $144,000 raised and more than 2,000 people [...]
Shelton Appointed Vice Chair for Research and to the Charles Byron Ireland Chair of Psychiatric Research
The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees appointed Richard Shelton, M.D., to the Charles Byron Ireland Chair of Psychiatric Research during its meeting February 3, 2012. Dr. Shelton joined the Department of Psychiatry as a Professor and Vice Chair for Research on February 1, 2012. He comes to UAB from Vanderbilt University where he [...]
Dr. Jacqueline Feldman Appointed Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Jacqueline Feldman, M.D., the Patrick H. Linton Professor in the UAB Department of Psychiatry, has been appointed as the Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs. Dr. Feldman has served for a number of years as the Director of the UAB Division of Public Psychiatry which serves as the umbrella for both the UAB Mental Health Center [...]
Dr. Sam Rubin Receives the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Edith Sabshin Award for Excellence
The American Psychoanalytic Association recently presented the Edith Sabshin Award for Excellence in Teaching to Dr. Sam Rubin. This mark of distinction is given in recognition of excellence in teaching psychoanalytic concepts to students other than psychoanalytic candidates. Congratulations to Dr. Rubin for receiving this distinguished honor.
