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Week of March 7th, 2022

Mar 7, 2022
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MEDIA FEATURES

Dr. Ayelet Talmi was interviewed in a recent Colorado Newsline article titled "A growing number of Colorado children have lost a caregiver due to COVID." 

Dr. Steven Berkowitz was featured in an interview with CU Anschutz. The article was titled "How Do We Cope When the War in Ukraine is Affecting Our Mental Health?" and he offered information on how to best cope with the current political situation, on top of our other modern-day stressors.

Dr. Ron-Li Liaw has had a busy start to 2022! She was named one of "7 women making moves in healthcare leadership" by Becker's Hospital Review. Dr. Liaw was also interviewed on the podcast Charting Pediatrics in an episode titled "Pivoting the Non-traditional Path to Pediatric Mental Health."

Dr. Liaw's appointment to "Mental Health-in-Chief" of Children's Hospital Colorado has been covered extensively by local and national outlets. She has given many interviews on her hope for the future of pediatric mental health in Colorado and her vision to better health outcomes through mental health care. You can read, listen, and watch those features here:



COMMUNITY OUTREACH

With a PCORI COVID Supplement, the University of Maryland Institute for Implementation and Innovation, Children's National, and CU Anschutz Department of Psychiatry engaged a stakeholder team of parents and school staff to create and test a series of free parent support videos and tip sheets. These short videos are designed to give parents help to build new executive functioning skills. Dr. Laura Anthony, Dr. Bruno Anthony (co-investigator), Dr. Jessica Holmes (PRA), and Tennyson Dahlman (PRA) are also involved in this project.

   
AWARDS

CoPCAPP was selected for funding by the Behavioral Health Transformational Task Force in the amount of a $4.6M appropriation. Dr. Neill Epperson submitted the proposal to BHTTF which will greatly expand behavioral health workforce development across the state.

Dr. Phimphasone-Brady was selected to receive the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics & Gynecology (NASPOG) 2022 Steiner Young Investigator Award (a $500 award). She will present her research talk, "Mental health chasm in polycystic ovary syndrome: The Endocrine And Mental Health (TEAM Health) Study" during the Steiner Young Investigator Symposium at the NASPOG Biennial Meeting, held April 2022.

Dr. Jessica Kenny presented at the 12th annual Children's Hospital Colorado Pediatric Advanced Practice Conference on February 7, 2022. Her talk was titled "Measuring up: Screening tools to address mental and behavioral health concerns in pediatric primary care."


OTHER NOTES

Experience or witness an incidence of bias? Report it anonymously unless you choose to disclose your identity. Your vigilance and compliance help us foster a safe and inclusive working environment. 

Submit nominees for the SOM "Work Hard and Be Nice to People" Award.

Submit nominees for the Employee of the Month.


JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Miller, J., Sowar, K., Abbott, C. C., Christie, W. A., Carubia, B. A., & Geppert, C. (2022). Crossing State Lines: Ethical and Clinical Considerations in Treating a Child With Catatonia. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, S0890-8567(22)00050-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2022.02.004


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Welcome to the Department of Psychiatry

The Department of Psychiatry is a wide-ranging community of staff and faculty dedicated to our mission. It is comprised of over 300 regular, affiliate, and volunteer clinical faculty, working at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, UCHealth/University of Colorado Hospital, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Denver Health Medical Center, and the VA Medical Center, as well as at the Department of Corrections and the Colorado Mental Health Institutes at Pueblo & Ft. Logan. Currently, the general adult psychiatry residency is ACGME accredited for 45 positions, the child and adolescent psychiatry residency is ACGME accredited for 14 positions, the addiction psychiatry fellowship is ACGME accredited for 3 positions, the consult-liaison psychiatry fellowship is ACGME accredited for 3 positions and the forensic psychiatry fellowship is ACGME accredited for 4 positions. The department is dedicated to serving a community in which we value all people and have a continued commitment to this goal in our clinical, research, treatment and educational activities. 

 

Dr. Neill Epperson

Chair, Department of Psychiatry

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Our  Vision

The CU Department of Psychiatry sets the standard for Education and Training of leaders in psychiatry and mental health care, conducts ground-breaking Research that aims to eradicate suffering due to psychiatric and substance use disorders, provides ready access to state of-the-art mental health preventions and interventions across the continuum of care, and collaborates with the community and other key stakeholders to promote well-being among all Coloradans. We accomplish this vision in a manner that respects, values and advocates for the dignity and worth of each individual and family.

Our Mission

 

Core Mission: We provide a safe, accessible, and engaging environment for trainees, faculty, staff, and patients.  We bridge the gaps of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, gender, gender identity, ability status, religion, political beliefs, socioeconomic status and any other factors related to systemic oppression by trusting and honoring each other and our differences. Our Department promotes unbiased recruitment of qualified individuals from diverse backgrounds in all mission areas.  We focus on retention, career advancement and promotion through empowering individuals and creating an environment that facilitates continuous growth and success.

Education and Training Mission: Through our educational programs, we train medical students, graduate students, residents, psychology interns, fellows, and practicing health care professionals to be future leaders in mental health and behavioral health disciplines.  We train leaders who recognize and work to eradicate health inequities that weaken families and communities.

Research Mission: Our interdisciplinary research programs produce new knowledge regarding the causes of mental illness and substance use disorders as well as the psychosocial, behavioral and sociocultural aspects of physical and mental health conditions. We identify, develop, and implement new, early prevention strategies and novel interventions to improve the lives of all human beings.  We seek to be rigorous and accessible in all of our scientific endeavors. 

Clinical Care Mission: Through state-of-the-art clinical services, we deliver a full range of mental health and behavioral health interventions for patients and their families. These include neurobehavioral assessments, psychotherapy, behavioral change and health promotion strategies, neuromodulation and psychopharmacology services that recognize the wealth of cultural knowledge on how social contexts impact physical and psychological well-being. 

Community and Advocacy Mission: We work with our local communities, affiliated institutions, and state and federal government agencies to promote strategies for increasing mental health awareness, reducing stigma, identifying and eliminating health disparities, and standing against discrimination and harassment to all members in our community. 

 

 

 

Psychiatry (SOM)

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Anschutz Health Sciences Building

1890 N Revere Ct

Suite 4003

Mail Stop F546

Aurora, CO 80045

303-724-4940

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