The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ AR-Connect call center is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, answering the needs of Arkansans dealing with any number of mental health issues. The caller is evaluated by a nurse triage team and, if needed, contacted by another medical professional within 24 hours. To maintain […]

The UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute added three new members to its faculty this summer. Toby Belknap, M.D., is an assistant professor and former resident in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Department of Psychiatry. Belknap, who completed a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at UAMS, sees patients in the Psychiatric Research Institute’s Child […]

By Sacha A. McBain, Ph.D. As of September 15th, there are currently 70,125 confirmed cases and 1,003 deaths from COVID-19 in Arkansas. Projections by the UAMS College of Public Health show Arkansas having nearly 121,062 cumulative cases and 2,088 deaths by October 31. For many of us, the experience of COVID-19 may be best described […]

What To Do, Where To Turn During Crisis By G. Richard Smith, M.D. The news about the COVID-19 pandemic, to no one’s surprise, is not very hopeful. The effects of the coronavirus are going to be felt here in Arkansas and the rest of the country much longer than anyone expected. The best expectations are […]

Dear Friends of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, Since I wrote to you last in this forum, COVID-19 has consumed much of our lives; thus, this issue of Mind Matters will be primarily about the pandemic and its effects on mental health and substance abuse as well as some suggestions on how to cope with […]