John Spollen, M.D., the Department of Psychiatry’s Vice Chair for Education and Deputy Associate Chief of Staff for mental health for the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, will serve as Interim Chair of the department effective June 1. A national search is currently being conducted by UAMS for a permanent replacement for G. Richard Smith, […]
Newsletter
A Message From The Director
Dear Friends of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, “All good things must come to an end” to paraphrase Chaucer1 or if you are of my generation, “they say all good things must end someday.”2 So, this is the time for me to say goodbye as a faculty member/leader at the Psychiatric Research Institute as I […]
Raney Named Interim Director Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry
Veronica Raney, M.D., has been named interim director of the UAMS Department of Psychiatry’s Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is a 2011 graduate of the UAMS College of Medicine and former resident with the Department of Psychiatry and will also serve as the section chief for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Arkansas Children’s […]
Everett Stepping Down After 20 Years Of Service
When Betty Everett, Ph.D., retires June 30th, she will leave behind more than just treasured memories. After 20 years of dedicated service to the patients, staff and students of the UAMS Department of Psychiatry, Everett will leave a mark on the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute and those it serves that cannot be erased. Everett began […]
Strong Group Of New Psychiatry Residents Named
The UAMS Department of Psychiatry interviewed a total of 45 senior medical students via Zoom before matching with eight new top-notch residents. The 2021-2022 class, formally introduced March 19 during the official Match Day ceremony, includes seven graduates of the UAMS College of Medicine. The UAMS students are slated to graduate on May 15. Charles […]
Three Returning To PRI Faculty Positions
A trio of familiar faces will be joining the ranks of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute’s faculty in the coming months. Greer Sullivan, M.D., MSPH, a former professor and vice chair for research in the UAMS Department of Psychiatry, moved to California in 2014 to become a professor at the University of California at Riverside […]
MRI Study Focusing on Childhood Trauma and Resiliency
Andrew James, Ph.D., of the Psychiatric Research Institute’s Brain Imaging Research Center (BIRC) is currently recruiting healthy adult participants for an MRI research study on childhood trauma and resiliency. “We know that childhood exposure to abuse or neglect is a strong risk factor for developing addiction and other psychiatric disorders later in life. Over the […]
Trauma Center Launched
Program’s Implementation Largest In PRI History Our Center for Trauma Prevention, Recovery, and Innovation (CTPRI) was successfully launched in November and December 2019 after a year of preparation and training across all outpatient areas of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, including our programs for children and adolescents. This launch was the single largest program implementation in […]
New Program Uses Latest In Technology, Treatment To Give Hope Of A Better Life
Interventional psychiatry is an emerging sub-specialty of psychiatry, with a goal of helping individuals who have not responded to the long established methods of treatment for depression such as medication management and psychotherapy, or talk therapy. For those who have endured endless episodes of emotional turmoil, not to mention the physical constraints associated with poorly […]
A Message From The Director
Dear Friends of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, 2019 was a year of re-establishing many important foundational aspects of the Psychiatric Research Institute. We needed many more faculty, our research needed reinvigorating, and a strong organizational structure for the department and institute needed to be restored. I am happy to report that a strong foundation […]