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Suicide Prevention Update Addresses Growing Health Concern

As chief medical officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Christine Yu Moutier, M.D., hears countless stories of desperation and pain every day.

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UAMS to Hold Suicide Prevention Public Forum

UAMS is taking action against one of Arkansas’ most urgent public health challenges by hosting a forum dedicated to suicide prevention and awareness.

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NWA Conference Examines Complex Issues Surrounding Schizophrenia

Hundreds of health care professionals, caregivers and family members of people with schizophrenia gathered at the Fayetteville Town Center on Jan. 30 to learn about the illness.

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Researcher Receives $3.3 Million Grant to Study PTSD Therapies in Prisons

PRI’s Melissa Zielinski, Ph.D., is leading a five-year study on the treatment of incarcerated adults with PTSD and substance use disorder using cognitive processing therapy.

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Northwest Arkansas Schizophrenia Conference Set for January 30

The conference will be the first of its kind in Northwest Arkansas, dedicated to raising awareness about schizophrenia and the issues that accompany the mental illness.

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Griffin Provides Grant to Support Women’s Mental Health Fellowship

The $600,000 grant from the Arkansas Attorney General will be used to address the impact of the opioid epidemic on women and to help reduce the state’s maternal mortality rate.

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Center for Addiction Services Employs New Technology to Treat Opioid Addiction

The Center for Addiction Services and Treatment is rolling out a new program designed to improve their patients’ chances of overcoming their dependence on opioids.

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Acheson Awarded Chair in Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention

The chair was named in honor of Wilbur Daigh Mills, and was endowed by friends of Mills, corporations, foundations and other organizations who donated funds in his honor.

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‘Drugified’ Depictions Everywhere in America, Says Author Sam Quinones

From fast food to gambling, Americans are constantly exposed to what Quinones calls “drugified” portrayals in ads and articles via the internet and television.

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Schizophrenia Conference Offers Attendees Both Education And Optimism

The Sept. 27th event, held at the City Center in Little Rock, offered insight into a mental disorder that’s very often misunderstood as well as misdiagnosed.

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Researchers Design App to Prevent Opioid Use Disorder Relapse

A prototype of the app was one of five winning entries in the 2022 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) “Product Prototypes to Combat Drug Craving” Challenge.

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PRI First in Nation To Offer SAINT Protocol

The SAINT neuromodulation system has been approved by the FDA to treat adults with depression who have not achieved improvement in their condition from the use of antidepressants.

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