A powerful way to recharge your practice! Our own Dr. Brandon Gaudiano, Ph.D. was interviewed about the importance of using APA's practice guidelines
In the research realm, the guidelines can help researchers identify areas in high need of investigation, said Brandon Gaudiano, PhD, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University and vice-chair of the CPG advisory steering committee.
“The guidelines don’t just tell us what we know currently; they tell us what we don’t know, as well,” he said. “That can help researchers identify what they need to spend more time looking at.” That same information can serve as an advocacy tool, highlighting the gaps in the clinical research literature for funders in a rigorous, peer-approved way and showing why it is important to fill them for better patient care and the public good, he said.
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Professor Ivan Miller Receives BioMed Faculty Mentoring Award
Professor Ivan (Van) Miller, Ph.D., has received the 2024 Dean’s Award for Faculty Research Mentoring in the Division of Biology and Medicine. The award recognizes outstanding mentorship of junior faculty.
Miller, a leading authority on mood disorders and suicide prevention, is director of the Psychosocial Research Program at Butler Hospital and director of the Brown Consortium for Research Innovation in Suicide Prevention. In over four decades as a researcher at Brown, he has mentored dozens of faculty, postdoctoral researchers and interns, and students.
CEL Lab Investigators awarded funding for Ecological Assessment of Proximal Risk Factors for Suicide During Care Transitions
Christopher Hughes, Ph.D., Michael Armey, Ph.D. and Heather Schatten, Ph.D. received a 5-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. Their study, Ecological Assessment of Proximal Risk Factors for Suicide During Care Transitions, will use technology to monitor cognitive, affective, behavioral, and environmental predictors of suicide risk for 200 psychiatric inpatients at high risk for suicide, beginning while in the hospital and continuing as they discharge from the hospital. Congratulations, Chris, Michael and Heather!
CEL Lab Investigators awarded funding for Sleep Research
Principal investigators Dr. Michael Armey and Dr. Melanie Bozzay received an award Nov. 24 for a nearly four-year, $2.25 million study from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the effects
sleep disruption has on various risk factors for suicide.
Members of Butler Hospital's Psychosocial Research Program Receive National Awards for Suicide Prevention
The largest private funder of suicide prevention research, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), recently announced 26 new grants totalling over $6.2 million. These grants were awarded to researchers from across the world who focus their work on studies that help us learn more about suicide and how to prevent it.
Among those being recognized for their research into suicide prevention are two members of Butler Hospital’s Psychosocial Research Program, Brandon Gaudiano, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and Heather Schatten, PhD, research psychologist and assistant professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, both of whom have received awards.
9/17/2019
Research Evaluates Effectiveness of Yoga in Treating Major Depression
The research, entitled “Adjunctive yoga v. health education for persistent major depression: a randomized controlled trial,” has been published in Psychological Medicine. The research was led by Lisa Uebelacker, PhD, a research psychologist in the Psychosocial Research Department at Butler Hospital, a Care New England hospital, and an associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. The team also included Gary Epstein-Lubow, MD; Ana M. Abrantes, PhD; Audrey Tyrka, MD, PhD; Brandon A. Gaudiano, PhD; and Ivan W. Miller III, PhD, of Butler Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School; Geoffrey Tremont, PhD and Tanya Tran of Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School; Tom Gillette of Eyes of the World Yoga; and David Strong of the University of California, San Diego.
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Study Finds Multifaceted Intervention Lowers Risk of New Suicide Attempts
The results of a clinical trial involving nearly 1,400 suicidal patients in the emergency departments of eight hospitals was recently published in JAMA Psychiatry. Lead on the study is Ivan Miller, a Butler Hospital psychologist and a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. As corresponding author along with 14 other author’s, the team found that a multifaceted intervention lowered the relative risk of new suicide attempts by 20 percent.
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5/3/2017
$2.9 Million Grant Supports Study of Suicide Risk Assessment
A multidisciplinary team from Care New England’s Butler Hospital, Brown University and the University of Michigan has come together to advance screening capabilities for suicide risk. The group received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to conduct a five-year research study utilizing innovative smartphone technology. Using the smartphone app PRIORI (Predicting Individual Outcomes for Rapid Intervention) designed by the team at the University of Michigan, researchers will record and analyze changes in speech patterns to identify how they relate to changes in suicide risk.
New Book Explores Acceptance and Mindfulness Therapy for Psychosis
In his new book titled Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis: Current Trends and Future Directions, Editor Brandon Gaudiano, PhD, a clinical psychologist at Butler Hospital and faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at Brown University, provides a comprehensive look at the history and application of mindfulness and acceptance psychotherapies in the treatment of psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia. The book, recently published by Oxford University Press, delves into the history and evolution of mindfulness and acceptance interventions for psychosis, and explores their application by reviewing current research and describing several clinical case studies.
3/6/2015