UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital will soon open the doors to its newly remodeled Diagnostic Evaluation Center (DEC) — a place for people and families to… Read more
Category: behavioral health
Bringing Dignity and Respect to All
Armed with a Frontline Innovation grant from The Beckwith Institute, Dr. Joy Gero, program director in the General Adult and Behavioral Health ICU at UPMC… Read more
Better Practice, Better Care for Victims of Sexual Assault
Last year, 224 victims of intimate partner violence or some form of abuse sought treatment at UPMC Hamot. Of these patients, 82 were adult or… Read more
‘Equality is not the Same as Equity’
When Dr. Tiffany Gary-Webb helped develop the “Health Equity Now” theme of this year’s American Public Health Association annual meeting, she realized that the University… Read more
Pitt Brain Institute Scientific Director Receives NIH Award to Map Mind-Body Connections
Dr. Peter Strick, scientific director of the University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute, has been selected to receive a $6 million, five-year 2018 National Institutes of… Read more