Psych Matters Blog
Maternal Mental Health: Finding Help, Hope and Support Amid Intense Challenges
May is Maternal Mental Health awareness month. Recognized globally, the aim is to bring awareness to the mental health challenges – such as postpartum depression – that mothers and families face surrounding the birth of a child.
Behind Closed Doors During COVID
UArizona Department of Psychiatry’s Saira Kalia, MD, assistant professor and the Medical Director of Banner – University Medical Center Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic, shares the behavioral health impacts of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders on domestic violence, child abuse, and isolation, and offers helpful resources for coping and healing.
April is Alcohol Awareness Month
In recognition of Alcohol Awareness Month, we spoke with Department of Psychiatry Assistant Professor Kathryn Ann Emerick, MD about some of the less-mentioned topics surrounding alcohol use disorder. Dr. Emerick specializes in Addiction Medicine and Adult Psychiatry.
Andrà Tutto Bene/Everything is going to be alright!
Cinzia Bonvecchio, an Italian physician in Modena, Italy and UArizona Integrative Psychiatry Program Observer, shares her experience of Italians being resourceful and hopeful during the COVID-19 pandemic.
April is Autism Awareness Month
In 1970, the Autism Society launched an ongoing nationwide effort to promote autism awareness and assure that all affected by autism are able to achieve the highest quality of life possible. We interviewed Emery Mahoney, PhD, who is heading up the Banner-University Medical Center South's Child and Adolescent Autism Assessment Clinic to learn more about autism spectrum disorder.