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This image of the brain was created using diffusion
tensor imaging (DTI), a magnetic resonance
imaging technique that measures diffusion
in tissue to produce 3D images of white
matter pathways in the living human
brain. The image’s colors indicate
orientation of the pathways.

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Diffusion tensor
imaging produces
3D images of white
matter pathways in
the human brain.

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For more information on UAB’s Depar tment of Psychiatr y and Behavioral Neurobiology visit : psychiatr y.uab.edu

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Lahti Directs New First Episode Schizophrenia
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Still at Risk: Rethinking Suicide Prevention

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The UAB Department of Psychiatry First Episode

relapse,” says clinic Director Adrienne Lahti, MD, professor

Schizophrenia Clinic recently was established to provide

and director of the Division of Behavioral Neurobiology.

a comprehensive response to treat teenaged patients after

“Patients are the primary target of treatment, but the need to

their initial diagnosis. Only a few First Episode Clinics are

New Physicians

• Information on how to refer psychiatry patients to UAB Medicine
• Information to help your psychiatry patients navigate UAB Medicine

Lahti Directs New First Episode
Schizophrenia Clinic

H I G H L I G H T S

educate families is vital to the recovery process.”

available in the US, and UAB’s is the only one in Alabama.

The services offered at the First Episode Clinic are

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interdisciplinary, recovery-driven, and individually tailored

onset of symptoms. “Early diagnosis and intervention

to support the needs of the patient. They may include

facilitates prompt treatment, accelerated recovery,

assessment, monitoring of symptoms and recovery progress,

preservation of psychosocial skills, and decreased risk of

Noteworthy Event

It aims to diagnose and treat schizophrenia from the initial

and medication management. Individualized treatment
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