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UAB MEDICINE NEWS
UAB Addiction Recovery:
Fighting Dependence
New Psychosomatic Training Program
Drug Research Institute, India, and completed a research fellowship
ACGME has provided initial accreditation for a UAB fellowship
at the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute and the University of
F e atu r e d
clinical T R I A L S
The UAB Addiction Recovery Program provides
in psychosomatic medicine. This 1-year subspecialty program is
Illinois, Chicago, where he became professor of psychiatry and
Trial of Low Field Magnetic
motivational and partnered care between physician and
recruiting candidates who would start their training in Summer
pharmacology. His research is funded by the National Institute
Stimulation Augmentation of
patient in a 12-week treatment phase that places an
2014. The UAB Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship Program
of Mental Health, the Stanley Foundation, and the American
emphasis on healthcare professionals, young adults, and
will provide training not previously available at UAB in this
Foundation for Suicide Prevention and has led to a number of
pregnant women.
psychiatric subspecialty. Psychosomatic medicine specialists
awards and honors. Author of 99 peer-reviewed publications and
provide psychiatric consultations to physicians caring for patients
three book chapters, he recently edited The Neurobiological Basis
depressed patients. This project
with medical, surgical, or obstetric conditions who also have
of Suicide. He is on the scientific advisory board of the American
tests the benefits and side effects
programs to pro vide addiction recovery for all healthcare
pre-existing psychiatric diagnoses or have developed psychiatric
Foundation for Suicide Prevention and serves on the NPASD
professionals in the state.
conditions while undergoing treatment. Unmanaged, these
Review Committee for the NIMH.
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Brendan Clark, PhD, joined the
Department of Psychiatry in August
2013 as an assistant professor in the
Division of Behavioral Neurobiology.
Clark, a licensed clinical psychologist,
came to UAB in September of 2010
following the completion of his
training at the University of Southern
Mississippi. He recently completed
a research fellowship with a focus in
addiction. Clark’s primary interest is
in the development of a new line of
patient-based research focused on
economics and cooperative behavior.
Li Li, MD, PhD, has joined the
Department of Psychiatry as an
assistant professor in the Division of
Behavioral Neurobiology. Li received
her medical degree in China and her
PhD from Georgia State University. She
It is one of only two recognized providers in Alabama
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that provide treatment for physicians, and it is one of three
comorbid psychiatric conditions interfere with medical and surgical
Recently UAB Addiction Recovery launched a program
see an issue with this patient population, and we strive to keep
week, family sessions, weekly individual therapy sessions,
Resistant Depression (RAPID). This
study is evaluating the effectiveness
of a novel magnetic therapy for
of magnetic field treatments added
to an antidepressant medication.
NCT01654796. PI: Richard Shelton,
MD. Contact: Samantha White,
Resource Center an Alternative to Jail
management, lengthening hospital stays and increasing the costs
for emerging adults between ages 18 and 26. “We began to
Antidepressant Therapy in Treatment-
205.934.9189.
UAB Psychiatry and Jefferson County Drug Court recently
of care. The psychosomatic fellowship is under the direction of
developed a partnership to operate The Resource Center (TRC),
A Study of the Effectiveness of
a program for nonviolent, first-time drug offenders. Individuals
GLYX-13 in People with Depression
with Incomplete Response to
these adolescents focused in school and on the right track for a
psychological and psychiatric evaluation as needed, and at the
Wendell Bell, MD, assistant professor, Consult & Liaison Division.
future,” says addiction specialist Peter Lane, DO, the program’s
end of the treatment, discharge planning.
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Meador-Woodruff Receives APA Mentorship Award
pleading guilty to drug charges may be offered participation
James Meador-Woodruff, MD, Heman E. Drummond Professor
in TRC as an alternative to jail or probation. The program
occurring disorders, including eating disorders and sexual
and chair of Psychiatry, was named the recipient of the 2013
requires complete participation and attendance by clients, whose
addictions.
Research Mentorship Award of the American Psychiatric
individually tailored program is supervised by a case manager. The
effective in many people with
Association. This award is presented annually to one academic
program facilitates and tracks community service hours, which
depression, including those not
responsive to standard treatments.
medical director.
UAB Addiction Recovery also assesses and treats co-
He says the program has been successful in working with
people from all areas of life “who struggle with alcohol, drug
and substance addiction and with the retention of lifelong
Levels of treatment include a Detoxification Program, a
Antidepressants. Ketamine, which
blocks a receptor for the brain
chemical glutamate, is rapidly
completed her psychiatry residency
sobriety.” Lane says the program’s staff creates a strong
Recovery Stabilization Unit, a Partial Hospitalization Program,
psychiatrist who has, in a significant traditional or innovative
provide clients with job skills for future employment. Coordinator
training at UAB in June 2013. Her
network of support in treatment through the use of a variety of
and an Intensive Outpatient Program.
manner, fostered the pursuit of trainee research within his
Rita Johnson-Agee says TRC’s employment training program,
clinical and research interests are
techniques that include individual and group therapy and grief-
university department, including both direct mentorship of
Job Club, meets weekly to train clients in job search techniques,
in the interface of depression and
trauma-relationship counseling.
Lane, “is to help the patient understand the disease of addiction
individuals and the promotion of novel research-oriented training
interviewing skills, and completing resumes and interviews. She
to ketamine but possibly without
and address areas of misunderstanding or lack of knowledge.
within a department or residency program.
teaches basic computer and Internet skills and shows clients how to
the same side effect problems. This
“The core of our program,” says Lane, “is that each patient
metabolic illnesses; she is developing
“The goal of the UAB Addiction Recovery Program,” says
an extramurally funded research
has an individualized treatment plan including daily group
This can later lay the framework for developing skills that help
program focused on mood disorders
therapy, lectures and didactics, recreational therapy 5 days a
the individual cope with everyday struggles.”
in conjunction with the UAB Mood
the Department of Psychiatry as an
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prevention and awareness.
Among the new investigators
College of Georgia, Augusta, and
in the Mood Disorders Program
completed her UAB psychiatry
A Monthly Med for Bipolar I Disorder?
Recovery Program, she provides
clinical services for adults with dual
diagnoses. In addition to these clinical
services, Paddock teaches medical
students and psychiatry residents.
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6,000
Yogesh Dwivedi, PhD, a leader in the science underlying severe
therapy in people with incomplete
UAB Psychiatry’s Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities
( TASC), which has worked since 1973 with first-time drug
PI: Richard Shelton, MD. Contact:
offenders and a variety of other clients.
Brittny White, 205.975.4208.
an internationally recognized
laboratory investigator in the fields
of depression and suicide, and
Li Li, MD, PhD, who has a unique
background in diabetes research
2,000
Disorders Program. Dwivedi earned his doctorate from the Central
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Among them is the study of a monthly, injectable dose of the partial dopamine
agonist aripiprazole to treat bipolar I disorder, in an effort to find out if this
M easures of S uccess
disorder, while cycling between periods of manic or depressive episodes,
frequently experience symptom-free periods during which they can become
noncompliant in taking daily medications, which can trigger a relapse.
”
He says, “We continue to search for new ways of delivering medication for this
and investigates the interface of
disorder. If successful, this approach could provide patients with an alternative
obesity and metabolic disorders.
option to daily medication with the potential benefit of improved adherence.
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Psychiatric Emergency Services provides
24/7 consultations in the UAB Hospital
ED for mental health issues. Upward
trending numbers in both graphs reflect a
high community need for more emergency
psychiatric resources in medicine,
nursing, psychology, and social work.
UAB Emergency Department Psychiatric Care Hours
approach will prove more effective than taking daily medication.
Mood disorder specialist Richard Shelton, MD, says, “Patients with bipolar
response to antidepressant treatment.
1,000
UAB’s Mood Disorders Program is involved in a wide range of investigations.
are Yogesh Dwivedi, MD, PhD,
medical director of the UAB Addiction
safety of GLYX-13 as an adjunct
community colleges for programs in skilled trades. TRC is part of
of psychiatry and director of translational research in the Mood
3,000
Adult Psychiatry. Paddock received
partnership with Peter Lane, DO,
project tests the effectiveness and
4,000
for major mental illness and suicide
residency training in June 2013. In
treatment, GLYX-13, has effects similar
UAB
Emergency
Department
Psychiatric
Care
Hours
aid and how to obtain a GED or apply to
apply for college financial
depression and suicidal thoughts, has joined UAB as professor
assistant professor in the Division of
her medical degree from the Medical
significant side effects. This
5,000
Disorders Program.
Cayce Paddock, MD, has joined
Dwivedi Leads Translational Neuroscience
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However, ketamine can produce
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