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Elie Abdelnour, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry; Catherine Burke, PsyD, assistant professor of psychiatry; and Adrienne Hicks, MD, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry graduated from the YSM Education Scholars Fellowship on June 4.
- May 22, 2026
From left, Sherry McKee, PhD; Tami Sullivan, PhD; and MacKenzie Peltier, PhD participated in a meeting hosted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in Maryland on May 14 and 15 to discuss evidence-based approaches to address the intersection of menopause, substance use, and behavioral health.
- May 06, 2026
The Yale Department of Psychiatry’s Accountability, Respect, Community, and Humanity (ARCH) Domain #3 hosted its fourth Leadership Pathway Meet and Greet event on April 23.
- April 30, 2026Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Faculty in the Yale Department of Psychiatry's forensic psychiatry fellowship designed a novel social justice curriculum to ensure all fellows possess the knowledge needed for competent forensic evaluation and treatment. The first and senior authors, respectively, were Catherine Burke, PsyD, left, and Maya Prabhu, MD, LLB, right.
- April 28, 2026Source: The Boston Globe
We need to stay informed, but watching real-life, uncensored trauma online can be dangerous, writes Ayala Danzig, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, in The Boston Globe.
- April 28, 2026
The Yale Department of Psychiatry’s Law & Psychiatry Division sponsored a symposium titled, “AI and Violence: Exploring the Clinical, Legal, and Ethical Frontiers” on April 10.
- January 20, 2026
People who suffer from clinical alcohol use disorder are causing more damage to their brains the more they drink, according to a new Yale study in Journal of Clinical Investigation. Yasmin Zakiniaeiz, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, is the paper’s first author.
- December 17, 2025Source: NPR
Charles C. Dike, MD, MPH, professor of psychiatry and CEO of the Connecticut Mental Health Center, spoke about HIPAA, the federal law that protects patient privacy, in an interview with NPR.
- December 13, 2025Source: NPR
The federal HIPAA law protects patient privacy, but experts like Charles Dike, MD, say it can shut out family members trying to help relatives who are experiencing mental health crises.
- September 23, 2025
The Office of Research on Women’s Health and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has awarded a U54 Specialized Center of Research Excellence (SCORE) grant to the Yale-SCORE investigative team.