Mental Health
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Training addresses returning service members’ mental health needs
A Vanderbilt-led workshop for military health care providers could lead to more post-deployment mental health referrals. Read MoreDec 21, 2011
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Zeppos receives Jack C. Massey Leadership Award
L-r: Vanderbilt Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Jeff Balser and Melinda Balser; Lydia Howarth and Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos; and Tom Starling, CEO of the Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee. (photo courtesy of MHAMT) The Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee honored Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos… Read MoreNov 2, 2011
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Putting the body back into the mind of schizophrenia
A study using a procedure called the rubber hand illusion has found striking new evidence that people experiencing schizophrenia have a weakened sense of body ownership and has produced the first case of a spontaneous, out-of-body experience in the laboratory. Read MoreOct 31, 2011
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Landmark law and neuroscience network expands at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University has been awarded a $4.85 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to manage the newly established MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience. Read MoreAug 24, 2011
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Wellcast: Anonymous mental health screening tool
Stephanie Dean, Assistant Manager of WLC-EAP, discusses the anonymous Mental Health screening which is available on the Work/Life Connections-EAP website. Listen here. Go to the Anonymous Mental Health Screening. Listen to interviews, tips and tidbits on a variety of health and wellness topics ranging from choosing… Read MoreJul 20, 2011
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Zeppos to receive Massey Leadership Award
This award is presented biennially in recognition of outstanding community leadership in Middle Tennessee. Read MoreJun 14, 2011
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New Health & Wellness Wellcast: A Mental Health Month Discussion of 2010 Flood Trauma Memories
As May is Mental Health Month, counselor Ralph Topham talked with Dr. Paul Ragan, medical director of Work/Life Connections-EAP, about the symptoms of trauma which may recur with the anniversary date of the 2010 Nashville May floods. There is a Mental Health screening which is anonymous and available on the Work/Life Connections-EAP website. This… Read MoreApr 29, 2011