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Chair's Update February 2011

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Grants

Dilley

Mangurian

Jim Dilley, MD and Christina Mangurian, MD received a grant from Community Behavioral Health Services for the new UCSF/SFGH Public Psychiatry Fellowship to begin July 1, 2011. Two full-time fellows will be hired as Clinical Instructors in this joint effort with CBHS. Contact Dr. Dilley or Dr. Mangurian for additional information.

Publications

Rose	Omri Berger, Melissa Nau, and Demian Rose are quoted in an article entitled, “Schizophrenia and psychosis: Early diagnosis, treatment are key, but stigma remains a barrier,” in the UCSF web-based Science Café on January 26, 2011.
Boyd	Boyd, J. E., Katz, E. P., Link, B. G., & Phelan, J. C. (2010) The relationship of multiple aspects of stigma and personal contact with someone hospitalized for mental illness, in a nationally representative sample. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 45, 1063–1070. Livingston, J. D., & Boyd, J. E. (2010) Correlates and consequences of internalized stigma for 28,414 people living with mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Social Science and Medicine, 71, 2150-2161. Lucksted, A., Drapalski, A., Calmes, C., Forbes, C., DeForge, B., & Boyd, J. (in press) Ending self stigma: Pilot evaluation of a new intervention to reduce internalized stigma among people with mental illnesses. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal.
Meffert	McNiel	Binder	Meffert, S. M. , Musalo, K., McNiel, D. E., & Binder, R. L. (2010) The role of mental health professionals in political asylum processing. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 38(4), 479-89.
Yaffe	Yaffe, K., Weston, A., Graff-Radford, N. R., Satterfield, S., Simonsick, E. M., Younkin, S. G., Younkin, L. H., Kuller, L., Ayonayon, H. N., Ding, J., & Harris, T. B. (2011) Association of plasma β-amyloid level and cognitive reserve with subsequent cognitive decline. Journal of the American Medical Association, 305(3), 261-266.
Young	Eisendrath	Young, J. Q. , & Eisendrath, S. J. (2011) Enhancing patient safety and resident education during the academic year-end transfer of outpatients: Lessons from the suicide of a psychiatric patient. Academic Psychiatry, 35(1), 54-57.
Tong	Young, J. Q. , Lieu, S., O'Sullivan, P., & Tong, L. (2011) Development and initial testing of a structured clinical observation tool to assess pharmacotherapy competence. Academic Psychiatry, 35(1), 27-34.

Awards and Honors

Adler

Nancy Adler, PhD was one of seven Institute of Medicine members elected by their peers to serve on the IOM's governing Council effective January 1, 2011. The Council is the governing body of the IOM, and is responsible for approving studies undertaken by the IOM, overseeing the IOM's budget and investments, and guiding policy related to programs, relationships, and membership.

News from Clinical Faculty

Kertzner

Kertzner, R. M., Meyer, I. H., Frost, D. M., & Stirratt, M. J. (2009) Social and psychological well-being in lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals: The effects of race, gender, age, and sexual identity. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 79(4), 500-10.

Walsh

Stephen J. Walsh, MD was guest editor for the December issue of San Francisco Medicine, the journal of the San Francisco Medical Society circulated to 3500 practicing physicians in San Francisco. The theme of the issue was "Psychiatry for Nonpsychiatric Physicians,” and included articles by several UCSF faculty on a variety of psychiatric matters relevant to primary care physicians and other care providers.