Brown Alpert Medical School Mental Health Expert on Coping During Holidays on “Smart Health” LIVE

Brown Alpert Medical School Mental Health Expert on Coping During Holidays on “Smart Health” LIVE

Professor Lisa Uebelacker at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University will join “Smart Health” on GoLocal LIVE on Wednesday at 4 P.M.

Uebelacker, who is a Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, focuses on developing and testing innovative psychosocial methods for treating depression, and the use of yoga, physical activity, and health education as adjunctive treatments for depression.

Uebelacker will talk about mental health during the holidays, including coping mechanisms to address stress, anxiety, and grief; as well as how to help family members with mental health issues — including when to seek professional help.

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Joint publications by Uebelacker include Using behavioral psychotherapy techniques to address HIV patients' pain, depression, and well-being in the journal Psychotherapy, A pilot study assessing acceptability and feasibility of hatha yoga for chronic pain in people receiving opioid agonist therapy for opioid use disorder in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, and Adjunctive yoga v. health education for persistent major depression: a randomized controlled trial in Psychological Medicine, among others.

About Warren Alpert Medical School — and Smart Health

Since granting its first Doctor of Medicine degrees in 1975, the Warren Alpert Medical School has become a national leader in medical education and biomedical research.

By attracting first-class physicians and researchers to Rhode Island over the past four decades, the Medical School and its seven affiliated teaching hospitals have radically improved the state's health care environment, from health care policy to patient care.

"Smart Health" is a GoLocalProv.com segment featuring experts from The Warren Alpert Medical School GoLocal LIVE.