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K. Luan Phan
K. Luan Phan MD
Dr. Phan has a longstanding commitment to translate discoveries from affective and cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychopharmacology to improve our understanding and treatment of anxiety and mood disorders. He has particular expertise in traumatic stress and anxiety. He is dedicated to bring new ...
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Animated Video on Clinical Depression is a Tool for Outreach
Depression is among the most common mental health conditions affecting young adults. In a 2015 survey of 43,210 undergraduate students across 72 U.S. colleges and universities, 18.2 percent of students screened positive for depressive symptoms and 7.8 percent reported serious thoughts of suicide. Read More
UI CDR Awards its First Professorship in Mood Disorders to Dr. Luan Phan
UI CDR in partnership with the College of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry created a new endowed Professorship for Mood Disorders. The UI CDR Professorship is the first-of-its-kind honor, awarded to Luan Phan, MD, Associate Head for Clinical and Translational Research in the Department in recognition of his national leadership in translational research related to depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders. Read More
UI Center on Depression & Resilience partners with the UIC Student Veterans Association for documentary film screening
Suicide among veterans has reached epidemic proportions. In fact, more veterans die to suicide than combat. To bring attention to this sobering fact the UI Center on Depression & Resilience has collaborated with the UIC Student Veterans Association for a screening of the documentary film Almost Sunrise (trailer below) on April 4, 2017. Read More
Growing Up In Poverty Could Affect Brain Functioning In Adulthood
Stress and poverty experienced during childhood could have a negative impact on the ability to regulate emotions in adulthood, according to a small new study. Read More
Alcohol Stops Brain from Interpreting Social Cues
Alcoholics fail to communicate with people because their brains don't interpret social cues, a new study has found. Researchers said that long-term alcohol exposure can break communication between two areas of the brain that work together to interpret social signals. Read More
Heavy Drinking May Impair Ability to Interpret Social Cues
Heavy drinking may impair the brain's ability to assess and respond to social cues like facial expressions, a new study suggests. Read More
Childhood Poverty’s Effect on Adult Psychology
A recent psychological study entitled “Effects of childhood poverty and chronic stress on regulatory brain function in adulthood” has concluded that childhood poverty and chronic stress exposure are linked to the ability to regulate emotions in adulthood. Read More
Alcohol Breaks Brain Connections Needed to Process Social Cues
Alcohol intoxication reduces communication between two areas of the brain that work together to properly interpret and respond to social signals, according to researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine. Their results were published in the September issue of Psychopharmacology. Read More