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Mental Health
Lilly study: 1 in 5 Alzheimer's patients misdiagnosed
May 20, 2013
J.K. WallThe study results, which will be released Monday afternoon, are part of Indianapolis-based Lilly’s campaign to get Medicare
to pay for use of its brain imaging agent Amyvid.
MoreDespite funding dip, IU bets on brains
August 6, 2012
J.K. WallThe city that brought the world Prozac and other neuroscience drugs is doubling down on brain research with a new $52 million
research center near Methodist Hospital.
MoreCancer tools help Roche with Alzheimer's drug
May 13, 2012
Bloomberg NewsTreatments for central nervous system diseases have a huge potential payoff, analysts say. A hint of whether the gamble may
pay off is due in the second half of this year, as Eli Lilly and Co. and Pfizer Inc. announce results for Alzheimer’s drugs
that attack the same protein as Roche’s experimental drug.
MoreWishard to use $8.3M grant to stem substance abuse
September 22, 2011
J.K. WallAt three community health centers, all patients will be asked about their alcohol and drug usage confidentially, as part of
an early-intervention approach designed to cut down addictions and reduce hospitalization.
MoreIU shrink explores mental health blood tests
October 13, 2010
J.K. WallDr. Alexander B. Niculescu, a psychiatrist at the IU School of Medicine, has won a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the
National Institutes of Health to hunt for the presence of certain proteins in the blood that would indicate that a patient
suffers from a mood disorder, which afflicts one in five Americans.
MoreWidowed car dealer Christine Burd becomes mental health advocate
July 3, 2010
IBJ StaffBurd, who is president of Burd Ford, a mother of four, and a fixture on television commercials for the dealership, has become
an advocate for mental health following her husband's suicide.
MoreState law aims to attract doctors to areas in need of care
July 20, 2009
Scott OlsonA state law that went into effect July 1 attempts to attract young physicians and mental health practitioners to underserved
areas by forgiving part of their student loans. But Indiana’s budget woes prevented lawmakers from allocating funds
to support the program.
MoreWishard squeezes in more patients
May 18, 2009
Occupancy at Wishard Hospital was 98 percent before the recession and is still that high, and more people have been coming
as inpatients and as mental health patients, forcing the hospital to come up with creative ways to handle the load.
MoreState to privatize mental-health hospital
January 15, 2007
Jennifer WhitsonState officials are advancing plans to privatize a state-run hospital for the mentally ill and now are looking for a not-for-profit
to build and manage a new facility in Indianapolis.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.