Startup claims breakthrough in gauging pain
MindX founders think they’ve found a scientific way to measure pain and other hard-to-quantify mental health conditions, such as suicide risk, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Recovery chain with checkered history plans to open Indy treatment center
Recovery Centers of America, based in Pennsylvania, had been temporarily shut down in Massachusetts over concerns regarding patient care and safety. It is now planning to open its first Indiana treatment center.
IU researcher wins $44.7M to study rare form of Alzheimer’s disease
The IU School of Medicine said the grant, its largest-ever National Institutes of Health award, will fund a five-year study of a form of Alzheimer’s disease that affects young people.
Indiana gets $9M grant for students’ mental health needs
The five-year grant for the Indiana Department of Education was awarded through a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration program.
2018 Innovation Issue: Doctors use VR to try to reduce ICU delirium
Researchers at Indiana University and the Regenstrief Institute are measuring whether a virtual walk on the beach could help prevent cognitive issues faced by patients who spend time on a mechanical ventilation machine in the intensive care unit.
Two Indiana initiatives aimed at fighting opioid epidemic
The state's Division of Mental Health and Addiction has added two dependency recovery initiatives—one virtual and one concrete.<
IU School of Medicine receives $14M to create program for cancer patients, families
The goal of the program is to provide care for a patient’s overall physical, mental and spiritual well-being, including pain management, at-home support, nutrition assistance and help with navigating financial issues.
Maker of opioid treatment planning Indy-area expansion
Innovative Health Solutions Inc. recently received FDA approval for a device that treats opioid withdrawal symptoms.
Drugmaker cashing in on opioid epidemic, one state law at a time
In statehouses across the country and in Congress, drugmaker Alkermes is pushing its own addiction treatment while contributing to misconceptions and stigma about other medications used to treat opioid addiction.
Women’s Fund involves nine area communities in new mental health initiative
For the first time since its founding in 1996, the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana is supporting an initiative that’s not exclusive to females.
Lilly migraine drug provides relief in late-stage trials
Lilly is in a race with several pharmaceutical firms to develop migraine treatments using an approach known as anti-CGRP and that could create a multibillion-dollar market.
New hospital to rewrite rules of psychiatric care
Indiana’s newest state psychiatric hospital, which is about to rise on the campus of Community Hospital East, is designed to fill a critical gap in the state’s mental health landscape.
Fairbanks Foundation doles out $376,000 to train army of addiction specialists
The money, provided to the workforce initiative Ascend Indiana, will train up to 50 specialists a year targeting Indiana's growing opioid epidemic.
Old Greenwood city hall acquired, lands tenant
Cornerstone Autism Center plans to hire about 30 employees in the next year in the 96-year-old Polk Building, which is undergoing a major rehab by its new owner.
New psych hospital in Indy marks break with ‘failing model’
The Pence administration’s decision to spend $120 million on a new psychiatric hospital represents a stark shift from the state’s approach to mental health of the past 30 years.
Autism likelier when antidepressants taken during pregnancy
A new study says women who took a common class of antidepressants during the second and third trimesters were more than twice as likely than other women to have children who later developed autism.
Federal grant to help integrate primary care, mental health
Centerstone, which provides mental health services across southern Indiana, received $1.6 million to integrate primary care and mental health in Bloomington and surrounding Monroe County.
Little Star autism-therapy center to open second Lafayette outpost
The Carmel-based provider of applied behavior analysis therapy said its existing Lafayette facility is at capacity and it expects more demand next year.
IU researchers develop suicide-prediction tool
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine think they have found a way to predict possible suicides using blood tests and questionnaires on tablet computers.
Parents of autistic children gird for showdown with Anthem
After an Elkhart couple with an autistic son sued insurer Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield this month, autism families around the state started a campaign to get Anthem to change its policy for covering therapy for school-age children.