What do health providers and patients tweet about schizophrenia? Professor Mercedes Hernandez is a co-author on a study that answered this question by exploring trends in health information about schizophrenia exchanged by patients, doctors, and health organizations through tweets posted using the hashtag #schizophrenia. Study results indicated that most tweets… read more
@TexasSteveHicks: Ideas, findings, people
On the TED stage
In addition to leading the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, Dean Luis H. Zayas is a proud active mental health practitioner. In this role, he is an expert in the mental health evaluations of immigrant families facing deportation as well as refugee and asylum-seeking mothers and children in detention… read more
Older adults and marijuana
The latest surveys and research indicate that marijuana acceptance and use among older adults are increasing. Explanations for this trend include the aging of the Baby Boomers—whose attitudes toward psychoactive drugs are more relaxed than those of their predecessors—and the growing number of states with medical and recreational marijuana use… read more
