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Brain Imaging used in psychiatric research
H ouston,T X -T w o brain-im aging
techniques m ight lead to im proved
diagnoses and treatm ent o f psychi­
atric illnesses such as schizophrenia
and bipolar disorder.
“ In psychiatric research, w e are
using standard m agnetic resonance
imaging (M RI) scanners to look at
brain activity and brain-chemical con­
centrations,” said Dr. K athryn Kotrla,
a psychiatrist a Baylor C ollege o f
M edicine in Houston.
The techniques, called functional
M RI and m agnetic resonance spec­
troscopic imaging (M RSI), give phy­
sicians the opportunity to com pare
patients w ith different psychiatric
disorders hope to leam m ore about
the brain areas involved in various
psychiatric illnesses.
“These non invasive tests let us
look at how an illness is changing
w ith tim e, how it is responding to
m edication, or how brain function
changes w ith different sym ptom s,”
said Kotrla, who also is ch ief o f p sy ­
chiatry at Ben Taub G eneral Hospital.
O ver the years, neuroim aging re­
search has identified w hich areas o f
the b rain are w ired for feelin g ,
thought, behavior and m em ory. Pa­
tients w ith psychiatric illnesses o f­
ten experience disturbances in these
areas. K otrla is studying brain im ­
ages o f patients w ith schizophrenia
and bipolar disorder, also called
manic-depression. “ Schizophrenia
and bipolar-disorder patients often
becom e p sy ch o tic,” K o trla said.
“ W ith brain imaging, w e can see if the
same area o f the brain is involved
w ith that sym ptom in these different
illnesses.”
Learning more about the brain ar­
eas involved in various psychiatric
illn esses m ight on e day lead to
quicker diagnosis and to a better w ay
to determ ine w hich m edications are
best for each patient.
“ In the future, w e may be able to
use functional MRI and M RSI to rap­
idly access w hether som eone’s first
psychotic episode is linked to bipolar
disorder o r schizophrenia and bipo­
lar disorder, K otrla also is involved in
im aging studies o f attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder and autism.
B aylor’s neuroim aging technology
is provided through a collaboration
with the N ational Institute o f Mental
Health.
“ Brain- im aging research can help
people realize that m ental illness is a
m edical illness,” K otrla said.
Little Grants Mean A Lot
Com m issionerGretchen M iller
Kafoury announced that a total o f
fo u rte e n p r o je c ts , to ta lin g
$161,458, w ere chosen to be
funded through the Bureau o f
Housing & C om m unity Develop­
m ent (BHCD) Com m unity Initia­
tives Small Grant. This program is
supported through the federal
Com munity Developm ent Block
Grant Fund.
In m aking her announcem ent,
the C om m issioner praised the
Com m unity Initiatives Program
for having provided over $1.75
million to m ore than 160 commu-
.nity-based projects, in its seven
and one h alf years o f operation.
“The C om m unity Initiatives pro­
gram ,” said the C om m issioner,
“ is a great exam ple o f w hat com ­
munity development is all about.”
“ It is am azing how citizens can
take such a small am ount o f city
money and accom plish so m uch
good in the com m unity.”
Highlights o f the most recent
evaluation o f the C om m unity Ini­
tiatives program include:
. O ver 92,000 hours o f volun­
teer labor were used by projects.
. M ore than 1,600 com m unity
groups and neighborhood busi­
nesses participated as project
partners.
. The value o f non-city re­
sources, including cash, donated
goods and services, and volunteer
labor, for completed Initiatives
projects totals almost $2.5 m illion
in non-city resources, represent­
ing 183% o f the Com m unity Ini­
tiativ es funds given to th o se
projects.
. Almost 10,000 clients have
been served by funded projects.
The purpose o f the Com munity
Initiatives Small grant program is
to encourage and support com ­
m unity-based program s in m eet­
ing the basic needs o f low income
persons and/or assist in the revi­
talization o f low income neighbor­
hoods. The Program supports citi­
zen-based initiatives using a self-
help model o f people helping people
by m aking small one-tim e grants
to non-profit and neighborhood
organizations and requiring sig­
nificant m atching support.
T he C om m unity In itiativ es
Small G rant Program operates
two funding cycles each year.
The next cycle will begin in Feb­
ruary 1999. For further inform a­
tion, contact the Bureau o f Hous­
ing & Com m unity D evelopm ent
at 823-2375.
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existin g neighborhoods, it is v itally
important to ‘recycle’ land like w e’re
d oing in the R iver D istrict to b u ild
new n eig hborhoods that w ill ab ­
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units, and 56 cond o m in iu m units.
T he condom inium s w ill in clu d e 36
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“ F an n ie M a e ’s cred it enhancem ent
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dents earn in g no ore th an 60 p er­
cent o f the area m edian incom e, or
$20,820 for one person, and $23,820
for tw o people annually. T his gives
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cialized ministries exist under the
umbrella o f “Unique Christian Min­
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mediums through which Mr. Pierce
communicates his vision to the com­
munity.
“Know Your Rights in Christ”
and “CPR” (Christian Public Re­
sponse)” serve as avenue for Mr.
Pierce to bring his unique message
o f racial reconciliation and renewal
to the community. “It’s simple,”
said Mr. Pierce when asked about
the goals o f “CPR,” “We want to
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The goal of “CPR” is to, as Mr.
Pierce puts it, “breathe the breath of
life back into our communities."
“Know Your Rights” began one
evening in 1994 when Mr. Pierce
was working on his computer and
heard on the television in the back­
ground yet another reading of the
Miranda Act to a person who was
being taken into custody by the au­
thorities. “The Lord spoke to my
heart just then, showing me the way
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veals our rights to us through His
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The ministry of “Know Your
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Mr. Pierce is committed to the
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step c lo ser to rea lity thanks to the
efforts o f M ay o r V era K atz, the
u nion S tation P hase II D ev elo p ­
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