Columbia Basin Herald | August 12, 2025
Building on work spearheaded by ADAI, the WA State Department of Health has unveiled a new online tool to help residents swiftly locate free Narcan.
Clinical Care & Consultation
Four things to do if you can’t get your ADHD medication
Right as Rain | July 23, 2025
Margaret Sibley, PhD says to first talk with your doctor. “If you can’t get your medication, let them know immediately so that a plan for managing your ADHD without the typical medication can be created.”
FDA panel rejects brexpiprazole-sertraline combo for PTSD
Medscape | July 22, 2025
Clinicians are not convinced of the efficacy of the combination given the conflicting data. It would be “hard to translate the confusing contradictory datasets to my clinical practice,” says Murray Raskind, MD.
Medicaid cuts are likely to worsen mental health care in rural America
Stateline | July 22, 2025
“The folks who are having the most difficulty managing their lives - and that’s made worse by having depression or substance use disorder - are going to be the folks most likely to drop off,” says Ian Bennett, MD, PhD.
How to encourage your man to get help from a doctor
Right as Rain | July 14, 2025
Talking to men about getting help can be hard and might be embarrassing for them, says Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH. It’s important to get over that and confront their struggles directly to show it’s OK and they won’t be loved or respected any less for having them.
How Trump’s Medicaid work requirements could affect mental health care
Seattle Times | July 14, 2025
Some clinicians think Medicaid decisions could be made more specifically based on a person’s diagnosis. Sarah Kopelovich, PhD is concerned the rules won't account for people whose conditions are not linear.
Addiction specialists come together in Everett to reach more patients
KNKX | July 2, 2025
It may sound simple, but being respectful can go a long way towards helping someone struggling with drug addiction, says Caleb Banta-Green, PhD.
FDA approves psilocybin trial for veterans and first responders with PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder
News Break | July 7, 2025
Despite overlap between PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder, there is a lack of treatment options for people experiencing both conditions, says Nathan Sackett, MD, MS.
A trailblazer in sub-dissociative ketamine for depression and opioid use: Dr. Lucinda Grande
The Daily | July 1, 2025
Grande and Nathan Sackett, MD's trial of a ketamine-assisted buprenorphine initiation is a first step toward FDA approval in hopes of easing patients off fentanyl more comfortably.
How do you cope? Free online tool surveys mental health awareness
UW Medicine Newsroom | June 24, 2025
The “Check-In with Yourself” website created by Christine Lee, PhD's research team invites people 18 to 29 to anonymously reflect on their mood, and tailors evidence-informed tips.
