UW Medicine Newsroom | April 16, 2025
Recommended reforms focus on providing basic services during incarceration and continuing community care after release. Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH and Sarah Walker, PhD, MS are authors on the study.
News & Stories
Insurance must cover ‘medically necessary’ mental health care under new bill in WA
Kitsap Sun | April 15, 2025
In many ways, people with public insurance like Medicaid have better and more comprehensive access to mental health care than people on very nice private insurance programs, says Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH.
Have we been thinking about ADHD all wrong?
New York Times Magazine | April 13, 2025
Margaret Sibley, PhD says it is important to remember that many ADHD symptoms are pretty commonplace; at any given moment, an average adult could be experiencing two or three of them – halfway to an official diagnosis.
One of the country’s leading Alzheimer’s projects is in jeopardy of drying up
NBC News | April 13, 2025
According to Tom Grabowski, MD many newer Alzheimer's drugs are at some point funded by NIH in the developmental stages. So if you take away NIH funding, this whole pipeline to therapy will go away.
What is somatic therapy exactly – and should you try it?
Right as Rain | April 7, 2025
Somatic therapy can be helpful for people stuck in a fear response like fight, flight or freeze, where their body is perceiving a threat where there isn’t one, says Tom Soeprono, MD.
Why your mental health matters more than the scale
Right as Rain | March 31, 2025
"One thing that can really help people is to clarify your values," says Kate Hoerster, PhD, "to ask yourself what you care about most in the world."
TikTok is full of advice – just don’t trust it for a diagnosis
NPR | March 24, 2025
Margaret Sibley, PhD welcomes novel ideas coming from places like TikTok. She believes that researchers should listen with an open mind - and then rigorously study what holds up.
Don’t believe everything you see about ADHD on TikTok
New York Times | March 19, 2025
The information on TikTok "doesn't always tell you the full story, and it can also lead the loudest voices to be overrepresented," says Margaret Sibley, PhD.
Jesse Fann elected president of the APOS Board of Directors
Department News | March 15, 2025
The American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) Board of Directors has elected Jesse Fann, MD, MPH to fill the role of president on the APOS Board of Directors.
Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions 4th Annual Meeting
Department News | March 15, 2025
The Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions celebrated five years of improving brain health during its 4th Annual Meeting on March 7, 2025, at UW Medicine South Lake Union.
