Nature | September 11, 2019
US efforts to control opioid prescriptions are having unintended effects on people with chronic pain. Although the debate about the benefits of opioid prescription controls is set to continue, there is broad agreement that the US health-care system as a whole has failed people with chronic pain. Mark Sullivan, MD, PhD, is quoted.
GeekWire | September 2, 2019
Video games are surrounded by a stigma that they are inherently bad from a mental health perspective. But there is a widening group of people, including those who work in mental health, who believe games can be an important and positive tool for those dealing with mental health issues. Barbara McCann PhD, is quoted.
Premera Blue Cross | September 2, 2019
Premera Blue Cross announced a $10 million investment, including an initial grant of $2.8 million for administrative and technical assistance, to the UW Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science’s AIMS Center. Diane Powers, MBA, MA, is quoted.
Right as Rain | August 29, 2019
The way you frame a conversation with kids and teens about mental health depends on how old the child is. Georganna Sedlar, PhD, provides some terrific tips for starting the discussion.
NBC Montana | August 26, 2019
Billings Clinic has begun a program to help train psychiatrists with the hope some of them will stay in Montana, where there is a shortage. The Montana Track, directed by Julie Kelso, MD, is the first-ever psychiatry residency program in Montana.
New York Times | August 23, 2019
Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof writes about a bold approach to narcotics that should be a model for America, citing a 2017 peer-reviewed study by Susan Collins, PhD, and Seema Clifasefi, PhD, MSW, that highlighted the positive effects of the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program on recidivism. Note: you will have to create a free NYT account to view the article.
This American Life | August 23, 2019
Debra Kaysen, PhD, (now at Stanford University) provided 10 hour-long sessions over two weeks of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to journalist Jaime Lowe who had experienced sexual assault as a teenager. It’s a powerful episode — the CPT sessions are recorded — and has been listened to 3.5 million times.
STAT | August 16, 2019
Nephi Stella, PhD, and colleagues write about the safety — or lack thereof — of cannabidiol and the lack of discernment between the closely related cannabis and hemp plants.
Seattle Times | August 15, 2019
Recovery Beyond, a Bellevue-based organization, helps people working through addiction and homelessness move toward recovery by introducing them to backpacking, hiking or summiting 10,000-foot mountains. Andy Saxon, MD, is quoted.
Youth Today | August 9, 2019
Eric Trupin, PhD, shares some ideas of how to end youth homelessness, and they start with tackling the conditions that set the young on a path to justice system involvement.
