The Stranger | June 27, 2017
This guest editorial co-authored by John Roll, PhD, and Dennis Donovan, PhD, stresses the importance of cannabis research being done at UW and WSU and the need for continued state funding.
News & Stories
A software shrink: apps and wearables could usher in an era of digital psychiatry
IEEE Spectrum | June 27, 2017
Data can revolutionize the treatment of depression, schizophrenia, and other mental health disorders. Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, gives examples from his own research of how data collected with smartphones can help people with schizophrenia.
The future of mental health therapy
WBUR 90.9 | June 20, 2017
Jane Clayson interviews Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, for the radio program On Point about the new landscape of digitized mental health care.
How 2 science papers from the ‘80s helped spark the Opioid Crisis
BuzzFeed News | June 6, 2017
Mark Sullivan, MD, PhD, comments on the recent correction issued to a 1980 painkiller study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The opioid crisis changed how doctors think about pain
Vox | June 5, 2017
A compelling story that references a 2015 article by Jane Ballantyne, MD, FRCA, and Mark Sullivan, MD, PhD, in which they made the case that doctors don’t need to reduce the intensity of pain in order to successfully treat it.
7 ways to manage stress
Yahoo News | June 5, 2017
Judith Turner, PhD, weighs in on the vicious cycle of stress and sleep deprivation.
Psychiatry and psychology services for cancer patients
King 5 | June 1, 2017
Live on New Day Northwest, Jesse Fann, MD, MPH, discusses how valuable specialized psychiatric and psychological care services can be for cancer patients.
Ask an expert: Dr. Jason Kilmer
Listen2YourSelfie | June 1, 2017
Watch as Jason Kilmer answers questions submitted by Washington teenagers about marijuana.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention funds research
Department news | May 31, 2017
Molly Adrian, PhD, and Aaron Lyon, PhD, have received funding from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to examine the extent to which student-generated social media data provide the information needed to accurately predict suicide risk in high schoolers, compared to more traditional paper-and-pencil screening approaches.
Bernier Lab represents UW Psychiatry at IMFAR
Department news | May 31, 2017
The Bernier Lab had an amazing presence at the 2017 International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) in San Francisco, CA, with thirteen lab members presenting posters and panel discussions. Highlights include a presentation by Caitlin Hudac, PhD (post-doc) on dynamic patterns of attention in children with rare SCN2A genetic variants, and a talk by Rachel Earl (5th […]
