Crosscut | November 14, 2023
The CoLab for Community and Behavioral Health Policy helped develop Housing Stability for Youth in Courts (H-SYNC) to pilot the use of evidence-based surveys to identify teenagers in need of support services.
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What a decades-long study teaches us about brain health and aging
UW Medicine | November 13, 2023
The Seattle Longitudinal Study (SLS) led by K. Warner Schaie, PhD, and Sherry Willis, PhD, followed participants from 1956 to 2012 to track cognitive changes over the adult lifespan. Jeff Iliff, PhD, uses data from the SLS to investigate the relationship between sleep and cognitive impairment or dementia.
A (brief) surprise in study of alcohol, caffeine and sleep
UW Medicine newsroom | November 8, 2023
A study led by psychology doctoral candidate Frank Song found that among study participants who used caffeine during the day and alcohol at night, the negative effects on sleep seemed to offset — for a while.
Underdiagnosed and undertreated, young Black males with ADHD get left behind
CBS News | November 7, 2023
Courtney Zulauf-McCurdy, PhD, says Black children with ADHD symptoms are more likely to be expelled and less likely to receive appropriate treatment than their white peers.
Initiative awards 12 early-stage pilot grants to interdisciplinary teams of UW investigators
UW Population Health Initiative | November 7, 2023
The Population Health Initiative announced today the award of 12 Tier 1 pilot grants to teams of interdisciplinary researchers representing eight University of Washington schools and colleges as well as several community-based partners. Awardees included Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, Jessy Guler, PhD, Isaac Rhew, PhD, MPH, Alysha Thompson, PhD, and Larry Wissow, MD, MPH.
The hunt quickens for vaccines and antibody therapies against opioids
The Washington Post | November 5, 2023
A vaccine could prove especially helpful for users of drugs such as cocaine who fear it might be tainted with fentanyl, says Marco Pravetoni, PhD.
Transformative model for mental health care offers hope for our region
UW Medicine | November 2, 2023
The Center for Behavioral Health and Learning promises to be a game-changer. It’s part of an ambitious new approach to caring for individuals living with serious mental illness.
How Seattle psychiatric providers are responding as system bursts at the seams
The Seattle Times | November 2, 2023
Public investment in behavioral health facilities, including the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning, are rescuing lost behavioral health beds and adding new ones. Ryan Kimmel, MD, is quoted.
Following near disaster for Alaska Airlines, concern over ‘magic mushrooms’ grows
KUOW | October 31, 2023
There are going to be risks when people use psychoactive compounds in an uncontrolled environment, says Nathan Sackett, MD, MS. He stresses thoughtful and intentional access.
Lydia Chwastiak appointed to endowed professorship to support care of underserved populations
Department news | October 31, 2023
Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH, has been named the inaugural holder of the Many Minds Collaborative Endowed Professorship in Behavioral Health to support her work with underserved populations.
