Department news | November 30, 2023
The UW Medicine Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions is funding 12 new partnerships that will develop and test innovative ways to extend the impact of mental health professionals in Washington.
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New fellowship helps cancer patients and their caregivers
Department news | November 30, 2023
Cancer patients and survivors can face substantial psychosocial and emotional challenges at all stages of their treatment including depression, demoralization, fear of recurrence, deteriorating self-esteem, poor body image and difficulties in social relationships. Family members and caregivers face their own challenges such as sadness, anxiety, helplessness, and anger at the possibility of losing a loved […]
A small-town doctor honors her mentor, Nicholas Ward
Department news | November 30, 2023
Nicholas Ward, MD, a long-time faculty member and an outstanding teacher, inspired Joan “Mutt” Dickson, MD, during her medical training at UW to pursue mental health. With his encouragement, Dickson did a combined residency in family medicine and psychiatry at West Virginia University. She eventually brought her two passions together when she moved to Glendive, […]
Cannabis use does not reduce long-term heroin use, study finds
ABC News | November 28, 2023
According to a new study, people with heroin dependency don't use less of that drug if they start also using cannabis. Andrew Saxon, MD, is quoted.
8 mental health terms you’re using incorrectly
The Huddle | November 20, 2023
Tuesday Burns, MD, says things can get problematic when mental health terms are used as a way of shutting others down, manipulating them or to dodge the actual self-work that therapy is meant to encourage.
Job openings at Center for Behavioral Health and Learning
The Huddle | November 15, 2023
UW Medicine is actively recruiting candidates for clinical and nonclinical positions at the new Center for Behavioral Health and Learning. Please share with your networks! Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA, and Ryan Kimmel, MD, are quoted.
Researchers team up with court staff to help WA homeless youth
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.
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.
