The Seattle Times | December 18, 2022
Seattle Children’s Ravi Ramasamy, MD, and Lauren Huxtable discuss youth psychiatric boarding as hospitalizations have nearly doubled from 2015 to 2021 amid the youth mental health crisis across Washington state hospitals.
ABC News | December 17, 2022
A national shortage of the drug Adderall has spotlighted a spike in demand for medications that treat the disorder, especially among women. Margaret Sibley, PhD, talks addresses the worry that doctors working through telehealth companies may not have the training to identify misuse.
UW Office of Research | December 16, 2022
Marco Pravetoni, PhD, is featured by the UW Office of Research in their new New Researcher Spotlight series, focused on Neuroscience in January. Dr. Pravetoni’s team has identified promising vaccines against heroin, oxycodone, fentanyl, and their derivatives or combinations.
UW Medicine newsroom | December 15, 2022
Whitney Carlson, MD, describes why the holiday season can be isolating for some seniors, why connecting is so important and how you can help your loved one, extended relative, or neighbor feel more connected.
Washington State Governor's Office | December 9, 2022
Gov. Jay Inslee visited the University of Washington today to tour the first-of-its-kind behavioral health teaching hospital currently under construction. Inslee proposed the hospital in 2018 as part of a larger effort to transform and expand the state’s behavioral health system.
UW Medicine newsroom | December 8, 2022
Premera Blue Cross will invest $6.6 million to train advanced nurse practitioners in a psychiatry fellowship at the University of Washington. The fellowship will accept up to four ARNP fellows each year starting in 2023.
UW News | December 5, 2022
A team led by researchers at the University of Washington including Elaine Peskind, MD, has developed a laboratory test — known by the acronym SOBA — that can detect oligomers in the blood of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, but not in most members of a control group who showed no signs of cognitive impairment.
KUOW | December 2, 2022
A nationwide Adderall shortage has affected people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder since October, and it isn't expected to end until the new year. KUOW spoke to Margaret Sibley, PhD, about the factors driving the shortage and tips for getting through it.
KUOW | December 2, 2022
In King County's most recent annual overdose death report, fentanyl is named as the biggest driver in those deaths, which continue to spike. Kim Malcolm talked to Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, about overdose deaths and treatment advances.
NIH Global Health Matters | December 1, 2022
In Nigeria—and in many places—young mothers feel social and self-stigma. BRiTE Center affiliate faculty member Lola Kola, PhD, developed a mobile app to help teen mothers care for their mental and physical health.
