Department News | April 30, 2025
Kate Hoerster, PhD, MPH recently co-presented on a panel at the Society of Behavioral Medicine's Annual Meeting in San Francisco about the MOVED BY LOVE study, which seeks to reduce disparities and ensure Veteran-centered care for Black Veterans.
UW Medicine Newsroom | April 25, 2025
The drugs cannot cure Alzheimer's, says Tom Grabowski, MD, but they appear to help people with mild cognitive impairment and extend the time they're independent and able to manage their daily lives.
UW Medicine Newsroom | April 16, 2025
Recommended reforms focus on providing basic services during incarceration and continuing community care after release. Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH and Sarah Walker, PhD, MS are authors on the study.
Kitsap Sun | April 15, 2025
In many ways, people with public insurance like Medicaid have better and more comprehensive access to mental health care than people on very nice private insurance programs, says Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH.
New York Times Magazine | April 13, 2025
Margaret Sibley, PhD says it is important to remember that many ADHD symptoms are pretty commonplace; at any given moment, an average adult could be experiencing two or three of them – halfway to an official diagnosis.
NBC News | April 13, 2025
According to Tom Grabowski, MD many newer Alzheimer's drugs are at some point funded by NIH in the developmental stages. So if you take away NIH funding, this whole pipeline to therapy will go away.
Right as Rain | April 9, 2025
"The risk-benefit profile of benzos for treating things like anxiety disorder or insomnia is pretty poor," says Andy Saxon, MD.
Right as Rain | April 7, 2025
Somatic therapy can be helpful for people stuck in a fear response like fight, flight or freeze, where their body is perceiving a threat where there isn’t one, says Tom Soeprono, MD.
Right as Rain | March 31, 2025
"One thing that can really help people is to clarify your values," says Kate Hoerster, PhD, "to ask yourself what you care about most in the world."
NPR | March 24, 2025
Margaret Sibley, PhD welcomes novel ideas coming from places like TikTok. She believes that researchers should listen with an open mind - and then rigorously study what holds up.
