The Seattle Times | December 16, 2021
Repeated exposure to sickness and death, and a sense of fear and anxiety that’s rippled across the medical and first-responder communities during the pandemic, is crippling the mental well-being of many people in these vital workforces, according to a new study led by Rebecca Hendrickson, MD, PhD.
BBC | December 15, 2021
People's prior beliefs about alcohol can strongly influence how they act when intoxicated — and even change their behavior when they're sober. Research by Christine Lee, PhD, is referenced.
Right as Rain | December 15, 2021
How do mental health professionals deal with winter? Pat Arean, PhD, David Avery, MD, Michele Bedard-Gilligan, PhD, Doyanne Darnell, PhD, Emily Dworkin, PhD, Kristen Lindgren, PhD, and Ramanpreet Toor, PhD, offer their advice.
The Seattle Times | December 12, 2021
The gulf between the needs of those seeking therapy and the capacity of the mental health workforce to provide care is huge. Mollie Forrester, MSW, LICSW, says the right “fit” includes a lengthy list of considerations.
UW Medicine newsroom | December 8, 2021
Overdose death rates with the drug are similar for those under and over 30 – a break from patterns involving heroin and prescribed opioids. Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, says we've seen an increase in fentanyl-involved overdose deaths over the past few years. This story was covered in multiple outlets including Patch, KOMO Radio, KNKX and Q13.
MIT Technology Review | December 6, 2021
Researchers are learning more about how therapy works by examining the language therapists use with clients. It could lead to more people getting better and staying better. David Atkins, PhD, is quoted.
KUOW | December 2, 2021
The UW School of Medicine's Swati Rane Levendovszky and Jeffrey Iliff, PhD, talk about their research into enhancing what the brain does when it sleeps by examining the glymphatic system. This story was also covered by KOMO Radio and other media outlets.
MSU News Service | December 1, 2021
Soon, someone feeling the need for some extra Z’s may benefit from a wearable device that aids the brain in the biochemical cleansing that leaves a person feeling refreshed after a full night of sleep. The project comes in the wake of recent discoveries about the importance of the glymphatic system as explained in a popular TED Talk by project co-leader Jeffrey Iliff, PhD.
Department News | December 1, 2021
Read the final report for the “Stay Connected: Developing an Intervention to Promote Mental Health Among Isolated Senior Housing Residents” project led by Patrick Raue, PhD, Patricia Areán, PhD, and Brenna Renn, PhD.
Department news | November 30, 2021
Christine Lee, PhD, and Jennifer Cadigan, PhD, submitted their final report for the “Harm Reduction in the Context of Social Distancing: A Time-Sensitive COVID-19-related Personalized Normative Feedback Program Addressing High-risk Alcohol Use and Encouraging Engagement in Adaptive Coping and Social Behaviors” project.
