UW Magazine | September 11, 2021
Did you forget a name? Lose track of your keys? Or draw a blank on why you walked into the dining room? Pamela Dean, PhD, says it may be due to an attention lapse.
News & Stories
‘Launching pad’ for next steps on decriminalizing psychedelics in Seattle
Kiro 7 | September 8, 2021
Nathan Sackett, MD, MS, says studies are showing that compounds like psilocybin and other psychedelics can have a major impact on treating mental disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety and addiction.
We’re all burned out and exhausted. It doesn’t mean we’re not resilient.
Vice | September 8, 2021
Resilience isn’t a trait you have; it’s something you do. Michele Bedard-Gilligan, PhD, talks about what being resilient means and the many forms it can take.
University of Minnesota announces clinical trial for opioid vaccine
Drug Discovery & Development | September 7, 2021
The University of Minnesota Medical School has developed a therapeutic vaccine for opioid use disorder that is the subject of a new Phase 1 randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial. Marco Pravetoni, PhD, is leading the drug discovery research and will join the UW Medicine Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions in 2022.
Why does coffee sometimes make me tired?
The New York Times | September 7, 2021
Caffeine has a well-justified reputation for being an energy booster, but its cumulative effect can have the opposite effect, says Mark Stein, PhD
King County sets record for fentanyl-related deaths
KOMO Radio | September 4, 2021
Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, says that fentanyl brings with it a high risk of addiction and overdose and that it is flooding the market.
Telepsychiatry-based Collaborative Care approach as effective as traditional referrals
Psychiatric News | September 2, 2021
A telepsychiatry-based collaborative care model (CoCM) for managing patients with posttraumatic stress disorder or bipolar disorder was as effective as telepsychiatry-enhanced referral at improving patient outcomes over one year, according to a study in JAMA Psychiatry led by John Fortney, PhD.
Washington state’s new policing reforms causing confusion, mental health responders say
The Seattle Times | September 2, 2021
Mental health responders are having difficultly helping people in severe crisis as police departments interpret the new policing-reform laws in different ways. House Bill 1310 was passed by the Washington Legislature this spring.
Joy, concern for students with ADHD as in-person learning returns
MPR News | September 1, 2021
Margaret Sibley, PhD, urges schools to make sure they serve the needs of students with ADHD in order to keep them in school and help them graduate
Beyond dopamine: New reward circuitry discovered
UW Medicine newsroom | September 1, 2021
In a paper published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers pushed the science forward on our reward pathways. Co-lead author Raajaram Gowrishankar, PhD, is a postdoctoral scholar in the Bruchas Lab and the Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain and Emotion (NAPE).
