Patient Care How to Beat the Holiday Blues: 3 Tips for a Brighter Holiday Season By Karin Christensen Dec. 22, 2022 The pressure to show excitement combined with the rush of holiday activities and obligations can be deeply challenging for people struggling with stress, depression, and grief.
Research Meeting Them Where They Are: Research Examines Digital Interventions for Teen Suicide Prevention By Kelly Webster Dec. 7, 2022 Arielle Sheftall, Ph.D., earned $4 million from the NIH to study unconventional, digital approaches to help high-risk youth navigate difficult times.
Research Myths Busted: New Studies Show Telemedicine is Effective, Doesn’t Reduce Access to Care By Jim Miller Sep. 21, 2022 Common concerns about telemedicine don’t hold up to scrutiny, a first-of-its-kind study highlighting telemedicine’s effectiveness concludes.
Research Major Grant Funds Research to Understand Key Features of OCD: Inflexibility and Avoidance By Emily Boynton May. 23, 2022 With $15.6 million from the National Institute of Mental Health, scientists will investigate the brain networks central to obsessive compulsive disorder in order to guide the development of effective ...
Community As Drug Overdose Deaths Climb, Experts Assess Strategies to Stem the Tide By Emily Boynton May. 10, 2022 Stemming the opioid crisis in rural communities requires taking action to overcome the stigma and health inequity that have increased barriers to recovery from substance use disorder.
Research Anxiety cues found in the brain despite safe environment By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Nov. 12, 2021 Researchers used a virtual-reality environment to understand the impact anxiety has on the brain and how brain regions interact with one another to shape behavior.
Research Lancet Review: Mental illness and suicide among physicians By Jeff Koslofsky Oct. 6, 2021 Researchers highlight need for individual and organizational intervention to better protect the mental health and wellbeing of physicians, particularly those early in their career.
Education Managing Anxiety Going Back to School: A Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Students By Scott Hesel Sep. 7, 2021 For children who have been out of the classroom since March of 2020, returning to school will have many benefits. Parents and schools must work together to foster a positive environment while keeping ...
Research Fracking Comes at the Expense of Water Quality By Mark Michaud Aug. 25, 2021 In a perspective piece that appears in the journal Science, Elaine Hill, Ph.D., calls for tighter regulation and monitoring of fracking as more evidence points to the negative health consequences of ...
Research Appetite for survival: Brain signal alerts roundworms to changing food supply By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Aug. 25, 2021 Microscopic roundworms may hold the key to understanding what is happening in the brain when the instinct of an animal changes in order to survive.
