Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences strives to promote new discoveries and understand well-being and mental health across the lifespan using insights from clinical and fundamental neuroscience. Â Clinicians engage in multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary efforts that are uniquely possible at Stanford University.
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences News
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Addressing AAPI mental health
A panel of mental health experts discuss culturally specific barriers to seeking care, along with ways to improve outreach.
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How Stanford Medicine tackles opioid crisis
At Stanford Medicine, programs to help patients struggling with substance-abuse disorders, research into addiction, and educational programs to increase awareness about addiction and treatment are aimed at reducing dependence on opioids.
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Teaching about addiction treatment
An addiction medicine curriculum at Stanford School of Medicine trains students to better understand causes of and treatments for substance use disorders.
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Emotional-wellness tool for health care workers
Stanford Medicine psychologists have created a free mental health resource that health care workers, and anyone, can access online for emotional support.
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Report on opioid crisis calls for action
The opioid epidemic is projected to claim 1.22 million U.S. lives this decade without new efforts to stem the crisis, according to a report that traces the roots of the problem and offers in-depth solutions.
Upcoming Courses
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Online Courses
- Dementia and Diversity in Primary Care: A Primer - Guidelines, Ethnic Differences, and Assessment
- Dementia and Diversity in Primary Care: African American Populations
- Dementia and Diversity in Primary Care: Latino Populations
- Dementia and Diversity in Primary Care: South Asian Populations
- E-Cigarettes: Harmful or Harm-Reducing
- Health Across the Gender Spectrum
- Identifying Early Signs of Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults
- Introduction to Food and Health
- Prescription Drug Misuse and Addiction: Compassionate Care for a Complex Problem
- Screening and Assessing Depression in Primary Care Settings: Clinical and Ethical Considerations
- Statistics for Medical Professionals
- Thinking Critically: Interpreting Randomized Clinical Trials
- Thinking Critically: Interpreting Screening Trials
- Unconscious Bias
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Related Clinical Trials
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Limited-English Proficiency (LEP) Virtual Reality (VR) Study
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Technology-Based Distractions During Minor Procedures
Stanford is currently accepting patients for this trial.