News Mentions for the week of April 15, 2024

How do more health care providers develop the skills to recognize this form of medical child abuse and report it to the appropriate authorities? Mary Sanders, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is quoted.

Public opinion has warmed considerably to legal weed in the past few decades – both medicinal and recreational – even though it remains a Schedule 1 drug on the federal level. But some public health experts are still sounding the alarm, because this has all happened very quickly… and though hard-line illegality was harmful, what we’re doing now might be causing harm, too. Slate speaks with Keith Humphreys, the Esther Ting Memorial professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on the subject.

Cases of patients who recovered from trauma after dreaming under surgical anesthesia spur Stanford Medicine researchers to investigate dreaming as therapy. Laura Hack, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is interviewed about the study along with colleagues Harrison Chow, Boris Heifets, and Pilleriin Sikka in this Scope Blog post.

For the most part, the world has gone back to normal. We’re getting on planes… going to concerts… but many Americans haven’t changed their pandemic drinking habits. And this increased consumption trend is especially high for older Americans. In 2020, alcohol accounted for more than 11,000 deaths among those 65 and up – that’s an 18 percent increase from the previous year – and many of those cases went untreated. KQED speaks with Keith Humphreys, the Esther Ting Memorial professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on the subject.

Addiction can take many forms, but new knowledge and new approaches to dependencies of all sorts are on the horizon. Hear more from Anna Lembke, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on this episode of "The Future of Everything."

When the brain has trouble filtering incoming information and predicting what’s likely to happen, psychosis can result, Stanford Medicine-led research shows. Kaustubh Supekar, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Vinod Menon, the Rachael L. and Walter F. Nichols, MD, Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, are interviewed. Access ongoing coverage of this article here.

A small clinical trial led by Stanford Medicine found that the metabolic effects of a ketogenic diet may help stabilize the brain. Shebani Sethi, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is interviewed about the trial results. Access ongoing coverage of this article here.