In the News
for the week of April 28, 2025
Healthier, Happy Lives - Stanford Medicine Children’s Health BlogEnhancing Community Support Through Trauma Resources and Interventions
To address the need for mental health support in traumatic circumstances, Victor Carrion, the John A. Turner, M.D. Professor and Vice-Chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and his team have assembled resource lists - for children and adolescents, for parents and caregivers, for frontline workers and mental health providers, and for teachers and educators. Learn more about the resources in this Healthier, Happy Lives post.
KTVU FOX 2 San FranciscoTeenagers need up to 10 hours of sleep a night, CDC says
Teenagers are more sleep deprived than ever, and it's doing more harm than just making them groggy in class. According to the CDC, teens need up to 10 hours of sleep a night, but most are getting far less, averaging just 6. Rafael Pelayo, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, joins KTVU on 'The Nine' to discuss the findings.
Stanford Report‘Step by step, we’ve made a huge amount of progress’
Luis de Lecea, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is featured in this article about his lab's work in mapping the brain circuits that control sleep so we can manipulate them for a better night’s rest.
Common Sense MediaAI Companions Decoded: Common Sense Media Recommends AI Companion Safety Standards
Common Sense Media released comprehensive risk assessments of social AI companions, concluding that these AI tools pose unacceptable risks to children and teens under age 18 and should not be used by minors. Nina Vasan, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.