News Mentions for the week of February 12, 2024
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SUCCESSMore Companies Are Adopting Sensory-Friendly Practices—Here’s How Your Business Can Follow Suit
Large companies are seeing the value in implementing sensory-friendly workplaces. Should small businesses do the same? Lawrence Fung, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
CBS NewsNew friendship app looks to address loneliness epidemic by connecting people
Loneliness can have severe health effects on people, and a new activity-based friendship app is hoping to remedy that. David Spiegel, the Jack, Lulu, and Sam Willson Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
WebMDSpotlight On: Major Depressive Disorder
The most important news, trends, and treatments that affect people with major depression. Nolan Williams, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
OPBMedford harm reduction group courts controversy while saving lives
Studies show harm reduction efforts like giving out naloxone cut overdose deaths — at least for the short term, but syringes and naloxone aren’t enough to fight drug crisis. Keith Humphreys, the Esther Ting Memorial professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
NPRPortugal's approach to the opioid epidemic is a flashpoint in U.S. fentanyl debate
Portugal's focus on care and treatment over law enforcement and incarceration is widely viewed as a model for helping people recover from opioid addiction. But it's become a flashpoint in the U.S. Keith Humphreys, the Esther Ting Memorial professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is interviewed.
CNNA mass shooting shook a tight-knit Asian dance community. Survivors then faced barriers finding culturally sensitive support
More than a year later, some survivors and community leaders say the struggle to overcome trauma is still ongoing – and has been complicated by barriers to accessing Asian-language mental health care, navigating daunting insurance systems and grappling with cultural stigma around seeking mental health support after a shooting that disproportionately impacted older Asian immigrants. Rona Hu, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provide comment.