News Mentions for the week of July 15, 2024
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KQEDSan Francisco Overdose Deaths Are At Nearly 2-Year Low. What’s Behind the Decline?
San Francisco reported 48 accidental overdose deaths in June. Though public health officials cited citywide programs, an expert says wider drug use trends are likely at play. Keith Humphreys, the Esther Ting Memorial Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
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Verywell HealthHere's What Hoarding Disorder Looks Like in Older Adults—And What Care They Actually Need
Hoarding disorder can be especially prevalent among older adults, who are more susceptible to multiple health conditions and more prone to social isolation. Carolyn Rodriguez, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
Healthier, Happy Lives - Stanford Medicine Children’s Health BlogSummer Smiles: Expert Tips for a Positive Summer and Stronger Families
Experts say quality time spent together promotes children’s cognitive and social development. Mari Kurahashi, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, shares some tips.
VoxToo hot to sleep? Tips for a good night’s rest, even in extreme summer heat
Why you’re getting lousy sleep right now — and what to do about it. Rafael Pelayo, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
San Francisco ChronicleStop arguing over sober living or ‘housing first’ for the homeless. California needs both
The state’s problem isn’t that it offers housing first — which is desperately needed — but that it offers nothing else. Keith Humphreys, the Esther Ting Memorial Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, writes this opinion piece.
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford UniversityHow VR could help treat depression
In this episodes of the "From our neurons to yours" podcast, the team talks with Kim Bullock, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, about how virtual reality technologies could serve as "behavioral therapeutics" to enhance psychotherapy.
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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University
How a new kind of brain plasticity could help make sense of addiction
In this episodes of the "From our neurons to yours" podcast, the team talks with Michelle Monje, Milan Gambhir Professor of pediatric neuro-oncology and professor, by courtesy, of neurosurgery, of pediatrics, of pathology and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Rob Malenka, the Pritzker Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, about recent findings on the role of myelin.