News Mentions for the week of July 22, 2024
Our faculty often provide insight on current events and topics in the news.
Explore some of the articles that they have contributed to or been quoted in recently below.
- Vox
Think like an Olympian
More of a mathlete than an athlete? A gold medal mindset can help you do almost anything better. Francesco Dandekar, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
- KQED
SF’s Top District 5 Candidates Outline Bold Plans to Tackle Drug Crisis in Tenderloin
Keith Humphreys, the Esther Ting Memorial Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, who worked as a senior policy adviser in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy during the Obama administration, weighs in on the candidates’ approaches.
- CBS News
How San Francisco's "trash detectives" are working to catch litter bugs
Workers search for evidence among the 18,000 tons of trash illegally dumped in the city each year. David Spiegel, the Jack, Lulu, and Sam Willson Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
- Stanford Report
How pros handle pressure can help you, too
When they’re at their best, athletes are focused on the present, says Kelli Moran-Miller, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, “not worrying about outcomes, how important a particular moment is, or what could go wrong.”
- Tech Policy Press
Empowering Youth: Agency and Voice Are Key to Mental Health and Online Safety
Vicki Harrison, program director at the Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing, and Anne Collier are editors of "Social Media and Youth Mental Health," a new book just announced by the American Psychiatric Association.
- Yahoo Life
Can drinking in moderation be healthy? Probably not, new study says.
New research finds that many of the studies touting the benefits of moderate drinking suffer from design flaws. Anna Lembke, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
- Scope Blog - Stanford Medicine
One researcher's quest for the unknown, from stars to neurons
Sean Quirin, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, once looked upward with a telescope, seeking clues to the universe. Now he trains his optical eye inward with a fascination for understanding the brain and the complex maladies that afflict it.
- CNET
Can You Save Up on Sleep to Use Later? What to Know About Sleep Banking
While can put money in the bank for later, your sleep doesn't work the same way. Rafael Pelayo, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
- Psychiatric News
Making It to the Ultimate Game Day
Roy Collins, clinical scholar of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, writes about his background in football and his professional focus in sports psychiatry, in this "First Person" piece in the July issue of Psychiatric News.
- PsyPost - Psychology News
Six distinct biotypes of depression identified by scientists
Stanford researchers identified six depression subtypes using brain imaging and machine learning, enabling personalized treatment predictions and improving outcomes based on specific brain activity patterns. Leanne Williams, the Vincent V.C. Woo Professor professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is interviewed.