News Mentions for the week of July 29, 2024
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AARPSuddenly Can’t Sleep? Here’s What May Be Causing Your Insomnia
14 surprising factors that can sabotage your shut-eye. Rafael Pelayo, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
KQEDHere's Why Some San Francisco Nonprofits Give Foil and Pipes to Drug Users
Providing supplies, while it might seem counterintuitive, can reduce harm and guide people toward treatment, nonprofit leaders and health experts said. Amer Raheemullah, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
KCBS RadioWhat happens when popular prescription drugs surge in demand?
It's no doubt that weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic skyrocketed in popularity recently, but with the surge in demand, more people are turning to alternative drugs. While the FDA allows compounding pharmacies to produce and sell copycats during low supply, a debate is brewing whether this is ethical. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Shebani Sethi, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.
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42% of Americans aren't as close to their friends as they would like — and other findings from the American Friendship Project
How many friends does the average person have? Surveys conducted by the American Friendship Project dug into this question and more. David Spiegel, the Jack, Lulu, and Sam Willson Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
The Mercury NewsWhat the Golden Gate Bridge’s anti-suicide net is teaching the rest of the nation
The once-controversial project is now a case study in suicide prevention, growing in size and lending its lessons to other barrier-building campaigns around the U.S., Canada and England. Shashank Joshi, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and, by courtesy of pediatrics and, of education, is quoted.
Brain & Behavior Research FoundationBrain & Behavior Research Foundation Announces 2024 Klerman & Freedman Prizes for Innovative Psychiatric Research
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) has announced the winners of its 2024 Klerman and Freedman Prizes, recognizing exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness. The prizes are awarded annually to honor the work of outstanding scientists who have been supported by the Foundation’s Young Investigator Grants Program. Congratulations to Erin Gibson, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, who received a 2024 Freedman Prize Honorable Mention.
National GeographicThere are 6 forms of depression, study shows. Here’s how they’re different.
Tens of millions of people with depression aren't properly diagnosed. Stanford researchers show that brain imaging could revolutionize treatment. Leanne Williams, the Vincent V.C. Woo Professor professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is interviewed.