In the News

At the virtual summit for the JED and AASA District Mental Health Initiative, Shashank Joshi, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and, by courtesy of Pediatrics and, of Education, shared insights geared toward education leaders about protecting student emotional health.

Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty. Keith Humphreys, the Esther Ting Memorial Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Health Policy, writes this Atlantic article on the subject.

Plenty of people will say they are addicted to the internet. But how well-recognised, scientifically, is an addiction ... to your screen? This episode of Brain Rot is focused on how behavioural addictions work. Anna Lembke, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is interviewed.

In this episode of SHE MD, hosts Mary Alice Haney and Dr. Thais Aliabadi welcome Anna Lembke, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, to discuss the concept of "Dopamine Nation" and how our modern world's constant pursuit of pleasure affects our brain chemistry and overall well-being.

Nowadays, kids have easier access to newsfeeds through social media, and seeing images of violence can cause concern and anxiety. In this Q&A, Mari Kurahashi, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, provides advice on how parents can help their kids understand what they see in the news.

A number of companies are building A.I. apps for patients to talk to when human therapists aren’t available. Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is quoted on the subject.

Ketogenic diets are being explored as a treatment for psychiatric disorders. Shebani Sethi, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, provides comment about a recent study in this article.

A decade ago, three generations of Stanford scientists banded together to publish a landmark study on one of the brain’s most prevalent structures. Today, researchers at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute are discovering that myelin is implicated in just about every aspect of neurological health. Erin Gibson, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Robert Malenka, the Nancy Friend Pritzker Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Karl Deisseroth, the D. H. Chen Professor, Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Michelle Monje, the Milan Gambhir Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology and Professor, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery, of Pediatrics, of Pathology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, are mentioned along with colleagues in this article from Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.

Heavy drinking during adolescence is known to be a major risk factor for developing an alcohol use disorder later in adulthood. New research has used artificial intelligence modeling to find that personality traits – such as extroversion or introversion – can also play a role in creating distinct pathways towards problematic drinking during adolescence. Kilian Pohl, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, provides comment.