News Mentions for the week of May 27, 2024

Mental health providers are making efforts to better understand the challenges Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) youth face and offer culturally informed interventions. Apurva Bhatt, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is interviewed.

As the state government celebrates consistent confiscations of the synthetic opioid, experts say that the seizures will not affect the illicit drug market significantly. Keith Humphreys, the Esther Ting Memorial Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.

The fear of our once relatively stable climate breaking down is threatening people’s emotional and mental well-being all around the world. Britt Wray, instructor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and Director of CIRCLE at Stanford Psychiatry, and Kyle McKinley, program manager in psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provide an overview of climate anxiety in this post for WEF.

A team of researchers led by two-time BBRF grantee Sergiu Pasca, the Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and Bonnie Uytengsu and Family Director of the Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program, has published results of experiments demonstrating a potential “rescue strategy” using stem cell-based models for a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder called Timothy Syndrome (TS).

California lawmakers are considering increasing access to treatment, medications that reverse overdoses and more. Keith Humphreys, the Esther Ting Memorial Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.

Recent research finds that a lack of sleep might be especially harmful to a woman’s heart. Rafael Pelayo, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.

In a new, large-scale study of sleep behavior, Stanford Medicine scientists found that night owls don’t really thrive late at night. Jamie Zeitzer, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and Renske Lok, postdoctoral scholar in psychiatry and behavioral sciences, are interviewed about the findings.

Most Parkinson’s disease patients struggle with speech problems. New research by Stanford Medicine scientists uncovers the brain connections that could be essential to preserving speech. Weidong Cai, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Vinod Menon, the Rachael L. and Walter F. Nichols, MD, Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, are interviewed. Follow more news coverage here.

A new study published in the journal eClinicalMedicine looks at how the frequency and intensity of nightmares and 'daymares' could be linked to lupus or other autoimmune diseases. CBS News Bay Area anchor Ryan Yamamoto asks Rafael Pelayo, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, about how certain chronic conditions could trigger more vivid and frequent nightmares.

“Getting to Yes, And” podcast interviews Elias Aboujaoude, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, about his new book, “A Leader’s Destiny: Why Psychology, Personality, and Character Make All the Difference.”

A multidisciplinary “Big Ideas in Neuroscience” initiative links addiction-focused basic research, clinical application, and public policy. NeuroChoice co-directors Brian Knutson, Robert Malenka, and Keith Humphreys are featured along with colleagues in this article.