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of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has a great tradition of fundamental science, translational and clinical research, subspecialty expertise, multidisciplinary education, and influential leadership.

12/09/2025

Our weekly news recaps bring you topics featuring our department members and their innovative work: https://stan.md/4bsDl79

"Why constantly checking your phone can drain your focus and memory"

"It's possible to get addicted to pot. Here's what to know"

12/08/2025

Join us to learn and connect! Explore upcoming educational offerings on our calendar. https://stan.md/4cgRqFf

12/04/2025

We are driven by innovation - bringing novel approaches and technologies to tackle the hardest challenges in our field. Explore the latest research and scholarly publications from our department at https://stan.md/4fyEs8x

"Roadmap for direct and indirect translation of optogenetics into discoveries and therapies for humans" https://bit.ly/3XfivUn

"Transcranial magnetic stimulation with intracranial recording in humans and primates: a review" https://bit.ly/48fxpyS

"Factor Structure of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children in a Cohort of Youth With Autism" https://bit.ly/48d6cwM

"Mother-child dyadic interactions shape the developing social brain and Theory of Mind in young children" https://bit.ly/48k4RV0

"Preventive Interventions to Protect Homeless People with Major Mental Disorders from Climate-Related Emergencies: a Critically Important Yet Neglected Public Health Imperative" https://bit.ly/48d3zuN

"Treatments for Functional Neurological Disorder: A Practical Guide for Program Development" https://bit.ly/49Yk5Sb

"DLPFC TMS Suppresses High-Frequency Neural Activity in the Human sgACC" https://bit.ly/49zM4Y2

"The mental health of US veterans before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: examining the demographic and environmental correlates of courses of distress in the LIGHT cohort" https://bit.ly/4pwMjYn

"Skin biopsy confirms absence of alpha-synuclein in patients with trauma associated sleep disorder: A case series" https://bit.ly/4pRhNsL

"Understanding Gender-Based Variation in Determinants of Academic Neurologist Well-Being: A Mixed-Methods Study" https://bit.ly/48qFocG

"Circadian rest-activity rhythms and physical function in community-dwelling older men: The MrOS sleep study" https://bit.ly/48h8efn

"Prediction of postoperative delirium in older adults from preoperative cognition and occipital alpha power from resting-state electroencephalogram" https://bit.ly/4oh9THA

"Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Indicators of Effectiveness of Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents With Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in a Retrospective Clinical Cohort" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41220388

12/03/2025

What Makes Up Your Mind continues its mini-series on Stanford Psychiatry's AI for Mental Health initiative with Dr. Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, who is developing Large Language Models as human-assist tools to speed up and expand the delivery of new trauma and PTSD treatments by acting as an additional training asset for therapists.

Listen to the full episode here: https://stan.md/4ilebfP

12/02/2025

Explore weekly news highlights including the latest research, tips from mental healthcare providers, and professional achievements from our department here: https://stan.md/4bsDl79

"Experts: AI chatbots unsafe for teen mental health"

"Need a Boost? Try This Energizing Yoga Routine."

"Social Media is Numbing Teenagers to Violence"

"Community Health Symposium highlights Stanford Medicine partnerships"

"Increased Use of AI Chatbots Among the Current Generation of Youths"

"The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here"

12/01/2025

Our department is pleased to share ongoing learning opportunities—including Grand Rounds, continuing education offerings, professional skill development, seminars, and more! Check out our calendar: https://stan.md/4cgRqFf

11/26/2025

Researchers in our department are driving some of the most exciting advances in neuroscience and psychiatry! Visit https://stan.md/4fyEs8x to explore their recent research and publications.

"A software platform for real-time and adaptive neuroscience experiments" https://bit.ly/3JGFEvN

"Multi-level patterns predict cannabis use onset among youth" https://bit.ly/3JHF7tz

"Clearance of intracranial debris by ultrasound reduces inflammation and improves outcomes in hemorrhagic stroke models" https://bit.ly/49sfQxM

"A stratified precision medicine trial targeting 2A-adrenergic receptor agonism as a treatment for the cognitive biotype of depression" https://bit.ly/482PDUd

"Traditional Chinese medicine body constitution and sleep quality" https://bit.ly/49qvj1t

"Exploring biomarkers of neurodegenerative risk: Associations of oxysterols, s*x hormones, and reproductive characteristics in older women" https://bit.ly/3JKDoUi

"Understanding Barriers to Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism in Adulthood: Where Are We Now and How Do We Move Forward?" https://bit.ly/3JWbDrW

"Compact subsets of autism screening items predict clinical diagnoses with a machine learning analysis of the QCHAT-10" https://bit.ly/4id06kM

"Tailored strategies to increase the use of an evidence-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: A stepped-wedge randomized trial in military clinics" https://bit.ly/4i3Qpos

"Association between Human Leukocyte Antigen Alleles and Neuropathological Outcomes in Lewy Body Disease" https://bit.ly/3LLFDY8

"National implementation of guided self-help family-based treatment for youth with eating disorders: a study protocol" https://bit.ly/49lr5rQ

"'How Do You Think That Went?'": A Peer Feedback Process for Workshop Presenters at an Academic Meeting" https://bit.ly/4ihfFrt

"Burden of chronic disease on NICU families: developmental outcomes, psychological effects, and vulnerable child syndrome" https://bit.ly/4i7xWr1

"Development of a core outcome set for clinical trials of interventions to improve sleep in people with cognitive impairment-the Sleep in Cognitive Impairment Core Outcome Set (SCICOS)" https://bit.ly/4i7p9pb

"Will metabolic bariatric surgery improve my patient's mood? A careful examination of the relationship between mood, negative affect, and weight loss and recurrence after surgery" https://bit.ly/481TUqT

"I've got a friend in you: How the brain socializes during opioid withdrawal" https://bit.ly/4iakBP1

"The need for a global effort to attend to human neural organoid and assembloid research" https://bit.ly/4rcksyE

"The Dissociative Symptoms Scale (DSS): Psychometric properties of scores on a German version in clinical samples" https://bit.ly/489y6tB

"Randomized target engagement trial of a dissonance-based transdiagnostic eating disorder treatment versus transdiagnostic interpersonal psychotherapy" https://bit.ly/4i3ixrI

"Stereotypy is strongly linked to multiple biomarkers of oxidative stress-A potential common etiology for Abnormal Repetitive Behaviors" https://bit.ly/48kwT3L

"Coding Inequities in Psychiatric Care: A Call to Align DSM/ICD With Chronic Disease Management" https://bit.ly/4iqJia5

"Melatonin dose and timing: Do we have it right?" https://bit.ly/4i7xDwB

11/25/2025

Members of our department are frequently quoted on trending topics and current events related to neuroscience, mental health and well-being in the news. Visit https://stan.md/4bsDl79 to stay up-to-date!

"Teens, ADHD and college planning: Five things to know"

"I Gave Up This Popular Habit and I've Never Been Happier"

"Latest Multi-Agentic AI For Mental Health Makes Use Of Clever Socratic Dialoguing For Cognitive Behavioral Therapy"

"To Practice PTSD Treatment, Therapists Are Using AI Patients"

"What Scientists Are Learning From Brain Organoids"

"Funding cuts threaten youth wellness center in Palo Alto"

11/24/2025

We are excited to announce upcoming opportunities for continuing education, grand rounds, training sessions, seminars, and professional educational programs! Visit our calendar for more information: https://stan.md/4cgRqFf

11/20/2025

At the forefront of new approaches to treatment and prevention, our faculty are seeking to cure psychiatric disorders and to foster overall health, wellbeing, and resilience. Check out https://stan.md/4fyEs8x for their latest research findings and scholarly articles.

"Understanding and Preparing for Academic Promotion in Medical Schools" https://bit.ly/4r1Oyor

"Potential health impacts of comprehensive access to opioid use disorder treatment in United
States correctional facilities: A synthetic analysis" https://bit.ly/3JXQRYP

"Acceptability and feasibility of utilizing telehealth to deliver evidence-based treatments for eating disorders in children and adolescents" https://bit.ly/4hPRobG

"Piloting a brief digital behavioral intervention for adolescent sleep" https://bit.ly/3WQnVVy

"Are observation codes underused for emergency psychiatric patients with an extended length of stay? A retrospective commercial claims analysis from 2016 to 2022" https://bit.ly/4qPINKp

"Boredom and stress as momentary predictors of loss of control eating after metabolic and bariatric surgery: a longitudinal investigation" https://bit.ly/4qSw4X5

"Low Level Alcohol Consumption is Associated with Lower Regional Brain Volume and Thickness and Lower Choline-Containing Compounds and Myo-Inositol Levels in Healthy Adults" https://bit.ly/3WRcYTB

"The effect of hyperoxia on disordered breathing during recovery from general anesthesia: A single-blinded, crossover, non-randomized -controlled, trial" https://bit.ly/43Zb8Uv
"Social Isolation and Burnout, Professional Fulfillment, and Suicidal Ideation Among US Physicians" https://bit.ly/3LVhnm5

"Anxiety coping motives moderate links between discrimination and alcohol use in immigrant-origin and non-immigrant LGBQ+ college student" https://bit.ly/4nTF2Rk

"The Impact of Skill Utilization on Alcohol Use Outcomes Following Completion of a Brief Web-Based Alcohol Intervention" https://bit.ly/4ppnBJN

"Association Between Self-Valuation and the Risk of Self-Reported Medical Errors in US Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a National Survey" https://bit.ly/4p02A7X

"Partial blue light blocking glasses at night advanced sleep phase and reduced daytime irritability, disruptive behavior and improved morning mood, but did not alter salivary melatonin secretion in Japanese male schoolchildren" https://bit.ly/4oBiCpl

"Utilization of home- and community-based services among rural family caregivers of persons with dementia: the role of the area deprivation index" https://bit.ly/4hPTlF2

"Actigraphy-based detection of isolated REM sleep behavior disorder: multicenter validation across devices and populations" https://bit.ly/4hR6bD4

"Sex-Specific Risks of Occupational Distress in Physicians Compared With the General Population" https://bit.ly/47BZCB0

"A Multidimensional Assessment of Sleep Disorders in Long COVID Using the Alliance Sleep Questionnaire" https://bit.ly/3WN3PeT

11/18/2025

Here's what's making the news in our department this week! https://med.stanford.edu/psychiatry/news/news-mentions.html

"Cuts To Medicaid Have Killed Our Dreams of Aging Gracefully"

"Your Medication Might Be Giving You Nightmares"

11/17/2025

Mark your calendars! Programs across our department are offering grand rounds, continuing education sessions, professional training opportunities, seminars, and more! https://stan.md/4cgRqFf

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