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A study authored by Prof. Lauren Weinstock finds that a suicide prevention program intervention for people recently released from jail reduced suicide attempts by 55 percent.
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Providence Business News
Five Questions With: Lisa Uebelacker
Prof. Lisa Uebelacker, Ph.D., talks with Providence Business News about a statewide suicide prevention training program.
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Scientific American
How Are AI Chatbots Affecting Teen Development?
Asst. Prof. Jacqueline Nesi, Ph.D., outlines the research challenges in understanding the effects of AI chatbots on teenage users.
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Brown University School of Public Health
A Turning Point in Addiction Psychiatry?
Assoc. Prof. Carolina Haass-Koffler, Ph.D., explains how and why GLP-1 drugs work and their potential for revolutionizing addiction treatment.
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Providence Business News
Five Questions With: Brandon Gaudiano
Prof. Brandon Gaudiano, Ph.D., discusses his work as program director of Butler Hospital’s Transitional Outpatient Program.
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Assistant Professor Marie-Rachelle Narcisse, Ph.D., explains findings from her study on the correlation between the oral microbiome and sleep length in teens and young adults.
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Medicine@Brown
The Little Engine That Could
Through research, clinical care, and teaching, the Pediatric Anxiety Research Center has defined the standard of care for OCD in kids.
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Providence Business News
Five Questions With: Dr. Zobeida Diaz
Asst. Prof. Zobeida Diaz discusses the mental health challenges women face during pregnancy and postpartum.
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Rhode Island PBS
Advice for Parents in the Digital Age
In this interview, Asst. Prof. Jacqueline Nesi, Ph.D., shares her expertise on how parents can help their children navigate social media.
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US News & World Report
Discrimination Dramatically Increases Risk for Depression, Anxiety
Asst. Prof. Marie-Rachelle Narcisse, Ph.D., led a study that found that a majority of Americans report experiences of discrimination and these experiences are connected to anxiety and depression.
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The Washington Post
Typecasting Others and Self as Villain or Victim Can Hurt Relationships
Clinical Asst. Prof. Yael Schonbrun, Ph.D., offers advice for people in relationships defined by moral typecasting.
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Scientific American
Setting Parental Controls Is Not As Complicated As You Think
Asst. Prof. Jacqueline Nesi, Ph.D., pens an op-ed on the benefits of using parental controls on children's TV and internet.
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Providence Business News
Zobeida Diaz Named Director of Women’s Behavioral Health at Women & Infants
Asst. Prof. Zobeida Diaz, M.D., M.S., has been named division director of women's behavior health at Women & Infants Hospital. (Photo courtesy of Care New England.)
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Providence Business News
Five Questions with Dr. Paul Wallace
Clinical Instructor Paul Wallace, M.D., discusses his new role as medical director at The Providence Center, a treatment center for adults, adolescents, and children affected by psychiatric illnesses, emotional problems, and addiction.
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Providence Business News
Dr. Paul Wallace Named Medical Director of The Providence Center
Clinical Instructor Paul Wallace, M.D., has been promoted to medical director at The Providence Center, a treatment center for adults, adolescents, and children affected by psychiatric illnesses, emotional problems, and addiction.
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Medicine@Brown
Iron Will
Prof. Emeritus Richard Goldberg, M.D., M.S., discusses principles of the mental side of golf from his book, Better Golf, Better Life.
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Prof. Linda Carpenter, M.D., explains how the change of seasons can trigger a distinctly depressive response.
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Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior researchers found that adolescents in the obese weight range ate more food later in the day than their peers of healthy weight, and that their eating behaviors were strongly influenced by their internal body clock.
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Brown Alumni Magazine
Omm, No.
Prof. Willoughby Britton illuminates the perils of meditation.
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Brown University Health News
DPHB Faculty Part of $10 Million Study of Programs to Reduce Postpartum Diabetes Risk
Prof. Rena Wing, Ph.D., and Assoc. Prof. Stephanie Parade, Ph.D., are part of a multi-state research team studying the use of medically tailored meals in evidence-based home visiting programs as a way to reduce post-partum diabetes.
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The Washington Post
7 Things to Add or Subtract for Happiness, According to Science
Asst. Prof. Jacqueline Nesi, Ph.D., distills the science of happiness into seven practical tips-for-living in this column for The Washington Post.
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Medicine@Brown
Bloom Where You are Planted
Former DPHB Chair Steven Rasmussen, M.D., a professor of psychiatry and human behavior, first put down roots at Brown more than 50 years ago, but he sustains a sense of curiosity and wonder.
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Brown Alumni Magazine
Sleep Secrets
Pioneering sleep scientist Prof. Mary Carskadon, Ph.D., continues making discoveries in pediatric sleep research.
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Carney Institute for Brain Science
Moving to a Multifaceted View of Dementia
Prof. Edward "Ted" Huey, M.D., joined the nation’s leading experts on Alzheimer’s disease at the National Institute on Aging.
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