Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
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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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Asst. Prof. Natalie Fenn, Ph.D. received a 2024 Advance RI-CTR Mentored Research Award for her project, “A Novel Civic Engagement Intervention to Improve Mental Health Outcomes Among LGBTQ+ Adults.”
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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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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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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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Medicine@Brown
Brown Announces Funding for Biomedical Innovations
Two DPHB faculty earned Brown Biomedical Innovations to Impact (BBII) Awards: Dr. Eric Morrow received the new annual Life Sciences Impact Award and Dr. Carolina Haass-Koffler received a BBII grant award.
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DPHB Chair Audrey Tyrka, M.D., Ph.D., received a Community Champion Award from Sojourner House, a nonprofit that serves survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse, and human trafficking.
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Professor Rena R. Wing has been selected to receive the Rosenberger Medal of Honor, a university-wide honor awarded just 35 times since 1919, for her decades of excellence in research and mentorship.
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Michigan State University News
New research: 1 in 5 U.S. Adults Lost to Suicide Had Recent Jail Experience
Professor Lauren Weinstock co-authored the study, published in JAMA Network Open, with colleagues at the National Center for Health and Justice Integration for Suicide Prevention (NCHATS).
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Researchers Christy Capone, Ph.D., Erica Eaton, Ph.D., and Carolina Haass-Koffler, Ph.D., Pharm.D., have launched the first study at Brown on MDMA-assisted therapy and the first anywhere to test the treatment’s effectiveness for dual disorders.
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