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Becca Levy, professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, has done seminal work on the role of attitude towards aging and its impact on longevity. Dr. Levy's work is referenced in this LA Daily News article.
- June 14, 2024Source: YaleNews
Philip Corlett, PhD; Jane Taylor, PhD; and Summer Thompson, PhD, are co-authors of a study in Cell Reports that uncovered how one specific region of the brain might causally provoke feelings of paranoia.
- June 06, 2024
Patients who suffer from the severe skin disorder autoimmune blistering disease (AIBD) are much more likely to experience depression, anxiety, and eating disorders, according to a new study led by Yale researchers Marney White, PhD, MS, professor of public health and psychiatry, and Mary Tomayko, MD, PhD, associate professor of dermatology and of pathology.
- June 06, 2024Source: Natural Product Research
Marek Chawarski, PhD, professor of psychiatry and emergency medicine, is senior author of a study in Natural Product Research that explains observed differences in the safety profiles of kratom fresh-leaf preparations consumed in Southeast Asia with highly processed and oxidated products labelled “kratom” primarily consumed in the United States and other countries.
- June 05, 2024
Amy Arnsten, PhD, Albert E. Kent Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology; Kristen Brennand, PhD, Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry; Philip Corlett, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry; and David Glahn, PhD, professor adjunct of psychiatry, were invited to speak at the 2024 Schizophrenia and Related Disorders course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island in June.
- May 25, 2024Source: Buzzfeed
“The anxiety sort of crosses a threshold where it’s no longer comfortable or manageable for someone,” said David Klemanski, a Yale Medicine psychologist and assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine.
- May 24, 2024Source: STAT
Philip Corlett, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, spoke to STAT for a story about considerations being given to MDMA-assisted therapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
- May 23, 2024
Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH) and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) launched the Art Show and Book Expression & Recovery on May 21 at the DMHAS Office of the Commissioner.
- May 21, 2024Source: HealthDay
“We had a 15 percent difference in quit rates, with those in the medication group having a quit rate of 45 percent,” said lead researcher Lisa Fucito, director of the Tobacco Treatment Service at the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Conn.
- May 20, 2024Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Zachary Harvanek, MD, PhD, instructor of psychiatry; Ke Xu, MD, professor of psychiatry; and Rajita Sinha, PhD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Neuroscience, are co-authors of a paper in Journal of Behavioral Medicine that analyzes the effects of childhood adversity on obesity, insulin resistance, and epigenetic aging.