MEDIA FEATURES

Dr. Jennifer Hagman is featured in a 9 News article titled Eating disorder survivors say new law is needed to establish standards of care. “Kids with very severe eating disorders, we saw a real increase, a sustained increase in kids presenting for care in a pretty medically unstable condition during the worst of the pandemic years. And that really has not tapered off which is alarming to me.”

Dr. Scott Thompson is interviewed for a MedPage Today article on the importance of healthcare professionals to educate adolescents and young adults about the potential hazards of using psilocybin in unsupervised settings.

Addiction Research and Treatment Services (ARTS) is featured in a KOA News article on their iniciative to provide Nolaxone in vending machines to the Colorado public, with the intention of reducing Fentanyl overdose rates.

Emily Hemendinger, MPH, LCSW did a spot/interview for KCBS Radio in San Franciscoon problematic supplement use and being under-regulated, while also discussing the relationship with eating disorders.

Hemendinger also co-authored an article for the Skeptical Inquirer titled Fitspiration, Pseudo-Healthcare Professions, and the First Amendment.

Hemendinger also co-authored an article for The Conversation on nonprescribed weight loss and weight control products, as well as dietary supplements and powders and their impact on mental and physical health.

Dr. Brian Pitts, author of a meta analysis on Brief Interventions for Suicidal Youths in Medical Settings was highlighted by Dean Reilly. “Brian H. Pitts, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics, is corresponding author of a review article published February 15 in Pediatrics that reviews and consolidates the available literature on suicide risk screening and brief intervention with youths in outpatient medical settings." 

Dr. Michelle Clementi, co-author of a systematic review and meta-analysis of 50 years of experimental research on sleep loss and emotion as noted by this APA press release.

 

PRESENTATIONS

Dr. Stephanie Lehto presented a total of three presentations for the International OCD Foundation.
(1) Making Mistakes, Getting Messy, and Finding Creativity Without the OCD.
(2) The Honey Games: Sweet Ways to Deal with your Stuck Thoughts.
(3) The not so Pro-Social Parts of Media.

Teresa Mescher, MPH gave an oral presentation on our VitalCog: Suicide Prevention in Construction program at the Construction Working Minds Summit in Kansas City, MO on 2/28/24.

Dr. Neill Epperson was a guest speaker for Let's Talk Menopause on February 27th. Can I buy a noun? Relationship between menopause and cognitive concerns.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Jacobs PS, Jee J, Fang L, Devlin E, Iannelli C, Thakuri D, Loughead J, Epperson CN, Wilson N, Roalf D, Reddy R, Nanga RPR. Application of glutamate weighted CEST in brain imaging of nicotine dependent participants in vivo at 7T. PLoS One. 2024 Feb 16;19(2):e0297310. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297310. PMID: 38363747; PMCID: PMC10871471.

Miller KN, Standeven L, Morrow AL, Payne JL, Epperson CN, Hantsoo L. GABAergic neuroactive steroid response to sertraline in premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2024 Feb;160:106684. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106684. Epub 2023 Nov 30. PMID: 38091917; PMCID: PMC10846389.

Brian H. Pitts, Reina Doyle, Lauren Wood, Reuven Dar, Stephanie De Jesus Ayala, Tripti Sharma, Marie St. Pierre, Bruno Anthony; Brief Interventions for Suicidal Youths in Medical Settings: A Meta-Analysis. Pediatrics March 2024; 153 (3): e2023061881. 10.1542/peds.2023-061881

Palmer, C. A., Bower, J. L., Cho, K. W., Clementi, M. A., Lau, S., Oosterhoff, B., & Alfano, C. A. (2023). Sleep loss and emotion: A systematic review and meta-analysis of over 50 years of experimental research. Psychological Bulletin.