Alison Hwong (@alisonhwong) 's Twitter Profile
Alison Hwong

@alisonhwong

Asst Professor of Psychiatry @StanfordMed @VAPaloAlto. Trail running, cycling, mental health and climate justice. Views=mine.

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Thank you UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences for the opportunity to present at Grand Rounds this week! Great questions on closing the gap in health disparities for people with SMI. This work is done with wonderful mentorship from Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS, Amy Byers & NCSP at UCSF

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The punishment for having an abortion is the abortion. No one wants to have to go through this physically and emotionally. This is a choice made in the most desperate and difficult circumstances--trust women.

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At times of despair and anger like now, half of me wishes to standup fight back, half of me wishes to flee to Canada and play Wordle. Thank you MIGNOTE YILMA, MD for solidarity and hope.

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ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.11… Our new study: A surprise to find similar rates of breast cancer screening for women on Medicaid w/ and w/o schizophrenia. Need to look beyond mental illness as driver of disparities ➡️consider social risk factors. Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH

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The effects of #climatechange may affect your #mentalhealth, according to researchers. “We see ... increased #anxiety, distress and post-traumatic #stress responses to acute climate events such as hurricanes and wildfires,” says UCSF's Dr. Alison Hwong. ucsfh.org/3n1KacF

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Can't say enough good things about the National Clinician Scholars Program: a fellowship for physicians and PhD nurses interested in health equity and health policy research. Please spread the word! UCSF IHPS UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UCSF Geriatrics UCSF School of Medicine UC San Francisco

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I am thrilled to be starting a faculty position at Stanford Psychiatry/Palo Alto VA and joining the Stanford Medicine VA Palo Alto HCS community in 2024! Many thanks for mentorship from NCSP at UCSF Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS and Dr. Amy Byers.

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Thank you Helen Pearson for the interview & coverage of climate change and mental health in nature Let's rise to the challenge together on Earth Day! The rise of eco-anxiety: scientists wake up to the mental-health toll of climate change nature.com/articles/d4158…

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Excited to share our study on cervical cancer screening rates among US women w/ schizophrenia in Schizophrenia Bulletin. We need to ensure that women with schizophrenia can access this important but often overlooked preventive health care service. academic.oup.com/schizophreniab…

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Ever wonder about the psychiatric (or neuropsychiatric) impacts of Long-COVID? Check out this SAMHSA piece below! Proud of the leadership by Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, MD et al (K. Murphy, Alison Hwong, M. Goldman, & J. Dilley) UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UCSF Department of Medicine UCSF School of Medicine store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/…