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Enjoyed hosting Noninvasive Ultrasound Lab and learning about the present and future applications of transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) towards some of my favorite targets, such as the insula and ACC, including this gem: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38314779/

Had a great time hosting Eric L. Garland at LIBR and seeing the impact of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) on mental health. In this latest paper, an average morphine equivalent daily dose reduction of 21.6 milligrams. That’s real weight! ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ap…

Excited to see this perspective published: Highway to the danger zone? A cautionary account that #GLP‐1 receptor agonists may be too effective for unmonitored weight loss (brief 🧵 below) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ob…

The 2023 Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR) Annual Report is now available on our website. We hope you enjoy the publication and look forward to continuing our goal to improve mental health through neuroscience in 2024 and beyond! laureateinstitute.org/news/2023-libr…

April is National #MinorityHealthMonth If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health or substance use, help is available in English, Spanish, and other languages. #NMHM 💗 Help yourself & share to help others: samhsa.gov/find-help

Anxiety is a ubiquitous phenomenon that can be adaptive or maladaptive. This article, which emphasizes the role of #interoception as a key component, is part of a special New Scientist series on anxiety. Worth a 👀 newscientist.com/article/mg2623…

New research, including work from LIBR's Nick Obradovich, highlights the mental health toll of climate change. Rising temps and environmental disasters are linked to increased mental health problems like depression and anxiety. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Researchers, like LIBR's Nick Obradovich, are pioneering global mental-health indicators tied to weather and climate data. These efforts aim to assess and mitigate climate change's mental health burden effectively. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Congratulations to Dr. Evan White on being selected as the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Spring 2024 Featured Researcher! The Spring Spotlight focuses on researchers doing work to eliminate health disparities. Learn more about Evan and his research here: abct.org/researcher-spo…

My former RA Annie (now clinical psych grad student) just got her first first-author paper published (nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…). It’s a cool paper showing that despite being anxious/depressed, those with high resilience scores can still show good life satisfaction. Important stuff

My friends/family often ask me about my research, which can sometimes be a bit of a challenge since computational psychiatry is fairly technical. So I wrote a short piece in Psychology Today trying to introduce this in an approachable way. Hope it might help! psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-ne…

April is Alcohol Awareness Month. We spoke with Dr. @robinaupperle and Elisabeth Akeman to discuss the effects of alcohol on the brain, limits, reducing consumption, seeking help, & LIBR's research contributions. #AlcoholAwarenessMonth laureateinstitute.org/news/april-qa-…

Mental Health Awareness Month is a great time to raise awareness of the importance of mental health in children and teens. Keep an eye out for any social or behavioral changes in your children. You can learn more about the signs at bit.ly/3LLCvbP. #MHAM2024

The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study at LIBR has an immediate opening for a Research Assistant. Send your resume or CV to Dr. Cassandra Sturycz at [email protected] to be considered for this opportunity!

Exciting new preprint led by Ning Li and @ClaireALavalley "Directed exploration is elevated in affective disorders but reduced by an aversive interoceptive state induction" (medrxiv.org/content/10.110…). Uncovers interesting opposing effects of state and trait anxiety. Thread below:

Enjoying the Aspen Ideas health fellowship! Amazing colleagues, amazing speakers, and amazing venue!

Congratulations to Evan White on being selected as the first Fellow in the CIRCLE Fellowship program at the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health Center for Indigenous Health!

Hurricane Helene’s damage goes beyond infrastructure. Nick Obradovich from LIBR highlights how extreme weather impacts mental health. Recovery requires rebuilding minds too. 🌪️💙 Read more: laureateinstitute.org/news/the-hidde…