News & Media (January-June 2022)

Please see below the media articles from January to June 2022 that faculty and staff in the Department of Psychiatry have been featured in:

June 2022
Featured	Title
Lee Goldstein, MD, PhD	Veterans May Face Lower Risk for CTE Than Ex-Athletes
Lewina Lee, PhD	Does Embracing Discomfort Help or Hurt Your Life?
Lovern Moseley, PhD	Muting Your Phone May Cause More Stress, Not Less
May 2022
Featured	Title
Christine Crawford, MD, MPH	Boston Medical Center Psychiatrist Discusses Impact of Mass Shootings on Mental Health Burnout ‘Highly Prevalent’ in Psychiatrists Across the Globe Christine Crawford: Flipping the script on stigma Here’s How to Find Empathetic Mental Health Support for Your Trauma How Do I Know if I Need Therapy? Mass Shootings are Taking a Toll on our Mental Health Therapy for Mental Health: What Type Is Right for You, How to Find a Therapist, How to Afford It, and More
Devin Cromartie Bodrick, MD, MPH	The Best Is Yet to Come
Hannah Brown, MD	3 people share how they lived through the pandemic with a serious mental illness
Sandra Mattar, PsyD	Amid rise of race-based violence and hate, how can people of color feel safe? The Trauma of Ukraine’s Civilians Will Haunt Them, and Us, for Generations
Tara Galovski, PhD	Nationwide network aims to connect women veterans to one another
April 2022
Featured	Title
Andrea Spencer, MD	Mental health of kids in communities of color
Christine Crawford, MD, MPH	How to Find a Therapist Who’s Right for You
Deb Goldfarb, MSW, LICSW	Mass Wants to Increase Funding for Civil Commitments to Treat Substance Use Disorder
Lewina Lee, PhD	Blue Zones: Living a longer, fuller life Six Personality Traits for Living a Happier and Longer Life
Michelle P. Durham, MD, MPH	Access and Timely Care Improve for Racially Diverse Children When Federally Qualified Health Centers Integrate Behavioral Health New York subway shooting shows Washington is failing to address America’s mental health crisis
Sarah Kimball, MD	First Afghans. Now Ukrainians. BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center Gets Ready to Help Again
March 2022
Featured	Title
Andrea Spencer, MD	Are My Kids All Right? Let’s Ask the Pediatric Clinicians
Christine Crawford, MD, MPH	This is why it’s so hard to find mental health counseling right now
Lewina Lee, PhD	Always look on the bright side of life! Optimistic people live longer, healthier lives than pessimists because they have fewer stressful events to deal with, study reveals,” BU study says that optimism may be associated with less stress Optimistic People May Be Better at Choosing to Not Engage in Stressful Situations
Sandra Mattar, PsyD	Generations of hurt’: Children and grandchildren of war survivors fear ripple effect of Russia’s war in Ukraine.”
Sanford Auerbach, MD	What Is Sleep Debt and How Can You Recover From It?”
Shamaila Khan, PhD	What to know about Biden’s mental health plan
February 2022
Featured	Title
Andrea Spencer, MD	Anxiety and depression among kids of color surging during pandemic, new study shows Reexamining Whitney Houston’s life; Anxiety, depression among kids of color surges 5 Questions For: Andrea E. Spencer, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Cara Fuchs, PhD; Elizabeth Louis, PhD	Grant To Help Promote Remote Therapy At Boston Medical Center Is Paying Off”
Christine Crawford, MD, MPH	Are cigarettes making a comeback among young adults? Our America: Health Equity & COVID
Lewina Lee, PhD	Anxiety in Men Tied to Risk Factors for CVD, Diabetes Men who tend to worry have increased risk factors for heart disease, stroke: study
Michelle Durham, MD, MPH	COVID-19 lockdown measures may affect brain health of people who aren’t infected, MGH study shows HELP, Ways and Means Hold Mental Health Hearings Senate HELP Committee Discusses Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
Sarah Kimball, MD	New center for immigrant health opening in memory of beloved local doctor
Tasha Ferguson, LMHC	Malden Police add first mental health clinician to help officers responding to surge in calls”
January 2022
Featured	Title
Amy Yule, MD	Study explores possible autism link in young adults treated for addiction
Andrea Spencer, MD	Boston Medical Center researchers report surge in depression among children of color 5-11 years old.”
Christine Crawford, MD, MPH	How Burlington will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Dawne Vogt, PhD	Veterans experience decline in health and well-being over the three year period after discharge
Denise Sloan, PhD	Fort Hood study shows writing therapy is highly effective treatment for PTSD
Erika Wolf, PhD	How the COVID-19 pandemic might age us
Lewina Lee, PhD	Worrying more may raise heart disease risk in men
Lucy Lan, MD, MBA; Sonal Jain, DO; Kushani Patel, DO; Katherine Crist, MD; Christina Borba, PhD, MPH	Perspectives on Global Women’s Mental Health
Risa Weisberg, PhD	Telehealth experiments and the latest digital health news from JPM