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A new $100,000 grant from the Sozosei Foundation will support the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law in expanding access to Psychiatric Advance Directives, an area of expertise for Marvin Swartz, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and lead of the Wilson Center's Behavioral Health Team.

On a sweltering day in July, 15 young adults stayed cool as they gathered in a meeting space in Trinity House, a dorm on Duke’s East Campus, to talk about how to best use their often-limited energy

Duke Health researchers including Duke Psychiatry's P. Murali Doraiswamy, MBBS, studied more than 230 patients treated with lecanemab, a new FDA-approved therapy designed to remove a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease from the brain. They found the therapy’s real-world safety, treatment persistence, and effects on disease progression aligned with results from clinical trials.

In her new book, "America’s Health," Duke Psychiatry's Leslie Bronner, MD, DrPH, calls attention to the outsize impact of community conditions on our health and the need for policies and systems that better support our wellbeing. The book weaves together research, fresh ideas, and engaging vignettes drawn from Bronner’s clinical experiences.

A JAMA Network Open study led by Duke Psychiatry's Eric Elbogen, PhD, found that veterans experiencing major financial strain were significantly more likely to die by suicide within the following year than those without financial difficulties.

The Duke Center for Autism & Brain Development's monthly seminar series started as a small faculty gathering in 2014. Today the series, now virtual and open to the public, brings leading experts into conversation with a global audience.

Duke University’s Canine Cognition Center, Duke Psychiatry's Frank Keefe, PhD, and NC State are collaborating on an NIH-funded project in which dogs are helping researchers decode pain.

Duke Psychiatry's Marvin Swartz, MD, and Jeffrey Swanson, PhD, discuss Psychiatric Advanced Directives (PADs): what are they, how the National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives has promoted their use, and how to continue to expand the use of PADs.

Associate professor Lauren Franz, MBChB, MPH, has been selected as the director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, effective July 6. Franz served as the center’s associate director from 2022 to 2024, when she became the interim director after Geraldine Dawson, PhD, William Cleland Distinguished Professor, stepped down from the center leadership role.

Congratulations to our Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences trainees and faculty members who received these year-end awards.