Check out our news archive below to learn more about what’s happening in Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences!
New Research Finds Promising Pain Management Alternative to Opioids
With the nation in the middle of an ongoing opioid crisis, there is a critical need for the development of nonopioid treatments for safe and effective treatment of pain symptoms.
Assistance for Incarcerated People Discharged During a Pandemic
Marvin Swartz, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, recently penned an op-ed in NC Policy Watch, “Assistance for incarcerated people discharged during the pandemic: The humane and constitutional thing to do.”
Effects of COVID-19 on Community Programs for Justice-involved Adults with Behavioral Health Disorders
Much important attention is focusing on how the COVID-19 pandemic is gravely affecting people who are incarcerated in US jails and prisons, a crisis that is worsening daily.
Ernestine Briggs-King: Who Are Your Trusted Sources on COVID-19?
Duke Psychiatry's Ernestine Briggs-King, PhD, shares the sources she trusts most when seeking information related to the pandemic.
Duke Psychiatry Faculty Working to Build Inclusive Communities on Campus
Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences faculty members Nicole Schramm-Sapyta, PhD, and Kathryn Dickerson, PhD, are among the co-leads of an interdisciplinary team seeking to address inclusion and power dynamics in academia.
Psychiatry Professor Creates "Bite-Sized Resilience" Video Series
Bryan Sexton, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of the Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality, has launched a new video series around the idea of “bite-sized” resilience.
Duke Psychiatry’s Nicole Heilbron Receives Presidential Award
Nicole Heilbron, PhD, associate professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences and vice chair of clinical services, has received a Duke University Presidenti
Two Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow Alumni Unite to Serve Charlotte Community
Luis Betancourt, MD, and Javier Santos-Cubiñá, MD, became fast friends when Betancourt—then a second-year Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) fellow at Duke—interviewed Santos-Cubiñá for the fell
Duke Kicks Off Sexual and Gender Minority Health Program with Symposium
On Tuesday, February 11, an interdisciplinary group of Duke researchers and clinicians launched the Duke Sexual and Gender Minority Health Program at a day-long symposium on the Duke campus.
Learning by Doing with Electronic Health Record Data
Duke Psychiatry's Dr. Scott Kollins is part of a multidisciplinary team investigating whether machine learning methods can be applied to electronic health record data to develop models that accurately predict risk for autism and ADHD.