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Palliative care is designed to provide holistic care to people living with a life-threatening illness. But a team of researchers, including Duke Psychiatry’s Katherine Ramos, PhD, recently identified a notable shortcoming of the U.S.

In this opinion piece published in The Hill, Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor, urges the federal government to act immediately to protect our younger scientists from the psychological impact of COVID-19.

Even before the COVID-19 epidemic Latinx immigrants were a vulnerable population.

We’re delighted to announce that Lisa Amaya-Jackson, MD, MPH, has received the 2020 Humanitarian Award from the Duke Medical Alumni Association.

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.

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.”

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.

Duke Psychiatry's Ernestine Briggs-King, PhD, shares the sources she trusts most when seeking information related to the pandemic.

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.

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.