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Christian Hendershot, PhD, director of the Clinical and Translational Addiction Research Program, co-wrote a commentary on repurposing the antidiabetic medication semaglutide to treat substance and alcohol use disorders.

December 13, 2023

November Research Publications

December 12, 2023

Association between microbiome and the development of adverse posttraumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae after traumatic stress exposure.

December 12, 2023
Following trauma, individuals often face significant neuropsychiatric challenges, known as adverse post-traumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae (APNS). Although the biological factors behind APNS remain unclear, this study explored the role of the microbiota-gut-brain axis in understanding and influencing components of APNS. By analyzing stool samples from trauma-exposed emergency department patients, we identified...

Feasibility, acceptability, and depression outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens (MSC-T) for adolescents with subsyndromal depression

December 12, 2023
Fifty-nine adolescents (Mage = 15.81, 70% female) with subsyndromal depressive symptomswere randomized to group-based Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens (N = 30) or a newly developed active control Healthy Lifestyles group (N = 29). Results indicated that the risk of developing clinically significant depression was 2.6 times higher in the control...

Depressive symptom trajectories in older breast cancer survivors: the Thinking and Living with Cancer Study

December 12, 2023
Among 272 older breast cancer survivors, 15% experienced high depressive symptom trajectories over a 3-year period after diagnosis. Baseline anxiety, frailty, and lower social support were associated with worse outcomes.

Welcome Sondi Stachowski, LCSWA!

December 5, 2023

Dr. Christian Hendershot speaks with Everyday Health about semaglutide’s role in reduced alcohol consumption

December 5, 2023

Dr. Crystal Schiller shares her holiday mental health tips with WRAL

December 5, 2023

Welcome Kimberly Schlegel, MSW, LCSW!

December 4, 2023

2023 Annual Report

November 16, 2023