Stanford Medicine neurodiversity and autism expert Lawrence Fung discusses what it means to be neurodiverse in medicine.
Category: Psychiatry & Mental Health
How hypnosis can alter the brain’s perception of pain
Stanford Medicine physician David Spiegel, MD, explains how hypnosis can be effective against pain and why some people are more hypnotizable.
Heartbeats and Hiccups: Weaving together advocacy and mental health
Two health care providers discuss the advocacy work that fuels them outside their role and how it intersects with mental health.
‘Cyclic sighing’ can help breathe away anxiety
Stanford Medicine researchers showed that five minutes a day of breathing exercises can reduce overall anxiety and improve mood.
Looking for love in all the wrong hormones
Researchers have found that oxytocin, commonly known as the "love hormone" may not be crucial for the social behaviors it's known for.
A 2022 recap: Most read, most viewed and most popular on social media
As the year comes to a close, we're sharing the most-read stories, most-viewed videos and most popular stories on social media of 2022.
Screen time: The good, the healthy and the mind-numbing
Researchers at Stanford Medicine are exploring the impact of screen time and how to create solutions that support health.
We are Stanford Med: #ThisIsMyWhy with Ben Rein
Postdoctoral scholar Ben Rein is equally passionate about his neuroscience research and educating the public about science via social media.
Heartbeats and Hiccups: Serving those who serve
Stanford Medicine human resources leaders speak to their experiences in the military and their trajectory to medicine.
New visions for mental health care
Researchers, policy makers, clinicians and others convened to discuss new approaches and innovations to improve mental health care.
Ask Me Anything: Neuroscience with Andrew Huberman
Andrew Huberman joins Stanford Medicine in an Ask Me Anything featuring topics such as human behavior and neuroscience.
Do synchronized brains predict happy marriages?
Researchers found that couples who share similar brain activity while watching movie scenes about marriage report happier relationships.
Addressing mental health struggles among health care workers
Tait Shanafelt discusses physician suicide as a national crisis, and how to support health care workers' mental health.
Scientists use ‘sleep age’ to infer longterm health
Stanford Medicine professor Emmanuel Mignot answers questions about sleep age, emphasizing the importance of developing good sleep hygiene.
Losing sleep in adolescence makes mice less outgoing as adults
Mice that had sleep interruptions during adolescence had less interest in making new friends later on, a Stanford study shows.
How the grief of a million U.S. COVID-19 deaths hurts us all
Stanford psychiatrist weighs in on how the United States as a community suffers from widespread, prolonged grief, and what we can do.