Marcia Valenstein
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Marcia Valenstein
@DrValenstein
Professor Emerita in psychiatry, mental health services researcher, avid reader, meditator. Tweets reflect my own views.


I'll end with this, and also that I love you guys! Let's try to be more loving to those who are struggling today! /END




Thrilled to announce that after years of submitting grants, it's finally happened! @Rebecca_Sripada and I will be testing how best to course correct when patients aren't responding to first-line PTSD treatments Cognitive Processing Therapy or Prolonged Exposure.

New Huberman Lab podcast out now: JOURNAL CLUB w/@PeterAttiaMD EFFECTS OF LIGHT & DARK ON MENTAL HEALTH & TREATMENTS FOR CANCER• •Darkness for Mood •Light To Reduce Anxiety •Autoimmunity & Cancer •Low Cal Sweeteners Safe? •Effective Cancer Drugs hubermanlab.com/episode/journa…

Aripiprazole (Abilify) has a warning about causing impulsive hedonic activity like #gambling, and new meta-analysis adds fellow dopamine D3 agonists cariprazine (Vraylar) and brexpiprazole (Rexulti) to that list: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38011021 #psychiatry #mentalhealth









New thing I’m doing—complaining about geese on campus. Have a look!






