Valley News – Jessica Hamblen, associate professor of psychiatry at Geisel and acting deputy executive director and deputy for education for the Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD in White River Junction, Vt., has been selected to receive the David M. Worthen Award for Career Achievement in Educational Excellence. It is the highest award given by the Veterans Health Administration to recognize outstanding achievements of national significance to education in the health professions.

New Hampshire Union Leader – Quotes Seddon Savage, and director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery and Education, in an article on New Hampshire’s new initiatives to make the overdose-reversal drug Narcan, also known as naloxone, more widely available to addicts, their families and friends. The new initiative entails distributing 4,500 naloxone kits to law enforcement agencies, emergency rooms, community health centers and community groups.

Vox – A feature story on the launch of the website Inforumulary by Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin, both professors of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, which provides an easy resource for evidence-based facts about popular medicines.

Consumer Reports – Cites research conducted by Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz, both professors of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, which analyzed prescription drug benefits and harms for Consumer Reports.

Union Leader – Quotes Rachel Thompson, an assistant professor at Geisel’s Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, who is currently leading research on how best to improve decision-making about contraceptive methods and also to examine the downstream effects on women’s contraceptive satisfaction and their experience of unintended pregnancy. Thompson and her team are working to help women make informed choices about contraception through a project called, “Right For Me: Birth control decisions made easier.”

The New York Times – Dror Ben-Zeev, assistant professor of psychiatry, participates in The New York Times’ opinion section “Room for Debate,” discussing whether or not smartphone apps can be used to treat anxiety or depression. The article notes that Ben-Zeev leads a research group that studies the effects of mobile phone applications on mental health, and that their research has found that some app interventions can benefit those who use them.

Psych Central – Continued coverage of comments made by Dror Ben-Zeev, assistant professor of psychiatry, from his opinion piece in The New York Times’ “Room for Debate,” where he discusses whether or not smartphone apps can be used to treat anxiety or depression.

Prevention – Article cites research conducted at the Geisel School of Medicine, which suggests that milk contains testosterone-like hormones, which may stimulate oil glands in the skin and contribute to breakouts.

NHPR – Sarah Akerman, assistant professor of psychiatry, is a guest on NHPR’s “Weekend Edition” for an ongoing series on the opioid crisis in New Hampshire called “Dangerous Ends” to discuss the Perinatal Addiction Treatment Program.

NHPR – Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine has received a $5 million Common Fund grant from the National Institutes of Health for a project they hope will lead to better health outcomes and decreased medical costs. The grant will fund an investigation into the psychological and biological factors that motivate individuals to improve their health. (Similar coverage in the Valley News.)