NHPR – This story quotes Seddon Savage, adjunct associate professor of anesthesiology and director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery and Education, on how doctors may be wary of prescribing Narcan because of the broad terms of a new law that allows prescriptions of the drug for anyone who says they or a friend or family member are at risk of an overdose.

The Verge – This article quotes Ethan Berke, associate professor of community and family medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel, on a recent study that found a smartphone’s sensors could potentially identify whether the user might suffer from depression. “It’s a very small study, and they didn’t get data over a long period of time, but those things aside, it definitely advances our knowledge base,” says Berke. (Similar coverage in Tech Times and iFreePress.)

Valley News – Mentions the recent appointment of Paula Schnurr, research professor of psychiatry at Geisel, as executive director of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in White River Junction, V.T. The article also quotes Matthew Friedman, professor of psychology, pharmacology and toxicology, on the National Center for PTSD’s opening of the first national “brain bank” devoted to post-traumatic stress disorder research.

MyCentralJersey – H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, comments on the health consequences of focusing our thinking on disease. “Too many people are being made to worry about diseases they don’t have and are at only average risk to get,” says Welch. “You may not consider that a harm, but remember health is not simply a state of physical being, it’s also a state of mind.”

Associated Press via The Washington Times – Paula Schnurr, research professor of psychiatry at Geisel, has been named executive director of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in White River Junction, VT. Schnurr has served as the center’s acting director since 2013.

Valley News – A feature article remembering the life of Geisel School of Medicine faculty member and alumna Margo Krasnoff, who died in January 2015. The article quotes John Butterly, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel; Lisa Adams, associate dean for global health, and many more on Krasnoff’s lasting impact on the Dartmouth community.

Consumer Reports – Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz, both professors of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel, were commissioned to review the research and prepare a Drug Facts Box for Belsomra. Their analysis showed that the small improvements in sleep provided by the drug didn’t help people feel more refreshed. Instead, more people who took Belsomra felt drowsy the next day compared with those who took a placebo.

The Economist – This article cites research by Dror Ben-Zeev, assistant professor of psychiatry, on the incorporation of technology into the treatment of mental illness.