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Wellness and well-being series looks at behavior and mental health services

Wellness and well-being are woven into the life of Penn’s campus, for students, postdocs, faculty, and staff. In the first part of a new series, Penn Today highlights University resources that support the campus community.

Trouble sleeping? This therapy can help with insomnia

Michael Perlis of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the distinctive difference between CBT and CBT-I is the inclusion of the principles and practice of sleep medicine.

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Your child’s mental health diagnosis

School of Social Policy & Practice professor Jacqueline Corcoran’s new book is a go-to guide for those raising children with mental disorders.

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How everyday stress impacts cigarette smoking

Supported by PURM, second-year Gabriella Jean worked in the AHA! Lab over the summer on a research project examining the association between everyday life stressors and cigarette smoking.

She feared schizophrenia would leave her son dead or in jail. Then, he nearly killed a man

Yvette Sheline of the Perelman School of Medicine says that genetics play a role in schizophrenia, although there’s no agreed-upon single cause.

What is body neutrality and how is it different than body positivity? Psychology experts explain

Kelly C. Allison of the Perelman School of Medicine says that body neutrality is a middle ground between picking one’s appearance apart and having to proclaim love for every single piece of the body.

A senior man receives a vaccination from a healthcare provider in a pharmacy,

Text reminders about COVID-19 boosters are as effective as free rides, new study finds

In a new megastudy, Katy Milkman of the Wharton School and collaborators at Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative led research on reminders and free rides to and from pharmacies to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates.

To reduce suicide, primary care and mental health clinicians need to work together. Congress can help that happen

New research by Penn Medicine and Independence Blue Cross shows that integrating mental health care into primary care does not increase overall costs for insurers.

Weight-loss drug Zepbound offers a new way to treat sleep apnea

Sigrid Veasey of the Perelman School of Medicine says that some sleep apnea patients are so desperate for a solution that they sew tennis balls onto their shirts to stop them from sleeping on their backs, which makes snoring worse.

Read this if you regularly go to bed after 1 a.m.

Indira Gurubhagavatula of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on a study which found that people who go to bed after 1 a.m. were more likely to experience mental health disorders.

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