In the Media

Sudhakar Selvaraj, MD, PhD, was interviewed by KTRK-TV Channel 13 about the FDA’s approval of the first drug to treat postpartum depression. The story included a mention of the new UTHealth Women’s Mental Health program, which is open to existing patients at…

Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, MD, PhD, was quoted in TMC News about esketamine, a fast-acting antidepressant spray that was just approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Elizabeth Newlin, MD, and psychiatry program manager Summer Danner were interviewed for a TMC News story on a new digital cognitive behavioral therapy app that can help patients manage conditions including anxiety, depression, and insomnia.

Justin Wong, MD, and Leslie Taylor, PhD, spoke with FOX 26 News this morning about the effectiveness of apps that can help viewers cope with mental health conditions and sleeping problems.

In connection with National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Luca Lavagnino, MD, PhD, spoke to a FOX 26 News reporter about the dangers of eating disorders and how loved ones can recognize signs of the disease.

  Elizabeth Newlin, MD, and Consuelo Walss-Bass, PhD, spoke during a press conference held by Texas Rep. Senfronia Thompson, calling for a statewide mental health institute. The Quorum Report covered the story.

Sudhakar Selvaraj, MD, PhD, and a patient were interviewed by KTRK-TV Channel 13 for a story about transcranial magnetic stimulation for people with treatment-resistant depression. The story also ran on the station’s website.

The Houston Business Journal ran its second story on the vision for the new UTHealth Continuum of Care Campus for Behavioral Health.  

Giuseppe Colasurdo, MD; Melissa Allen, DO; and Stephen Glazier, MBA, were quoted in a story about the new UTHealth Continuum of Care Campus that ran in the Examiner, a Houston Chronicle community newspaper serving Bellaire, West University, and River Oaks.

Luis Fernandez, MD, was quoted in a Prevention article on the use of light therapy to treat seasonal affective disorder.