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STAND system of care showcased at UC Brain & Behavioral Health Consortium meeting as potential model

October 30, 2025

DGC Co-Director Michelle Craske, PhD, presented an overview of the STAND system of care at a meeting of the University of California Brain and Behavioral Health Consortium on Oct. 30, 2025. The consortium is charged with identifying pathways for University of California Health to improve California communities’ access to behavioral health care services.

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STAND system of care earns mention on CBS News Los Angeles

October 24, 2025

In an Oct. 24, 2025, segment of CBS News Los Angeles, the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge’s STAND system of care was highlighted as an innovative example of digital mental health programs tailored to college students.

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STAND system of care presented as a scalable intervention in Neuropsychopharmacology

August 29, 2025

A review by UCLA Depression Grand Challenge researchers, published in Neuropsychopharmacology on Aug. 29, 2025, summarizes the increasing need for effective mental health resources for young adults and positions the STAND system of care as a model of a scalable, tailored intervention that can close gaps in care for college student populations.

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ALACRITY Center receives confirmation of continued funding for fourth year of STAND ALACRITY Center

June 01, 2025

The UCLA STAND for Community Colleges Innovation Center completed its third year of research activities in March 2025, with the continuation notice arriving at UCLA in June. In a Q&A, ALACRITY Center Co-Director Kate Wolitzky-Taylor, PhD, outlines recent areas of emphasis, accomplishments, and next steps.

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DGC awarded funding to contribute to new research project integrating digital sensing and STAND for perinatal depression

March 12, 2025

DGC Co-Director Michelle Craske, PhD, was awarded funding from the Foundation for Women’s Health, which will contribute to a new DGC study pairing digital sensing technology with STAND for perinatal depression, a version of STAND specifically adapted for birth parents in the pregnancy and postpartum periods.

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New Moms Mood Tracking & Wellbeing study protocol published in journal Trials

August 08, 2024

A study protocol article on the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge’s New Moms Mood Tracking & Wellbeing study was published in the journal Trials on Aug. 8, 2024. Kate Wolitzky-Taylor, PhD, is lead author; several additional DGC-affiliated researchers received authorship credit, including senior author Michelle Craske, PhD.

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DGC pilots new STAND platform with STAND Wellness Resource

July 15, 2024

The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge is piloting a new platform for delivering STAND content with its rollout of the STAND Wellness Resource on July 15, 2024. The new public resource features Tier 1/Wellness content from the STAND content library and is hosted on the MyDataHelps app.

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DGC is part of Wellcome-funded study leveraging STAND content to study cognitive behavioral therapy mechanisms and effectiveness

April 12, 2024

The Depression Grand Challenge is part of a project investigating the effects of CBT using STAND content to improve the effectiveness of depression treatment. The project, a large-scale factorial trial, seeks to measure how changes in STAND content may affect the intervention’s effectiveness for repetitive negative thinking.

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UCLA STAND ALACRITY Center convenes experts, stakeholders for 2nd annual ALACRITY Stakeholder Retreat

March 12, 2024

The NIMH-funded UCLA STAND ALACRITY Center convened academics and stakeholders from UCLA, East Los Angeles College and Imperial Valley College for its second-annual ALACRITY Stakeholder Retreat on March 12, 2024 at UCLA.

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Series of STAND Tips for worry, finding balance, and feeling overwhelmed

UCLA Depression Grand Challenge releases new library of STAND Tips for stress & anxiety management

November 29, 2023

The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge releases STAND Tips, a web-based toolkit available to everyone that provides effective strategies to help manage common stress, anxiety and grief, especially during periods of hardship or following traumatic events.

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