The New York Times featured the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge in an article highlighting how different colleges are proactively addressing depression on campus. The article mentions Michelle Craske, PhD (psychology and psychiatry professor at UCLA and co-director of the Depression Grand Challenge) along with current progress in the iCBT Student Study (STAND digital therapy) and plans for future studies identifying the genetic and environmental causes of depression. The STAND study is testing a more scalable, customizable approach to treatment.
Already, the DGC has identified 20 students at risk for suicide using the online screening tool in the study and provided these students with immediate clinical care.
Source: Colleges get proactive in addressing depression on campus The New York Times, June 7, 2017
Additional coverage:
UCLA In the News, June 7, 2017
