‘There is a need for something new’: Applications open for UW-Madison’s psychoactive drug treatment master’s program

Reports of depression and anxiety went up six fold during the pandemic, according to Boston College researchers. “The pandemic has really caused the burden of negative mental health outcomes to skyrocket,” said Cody Wenthur, an assistant professor of pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. “We have a real need for new therapeutics and increased access to the effective treatments we already have.”