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Mental Health News – from National Institute of Mental Health
- Developing Tools for Measuring Mental Health Outcomes April 9, 2025The National Institutes of Health has funded six projects to develop, test, and validate outcome-focused quality measures for mental health, which are used to understand the impact of interventions when implemented in real-world health care systems and settings.
- How the Brain Creates New Memories While Maintaining Old Ones April 2, 2025A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health uncovered patterns in the activation of old and new memories during sleep that keep these memories separate.
- Predictive Models Show Promise in Preventing Suicide March 27, 2025In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers created new suicide risk prediction models using data in electronic health records from the Indian Health Service.
- Study Illuminates the Structural Features of Memory Formation at the Cellular and Subcellular Levels March 20, 2025In a study supported by NIMH, researchers revealed the structural underpinnings of memory formation across a broad network of neurons in the mouse brain.
- Study Illuminates the Genetic Architecture of Bipolar Disorder March 4, 2025Largest-ever genome-wide study of a diverse group of people with bipolar disorder sheds new light on the genetic architecture underlying the disorder.
- Dr. Sarah Hollingsworth Lisanby to Depart NIMH February 25, 2025Sarah Hollingsworth “Holly” Lisanby, M.D., Director of the Division of Translational Research, will depart NIMH this spring to join Arizona State University.
- Integrated Care for Depression Yields Extended Benefits, Malawi Study Shows January 13, 2025An NIMH-funded study showed that incorporating depression treatment into care for chronic health conditions improved well-being for both patients and their families.
- Primary Care Can Play Key Role in Suicide Prevention December 30, 2024Adding suicide care practices to routine adult primary care visits reduced suicide attempts by 25% in the months after the visit.
- Researchers Investigate Potential Treatment for Eliminating HIV from the Brain December 20, 2024In a recent NIMH-funded study, researchers explored a potential new way of clearing HIV from the brain by testing a drug that targets a type of immune cell known as macrophages.
- Director's Innovation Speaker Series: Youth Suicidal Behaviors: Where Do We Go From Here December 16, 2024During this fireside chat, Drs. Shelli Avenevoli and Arielle H. Sheftall provided an overview of the state of youth suicide and suicidal behaviors in the United States.