Mental Health News – from National Institute of Mental Health
- Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity’s Disability, Equity, and Mental Health Research Webinar Series: Transforming Mental Health Disability Research Through Lived Experience Leadership and Co-Production August 8, 2024This webinar will introduce a range of approaches to meaningfully integrate individuals with lived experiences of psychiatric disabilities into mental health research.
- Episode 1: Jane the Brain and the Stress Mess July 19, 2024Jane has a big test coming up, and did we mention a science fair project too?? Learn more about how stress affects the brain and join Jane as she learns important skills like box breathing to help her manage stress.
- Episode 2: Jane the Brain and the Frustration Sensation July 19, 2024Hello kids, meet Jane the Brain! In this fun and colorful video series from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Jane, our super-smart and friendly animated character, helps kids understand big feelings like stress, frustration, and sadness. Join Jane as she explores ways to handle these emotions with relatable situations and helpful tips and […]
- Episode 3: Jane the Brain and the Upset Reset July 19, 2024Hello kids, meet Jane the Brain! In this fun and colorful video series from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Jane, our super-smart and friendly animated character, helps kids understand big feelings like stress, frustration, and sadness. Join Jane as she explores ways to handle these emotions with relatable situations and helpful tips and […]
- Youth With Conduct Disorder Show Widespread Differences in Brain Structure July 17, 2024The largest neuroimaging study of conduct disorder to date, with funding from NIH, has revealed extensive changes in brain structure among young people with the disorder. The largest difference was a smaller area of the brain’s outer layer, known as the cerebral cortex, which is critical for many aspects of behavior, cognition and emotion.
- Placebo Workshop: Translational Research Domains and Key Questions July 11, 2024The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) will host a virtual workshop on the placebo effect. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together experts in neurobiology, clinical trials, and regulatory science to examine placebo effects in drug, device, and psychosocial interventions for mental health conditions.
- Collaborative Care Could Help Reduce Disparities in Mental Health Treatment July 2, 2024In an NIMH-funded study, a comprehensive collaborative care intervention significantly reduced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among trauma patients from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds.
- Technical Assistance Webinar: Streamlining Mental Health Interventions for Youth Living with HIV in Low-and Middle-Income Countries June 28, 2024A technical assistance webinar was held for prospective applicants of the following Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): Streamlining Mental Health Interventions for Youth Living with HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (R01 Clinical Trial Optional).
- Technical Assistance Webinar: Streamlining Mental Health Interventions for Youth Living with HIV in Low-and Middle-Income Countries June 28, 2024This workshop convened researchers and federal officials to review the state of the science for neurofeedback intervention development for mental disorders, with an emphasis on real time fMRI approaches.
- Understanding the Availability of Mental Telehealth Services June 26, 2024In an NIMH-funded study, researchers examine the availability and structure of mental telehealth services.