Mental Health News – from National Institute of Mental Health
- Information Session: NIMH Intramural Research Program Training Opportunities (March) March 28, 2024Undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, and postdoctoral fellows are invited to learn about training opportunities available in the NIMH Intramural Research Program.
- NIH Researchers Identify Brain Connections Associated With ADHD in Youth March 13, 2024Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered that symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are tied to atypical interactions between the brain’s frontal cortex and information processing centers deep in the brain.
- Life with Schizoaffective Disorder March 11, 2024In this lived experience feature story, Ray Lay describes the challenges of living with schizoaffective disorder and his later success in life.
- Hidden Histories: Racial Injustice at St. Elizabeths Mental Hospital March 1, 2024A decade before the end of slavery, Washington D.C.'s St. Elizabeths Hospital began treating Black patients for mental illnesses. As the nation's first integrated, federally funded mental health facility, the concept was groundbreaking, but as history shows us, inclusion did not mean equality. In this episode, we'll talk with Boston College Professor of History Dr. […]
- Dr. Joshua Gordon to Step Down as Director of the National Institute of Mental Health February 29, 2024On February 29, 2024, Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., announced his decision to end his tenure as the director of the National Institute of Mental Health.
- Intervention Reduces Likelihood of Developing Postpartum Anxiety and Depression by More Than 70% February 27, 2024Results from a large clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health show that an intervention for anxiety provided to pregnant women living in Pakistan significantly reduced the likelihood of the women developing moderate-to-severe anxiety, depression, or both six weeks after birth.
- Director’s Innovation Speaker Series: Changing Minds & Advancing Lines: Why We Must Keep Pushing for Mental Health Equity February 20, 2024During this lecture, Daniel E. Dawes, J.D. , explored the crucial link between mental health and systemic health through the lens of equity and discuss how we can learn from and repair past issues to achieve mental health equity moving forward. A full recording of the event will be available soon.
- Workshop: Advancing the Science on Peer Support and Suicide Prevention February 8, 2024This workshop brings together experts in peer support suicide prevention to discuss relevant conceptual frameworks, recent advances, service settings, and service-user characteristics that inform intervention strategies across the crisis services continuum, digital and telehealth applications, and considerations for youth equity.
- Decades of Dedication and Collaboration: Unraveling the HIV Mystery January 29, 2024In celebration of NIMHs 75th anniversary, we reflect on decades of work by the institute to understand and eradicate HIV.
- Role of T-Cells in HIV Central Nervous System Reservoir Seeding, Persistence, and Neuropathogenesis January 29, 2024The goal of this concept is to encourage research to define the mechanisms and roles of T-cells in HIV/central nervous system (CNS) reservoir seeding, persistence and neuropathogenesis. This research will be critical for developing therapeutic strategies for targeting CNS reservoirs and ongoing neuroinflammation that drive CNS comorbidities.