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Scientific Meeting » Making Health Care Transition Work...
On December 13, 2019, the National Institute of Mental Health is sponsoring a webinar about transitioning from pediatric to adult health care for youth with autism. Go to Source Author: National Institute of Mental...
Scientific Meeting » Transportation and Mobility Options to...
On December 11, 2019, the National Center for Mobility Management and the Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, are providing a free webinar on transportation and mobility services for...
Scientific Meeting » The NIMH Director’s Innovation Speaker...
On December 3, 2019, Dr. Roland R. Griffiths will present “Psilocybin: History, Neuropharmacology, and Implications for Therapeutics,” as part of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Director’s Innovation...
Student-driven solutions to mentally healthier campuses: MHA’s second...
Student-driven solutions to mentally healthier campuses: MHA’s second annual CMHIC report JCheang Mon, 10/28/2019 - 16:57 October 29, 2019 By Kelly Davis, Director of Peer Advocacy, Supports, and Services at Mental...
Scientific Meeting » The NIMH Director’s Innovation Speaker...
On November 21, 2019, Dr. Maryam M. Shanechi will present “Neural Decoding and Control of Multiscale Brain Networks to Treat Mood Disorders and Beyond,” as part of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)...
Youth Suicide Jumped 56 Percent in Ten Years—I...
Youth Suicide Jumped 56 Percent in Ten Years—I was almost one of them JCheang Fri, 10/18/2019 - 12:04 October 18, 2019 By Kelly Davis, Director of Peer Advocacy, Supports, and Services at Mental Health America A new...
Opioid and Illicit Drug Use Among the Hispanic/Latino...
By: Roslyn Holliday Moore, Public Health Analyst, and Victoria Chau, Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral Health Equity Go to Source Author:...
The Tragic Story of State Custodial Institutions
The Tragic Story of State Custodial Institutions JCheang Wed, 10/09/2019 - 13:08 October 09, 2019 By Frank Proctor, Former MHA Board Chair (pictured left above with Joan Crawford and President Kennedy), and Phil Ryan,...
Mental Health and Creativity: The Giving Gallery Artist...
Mental Health and Creativity: The Giving Gallery Artist Spotlight JCheang Mon, 10/07/2019 - 14:06 October 07, 2019 By Amanda Lipp, CEO, and Founder of The Giving Gallery Jacob Goodwin and Nolan Fansler are...
What You Need to Know About Suicidal Behavior...
What You Need to Know About Suicidal Behavior Right Now JCheang Thu, 09/19/2019 - 11:14 September 26, 2019 By Dr. Keita Franklin, Chief Clinical Officer at PsychHub The number one thing I’ve learned in my more than 20...
Back-to-School Season: An Opportunity to Help Parents and...
By: Johnnetta Davis-Joyce, M.A., Director, SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Go to Source Author:...
Back-to-School Season: An Opportunity to Help Parents and...
By: Johnnetta Davis-Joyce, M.A., Director, SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Go to Source Author:...
CMHIC 2019: 6 Student Leaders Transforming Mental Health...
CMHIC 2019: 6 Student Leaders Transforming Mental Health on Campus JCheang Wed, 09/11/2019 - 15:33 September 13, 2019 Mental Health America (MHA) is proud to announce the members of its 2019-2020 Collegiate Mental...
10 Things You Can Do When You’re Stressed
10 Things You Can Do When You’re Stressed JCheang Mon, 09/09/2019 - 12:13 September 09, 2019 You might not be able to change what is stressing you out, but you can control how you react and respond to stress. If you...
Thank you, Rusty Selix
The Mental Health America community lost a friend, a mentor, a fierce advocate, and a family member when we lost Rusty Selix to ALS this week. Go to Source Author:...
Scientific Meeting » New Perspectives on Cerebellar Function:...
This NIMH-sponsored symposium will bring together experts in basic and translational neuroscience to discuss the state of the field and identify opportunities to advance our understanding of how the cerebellum...
Twitter Chat » NIMH Reddit “Ask Me Anything”...
In observance of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Dr. Jane Pearson, chair of the Suicide Research Consortium in the Division of Services and Intervention Research at the National Institute of Mental Health, will...
Leaders: Confront the Hatred and Trauma Head-On
By Paul Gionfriddo, MHA President and CEO The mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton are yet another chilling reminder of the changed nation in which we all live. When the Columbine shootings occurred twenty years ago,...
Medicaid’s 54th Birthday
By Caren Howard, MHA Advocacy Manager Medicaid Anniversary Go to Source Author:...
Alarming Suicide Trends in African American Children: An...
Go to Source Author: SAMHSA
To Improve Mental Health, We Need To Take...
By Ruben Cantu and Dana Fields-Johnson, Prevention Institute Go to Source Author:...
Calling Student Leaders on Campus: MHA’s Collegiate Mental...
By Kelly Davis, DIrector of Peer Advocacy, Supports, and Services at Mental Health America Go to Source Author:...
Scientific Meeting » Webinar – Let’s Play Ball:...
Dr. Deanna Barch will describe how sports involvement interacted with sex to predict depressive symptoms, and also how sports involvement was positively correlated with hippocampal volume in both boys and girls....
Mental Health Crisis at Border Requires Immediate Attention
By Paul Gionfriddo, MHA President and CEO As more stories of the horrors of child detention camps emerge, compassion, concern, and respect for human life should compel leaders across the nation to speak out. Adults and...