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2021 Youth Mental Health Disparities Conference: Identifying Opportunities...
This conference will focus on identifying opportunities and priorities in youth mental health disparities research. Go to Source Author: National Institute of Mental...
5 Company Policies That Support Working Parents
5 Company Policies That Support Working Parents JCheang Tue, 11/09/2021 - 16:15 November 21, 2021 By Taylor Adams, Director of Workplace Mental Health at Mental Health America Mental Health America (MHA) is proud to...
Peer Partners Has Seen Proven Success
Peer Partners Has Seen Proven Success JCheang Fri, 10/29/2021 - 11:00 November 14, 2021 By Kat McIntosh, Manager of Global Peer Support at Mental Health America With over 100 years working on advocacy and awareness,...
Announcing our 2021-22 Peer Partners Grant Recipients
Announcing our 2021-22 Peer Partners Grant Recipients JCheang Fri, 10/29/2021 - 11:05 November 12, 2021 By Kat McIntosh, Manager of Global Peer Support at Mental Health America For the third year, Mental Health America...
Sleep and Neurodevelopment Symposium: The Earliest Years
The workshop will focus on building the research questions and opportunities to fill the data gap regarding the role of sleep in the early years in establishing healthy neural networks and reflecting aberrant...
3 Facts You Should Know About MHA’s Peer...
3 Facts You Should Know About MHA's Peer Partners Program JCheang Fri, 10/29/2021 - 10:05 October 29, 2021 By Kat McIntosh, Manager of Global Peer Support at Mental Health America Mental Health America’s Peer Partners...
NIMH Workshop on Advancing Training in Suicide Prevention...
NIMH will convene a workshop on November 3, 2021, and November 8, 2021, to assess the state of the science related to suicide prevention training in clinical care with the ultimate goal of preventing suicidal behavior...
NIMH Livestream Event on Seasonal Affective Disorder
NIMH is conducting a livestream event on seasonal affective disorder with Matthew Rudorfer, M.D., chief of the Adult Psychopharmacology, Somatic, and Integrated Treatment Research Program at NIMH. Go to Source Author:...
Preparing for Another COVID-19 Winter
Preparing for Another COVID-19 Winter JCheang Thu, 10/07/2021 - 10:47 October 07, 2021 By Emily Skehill, Manager of Public Education and Awareness at Mental Health America If saying goodbye to this summer was harder...
10 Young People Changing their Communities for Mental...
10 Young People Changing their Communities for Mental Health JCheang Wed, 09/29/2021 - 11:12 October 01, 2021 By Kelly Davis, Associate Vice President of Peer and Youth Advocacy at Mental Health America Mental Health...
Macrophage Infection by HIV: Implications for Pathogenesis and...
The NIMH and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard are conducting a virtual meeting to examine emerging data related to macrophage interactions with the immune system during HIV infection, macrophage reservoirs...
The NIMH Director’s Innovation Speaker Series: Life Through...
Glorinda Segay, D.B.H., will be the next guest speaker for NIMH’s Director’s Innovation Speaker Series. Dr. Segay will share her journey, her work at the Indian Health Service, and what the agency does to promote...
A New Strength-Focused Framework to Prevent American Indian...
Researchers have developed a promising new framework for suicide prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. The research framework expands on conventional risk reduction strategies by placing...
7 Ways to Support You and Your Family’s...
7 Ways to Support You and Your Family’s Mental Health When Returning to Work JCheang Tue, 09/21/2021 - 13:49 September 21, 2021 This article was originally published by FlexJobs and has been re-published on Mental...
A Peer Organization Spotlight: Listen to Students With...
A Peer Organization Spotlight: Listen to Students With Psychosis JCheang Thu, 09/02/2021 - 17:08 September 13, 2021 By Cecilia A. McGough (she/they), Executive Director, Students With Psychosis Psychosis is often left...
NIMH Livestream Event on Suicide Prevention During COVID:...
During National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, NIMH will host a livestream event on September 22, 2021, to discuss suicide prevention during the pandemic, focusing on unemployment, youth, and other population...
Advancing Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve Access to Mental...
This webinar will provide an overview of a NIMH-sponsored study that adapts an evidence-based mental health intervention for LGBTQ+ youth of color and their families. It will also showcase potential mechanisms that can...
Making Mental Health a Centerpiece of the Return...
Making Mental Health a Centerpiece of the Return to School JCheang Tue, 08/31/2021 - 13:38 September 07, 2021 By Danna Mauch, President and CEO of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, and Sharon Shapiro,...
What I Learned About My Child After a...
What I Learned About My Child After a Year of Working From Home During Virtual Learning JCheang Tue, 08/31/2021 - 11:34 September 03, 2021 By Jessica Howington, Senior Content Manager at FlexJobs When the pandemic hit,...
The NIMH Director’s Innovation Speaker Series: Developmental Cognitive...
Damien Fair PA-C, Ph.D. will discuss positive developments in functional neuroimaging with the potential to put the field on a more solid footing moving forward and realize the translational potential of these...
The New Frontline: Alternatives to Police for Mental...
Conversations about police accountability, racial justice, and calls to ‘defund the police’ resurfaced in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd by police officer... The post The New Frontline: Alternatives to...
NIMH Expert Dr. Krystal Lewis Discusses Coping with...
Whether in-person or virtually, going back to school can be stressful for students, parents, and teachers—especially while navigating a pandemic. On August 24, 2021, NIMH conducted an Instagram event with Krystal...
Anna E. Ordóñez Named Director of NIMH’s Office...
NIMH has selected Anna E. Ordóñez, M.D., M.A.S., as director of the Office of Clinical Research (OCR). Go to Source Author: National Institute of Mental...
Help Us Identify College Peer Support Programs
Help Us Identify College Peer Support Programs JCheang Wed, 08/18/2021 - 15:38 August 23, 2021 By Kelly Davis (Mental Health America), Mark Salzer (Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion), Amey Dettmer,...