Pocket of Empowerment, a printed, pocket-sized suicide prevention tool offering visual coping strategies for youth is currently being piloted through the Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) and New Haven Public Schools.
A landmark study led by the Latin American Genomics Consortium (LAGC), a pioneering collaborative network co-founded and co-led by Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, reveals a significant disparity in psychiatric genomics research, with over 85% of participants in genome-wide association studies being of European ancestry.
Chronic pain—or pain that lasts at least three months—is closely intertwined with depression. Individuals living with pain’s persistent symptoms may be up to four times more likely to experience depression, research shows.
Rutgers University has received a $3.7 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to explore why some people struggle to resist everyday temptations and how that may play a role in various mental health conditions, including addiction, depression and impulse-control problems.
We usually think about the mental health of older teens and adults. But what does mental health mean for babies? Marian E. Williams, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and Director of the Stein Tikun Olam Early Connections Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, helps explain the concept of infant and early childhood mental health.
Experts from Cedars-Sinai’s Geriatrics Program and newly established Center for Translational Geroscience are attending the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago May 7-10. These clinicians and investigators are available for media interviews about dementia, loneliness, end-of-life care and more.
Researchers from UC San Diego found that Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) can help rewire the brain’s response to natural healthy pleasure, leading to reduced opioid cravings. The findings suggest that MORE could be a promising tool in the fight against opioid use disorder.
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A survey of 2,600 nurses and nursing students reveals a profession under severe strain, with widespread stress, burnout, and staffing shortages threatening both nurse well-being and patient care. Despite increased attention since the pandemic, little progress has been made, with 65% of nurses reporting high stress, 40% unsure they’d choose the profession again, and students already anxious about workload. Still, many students remain hopeful, and the profession is urgently calling for better staffing, leadership, flexibility and recognition.
On the occasion of Mental Health Awareness Month in May a Rutgers Health expert shares insights on mental health challenges and how New Jersey Medical School is changing how to treat individuals and support communities
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Background: Individuals with mental disorders frequently use YouTube to express themselves, reach an audience, or as a means of understanding their condition. Testimonies posted on YouTube provide longer and richer perspectives than ...
Background: Recent years have seen an immense surge in the creation and use of chatbots as social and mental health companions. Aiming to provide empathic responses in support of the delivery of personalized support, these tools are ...
A gift from DMT Quest to UC San Diego will support research on the effects of the psychedelic DMT on the human brain, with potential to help treat depression, addiction and neurological conditions such as stroke.
On the first floor of the University Center, University of Northern Colorado (UNC) leaders celebrated the completion of two new resource spaces geared toward supporting students beyond their education.
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