One of the most exciting recent breakthroughs from research funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the development of a fast-acting medication for treatment-resistant depression based on ketamine. This treatment is bringing new hope to people and…
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Photo courtesy Virginia Welle At a recent Teaching of Psychology in Secondary Schools workshop hosted by Oregon State University, I celebrated and illustrated three sets of big ideas from psychological science. Without further explanation, here is a quick synopsis.…
Researchers have uncovered sex-based differences in the development of the hippocampus and amygdala—brain areas that have been implicated in the biology of several mental disorders that impact males and females differently. Source: NIH
Laura Padilla, Ph.D., winner of the 2018 NIMH Three-Minute Talks Competition, presents her three minute talk on reward related functional connectivity wth nucleus accumbens changes across puberty. Her study will attempt to disentangle the roles of age, puberty stage, and…
NIH announces 10 winners of the “Speaking Up About Mental Health! This Is My Story” national essay challenge, aimed at spurring conversations among youth about mental health and encouraging them to seek support for themselves and others. Source: NIH
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance—it is the illusion of knowledge.” This wisdom, often attributed to American historian Daniel Boorstin, suggests a sister aphorism: The great enemy of democracy is not ill will, but the illusion of…
On September 18, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the NIMH Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity (ODWD) is hosting the second webinar in its 2019 series. Dr. Georgina Rippon of the Aston Brain Centre at Aston University in Birmingham,…
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 answer questions from the public about the latest…
Mental health research center directors emerged from a recent meeting with a renewed commitment to help each other achieve their common mission – to transform care of children, adolescents and adults with severe psychiatric disorders. Source: NIH
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) recently developed a Clinical Research Toolbox designed to assist clinical investigators with the development of clinical research studies. Source: NIH