COVID-19 Risks for People with Serious Mental Illness
In this Director ’s Message, Dr. Gordon highlights the increased health risks associated with COVID-19 for people with serious mental illness. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - May 19, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Research Along the Autism Spectrum: Diverse Research to Meet Diverse Needs
In this message for Autism Awareness Month, Dr. Gordon highlights the importance of a research portfolio that addresses the full spectrum of needs of individuals with autism, across the full lifespan. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - April 28, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Balancing the NIMH Portfolio
In this Director ’s message, Dr. Gordon takes a look at NIMH’s portfolio balance, to see where we have come from and where we are headed. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - March 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Steps Toward Equity at NIMH: An Update
In this Director ’s Message, Dr. Gordon provides an update on efforts to advance equity, promote anti-racist ideas and actions, and encourage lasting change at NIMH. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - January 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
A Milestone in Mapping the Brain
In this Director ’s message, Dr. Gordon and Dr. Koroshetz, director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, discuss the first major product to result from the Brain Initiative Cell Census Network, a comprehensive description of the cell types in the motor cortex of mice, monkeys, and humans . (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - October 6, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Supporting Kids ’ Mental Health During COVID-19
In this jointly written Director ’s Message, Dr. Gordon and Dr. Rachel L. Levine, HHS Assistant Secretary for Health, describe the mental health impacts of the COVID pandemic on children and what we can do to support kids during this difficult time. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - September 17, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Racism and Mental Health Research: Steps Toward Equity
In this Director ’s message, Dr. Gordon describes NIMH efforts to address mental health disparities and ensure an effective and inclusive workforce for mental health research. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - August 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
NIH One Step Closer to Speeding Delivery of COVID-19 Testing Technologies to Those Who Need It Most Through RADx-UP
In this message, Dr. Gordon joins with 10 other NIH Institute Directors to spotlight NIH ’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative — a national call for scientists and organizations to advance their innovative ideas for new COVID-19 testing approaches and strategies. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - August 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
RDoC at Ten Years: Part 1
In the first of two Director ’s Messages to mark the 10-year anniversary of the creation of the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative, Dr. Gordon discusses the initial purpose of RDoC and the progress made over the last ten years. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - August 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Why Testing is the Key to Getting Back to Normal
In this message, Dr. Gordon joins with 10 other NIH Institute Directors to highlight the importance and necessity of COVID-19 testing and the ways NIH is helping establish programs that will ensure access to and acceptance of rapid and reliable testing for COVID-19. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - August 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
RDoC at Ten Years - Part 2: The Next Ten Years
In a previous message, Dr. Gordon discussed how the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework has changed the conversation in mental health research since its initiation in 2010. In this message, he looks forward to the next ten years of RDoC. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - August 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Addressing the Crisis of Black Youth Suicide
In this message for National Suicide Prevention Month, Dr. Gordon describes NIMH ’s efforts to address the rising rates of suicide in the U.S. among Black youth. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - August 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Accelerating Science to Advance Early Interventions for Schizophrenia
In this message, Dr. Gordon highlights a new public-private partnership that aims to develop novel treatment approaches that will make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals at risk of schizophrenia. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - August 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
The Lives Lost to COVID-19
In this Director ’s message, Dr. Gordon shares a personal perspective on the importance of remembering the individual lives that have been lost to COVID-19. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - August 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Showing Support for Basic Researchers
In Dr. Gordon ’s latest Director’s Message, he expresses support for the critical work of NIMH’s Dr. Elisabeth Murray and others who are advancing brain science through basic research. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - August 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
