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The Center for Global Mental Health Research Webinar Series 2023: Real-World Opportunities and Challenges: Using NIMH's Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Framework in Global Mental Health Research
This webinar discussed the National Institute of Mental Health ’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative and its potential to inform (and be informed by) global mental health research. RDoC is a research framework that encourages the investigation of mental disorders from a perspective of basic functional dimensions (e.g., cognitive control), using many t ypes of information – from genomics and neuroscience to behavior and environmental measures. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - October 17, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

2023 Global Mental Health Conference: Research Without Borders
The 12th Global Mental Health Research Without Borders Conference brings together researchers, innovators, and scholars from around the globe to highlight cutting-edge findings and explore new opportunities for groundbreaking research. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - October 17, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

Director ’s Innovation Speaker Series: Social Connection: An Eye to the Past, Present, and Future
During this lecture, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Ph.D., will discuss the health impacts of having or lacking social connection. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - October 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

Technical Assistance Webinar: The Scalable and Systematic Neurobiology of Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorder Risk Genes
This technical assistance webinar is for prospective applicants of the Notice of Funding Opportunity: The Scalable and Systematic Neurobiology of Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorder Risk Genes. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - October 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

Director ’s Innovation Speaker Series: Social Connection: An Eye to the Past, Present, and Future
During this lecture, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Ph.D., will discuss the health impacts of having or lacking social connection. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - October 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

Scientists Unveil Detailed Cell Maps of the Human Brain and the Nonhuman Primate Brain
A group of international scientists have mapped the genetic, cellular, and structural makeup of the human brain and the nonhuman primate brain, allowing for a deeper knowledge of the cellular basis of brain function and dysfunction, helping pave the way for a new generation of precision therapeutics for people with mental disorders and other disorders of the brain. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - October 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

2023 NIMH James S. Jackson Memorial Award Lecture: The Critical Health Equity Imperative: Five Insights About Reducing Health Inequities from my Research with U.S. Black LGB People and Heterosexual Men
The winner of the 2023 James S. Jackson Memorial Award, Lisa Bowleg, Ph.D., M.A. will discuss her research on reducing health inequities. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - October 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

Technical Assistance Webinar: Approaches to Identifying Preteen Suicide Risk and Protective Factors
This technical assistance webinar was held for prospective applicants of the following Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs): Approaches to Identifying Preteen Suicide Risk and Protective Factors (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) and Data Coordinating Center for Approaches to Identifying Preteen Suicide Risk and Protective Factors (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - October 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

Depression: The Case for Ketamine
Ketamine. For some people with treatment-resistant depression, this experimental therapy proved to be more than just life-changing —it was lifesaving. But how did a drug once used as a battlefield anesthetic evolve into esketamine, a treatment for major depressive illnesses? In this episode, we'll talk with Dr. Carlos Zarate Jr., who helped lay the groundwork for esketamine for treatment-resistant depression. We'll learn the history behind the development of esketamine, how it can help with depression, and what the future holds for this innovative line of clinical research. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - October 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

NIH Launches Community-Led Research Program to Advance Health Equity
NIH is funding a first-of-its-kind community-led research program to study ways to address the underlying structural factors within communities that affect health, such as access to safe spaces, healthy food, employment opportunities, transportation, and quality health care. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

Facebook Live: Youth Suicide Prevention
In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in September, NIMH hosted a Facebook Live event on youth suicide prevention. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

Facebook Live: Youth Suicide Prevention
In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in September, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) hosted a Facebook Live event on youth suicide prevention. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

RAISE-ing the Standard of Care for Schizophrenia: The Rapid Adoption of Coordinated Specialty Care in the United States
The Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode research initiative, launched by NIMH to test the effectiveness of coordinated specialty care to treat first-episode psychosis, has transformed the mental health landscape in the United States and helped thousands of people with schizophrenia achieve better outcomes. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

Combined, High Maternal Stress and Prenatal COVID-19 Infection May Affect Attention Span in Infants
Prenatal COVID-19 infection increased the risk for impaired attention and delayed socioemotional and cognitive functioning among infants of mothers who experienced high psychosocial stress during their pregnancy. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news