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Nationally renowned psychopathology researcher Aidan Wright, Ph.D. will join the University of Michigan as a professor of psychology and the first...
Support from others in stressful times can ease impact of genetic depression risk
Michigan Health Lab Blog
Study in first-year doctors and recently widowed older adults shows greatest impact of social support in those with highest polygenic risk scores for...
Maria Muzik, M.D., M.S., Receives the Dr. Michael Louis Smith Scholar Award
The Eisenberg Family Depression Center (EFDC) awarded Maria Muzik, M.D., M.S., the Dr. Michael Louis Smith Scholar Award and Colloquium. Dr. Muzik is...
Sarah Sperry, Ph.D. Named Recipient of Eisenberg Scholar Award
The Eisenberg Family Depression Center recently granted Sarah Sperry, Ph.D. the Eisenberg Scholar Award. Dr. Sperry, an assistant professor of...
U-M researcher leads DoD-funded project to understand mental fatigue
Michigan News
Researchers at the University of Michigan are leading a multi-university partnership that aims to understand and predict cognitive fatigue in...
Existing at the Intersection of Mental Health and Stigma: Isabella’s Story
In the newest film from our student-led Maxwell Gray Film Fellowship, Isabella, a student at the University of Michigan School of Public Health...
2022 Naveed Arif Iqball Award Recipient Announced
The Naveed Arif Iqball Award for Mental Health Advocacy and Stigma Reduction celebrates and enhances innovative approaches to stigma reduction among...
Peer-to-Peer Depression Awareness Program expands its reach
The Eisenberg Family Depression Center’s flagship Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Depression Awareness Program has continued to grow, reaching a milestone fifty...
Introducing the Research Incubator Program's Inaugural Cohort
To address the increasing need for advancement in our understanding of depressive illnesses, the Eisenberg Family Depression Center has launched a new...
In stressful jobs, depression risk rises with hours worked, study in new doctors finds
Michigan Health Lab Blog
In “emulated” clinical trial, longer work weeks were strongly linked to larger rise in depression symptoms, pushing some first-year resident...
Food as a Risk Factor and Treatment for Depression with Ashley Gearhardt, Ph.D.
For more than a decade, Ashley Gearhardt, Ph.D., has been investigating how certain foods can trigger an addictive process. Through her research...
Overcoming the Odds as a First-Generation College Student: Kaley’s Story
Our student-led Maxwell Gray Film Fellowship program released a new short film telling the story of Kaley, a first-generation student attending the...
Psych Tank: Bold Research Ideas Receive Rapid Funding
To address the growing need for effective, long-term treatment and prevention of depressive illness, the Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family...
Answering the alarm sounded about Black youth suicide, a new study will take place in two New York City hospitals
Newly funded NIMH R01; Dr. Cheryl King is one of three study principal investigators Link to the press release on NYU's Silver School of Social Work...
Genetic risk for depression linked to other medical conditions
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is not only a leading cause of disability on its own. The psychiatric condition often occurs in conjunction with, and...
Naveed Arif Iqball Award Recipient Hannah Becker on Sharing Our Stories to Reduce Stigma
Applications for the 2022 Naveed Arif Iqball Award are now open Apply by September 11, 2022! Sharing personal stories about mental illness can help...
As science searches for answers on depression, what should patients do today?
The brain’s a complicated place. But medications, talk therapy, lifestyle changes and advanced treatments do work, as research continues into why...
TRAILS school mental health program enters new chapter
$50 million in state funding, change in operations will enable program founded at U-M to reach more schools Original article by Meredith Ollila...
New State Budgets Include Broad Range of Mental Health Funding
Original article by U-M Department of Psychiatry Mental health services across Michigan will receive a major funding boost, thanks to items included...