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The latest research and innovations in the fields of depression and bipolar disorders.
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A 'game changer' for mental health
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MC3, based in the Department of Psychiatry, allows primary care providers to consult with U-M psychiatrists for rapid, confidential advice on treating...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 federal firearm and mental health law: U-M experts react
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was signed into law June 25 Original Faculty QA by Nardy Baeza Bickel, Michigan News In the wake of President Biden’s...
Children's Mental Health Is in Crisis: Here are 7 things we can do right now to help.
Original Article by Katie Whitney, Summer 2022 issue of Medicine at Michigan magazine “People are calling me, saying, ‘I and my child have been in the...
You can get better sleep with wearables. Just focus on the right data.
Cathy Goldstein , MD, Eisenberg Family Depression Center member and faculty lead for our Mobile Technologies Core , discusses how wearables can help...
Many still struggle with mental & emotional recovery 2 years after COVID-19 pandemic
EFDC member Michelle Riba, M.D., is quoted in this WXYZ Detroit article Read the full article on WXYZ Detroit [...] Dr. Michelle Riba , a professor of...
In research studies and in real life, placebos have a powerful healing effect on the body and mind
Dr. Elissa H. Patterson and EFDC member Dr. Hans Schroder published this article in The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the...
Where mental health help is scarce, telehealth makes a big difference
Large randomized study of two approaches to support rural primary care providers in caring for people with PTSD or bipolar disorder shows both work...
Turning a psychiatric crisis into a chance to prevent firearm injury
New program hopes to reduce risk for psychiatric emergency patients and their families A new effort to reduce the risk of firearm injury by offering...
Mood Lifters offers free mental health program to U-M grad students
Original article appeared on The Michigan Daily Class of 2021 alum Camille Davre was at the top of her game in Michigan’s Cross Country team when she...