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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...
Aidan Wright, Ph.D. joins U-M as inaugural Eisenberg Family Depression Center faculty recruit
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
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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...
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...
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...
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...
How to Support Workplace Mental Health During an Era of Uncertainty
From market instability to heightened awareness of racial injustices to the ongoing threat of COVID-19, the stream of daily stressors does not seem to...
U-M study: Depression incidence and factors among residents are similar in China and US
Though a world apart, first-year residents in the United States and China have more in common than they might imagine, including bouts of depression...
U-M researchers partner with UP community to improve firearm safety, reduce injuries
EFDC member Cynthia Ewell Foster, a clinical psychologist at the University of Michigan, has been working with groups from across Marquette County to...
Mental Health on College Campuses: Supporting Faculty and Staff
EFDC members Michelle B. Riba, MD, MS, and Sagar V. Parikh, MD, FRCPC, along with their colleagues Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ,and Robert D. Ernst, MD...
Increased organized activities could help reduce firearm violence among youth
EFDC member Patrick Carter, MD, and colleagues discuss new study showing that organized and group activities may play a key role in preventing firearm...
New Studies Show Special Mental Health Risks for Certain Groups of New Doctors
Surgeons-in-training, and first-year residents who identify as LGBTQ, experience more new signs of depression than peers, adding to already elevated...
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...
Prioritizing Self-Care & Finding Community: Neil's Story
Our student-led Maxwell Gray Film Fellowship program has released a short film featuring Neil, an accomplished and well-rounded undergraduate student...