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The University of Michigan has formed a new research collaborative designed to increase knowledge sharing and create a single access point for U-M...
Sarah Stoddard, Ph.D., C.N.P., Joins EFDC Data & Design Core Leadership
Sarah Stoddard, Ph.D., C.N.P., a nationally recognized interdisciplinary researcher and associate professor of Nursing and Health Behavior and Health...
Research Incubator Program Welcomes New Cohort
The Research Incubator Program , part of the Eisenberg Family Depression Center’s Data & Design Core , has selected its next cohort. The program...
Workplace Mental Health Conference Returns This August
The fourth annual Workplace Mental Health Conference is scheduled from 12:30 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, August 16, 2023. Presented by the Eisenberg Family...
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...
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...