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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...
A game-changer for mental health: Sports icons open up
Editor's note: This story was written for the U-M Health Blog. By Kara Gavin They had the world’s spotlight shining on them. They’d trained for years...
Study suggests need to screen older adults for mental health symptoms as pandemic continues
Women, people in their 50s and early 60s, and those in fair or poor health most likely to report worse depression, anxiety, sleep and overall mental...
Second annual Workplace Mental Health Conference returns to U-M Aug. 18
The article originally appeared in ClickOnDetroit.com As Michigan workplaces see more and more employees return to work, employee mental health and...
"Springing forward" affects early birds less than night owls, study finds
Genetic predisposition plays a role in individuals’ reaction to abrupt change in sleep schedule; findings could have implications for other situations...
Workplace Mental Health Strategies For Employers
This story originally appeared on the Wellness Works website. In early 2020, organizations had to quickly pivot to mitigate health and safety risks...
July Episode of The Mental Minute
In July’s episode of The Mental Minute, cohosts Jeremy Fallis and Will Heininger discuss their summer so far, engage in their usual sports minute, and...
Can We Help Prevent Anxiety in Kids?
Drs. Fitzgerald and Rosenblum are leading an NIMH-funded multi-site trial of an innovative intervention for early childhood anxiety. Dr. Fitzgerald is...
More Americans are receiving opioid addiction treatment, but gaps persist
While more people in the U.S. with opioid use disorder are receiving evidence-based treatment, there are still considerable gaps in care along racial...
A Source of Hope: Scientists research the origins of bipolar for answers
Prechter Program director Melvin G. McInnis, M.D., FRCPsych, interviewed in BP Magazine This article originally appeared in BP Magazine One thing is...
Dr. Srijan Sen and Dr. Vibha Lama Appointed as New Taubman Scholars
Two eminent clinician-scientists at the University of Michigan have received Taubman Scholar appointments, the Taubman Institute announced. Srijan Sen...
Mental health of children during the pandemic
Our specialists offer coping strategies to share with families. The past 15 months have posed a variety of challenges for children and adolescent kids...
EFDC welcomes new managing director Swati Bajpayee
The Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg Family Depression Center was recently thrilled to welcome Swati Bajpayee as the Center’s new Managing Director...
Mental Minute Podcast Celebrates Pride Month, Athlete Mental Health
Celebrating National Great Outdoors Month, Pride Month and athlete mental health, co-hosts Jeremy Fallis and Will Heininger usher in June with a new...
TRAILS Program Survey Assesses Student Mental Health Needs in Detroit Schools
This story originally appeared in the Michigan Health Lab Blog. By Meredith Ollila, TRAILS Communicator Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, serious...
Electroconvulsive therapy: Peeling back the mystery
For Christina and many others, ECT is the only treatment that brings relief, and saves her life. Christina often struggled to get through the average...