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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
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...
Latest Maxwell Gray Film Fellowship Video Unveiled
The latest video produced by the Maxwell Gray Film Fellowship was unveiled on August 13, 2021. The video features Steph Fajardo, PhD, who speaks on...
6 ways parents can manage pandemic back-to-school anxiety
Katherine Rosenblum, Ph.D., is cited in this care.com article Experts provide tips for taking COVID panic down a notch so you can breathe easier and...
Project Updates for 2020 Naveed Arif Iqball Awardees
Led by the Eisenberg Family Depression Center, the Naveed Arif Iqball Award for Mental Health Advocacy and Stigma Reduction supports new and...
Nurse Rehabilitation Programs: Why Is Enrollment So Low?
Dr. Stephen Strobbe provides his insights in the MedPageToday article. Dr. Stephen Strobbe, Clinical Professor at the University of Michigan School of...
Depression: Finding What Works for You
Michelle Riba, M.D., shared her insights in this WebMD article. This article first appeared on webmd.com For many people, treating depression isn't as...
Why Black women are saying no
Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson lends her expertise to this PBS Newshour story. Original article can be found here. [...] The stereotype of the “strong Black...
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...