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Data from the first year of VA-wide Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluations for veterans show firearm access, suicidal thinking and suicide planning...
Adrienne Lapidos, Ph.D., receives Dr. Michael Louis Smith Award
The Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center has selected Adrienne Lapidos, Ph.D., to receive the Dr. Michael Louis Smith Scholar...
Announcing the 2024-25 Impact Grant awardees
The Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center has awarded nearly $400,000 in Impact Grants to support four research teams at the...
Two Center members named to Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers List
Two Eisenberg Family Depression Center members, Sagar Parikh, M.D., and Aidan Wright, Ph.D., have been named to the 2024 Highly Cited Researchers List...
Mental Minute: Substance Use and Addiction Research with Dr. Meghan Martz
The latest episode of the Mental Minute features Dr. Meghan Martz, a research professor at the U-M Addiction Center. Dr. Martz, who has a background...
Reconsidering Treatment-Resistant Depression
Estimates suggest that only half of the individuals suffering with mental illness receive treatment that results in long-term relief. Antidepressant...
Mental Minute: Syllabus for Overcoming Stigma with Hannah Becker
Mental Minute returns with an episode featuring Hannah Becker, a Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology at the University of Michigan. Hannah is the...
Depression on College Campuses Conference: A meeting of the minds to improve college mental health
Stigma has eased and access to care has improved thanks to research, innovations and outreach programs shared at Depression on College Campuses...
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...
Meet the 2022 George Orley Student Mental Health Advocate Award Winners
Two outstanding students will be presented with the George Orley Student Mental Health Advocate Award at the 2022 Depression on College Campuses...
ECT: The final (essential) option
Kathy and Julie both thought they had exhausted options to treat their sons’ medication-resistant psychiatric conditions. Then they discovered ECT...
New Core Units Aim to Accelerate Discovery at the Eisenberg Family Depression Center
The Eisenberg Family Depression Center (EFDC) will launch three Core units to drive forward high-impact research across all areas of depression and...
Mental health is an issue for people with spinal cord injury. Chronic pain makes it worse.
Originally published by Michigan Medicine's Health Blog Adults living with spinal cord injuries have a near-80% increased risk of developing...
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...
Depression on College Campuses Conference to Focus on the Regeneration of Mental Health Work in COVID-19 Era
The annual conference features virtual sessions on racial equity, suicide prevention, resilience and other urgent topics. ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Leaders...
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...
2021 Maxwell Gray Film Fellowship Video: Caroline's Story
The Maxwell Gray Film Fellowship program unveiled its latest video production this week. The video features Caroline Thomas, a senior at Pioneer High...
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...