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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...
Dr. Riba Shares How Managers Can Support Employee Mental Health During And After The Pandemic
View original article on www.wellnessworksdetroit.com The COVID-19 pandemic required organizations to change the way they operate in a short period of...
U-M Veterans Week 2020 recognizes Michigan Medicine and Depression Center Veterans
From November 9th to the 13th, the University of Michigan hosted a virtual Veterans Week celebration with educational programming. The 2020...
Primary Care in a Pandemic: Spotting Mental Health Needs and More
Free online toolkit aims to support providers in identifying problems their patients may be experiencing and intervening early. Desperately ill COVID...
Suicide 'Near Misses' Are On The Rise Among New Moms, Data Shows
Kara Zivin, Ph.D., provides input for this HuffPost story. An alarming new study shows that suicidality cuts across race, ethnicity, class...
Suicide Risk During Pregnancy, After Childbirth on the Rise
Study finds prevalence of suicidal thoughts and self-harm among childbearing women nearly tripled over a decade, with an estimated 24,000 individuals...
Medicine at Michigan's Fall Issue Focuses on Mental Health
Our experts provided insights on several stories about mental health during the pandemic The fall issue of Medicine at Michigan (link is external)...
November Episode of The Mental Minute Featuring Jennifer Lamb
In honor of Veterans Day, co-hosts Jeremy Fallis and Will Heininger discuss the mental health of veterans and how Americans can better support them...
U-M Depression Center 2020 Impact Report now available
This year's Depression Center 2020 Impact Report is now available for download. The report covers: U-M Depression Center by the Numbers Executive...
988 as National Suicide Prevention Hotline starting in 2022
On October 17, 2020, CNN International reported that “the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act” became law, passed by the Senate, Federal...
American Psychiatric Association's The Medical Mind Podcast
"Personal Perspectives on Bipolar Disorder" featuring Melvin McInnis, M.D. This podcast is a two-part discussion about bipolar disorder led by Dr. Ken...
When Unwanted Thoughts Intrude
November issue of NIH News in Health shines a light on "Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder," and quotes Dr. Kate Fitzgerald View original...
Latest Episode of The Mental Minute Featuring Dr. Nasuh Malas
The latest episode of The Mental Minute podcast was released on Wednesday, Oct. 28th, with a revamped format from the previous four episodes...
A 'trauma tsunami': COVID-19 takes its toll on Michiganders' mental health - Drs. Pinals and Sen provide commentary
Read the entire article on the Michigan Advance website. (link is external) [...] In Michigan, state health officials said they don’t yet have...
Still Working From Home? Try These 5 Tips To Improve Your Sleep
For those able to work remotely, experts say it’s a good time to address your sleep habits to improve your health. Schedules look different for many...
Health Care Workers Struggled With Mood, Sleep in First Months of COVID-19 Pandemic
A new survey of more than 800 health care workers finds reason to increase support for front line employees as the pandemic continues. Whether they...