In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, NIMH will host a livestream event on September 23, 2020, from 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET, to discuss the latest in suicide prevention research, including ways to identify risk, and effective preve…

The purpose of this workshop is to stimulate discussions among experts to identify systematic experimental approaches to gain comprehensive insights into psychiatric disease mechanisms based on human genetic findings.

In this message for National Suicide Prevention Month, Dr. Gordon describes NIMH’s efforts to address the rising rates of suicide in the U.S. among Black youth.

On July 13, the National Institute of Mental Health held a virtual meeting to help promote HIV prevention and treatment science, as well as inform the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative (EHE) and HIV efforts worldwide through furthering HIV-related int…

Hear about the recent meetings of workgroups convened by NIH to focus on ways to advance HIV prevention and treatment science through advances and opportunities in HIV-related stigma research.

Suicide rates in older adults have risen more than 40% in the past 10 years and social disconnection is one of the primary risk factors. This virtual workshop will bring together clinician scientists, behavioral scientists, neuroscientists, geriatric p…

Survey finds adults under 35 are likely to report negative feelings or experience stress and anxiety.

In a previous message, Dr. Gordon discussed how the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework has changed the conversation in mental health research since its initiation in 2010. In this message, he looks forward to the next ten years of RDoC.

Keyboarding does not provide the tactile feedback to the brain that contact between pencil or pen and paper does.

Vaping by U.S. teenagers fell dramatically this year, especially among middle schoolers.

Eating disorders are thriving as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its sixth month of reshaping American life.

Dr. Peter Bandettini interviews Dr. Robert Savoy from Harvard Medical School about his experiences training thousands worldwide in the use of Functional Brain Imaging.

Making plans is basically a thing of the past, but there are ways to deal.

Bullying has taken a shift to much more serious topics, including masks, coronavirus, politics and social justice.

In this message, Dr. Gordon joins with 10 other NIH Institute Directors to highlight the importance and necessity of COVID-19 testing and the ways NIH is helping establish programs that will ensure access to and acceptance of rapid and reliable testing…

More social media influencers are championing therapy and self care.

Deprive people of interactions with peers, and their social skills will atrophy, yet another side effect of the pandemic.

Experts from the National Institute of Mental Health are available to speak on topics related to suicide and suicide prevention, including the warning signs of suicide, suicide prevention methods, trends in suicide rates, how to find mental health help…

The unknown is agonizing for parents used to having some control over the family schedule.

With a new school year approaching, NIMH is hosting a live question and answer session on its Instagram on August 11, 2020.