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Robin Masheb, PhD, professor of psychiatry, and Marney White, PhD, MS, professor of public health (social and behavioral sciences) and psychiatry, are co-authors of a paper in General Hospital Psychiatry that discusses findings about a new eating disorder screener for use in healthcare and community settings that serve veterans.
Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (BIDS) has received a $7.88 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to lead a groundbreaking five-year project. Led by Hua Xu, PhD, the project will establish a Coordinating Center for the IMPACT-MH Program, which aims to advance personalized mental health research using computational tools. Key collaborators include experts from Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, and Mayo Clinic.
A new study by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health finds a significant association between eczema and eating disorders.
A Viewpoint published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry reminds us that U.S. population data indicate that women are more likely than men to experience psychosocial stressors and, as a consequence, this interpretation of increased “vulnerability” may not capture the higher risk for exposure of women to stress in our gendered environment.
Nelba Márquez-Greene, a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in grief, loss, trauma, and their impact on individuals and systems, is the Yale School of Public Health’s new Activist in Residence.
Sophie Edelstein, MPH ’24 (Social and Behavioral Sciences), a lifelong New Haven resident, was one of 12 YSPH Health Equity fellows this past summer. She chose to work with the City of New Haven’s Office of Community Mental Health Initiatives, and helped create the city's new suicide prevention guide.
Professor John Pachankis has received a nearly $4 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to implement LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive behavioral therapy in 90 LGBTQ community centers nationwide.
For over a century, researchers have studied children’s well-being.
A new study shows that for some low-income mothers in New Orleans, the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with the same, or worse, mental health impacts as Hurricane Katrina, one of the worst national disasters in U.S. history.
As the global population ages, people providing care for more than one family member or close other across adulthood is becoming increasingly common. Yet little is known about the ways prior caregiving experiences shape an individual’s future preparedness when it comes to caring for additional people living with dementia.
Built by scientists, designers, engineers, and therapists, the How We Feel app helps users recognize, understand, and regulate emotions at the touch of a finger.
Renato Polimanti, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, has received a 3-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to evaluate the association of internalizing disorders with the risk, onset, and vulnerability of COVID-19.
In a new paper, YSPH Assistant Professor Ashley Hagaman (senior author), and PhD student Raquel Burgess (lead author), investigate existing mental health support for researchers and provide specific recommendations to better protect the emotional and mental well-being of research teams including faculty, research assistants, students, and staff.
Mental health providers can learn to deliver evidence-based LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive therapy through low-cost online training, which would help deliver more evidence-based mental health care to LGBTQ people and support its implementation across practice settings, according to a new study by Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) researchers.
A new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launched by the U.S. government is supposed to make it easier for people experiencing a mental health crisis to get help. But a new Yale study finds that not all Americans have the same access to appropriate follow-up care.
Nearly half of all critical limb ischemia-related hospitalizations in the U.S. occur among adults under the age of 65, a new Yale-led study has found.
John Pachankis, the Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences) at the Yale School of Public Health, has been named a Fulbright Scholar for the 2022-23 school year.
Women are almost twice as likely to experience severe stress and/or anxiety as men, and this discrepancy is exacerbated for Black women.
The Women’s Mental Health Conference is currently accepting submissions for session proposals for its upcoming 2022 conference.
Women are disproportionately affected by Zoom fatigue. It's important to consider how working through screens impacts our lives. And continue to make allowances for ourselves if our minds wander.