The institute offers two new funding opportunities surrounding solutions for those experiencing insecure housing and serious mental health issues.
Category: Behavioral/ Mental Health
Gun violence expert speaks on prevention, shooter characteristics and mental health implications
The Department of Psychiatry and the Institute for Public Health recently collaborated to bring gun violence expert, Jillian Peterson to WashU for a special event on solutions for gun violence in St. Louis. Read more about it.
Are You ‘Intellectualizing’ To Avoid Distress? Here’s How To Tell. (Links to an external site)
Institute Faculty Scholar, psychiatrist and asst. professor at WashU School of Medicine, Jessica Gold MD, says we have a tendency to reason our way out of feeling painful emotions.
Treatment Resistant Depression (Links to an external site)
Psychiatrist and Institute for Public Health Faculty Scholar, Eric Lenze, MD, recommends taking two different classes of antidepressants raises the chances that you will “get better from depression.”
Summary: 2023 Friedman Lecture & Awards features innovations in quality mental health care for older adults
Read a summary of the 2023 Friedman Lecture & Awards held this spring.
Institute funds two projects aimed at preventing Opioid Use Disorder
The Institute for Public Health has awarded pilot funding to two projects working to end Opioid Use Disorder.
2023 Friedman Lecture and Awards features innovations in quality mental health care for older adults
Don’t miss the 22nd Annual Friedman Lecture & Awards on April 21 for engaging keynote speakers and panelists to learn more about innovations in mental health care for older adults.
‘You will get better’: See the inspirational notes Sen. John Fetterman’s kids wrote while he’s treated for depression (Links to an external site)
Psychiatrist and Asst. Professor, Jessi Gold, MD discusses the importance of children to “see parents as human” and discuss mental health struggles in age-appropriate ways.
How to Recover From Burnout (Links to an external site)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Institute for Public Health Faculty Scholar, Jessie Gold, MD discusses a “burnout” as a workplace-associated condition.
D&I SPOTLIGHT: Student collaborator works to support refugee mental health in Uganda
Learn more about our Center for Dissemination & Implementation student collaborator, Flora Cohen and her work in Uganda.
Need mental health help but you aren’t in a crisis? Try a “warmline” (Links to an external site)
Assistant Professor of psychiatry and Faculty Scholar, Jessie Gold, MD discusses the need for mental help support in our current volatile time.
Getting off Adderall and reducing antidepressants (Links to an external site)
Faculty Scholar and assistant professor of psychiatry, Jessica Gold, MD discusses the risks of suddenly stopping antidepressants.
Taylor Swift captures what it’s like to struggle with your mental health (Links to an external site)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Faculty Scholar Jessica Gold, MD, discusses artists who are willing to talk about their own challenges with mental health.
Center releases white paper on strategies to improve outcomes for diabetes and obesity
The Center for Health Economics & Policy offers a look at strategies to improve health outcomes for people with diabetes and obesity.
Faculty Scholar weighs in on the public’s correlation between gun violence and mental illness (Links to an external site)
Faculty Scholar Jessi Gold, MD, spoke with MedPage Today about what she calls the “illusory truth effect”.
Study addresses barriers to improving mental health in older adults
Two Institute Faculty Scholars have written about their study into mental health of older adults. Read about it here.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month: Institute Faculty Scholars’ work illuminates mental health issues
We’re commemorating Mental Health Month by highlighting a few of our Faculty Scholars who are taking on exciting challenges in mental health research, treatment and policy.
Center works with state officials to highlight funding sources that strengthen mental health programs, services
The Center for Health Economics and Policy is working with the Missouri Department of Health to highlight potential funding sources that will help strengthen mental health services across Missouri.
Two studies receive “RAD” funding
The Center for Dissemination & Implementation at the Institute for Public Health has awarded Rapid Cycle D&I Add-on (RAD) awards to two research studies in order to rapidly respond to untapped opportunities in D&I. Our center’s Rapid Cycle D&I Add-on (RAD) grants fund up to $20,000 in direct costs and enable researchers doing clinical or effectiveness research […]
Professional helpers can experience vicarious trauma
The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet. Naomi Rachel Remen, MD The case management team from the Institute’s Life Outside of Violence (LOV) program recently presented, “This is About […]
Study shows effective team approach to mental health services among Latinx community
A study finds that multiple agency input and teamwork can enhance mental health treatment in the Latinx community.
Center for Dissemination & Implementation awards pilot grant
Read more about the projects that have most recently been granted funding through the Center for D&I pilot grant program.
D&I science aids researchers studying perioperative mental health
The Center for D&I helps researchers find opportune ways in which to add D&I Science to their research. Read more.
Study looks at relationship between crime/environmental factors
According to a new study by the Public Health Data & Training Center, there is a correlation between vacancy and crime. Read more.
Center issues statement about gun violence & racism in Atlanta
The Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration releases a statement about the recent shootings and deaths of Asian American workers.
Pitch Partners² Announces First Seed Funding Awards
Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager for the Institute for Public Health The Center for Community Health Partnership and Research announces $10,000 in seed funding for each of three public health-related projects through its Pitch Partners² program. The projects were originally “pitched” to a group of community members, organizations and faculty at a Pitch Partners […]
A different research experience
Written by Lauren Klein, Notre Dame University and participant in the 2019 Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program – Public & Global Health Track As I approach the halfway point of the Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program – Public and Global Health Track, I realize how much it has already influenced me personally and professionally. […]
Exploring marijuana advertising on Weedmaps, a popular online directory
The legalization of marijuana has become a trend in various states across the United States. As a result of looser marijuana policies, a whole new market for recreational marijuana retailers has developed in legalized states. The authors of this study sought to examine the online marijuana marketing practices on Weedmaps, a popular website for retailers. […]
E-cigarettes and E-liquids looming public health concern in Guatemala
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and e-liquids are readily available in Guatemala. While marketed as a way to sidestep the smoke-free law, these products are not regulated and do not contain warnings unlike like cigarette marketing protocols. Joaquin Barnoya, MD, MPH, associate professor of surgery, conducted the first study analyzing e-cigarettes and e-liquids in a low/middle income […]
#MHisPH annual conference summary, videos and media
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our 9th annual conference, Mental Health is Public Health: Innovative Approaches to Behavioral Resilience. Poster Session Award Winners Congratulations to our three top posters from this year’s conference: “Patterns of Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates and Trends in Trinidad and Tobago” by Wayne A. Warner, Damali N. Martin, […]