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.
How much overtime would you work to earn $40K in overtime pay? Asst. Prof. of Psychiatry & Institute for Public Health Faculty Scholar, Jessie Gold says watch out for burnout!
Congratulations to Institute for Public Health Faculty Scholar, Leo Cabassa, professor at the Brown School, who also leads the Qualitative Research Unit at the New York State Psychiatric Institute has received a $10.5M award to fund treatment for people with schizophrenia.
Pediatrician Katie Plax and her team with the Washington University pediatric and adolescent ambulatory research consortium partnered with pediatricians in the community and trained them how to spot anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues.
Institute Faculty Scholar and head of psychiatry at WashU, Eric Lenze, MD, co-authored a JAMA Psychiatry editorial on older adults mental health concerns that may often be dismissed.
$1.2 million in NIHM funding has been awarded to two WashU faculty, who are also Institute Faculty Scholars, to study youth with HIV and depression in Uganda.
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.
An MPH student weighs in on the stress of academic life and the mental health crisis taking place on our nation’s campuses.
The latest mental health support technologies are reviewed n this blog post written by Summer Research Program student Arielle Smith.