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Photo of author Anne Glowinski, M.D., M.P.E., learning Bangla vocabulary through song at a refugee camp
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Mental Health for Refugees

Clinical Corner

All refugees fleeing armed conflict and danger share the same, almost unbearable human anguish, thirst for justice, and for the fraternity of others more fortunate.
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The Promise of Big Data Imaging for Mental Health

Knowledge gleaned from big data and advances in neuroimaging have provided new insights into the workings of the brain. Our author, founding director of the Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science, traces the evolution of these two evolving fields.
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Public Mental Health and Economic Difficulties

With Catherine Ettman, Ph.D., we discuss public mental health, the economic factors associated with higher risks of depression, and how pervasive depression and anxiety appear to be in US adults during the COVID-19 era.
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Two Speakers Examine Mental Health

A speakeasy-style lecture series presented an intimate look at the people and mechanisms behind mental health diagnoses as a continuation of their Brain Awareness Week events.

girl feeling bad
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Following the Threads: The Link Between Childhood Trauma and Psychosis

“All types of abuse, irrespective of their nature, were associated with a higher risk for psychosis,” says one researcher, and the more types of abuse that a child experiences, the higher the risk.
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Overcoming Mental Health Disparities Across Racial Communities

Researchers find that a standard tool for assessing depression does not correctly identify the disorder in minority groups.
Barbara Lipska
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The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind

On a recent night at the Rubin Museum, neuroscientist Barbara Lipska sat down with journalist (and son-in-law) Jake Halpern to offer a lucid perspective of what it’s like to experience psychosis.

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Toward a Medical Model of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Discovery of Divergent Neural Signatures in ADHD Paves Way for Precision Medicine

New findings have helped affirm the long-postulated idea that even mental disorders have a physical basis.
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Seeking the Mental Roads that Lead to Suicide

Many experts now considered suicidal behavior a psychiatric disorder in its own right. Could inflammation be a trigger, or an effect?
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Beyond Biological Heritability in Mental Health

Report from Neuroscience 2016

Researchers at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting describe epigenetic influences on non-human offspring of various kinds of stress, from obesity to anxiety.
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