You didn’t need a crystal ball to forecast that the COVID-19 pandemic would devastate mental health. Illness or fear of illness, social isolation, economic insecurity, disruption of routine and loss of loved ones are known risk factors for depression and anxiety. Now studies have confirmed the predictions. But psychologists say More
Launched in 2009, the RDoC framework integrates many levels of information spanning the full range of human behavior to better understand the nature of mental health and illness. More
APS Fellow Stephen P. Hinshaw received the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health for his work on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children. More
Barch was selected for “helping to identify neural and psychological mechanisms that give rise to the symptoms of psychosis and other forms of mental illness that contribute significantly to disability.” More
Some enlightened doctors, nurses and therapists have a prescription for helping all of us to get through this seemingly never-ending pandemic: Try a little laughter. Humor is not just a distraction from the grim reality of the crisis, said Dr. Michael Miller, a cardiologist at the University of Maryland School More
Reduced access to rewards may influence brain development, contributing to the increased prevalence of mental health disorders in children living in economically impoverished environments. More
