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Mental Health

Technical Assistance Webinar: Suicide Prevention Across the Life Span in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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Date and Time August 1, 20249:30–10:30 a.m. ET OverviewA technical assistance webinar will be held for prospective applicants of the following Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): Suicide Prevention Across the Life Span in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-MH-25-160) . National Institute of Mental Health staff will be available to answer questions related to…

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Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity’s Disability, Equity, and Mental Health Research Webinar Series: Transforming Mental Health Disability Research Through Lived Experience Leadership and Co-Production

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Date and Time August 8, 20241:00–2:30 p.m. ET Additional upcoming webinarsOverviewThis webinar will introduce a range of approaches to meaningfully integrate individuals with lived experiences of psychiatric disabilities into mental health research.Nev Jones, Ph.D. , will discuss proven methods of integration and co-creation, including co-production, integration, and co-leadership, and highlight ways in which the National Institute of…

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Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity Webinar Series: Understanding Stigma and Discrimination as Drivers of Mental Health Disparities for Diverse, Rural, LGBTQ+ Communities

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Date and Time August 22, 20241:30–3:00 p.m. ET Additional upcoming webinarsCultural Strengths as Protection: Multimodal Findings Using a Community-Engaged Process: Sept. 11, 2024, 1:00–2:30 p.m. ETNIH Women’s Health Roundtable: Maternal Mental Health Research: Sept. 16, 2024, 12:00–4:00 p.m. ETMechanisms of Risk and Resilience for Mental Health in Individuals of Mexican Origin: Sept. 23, 2024, 1:30–3:00 p.m.…

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Genes to Mental Health Network Open Session Meeting

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Date and Time September 26, 20238:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET OverviewThe Genes to Mental Health (G2MH) Network initiative was established in 2019 under RFA-MH-19-200  and RFA-MH-19-201 . The program aims to investigate the behavioral and cognitive symptoms in individuals with rare genetic variants that confer a high risk for neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders for characterizing genotype-to-phenotype relationships.During the annual…

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Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity Webinar Series: Engaging Community Stakeholders to Reduce Mental Health Inequities in the Hispanic Community

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Date and Time September 21, 202312:30–2:00 p.m. ET OverviewHispanic individuals demonstrate similar rates of psychiatric disorders compared to those of their non-Hispanic, White counterparts. However, they are less likely to use mental health services, and when they do they drop out and experience quality of care that is subpar. The observed difference in service utilization and…

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The Center for Global Mental Health Research Webinar Series 2023: Real-World Opportunities and Challenges: Using NIMH’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Framework in Global Mental Health Research

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OverviewThis webinar will discuss the National Institute of Mental Health’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative and its potential to inform (and be informed by) global mental health research. RDoC is a research framework that encourages the investigation of mental disorders from a perspective of basic functional dimensions (e.g., cognitive control), using many types of information…

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Creating Equitable and Inclusive Graduate Programs: From Recruitment to Admission to Retention

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Transcript WELCOME Thank you for joining us for the second webinar in the 2023 NIMH ODWD Webinar Series. Today’s topic is Creating Equitable and Inclusive Graduate Programs: From Recruitment to Admission to Retention. Before I begin, I’m going to go ahead and review some housekeeping notes. Participants have entered on mute and listen only mode with…

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Advancing Mental Health Disparities Research Focused on Bi+ People Through an Intersectional Lens

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Transcript WELCOME TAMARA LEWIS JOHNSON: Good afternoon and welcome to the 2023 National Institute of Mental Health, LGBTQ+ Mental Health Research Webinar. My name is Tamara Lewis Johnson and I am the program director of the Women’s Mental Health Research Program at the Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity at the National Institute of Mental…

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World Suicide Prevention Day 2023

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Sunday 10 September 2023 is World Suicide Prevention Day across the globeIt is 20 years since the first World Suicide Prevention Day was launched in 2003 by the International Association for Suicide Prevention in association with the World Health Organisation. The idea was to raise awareness of the problem world-wide, to reiterate the message that…

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