The National Institute of Mental Health recently hosted a symposium to kick off its 75th Anniversary celebrations.
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Reddit “Ask Me Anything” with NIMH Director, Dr. Joshua A. Gordon and Deputy Director, Dr. Shelli Avenevoli
NIMH's Director and Deputy Director will answer questions about NIMH’s research priorities, progress made, and challenges ahead in the coming years.
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Using Games to Explore the Mind
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the non-profit organization The Many Brains Project partnered with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program to adapt a series of new game-like tasks that are now part of the All of Us Research Program’s participant experience.
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Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) Policy for Studies Using Non-Human Primates in Neuroscience Research
This day-long virtual workshop will give the neuroscience community an opportunity to discuss how the NIH Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable is applied to studies using non-human primates.
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Disparities in Psychotic Disorder Diagnoses and Other Negative Health Outcomes
NIMH researchers found racial and ethnic disparities in rates of psychotic disorders, which were associated with co-occurring medical conditions and negative health outcomes.
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Magnetic Seizure Therapy as Effective as Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treating Depression
This clinical trial found that MST is equally effective at reducing depression symptoms as ECT, but with fewer side effects.
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Destiny Wright, Winner of the 2023 NIMH Three-Minute Talks Competition
Destiny Wright discusses working memory can be thought of as the brain’s sticky notes allowing us to briefly hold and manipulate information. We use it to plan and carry out everyday tasks, such as making a list of chores or remembering bedtime routines, which as we know are things that young children really struggle with.
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Alaina Tillman, Winner of the 2023 NIMH Three-Minutes Talks Competition
Alaina Tillman discusses psychiatry is moving toward a precision medicine model. For patients diagnosed with depression, selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, SSRIs, are the most common treatment administered. However, for SSRIs, only about half of patients experience a relief of symptoms.
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Annie Ilsley, Winner of the 2023 NIMH Three-Minute Talks Competition
Annie Ilsley discusses white matter composes about half the brain and forms pathways that are essential for communication between regions. Myelination is a key, neurodevelopmental process in which a fatty sheath, known as myelin, envelops neuronal axons that form white matter tracks, acting as insulation and allowing for efficient conduction through these pathways.
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Scientists Unveil Complete Cell Map of a Whole Mammalian Brain
For the first time ever, an international team of researchers has created a complete cell atlas of a whole mammalian brain.
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