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Getting to Know Wellness Manager Eliza Leone

April 3, 2024

On plants, nutrition, and scary movies

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Awards & Recognitions: November 2023 – January 2024

January 24, 2024

Honors received by HMS faculty, postdocs, staff, and students

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The Health and Economic Toll of Gun Violence in Youth

November 6, 2023

Study details the physical, mental, and financial toll of gunshot injuries and deaths in children

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Seizing the Chance to Stop a Suicide

September 21, 2023

New Harvard-MGH center to provide clinicians with tools to identify, treat those most at risk

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Half of World’s Population Will Experience a Mental Health Disorder

July 31, 2023

Large-scale study sheds new light on major health problem

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Second Year of Pandemic Saw Spike in Child Mental Health Visits to ED

July 12, 2023

A surge in girls’ visits drove the trend, fueling longer waits for inpatient care

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Disparities Linked to Differences in Brain Structures in U.S. Children

February 1, 2023

Study highlights how structural racism may affect brain development and psychiatric disease in Black…

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Reimagining Mental Health

September 20, 2022

Growing recognition of the global impact of mental illness has led to a movement to find solutions

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Daytime Eating and Mental Health

September 12, 2022

Small new study looks at effects of nighttime eating on depression, mood

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Mental Health Rx

August 17, 2022

New HMS initiative aims to address care shortages for adolescents, children

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Early Warning System?

May 5, 2022

Accumulation of amyloid-beta and tau proteins can disrupt brain connectivity years before Alzheimer…

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Bipolar Breakthrough

April 11, 2022

Researchers find first strong genetic risk factor for disorder

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