Beyond the Backpack: Cultivating Belonging and Mental Health
Emotional well-being, school climate, and identity-affirming environments are keys to how students perform and thrive. Research shows that youth from marginalized backgrounds face increased stress in school environments. For example,…
Precision mental health care approach for depression meets patient needs
Activists say homelessness in New York City is at its highest level since the Great Depression of the 1930s – Copyright AFP Ed JONES Depression involves a complex interplay of…
Coinvest Capital backs Psylink’s next-gen mental health biotech solution
Lithuanian startup Psylink has raised €501,521 in a pre-seed round to develop further its proprietary biotechnology platform, which focuses on the sustainable production of plant- and fungi-derived compounds. Psylink is…
UVM psychology program to bring more mental health care to Vermont
The University of Vermont has received a $1.2 million federal grant to expand its clinical psychology doctoral training program, according to a community announcement. The grant, awarded by the Health…
How to Evaluate Mental Health AI
This post was co-written with team members from the Division of Digital Psychiatry, Aoife Keane and Jermic Aryee. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for mental health is impossible…
5 Ways AI Can Level Up Your Mental Health Game
When I was a little girl, I had one of those “mind blown” moments at Christmas. There I was, unwrapping a big box and discovering an Atari gaming system—talk about…