Joan Cook, Ph.D., of Yale University and colleagues have been awarded funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to evaluate the implementation of two evidence-based psychotherapies for treating post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veterans. The grant addresses the NIH Challenge Grant topic “Strategies to Support Uptake of Interventions within Clinical Community and Settings.”

NIMH’s aggressive approach towards identifying and preventing financial conflicts of interest.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is effective for a wide range of mental health symptoms, including depression, anxiety, panic and stress-related physical ailments, and the benefits of the therapy grow after treatment has ended, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. Psychodynamic therapy focuses on the psychological roots of emotional suffering...

Mixed-handed children have a greater likelihood of having mental health, language and scholastic problems in childhood, compared to right- or left-handed children. In the study, "Mixed-Handedness is Linked to Mental Health Problems in Children and Adolescents," published in the February issue of Pediatrics (appearing online Jan...

Mind and Men's Health Forum are running a conference on how to meet the mental health needs of men. The event is free and open to anyone with an interest in this issue. Tell us your views on how men's mental health needs can be met. Mind Week 2009 focused on men and mental health...

More than 40 percent of employees identified their employers as supportive or extremely supportive in seeking care for health issues, according to a survey by the American Psychiatric Association (APA)...

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One of the first lessons that girls often learn in elementary school is that boys are better at math. [More]

Inspired by biotechnology executive John Crowley's efforts to save his children, the movie Extraordinary Measures shows basic science and biotechnology teaming up to help researchers develop a treatment for a rare and fatal neuromuscular disorder. [More]

Amidst the background hum of electrical signaling generated by neurons in the brain, scientists have found that local groups of neurons, firing in coordination, sometimes create a signal that is mirrored instantaneously and precisely by other groups of neurons across the brain.  These transient episodes of coherence across different parts of the brain may be an electrical signature of thought and actions.