News and Multimedia Featuring IRP
- NIMH Twitter Chat on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Science Update
Learn about post-traumatic stress disorder by joining NIMH’s Farris Tuma for a Twitter chat.
- Skewed Norms Weaken Case for Early Brain Overgrowth in Autism
- Science Update
Biases in standardized norms used to compare data on head size weakens evidence for early excess brain growth in autism, say NIMH intramural researchers.
- NIH Funds Industry Collaborations to Identify New Uses for Existing Compounds
- Press Release
NIH Funds Industry Collaborations to Identify New Uses for Existing Compounds
- Twitter Chat on Borderline Personality Disorder
- Science Update
NIMH teams up with Perry D. Hoffman from the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder for a chat about this topic.
- Twitter Chat on PANDAS/PANS
- Science Update
NIMH experts discuss childhood rapid-onset OCD during our next Twitter chat on May 8, 2013.
- NIMH Twitter Chat on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Science Update
Looking for more information and the latest findings on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder? Join NIMH’s Ben Vitiello on Twitter for a chat about this topic.
- Bullying Exerts Psychiatric Effects Into Adulthood
- Video April 11, 2013
Once considered a childhood rite of passage, bullying lingers well into adulthood. Bullies and victims alike are at risk for psychiatric problems such as anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and suicide when they become adults, reported a study partially funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that was published in the April issue of JAMA Psychiatry. - Project Achieve Weight Loss Trial for People with Serious Mental Illness
- Video March 18, 2013
NIMH grantee Dr. Gail Daumit talks about the Project Achieve weight loss trial. - Twitter Chat on The Teen Brain—NIMH Experts Discuss Brain Awareness Week
- Science Update
Miss the Twitter chat on the teen brain and Brain Awareness Week? Read the transcript.
- Students Explore the Wonders of the Brain
- Press Release
As part of the National Museum of Health and Medicine museum’s 14th annual Brain Awareness Week celebration, several hundred curious students from the Washington, D.C., area will have a chance to learn about what goes on inside the human brain, through a series of interactive exhibits led by scientists from eight institutes of the National Institutes of Health.