Director’s Messages

In the second of two director’s messages on RDoC, Dr. Gordon talks about the role of computational psychiatry in the effort to understand the brain processes underlying behavior and mental disorders.

In the first of two messages, Dr. Gordon shares his thoughts on NIMH’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC), and discusses how we might be able to use big data approaches to enhance this research framework in the future.

In the second of two messages for Autism Awareness Month, Dr. Gordon talks about NIMH funding of research aimed at developing interventions and services for people across the lifespan with autism spectrum disorder.

Dr. Gordon explains how computational and theoretical neuroscience can advance research into mental disorders.

Dr. Gordon talks about the potential pay-offs of research on neural circuits and next steps for going forward.

The Push for Suicide Prevention.

Dr. Gordon talks about his plans for his first year as NIMH director and his priorities for research.