Messages about Mental Health Services Research
- Autism Awareness Month: The Power of Community
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By Joshua Gordon on
In recognition of Autism Awareness Month, Dr. Gordon highlights the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee and the power of community in pushing the field forward.
- Research Along the Autism Spectrum: Diverse Research to Meet Diverse Needs
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By Joshua Gordon on
In this message for Autism Awareness Month, Dr. Gordon highlights the importance of a research portfolio that addresses the full spectrum of needs of individuals with autism, across the full lifespan.
- Supporting Kids’ Mental Health During COVID-19
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By Guest Author on
In this jointly written Director’s Message, Dr. Gordon and Dr. Rachel L. Levine, HHS Assistant Secretary for Health, describe the mental health impacts of the COVID pandemic on children and what we can do to support kids during this difficult time.
- A Plan for Mental Health Research
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By Joshua Gordon on
This week, the National Institute of Mental Health unveiled its new NIMH Strategic Plan for Research. In this Director’s message, Dr. Gordon discusses the advances in knowledge and treatment that got us to where we are today and points to where we want our research to go in the future.
- Addressing Disparities: Advancing Mental Health Care for All Americans
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By Joshua Gordon on
Mental health disparities are significant and easily documented. In this Director’s Message, Dr. Gordon discusses NIMH-funded research that aims to close the gap, ensuring that improved mental health care meets the needs of all Americans.
- Mental Health Research—Diversity Matters
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By Joshua Gordon on
In recognition of National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, Dr. Gordon highlights efforts within the NIMH research portfolio to address disparities in mental health and access to care.
- Highlighting Services and Effectiveness Research at NIMH
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By Joshua Gordon on
Figuring out how best to deliver effective therapies is the domain of services research. Dr. Gordon offers examples of the spectrum of services research supported by NIMH.
- Towards Interventions Across the Autism Spectrum
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By Joshua Gordon on
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.
- An Experimental Therapeutic Approach to Psychosocial Interventions
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By Joshua Gordon on
Dr. Gordon talks about NIMH’s commitment to support the development and testing of psychosocial interventions in the greater context of the experimental therapeutics approach to treatment research.