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Event Summaries About Prevention
- NIMH Rare Genetic Diseases Workshop
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Location: Bethesda, MD
Description:On September 19, 2017, NIMH hosted a workshop on challenges and opportunities for exploring rare genetic syndromes as models to delineate the genetic risk architecture of mental illnesses and to facilitate translation into meaningful prevention and treatments.
Sponsors: National Institute of Mental Health
- HIV PrEP Implementation Science Administrative Supplement Meeting
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Location: Bethesda, MD
Description: The NIMH Division of AIDS Research sponsored a meeting to advance the science of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation.
- Integrating Neuroscience, Developmental Psychopathology, and Preventive Interventions: Critical Questions for the Next Generation of Transformative Research
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Location: Denver, Colorado
Description: In conjunction with the 18th annual conference of the Society for Prevention Research, NIMH held a one-day, pre-conference workshop. The goal of the meeting was to identify strategies to advance prevention science research for mental disorders through the integration of basic science, neurodevelopment research, and intervention expertise.
Sponsors: National Institute of Mental Health
- Mental Health Consideration in Secondary HIV Prevention
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Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Description: The Secondary Prevention and Translation Branch of NIMH’s Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS (CMHRA) hosted a meeting that focused on identifying target areas for new research on the intersection of secondary HIV prevention and mental health, specifically related to HIV-infected individuals with psychiatric disorders living in the United States.
- Promoting Indigenous Research on Suicide Prevention and Related Topics: A Workshop to Define Issues, Develop Strategies and Identify Sustaining Frameworks
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Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description: As a follow-up to the February 2006 meeting “Indigenous Suicide Prevention Research and Programs in Canada and the United States: Setting a Collaborative Agenda” NIMH supported a workshop to further identify challenges faced by indigenous researchers.
Sponsors: National Institute of Mental Health, Center for Native American Health, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
- Prevention of Traumatic Stress Disorders in High-Risk Occupations: Current Knowledge and Research Opportunities
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Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Description: The NIMH Office of Prevention and the Division of Adult Translational Research and Treatment Development, Traumatic Stress Disorders Research Program, held a meeting involving trauma researchers, prevention scientists, and subject-matter experts responsible for preparing civilian and military personnel for disaster response, mass casualty events, and combat.
- Indigenous Suicide Prevention Research and Programs in Canada and the United States: Setting a Collaborative Agenda
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Location: Albuquerque, NM
Description: In February 2006, a conference was convened to bring together representatives from research, service organizations, youth, community programs, and governments (across a range of countries, tribes, and villages) to share the most current information on Indigenous suicide, to find ways to foster communication and collaboration, and to form and support workgroups to bring substantive research and prevention efforts forward in a multi-year effort.