Mental Illness

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Tracy Robinson-Wood speaking on a microphone

Big impact of microaggressions

Sometimes it’s the ‘thousand little cuts’ that hurt our mental health the most

Campus|

DateNovember 20, 2019December 12, 2019

Anne Harrington portrait

‘An era where it has never not been about drugs’

Professor Anne Harrington’s new book tackles the rise of biological psychiatry

Health|

DateJune 17, 2019June 17, 2019

Though a bout with mental illness forced Miguel Garcia '17 to take a leave of absence in 2012, his studies in the humanities have provided cathartic insight into his journey back to health. “Both the study of history and literature deal with the nuances of the human experience — the beautiful, the brutal, and the mundane."

Hitting the books after hitting a wall

Miguel Garcia ’17 returns from mental health struggle with new perspective on life, literature, and his future

Arts|

DateMarch 20, 2017December 10, 2018

Philanthropist Ted Stanley announced plans to donate $650 million to the Broad Institute. The Stanley commitment — the largest ever in psychiatric research and among the largest for scientific research in general — will support research by a collaborative network of researchers within the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute.

$650M gift to Broad seeks to propel psychiatric research

Broad Institute’s Stanley Center receives support in work on mental illness

Health|

DateJuly 22, 2014

“Because of the genetic complexity of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders, we need a large sample size to conduct this type of research," said Steve E. Hyman, director of the Broad’s Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research. Broad summer student Lydia Emerson prepares samples for sequencing in the Stanley Center lab in July. Research scientists Ellen Vieux and Tim Blosser collaborate in the background.

Researchers shed new light on schizophrenia

International team's work may lead to innovations in treatment that has seen little change in 60 years

Health|

DateJuly 21, 2014

Young scientists awarded $719,701 in grants

News|

DateAugust 27, 2013

Hyman to lead Society for Neuroscience

Campus|

DateJune 11, 2013

“We have very well worked-out classification criteria for physical disorders like the flu and appendicitis,” Assistant Professor of Psychology Joshua Buckholtz said. “There is an assumption that we have equally well worked-out and valid classification criteria for mental disorders ..."

A fresh look at mental illness

Researcher points toward a new way to classify disorders

Health|

DateJuly 30, 2012May 16, 2019

“The things that made me special, the things that made me relevant and successful are the same things that began to ruin me,” Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall told a Harvard audience.

Nose to nose with mental illness

NFL’s Marshall discusses disorder, treatment in Harvard visit

Health|

DateOctober 25, 2011May 21, 2019

“We’re all creative. There are genetic influences … that allow some people to access specific brain activation patterns more easily,” said Shelley Carson, who has penned a how-to book on harnessing untapped abilities.

Harnessing your creative brain

Psychology researcher’s book offers strategies to boost abilities

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DateMarch 3, 2011June 4, 2019

“I grew up in California, first in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district and then in a nearby suburb much like the one in which ‘Life in Miniature’ is set,” said lecturer Linda Schlossberg. “I was one of those kids who was always reading, which I think gave me a good understanding from an early age of how voice and character work.

Troubled youth

Coming of age shadowed by mother’s mental illness in debut novel

Arts|

DateFebruary 3, 2011April 16, 2019

What Is Mental Illness?

<h4>Harvard University Press, January 2011</h4><h5>By Richard J. McNally</h5>

Arts|

DateFebruary 3, 2011

NARSAD awards $720,000 to Harvard researchers

Supports breakthrough brain and behavior research

News|

DateJanuary 13, 2011March 5, 2019

"Ours is the first study to incorporate a culturally sensitive interview into a collaborative care model in order to address disparities in mental illness treatment among ethnic minorities in primary care," says the report’s lead author Albert Yeung of the MGH Department of Psychiatry and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "The model appears to be a promising way to treat this population, which highly underutilizes mental health services."

Helping Chinese with depression

Understanding patients' beliefs assists clinicians in addressing stigma

Health|

DateNovember 22, 2010April 9, 2019

Mental illness among Iraqi children and adolescents, who make up half the nation’s population, is a hidden problem, Abdul Kareem Al-Obaidi (left) told a group gathered for a "global chat" at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Unseen victims of war

Iraqi psychiatrist says unrest takes toll on children’s mental health

World|

DateMay 4, 2010

Broad receives $100M gift to launch research center

Campus|

DateMarch 8, 2007