Read the Latest Outreach Connection from NIMH: Spring 2017
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The Arizona State University's Center for Applied Behavioral Health partners with the state Mental Health America affiliate in Arizona to incorporate NIMH news regularly in its enewsletter. MHA California shared the availability of NIMH ebooks via Facebook. NAMI Indiana featured the NIMH-funded Human Connectome Project about Early Psychosis in its newsletter.
The Indian Center, the Nebraska Outreach Partner, has created a new NIMH News Update enewsletter to share new research findings and resources from NIMH. As part of Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, Nevada PEP held its annual Run Walk and Roll against Bullying to raise awareness about children's mental health and bullying. Statistics from the NIMH website were incorporated in signs at the finish line and held by participants as they ran or walked the course. NAMI North Carolina tweeted NIMH-funded study findings about the need for better interventions to reduce violence committed by and against adults with mental illness.
The MHA of Middle Tennessee conducted a targeted outreach campaign to its university, community mental health centers, and other community partners to broaden the reach of NIMH resources. As a result, the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance incorporated links to NIMH on its Community Engagement website, and featured the MHA’s efforts to educate the community about mental health in a news story. NAMI Wyoming distributed NIMH materials on bipolar disorder, suicide, PTSD, depression, and anxiety to support high school students who are planning awareness activities on suicide prevention and bullying in their community. Extending the ReachThanks to the Partners who continue to share what was learned at the Program's 2016 Annual Meeting in their own communities.
MHA Montana presented to five Tribal communities that want to expand and/or integrate primary care and behavioral health services to include peer support services.To generate the discussion, MHA distributed NIMH materials and information from the Annual Meeting’s panel on addressing disparities in mental health care. MHA Texas summarized Annual Meeting presentations about device-based and pharmacologic advancements for the treatment of refractory depression for its enewsletter. Tackling DisparitiesOutreach Partners are using NIMH materials and research in their efforts to address mental health disparities.MHA of Southeast Florida (MHASEFL) distributed NIMH materials and used NIMH data in presentations to older adults to support the local elder services resource network.
NAMI St. Louis, the Missouri Outreach Partner, distributed NIMH materials as part of its Public Safety Mental Health First Aid training to corrections officers in the local county jail system. NAMI Oregon distributed NIMH Spanish-language materials at its NAMI de Familia-a-Familia class for Spanish speaking residents who have a family member living with mental illness.
The University of New Mexico distributed NIMH pamphlets at a training to demystify opioid and alcohol abuse detoxification with providers and community members, many representing Navajo and other indigenous groups.
Promoting Research OpportunitiesOutreach Partners are informing their communities about NIMH-funded clinical trials actively recruiting participants.NAMI Connecticut promoted the NIMH-funded MindMap study, which is being conducted at Yale University and seeks to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis, on its website. MHASEFL is promoting NIMH intramural research on irritability in children to its constituents through its mailing list and social media and directly to participants at resource fairs and classes.
MHA of New York City tweeted about an NIMH intramural study about depression and teenagers. Through its Voices of Recovery support and advocacy group, MHA of Southeastern Pennsylvania educates the community about participating in research and points participants to a webpage of local research opportunities. Educating the Public about ResearchPartners are educating their communities about the importance of research and the research process.MHA Colorado tweeted about the NIMH webinar about clinical research to educate its community about the research process. NAMI Michigan’s affiliate, NAMI Washtenaw, held a session with Aislinn Williams, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Michigan Psychiatry Department who described her work using induced pluripotent stem cells to study bipolar disorder as part of efforts to build relationships between scientists and the community. NIMH grantee Sophia Vinogradov, M.D., Head of Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota shared the university's research activities, including how they are protecting human subjects in research, at the NAMI Minnesota’s Research Dinner.
SARDAA, a National Partner, described clinical research studies and volunteer participation in its enewsletter.
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Outreach Connection is a service of the National Institute of Mental Health's (NIMH) Outreach Partnership Program (OPP). Spring 2017
New from NIMHNew Fact Sheet: Looking at My Genes: What Can They Tell Me About My Mental Health? answers commonly asked questions about genes and their role in a person’s mental health. It covers family history, genetic testing versus genome scans, and NIMH research on genetics. Revised Fact Sheet: PANDAS: Questions and Answers covers causes, signs and symptoms, treatment, and clinical trials for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS). New Webpage: Integrated Care describes how integrated care, which combines primary health care and mental health care in one setting, works and why it is important. Revised Fact Sheet: Five Things You Should Know About Stress Revised Webpage: Clinical Trials-Information for Participants links users with NIMH-funded and supported trials and resources about participating in research.
NIMH Researchers in the NewsNIMH scientist, Carlos Zarate, M.D., discusses depression and the promising treatment of the drug ketamine in a recent issue of the National Library of Medicine MedlinePlus magazine. Upcoming Observances & ResourcesMay is Mental Health Month Borderline Personality Disorder Month National
Children's Mental Health Awareness Day National Prevention Week
PTSD
Awareness Month National Partner ActivitiesMeeting Presentations The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) featured researchers from the NIMH Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch (ETPB) in a session on novel biomarkers of ketamine’s response in depression, anxiety, and suicide at its annual convention. Research Highlights The Brain and Behavior
Research Foundation highlighted the discovery by NIMH ETPB Webinar Promotion A number of National Partners, including ADAA, the Children’s Mental Health Network, Mental Health America, and Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Association of American (SARDAA), promoted the series of NIMH webinars about pediatric anxiety and severe irritability organized by the NIMH Emotion and Development Branch in enewsletters and on social media. First Episode Psychosis EducationThanks to the many efforts of Outreach and National Partners, communities are learning about first episode psychosis (FEP) programs and NIMH RAISE findings. The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors in collaboration with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) hosted webinars on the use of cultural competence practices and addressing suicidal ideation and behavior in Coordinated Specialty Care programs. They also hosted a webinar on new FEP technical assistance materials. NAMI National has created a series of tip sheets to educate families and communities about FEP:
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation created an infographic providing an overview of the opportunities for identification, diversion, and treatment for people experiencing FEP who come into contact with the justice system. Studies Seeking ParticipantsThe NIMH Intramural Research Program in Bethesda, MD is seeking participants for the following trials. Spread the word. Depression Research Studies Enrolling Participants Descriptive Study of Severe Irritability Depression
in Teenagers: (Outpatient & Inpatient) Schizophrenia and Brain Processes About the ProgramThe Outreach Partnership Program, a nationwide initiative of the National Institute of Mental Health Office of Constituency Relations and Public Liaison (OCRPL), works to increase the public’s access to science-based mental health information through partnerships with national and state organizations. The program supports 55 Outreach Partners representing all states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. In addition, over 75 non-profit organizations participate in the program as National Partners, including professional, consumer, advocacy, and service-related organizations with a nationwide membership and/or audience. Comments?The Outreach Connection provides a vehicle to share how the Outreach and National Partners are disseminating NIMH research across the country. If you have feedback about the newsletter, please contact NIMHPartners@mail.nih.gov
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