May’s Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month campaigns are actively targeting perinatal complications and fighting to close the gap in care EXPERT Q&A ANN ARBOR—Twenty percent of women experience mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, during pregnancy and the first year of parenthood. Kara Zivin, a professor of psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology at… Continue reading Mothers in silence: 1 in 5 experience perinatal mental illness, yet most go untreated
News Tag: Mental Health
Mapping global well-being: World Mental Health consortium moves to Michigan
ANN ARBOR—A leading global initiative that has shaped mental health care for two decades is returning to its roots. The World Mental Health Survey Consortium, a project that provides the data-driven backbone for international health policy, is now anchored at the University of Michigan—the institution where its foundational work first began—after 25 years at Harvard University. Housed… Continue reading Mapping global well-being: World Mental Health consortium moves to Michigan
High pollen count: The last straw effect on suicide risk
ANN ARBOR—Beyond the sneezing and itchy eyes, high pollen seasons are now linked to a significant increase in suicide risk. A new University of Michigan study found a 7.4% jump in deaths, suggesting the physical discomfort of allergies may trigger a deeper, more dangerous despair, an overlooked factor in suicide prevention. The study indicates that… Continue reading High pollen count: The last straw effect on suicide risk
Early adversity, maternal depression linked to teen mental health risk
ANN ARBOR—Teens who faced high levels of emotional and multidimensional adversity in their early years are at the most significant risk for mental health challenges, a comprehensive 15-year study revealed. These teens also exhibit significant differences in brain activity related to emotion processing, according to the University of Michigan research published in JAMA Network Open.… Continue reading Early adversity, maternal depression linked to teen mental health risk
Grant will allow U-M researchers to study how poverty affects the brain
ANN ARBOR—Researchers know that adversity—especially poverty-related adversity—increases the risk for anxiety and depression. Now, University of Michigan researchers have won a $6.7 million grant to study how poverty-related adversity might affect the development of threat and reward systems in the brain, and how that developmental process might increase the risk for people to develop anxiety… Continue reading Grant will allow U-M researchers to study how poverty affects the brain