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Human Capital News Roundup: Depression and poverty, substance use among SNAP recipients, accountable care organizations, and more.
August 29, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast, and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows, alumni, and grantees.
Project L/EARN Alumna Wins Honors for Research
July 16, 2013 | Story
A 2013 Rutgers graduate takes the first significant step toward her dream to become a psychologist.
Key Priorities, Challenges and Opportunities to Advance an Integrated Mental Health and Education Research Agenda
June 8, 2012 | Journal Article
Findings from a thought leader dialogue outline important application in mental health and education research, with the aim to close the gap between research and practice.
Human Capital News Roundup: Nursing environments, value-based care, recognizing signs of violence, and more.
September 6, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: Zachary Goldberger, MD, an RWJF Clinical Schol ...
Papers Commissioned to Inform 2008 Conference on Developing a Mental Health Research Agenda
February 28, 2008 | Program Results Report
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Network on Mental Health Policy Research commissioned a series of working papers to stimulate agenda building and encourage future funding of mental health research.
Public Conceptions of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Abuse, Their Causes and Treatments
October 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This study examines the degree to which lay beliefs about the causes of disorders may predict beliefs about what constitutes appropriate treatment. The authors analyzed randomized vignette data from the MacArthur Mental Health Module of the 1996 Gen ...
A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Amygdala and Medial Prefrontal Cortex Responses to Overtly Presented Fearful Faces in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
March 1, 2005 | Journal Article
The present study explored amygdala hyperresponsivity for individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Sex Influences on Shared Risk Factors for Bulimia Nervosa and Other Psychiatric Disorders
March 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Research has documented that bulimia nervosa (BN) co-occurs with a number of psychiatric disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and psychoactive substance dependence. However, a gap in the research exists as to whether sex influences the shared pre ...
Clinical Utility as a Criterion for Revising Psychiatric Diagnoses
June 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Published in 1994, the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-IV, lists mental disorders and their symptoms. Psychiatrists and other health professionals use it as a guide in diagnosing and treating ...
PTSD in Urban Primary Care
June 1, 2007 | Journal Article
High Prevalence and Low Physician Recognition.