January 5, 2022A team of #MasonCHHS researchers designed an app to combat the growing mental health concerns affecting undergraduate students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers created a predictive health app that detects when undergraduate students are exhibiting behavioral, emotional, and academic concerns and connects the students to appropriate resources, such as Mason's Counseling and Psychological Services.
Based on studies of previous recessions and periods of high unemployment, researchers are calling for policy actions to help mitigate the mental health risks associated with rising unemployment resulting from the COVID-19 crisis.
Why mental healthcare is not a safe space for undocumented migrants
Based on studies of previous recessions and periods of high unemployment, researchers are calling for policy actions to help mitigate the mental health risks associated with rising unemployment resulting from the COVID-19 crisis.
Dr. Katherine M. Keyes was the second speaker in the College of Health and Human Services Dean’s Seminar Series on January 27, 2020. Keyes is an associate professor of epidemiology and co-director of the Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She shared her research and the current understanding on the increase of depressive symptoms and suicide in adolescent girls.
Miki Nishida Goerdt, LCSW, LCSW-C, ATR-BC, is a Board-Certified Art Therapist and Clinical Social Worker licensed in Virginia and Maryland. With 20+ years of experience, she specializes in culturally responsive therapy for older adults, immigrants, and communities of color, integrating art and social justice in healing practices.
Dr. Sluzki has held numerous teaching, service, and administrative appointments and has extensive training and experience in psychiatry, psychoanalysis, systemic couples and family therapy, narrative-oriented and cross-cultural approaches.