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Learn how HopkinsPsych is addressing the rising mental health needs of children and families.

"To decrease gun suicide, we must work toward early, accurate diagnosis of mental illness and advocate for protective gun safety laws." - Paul Nestadt @KatherineHoops Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions HopkinsPsych Docs4GunControl Joseph Sakran Bill Frist, M.D. Physicians for Human Rights #MedTwitter closler.org/lifelong-learn…

Now announcing 📣 BD² Integrated Network's inaugural six sites dedicated to advancing treatment for people living with #bipolar disorder: bit.ly/46tyLTZ Brigham and Women's Hospital McLean Hospital HopkinsPsych MayoClinicPsych @UMichMedicine Brain Research Institute UTHealth Houston


Appreciate the opportunity to advocate with this group - including Docs from HopkinsPsych Johns Hopkins Medicine! It’s crucial that advocacy for our patients & our profession is a top priority in our Department, as well as striving to improve the system in which we work #psychtwitter



"There is an enormous physical burden to being hurt and disappointed," says HopkinsPsych expert Dr. Karen Swartz. bit.ly/487NCVd

Known “risk factors” for suicide, such as gender and race, are too general to pinpoint who might be in imminent danger. HopkinsPsych’s Paul Nestadt talks to @SDesmon about “psychological autopsies,” which may help us better understand who is most at risk. johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/705-psychologi…


The 1st International NHS Maudsley /Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience Grand Round(s) for 2024 and just look at the line-up… Paul Nestadt from Johns Hopkins University Jeffrey Swanson from Duke University Alexandra Pitman from UCL Psychiatry Simon Wessely from Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience “Suicide + the role of guns in America”


More than half of U.S. suicides are carried out with firearms. "If you are a gun owner, that brief moment where the suicidal thoughts exceed the desire to be alive for tomorrow, that’s all it takes." Our Paul Nestadt, suicide researcher, in The New York Times: nytimes.com/2024/02/21/bri…

Tune in to hear our newly appointed James Wah Professor of Psychiatry, Paul Nestadt, discuss firearm suicide on Morning Edition today. Great reporting by Michel Martin as always. npr.org/2024/04/16/124…

NCISH Nav Kapur was delighted to spend a couple of days in Baltimore at John Hopkins Hospital HopkinsPsych sharing the work of our Centre and learning about the brilliant research of Paul Nestadt and Holly Wilcox and others


Great overview of the Perspectives of Psychiatry and how it can lend depth to the next iteration of the DSM, by Jimmy Potash at #APA2024


Medical Debt and the Mental Health Treatment Gap Among US Adults jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap… via HopkinsPsych researchers et al


Kicking off the new season of #GrandRounds at Hopkins with Jimmy Potash laying out a vision for the future of psychiatry, here and worldwide!



Jimmy Potash, Med '93 (MD), BSPH '89 (MPH), returned to Hopkins in 2017 to be the director of HopkinsPsych. With support from generous donors, Jimmy Potash investigates the genetic foundations of mood disorders. Learn more by visiting giving.jhu.edu/story/psychiat…. #FacultyFriday



Rallying talk today by Mike Anestis, PhD from NJ Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers SPH, who taught us about the importance of #SafeStorage for #SuicidePrevention— the auditorium was completely full to standing room!


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New research from Hopkins' newest Center, the Center for Suicide Prevention! Alison Athey Holly Wilcox Paul Nestadt and team! Read more about it on #BlueSky hopkinspsych.bsky.social publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-gun…