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Science News about Men's Mental Health
- Web-based Programs Encourage Safer Sex Behaviors among Men at Risk for HIV/AIDS
- August 11, 2009 • Science Update
Web-based Programs Encourage Safer Sex Behaviors among Men at Risk for HIV/AIDS - Brief, Clinic-Based, Peer-led Intervention Helps Reduce Subsequent STDs in African American Men
- June 18, 2009 • Science Update
A brief, one-time intervention delivered by a trained peer health advisor was an effective and low-cost method for reducing new infections among young, heterosexual, African American men diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease (STD), according to an NIMH-funded study. Such programs may help reduce STD-related health disparities, which currently affect a disproportionate number of African American men in the United States. The study was published in the April 2009 supplemental issue of the American Journal of Public Health. - Brain Awareness Week Teaches Kids How Their Brains Work
- March 17, 2009 • Press Release
The 10th annual Brain Awareness Week (BAW), a science and health education fair held in various locations across the United States, teaches fifth through eighth grade students about the brain. In Washington, D.C., it will take place March 16-20, 2009, at the National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Several institutes from the National Institutes of Health will provide interactive exhibits and lectures focusing on brain health and neuroscience on March 18th and 19th. - Gene Associated with Social Behavior in Animals Has Similar Effects in Human Males
- September 02, 2008 • Science Update
A gene variant related to the hormone vasopressin appears to be associated with how human males bond with their partners or wives, according to an NIMH-funded study. - Male Veterans Have Double the Suicide Rate of Civilians
- June 12, 2007 • Science Update
Male veterans in the general U.S. population are twice as likely as their civilian peers to die by suicide, a large study shows - Gene Variants Linked to Suicidal Thoughts in Some Men Starting Antidepressant Treatment
- June 07, 2007 • Science Update
Some men who experience suicidal thoughts and behaviors after they first start taking antidepressant medications may be genetically predisposed to do so, according to the latest results from the NIMH-funded Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study - Males with Autism Have Fewer Cells in Brain’s Emotional Memory Hub
- July 26, 2006 • Science Update
Males with autism have fewer cells in a part of the brain that has a key role in emotion and memory, according to NIMH-funded researchers at the University of California, Davis. - NIMH Expands Public Health Education Effort To Reach Latino Men With Depression
- October 07, 2005 • Press Release
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, today is launching a new effort in the Real Men Real Depression campaign — Spanish-language materials to inform the Latino community about depression and to encourage men who are depressed to seek help. - NIMH Launches First Public Health Education Campaign To Reach Men With Depression
- April 01, 2003 • Press Release
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), one of the National Institutes of Health, today announced the launch of the first national campaign to raise awareness that depression is a major public health problem affecting an estimated 6 million men annually.
