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2020 Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health Honors Global Advocates for the Poor and Children with Psychiatric Illness

Efforts by 2020 Pardes Prize honorees – Dr. Myrna Weissman, Sir Michael Rutter, and Dr. E. Fuller Torrey -- have had a profound impact on improving the lives of people with mental illness.

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The 2020 International Mental Health Research Virtual Symposium

Eight winners of 2020 BBRF Outstanding Achievement Prizes discuss their research. Highlights of BBRF’s 2020 International Mental Health Virtual Symposium.

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2020 Leading Research Achievements

We are pleased to present you with the 2020 Leading Research Achievements by BBRF Grantees, Prizewinners & Scientific Council Members.

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Advice for Parenting Young Children in a Time of Pandemic

Q&A with Rachel Klein, Ph.D.

Fascitelli Family Professor Emerita of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

BBRF Scientific Council Member

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Top Myths about Mental Illness with Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein

One in five people has a diagnosable mental health disorder, but often fear and shame prevent people from seeking help. Often people are afraid to talk about mental health because there are many misconceptions about mental illnesses.

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May is Mental Health Month – How are you doing?

Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed nationally in the month of May since 1949.  It was created by Mental Health America to educate Americans about mental illness and mental health.

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How Early BBRF Grants Helped Place Two Young Investigators on the Path to Major Career Success

"A research career is all about a path. And for me, the path really started with BBRF.”

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2019 Leading Research Achievements

We are pleased to present you with the 2019 Leading Research Achievements by BBRF Grantees, Prizewinners & Scientific Council Members.

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A Novel Way to Help People in Prisons and Jails with Severe Mental Illness

Q&A with Judge Steven Leifman, Associate Administrative Judge, Miami-Dade County Court-Criminal Division, Florida, 2018 BBRF Pardes Humanitarian Prizewinner in Mental Health, and 2012 BBRF Productive Lives Awardwinner.

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2018 International Mental Health Research Symposium Videos

This past October, our International Mental Health Research Symposium took place in New York City.

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