Research on COVID’s impacts indicates how the pandemic is affecting families and child mental health, as well as how racial and socioeconomic factors can exacerbate risk and pose obstacles to care for those who are underserved by the healthcare system.
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In-depth discussion summarizing some of the most important findings to date about the possibility of using psychedelic compounds to treat individuals with psychiatric illness. We feature comments from experts in the field (several of them members of BBRF’s Scientific Council), who have been generally supportive, but careful, stressing what is known and what remains unknown about psychedelic-assisted psychiatric treatments. They have raised important questions about who should and should not be considered a candidate for such therapy and about the optimal conditions in which psychedelics should be administered.
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View all of the presentations from our 2020 International Mental Health Research Virtual Symposium including Dr. Myrna M. Weissman, Ph.D.'s Keynote Presentation and research updates from our Outstanding Achievement Prizewinners.
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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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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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