All Posts: mental health

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‘Facebook Whistleblower’ Joins Georgetown Mental Health Experts to Discuss Social Media’s Impact on Adolescent Mental Health

WASHINGTON (February 1, 2022) — Child and adolescent mental health experts from the Georgetown University Medical Center will participate in a conversation with Frances, …

February 1, 2022

GUMC Stories

NHS Chair Co-Edits Journal Issue Focused on Social Determinants of Health and Mental Health

February 21, 2021

GUMC Stories

Helping Future Caretakers Take Care of Themselves

(March 15, 2019) — When Simoné Jalon [SIM-oh-nay JAH-lahn], PsyD, discovered that Georgetown University was seeking a psychologist to work at the School of Medicine, she…

March 15, 2019

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Back to School: Good Mental Health Homework

Alfiee M. Breland-Noble, PhD, MHSc, director of the AAKOMA Project and adjunct associate professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center, says there are a few…

August 29, 2018

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Indoor Tanning Dependency Common in Young Women, Especially in Those With Depression

A survey of young, white women who have used indoor tanning at least once in the past year showed that more than one in five of them have signs of being addicted to the high dose…

September 19, 2017