Department of Mental Health @ BSPH
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The only department of mental health at a public health school in the U.S.
🏫 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
📍Baltimore, MD
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/departments/mental-health
🏫 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
📍Baltimore, MD
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/departments/mental-health
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What is public mental health? #shorts
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We're the world's foremost experts in researching and addressing mental health from a public health perspective. What is public mental Health? @jkbass.bsky.social explains. www.youtube.com/shorts/RccHf...
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Join us for a special session with Dr. Bibhav Acharya (UCSF) sharing evidence on a family-centered approach that engages key household members to reduce violence and support women’s mental health in homes affected by intimate partner violence.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Join us for a special session with Dr. Bibhav Acharya (UCSF) sharing evidence on a family-centered approach that engages key household members to reduce violence and support women’s mental health in homes affected by intimate partner violence.
@bibhav.bsky.social
Register: lnkd.in/eFvzVqg7
@bibhav.bsky.social
Register: lnkd.in/eFvzVqg7
DMH Associate Professor Johannes Thrul provides some important context to the New York Times around a new study that links smoking weed to drinking less.
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Smoking Weed Could Lead to Less Drinking, New Study Suggests
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November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
DMH Associate Professor Johannes Thrul provides some important context to the New York Times around a new study that links smoking weed to drinking less.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
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Updated research unravels claims about alcohol’s potential health benefits and links drinking at any amount with increased cancer risk.
@drjthrul.bsky.social shares how these findings can help people make their own decisions about drinking.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/977-the-heal...
@drjthrul.bsky.social shares how these findings can help people make their own decisions about drinking.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/977-the-heal...
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Updated research unravels claims about alcohol’s potential health benefits and links drinking at any amount with increased cancer risk.
@drjthrul.bsky.social shares how these findings can help people make their own decisions about drinking.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/977-the-heal...
@drjthrul.bsky.social shares how these findings can help people make their own decisions about drinking.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/977-the-heal...
MHS student Pamela Osseyi is passionate about centering community, in and out of the classroom. In our new Student Spotlight, learn about Pamela's MHS experience, including her favorite classes, her internships, and how living in Baltimore keeps her inspired: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/student...
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
MHS student Pamela Osseyi is passionate about centering community, in and out of the classroom. In our new Student Spotlight, learn about Pamela's MHS experience, including her favorite classes, her internships, and how living in Baltimore keeps her inspired: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/student...
Congratulations to DMH Chair Pamela Collins for being awarded the Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Field of Mental Health at APHA 2025!
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Congratulations to DMH Chair Pamela Collins for being awarded the Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Field of Mental Health at APHA 2025!
What is the connection between autism and the gut microbiome? Asst. Professor Calliope Holingue speaks with PBS Be Smart about the digestive differences experienced by people with autism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ya...
Why Everyone Suddenly Has Autism (It’s Not What You Think)
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October 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
What is the connection between autism and the gut microbiome? Asst. Professor Calliope Holingue speaks with PBS Be Smart about the digestive differences experienced by people with autism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ya...
“They are seeing these behaviors posted online, and they’re not able to understand that it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s normal."
Asst. Research Professor Laura Clary speaks to Honolulu Civil Beat about viral bullying videos in schools: bit.ly/4hALRpl
Asst. Research Professor Laura Clary speaks to Honolulu Civil Beat about viral bullying videos in schools: bit.ly/4hALRpl
Bullying In Hawaiʻi Schools: Is Social Media Making It Worse?
Social media is amplifying conflicts and normalizing bad behavior as teens film fights and post them online to draw hundreds of views and comments.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“They are seeing these behaviors posted online, and they’re not able to understand that it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s normal."
Asst. Research Professor Laura Clary speaks to Honolulu Civil Beat about viral bullying videos in schools: bit.ly/4hALRpl
Asst. Research Professor Laura Clary speaks to Honolulu Civil Beat about viral bullying videos in schools: bit.ly/4hALRpl
Meet online MHS student Dylan Schouppe! Dylan is pursuing the program from Alaska, but the distance hasn't stopped him from networking, connecting with classmates, and collaborating with faculty mentors. Learn more about his MHS experience: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/student...
October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Meet online MHS student Dylan Schouppe! Dylan is pursuing the program from Alaska, but the distance hasn't stopped him from networking, connecting with classmates, and collaborating with faculty mentors. Learn more about his MHS experience: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/student...
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As evidence linking increased screen time with poor mental health mounts, schools and parents alike are scrambling to create guardrails.
At the same time, legislators are pursuing new efforts to regulate children’s access to unfettered and constant digital content.
At the same time, legislators are pursuing new efforts to regulate children’s access to unfettered and constant digital content.
Mental Health in the Scroll Age | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine
What is digital life doing to young minds?
magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu
October 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
As evidence linking increased screen time with poor mental health mounts, schools and parents alike are scrambling to create guardrails.
At the same time, legislators are pursuing new efforts to regulate children’s access to unfettered and constant digital content.
At the same time, legislators are pursuing new efforts to regulate children’s access to unfettered and constant digital content.
Today is World Mental Health Day. This year, we reflect on the impact that emergencies and catastrophes have on mental health. From climate change to conflict, learn more about our long history of supporting populations in crisis (thread):
1. Climate Change's Psychological Impact: bit.ly/3IOPFGJ
1. Climate Change's Psychological Impact: bit.ly/3IOPFGJ
October 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Today is World Mental Health Day. This year, we reflect on the impact that emergencies and catastrophes have on mental health. From climate change to conflict, learn more about our long history of supporting populations in crisis (thread):
1. Climate Change's Psychological Impact: bit.ly/3IOPFGJ
1. Climate Change's Psychological Impact: bit.ly/3IOPFGJ
DMH faculty shared their mental health expertise with hundreds of leaders across public health last week at the 2025 Bloomberg American Health Summit. Sarah Murray and Tamar Mendelson discussed restorative practices in schools. Watch their session: bit.ly/3IKFLpA
October 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
DMH faculty shared their mental health expertise with hundreds of leaders across public health last week at the 2025 Bloomberg American Health Summit. Sarah Murray and Tamar Mendelson discussed restorative practices in schools. Watch their session: bit.ly/3IKFLpA
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This week’s #StudentSpotlight features PhD student Leslie Carson! She shares her educational journey, her dissertation plans, and her favorite ice cream places in Baltimore.
Check out her feature at our website: bit.ly/4mFSkAj 💬📊📢
Check out her feature at our website: bit.ly/4mFSkAj 💬📊📢
October 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This week’s #StudentSpotlight features PhD student Leslie Carson! She shares her educational journey, her dissertation plans, and her favorite ice cream places in Baltimore.
Check out her feature at our website: bit.ly/4mFSkAj 💬📊📢
Check out her feature at our website: bit.ly/4mFSkAj 💬📊📢
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How do ICE detention centers provide mental health care?
Doctors Solomiya Tsymbalyuk and Katherine Peeler discuss the challenges of treating individuals in ICE custody and why protocols are becoming more difficult to follow.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/955-mental-h...
Doctors Solomiya Tsymbalyuk and Katherine Peeler discuss the challenges of treating individuals in ICE custody and why protocols are becoming more difficult to follow.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/955-mental-h...
October 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
How do ICE detention centers provide mental health care?
Doctors Solomiya Tsymbalyuk and Katherine Peeler discuss the challenges of treating individuals in ICE custody and why protocols are becoming more difficult to follow.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/955-mental-h...
Doctors Solomiya Tsymbalyuk and Katherine Peeler discuss the challenges of treating individuals in ICE custody and why protocols are becoming more difficult to follow.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/955-mental-h...
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September is National Suicide Prevention Month.
Walker R. Tisdale III, @jhu.edu's Director of Outreach for Suicide Prevention Initiatives, discusses how to help loved ones who are struggling with suicidal thoughts.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/954-preventi...
Walker R. Tisdale III, @jhu.edu's Director of Outreach for Suicide Prevention Initiatives, discusses how to help loved ones who are struggling with suicidal thoughts.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/954-preventi...
September 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
September is National Suicide Prevention Month.
Walker R. Tisdale III, @jhu.edu's Director of Outreach for Suicide Prevention Initiatives, discusses how to help loved ones who are struggling with suicidal thoughts.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/954-preventi...
Walker R. Tisdale III, @jhu.edu's Director of Outreach for Suicide Prevention Initiatives, discusses how to help loved ones who are struggling with suicidal thoughts.
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/954-preventi...
Interested in a program at the Bloomberg School of Public Health? Join us at one of our upcoming Open Houses!
🏫 On-Campus Open House: Oct 10, 12:30–4:30 p.m. ET
💻 Virtual Open House: Oct 24, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
Register and learn more about the agenda: publichealth.jhu.edu/offices-and-...
🏫 On-Campus Open House: Oct 10, 12:30–4:30 p.m. ET
💻 Virtual Open House: Oct 24, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
Register and learn more about the agenda: publichealth.jhu.edu/offices-and-...
Open House Agenda | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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September 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Interested in a program at the Bloomberg School of Public Health? Join us at one of our upcoming Open Houses!
🏫 On-Campus Open House: Oct 10, 12:30–4:30 p.m. ET
💻 Virtual Open House: Oct 24, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
Register and learn more about the agenda: publichealth.jhu.edu/offices-and-...
🏫 On-Campus Open House: Oct 10, 12:30–4:30 p.m. ET
💻 Virtual Open House: Oct 24, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
Register and learn more about the agenda: publichealth.jhu.edu/offices-and-...
Last week we were thrilled to kick off the 2025-2026 academic year by welcoming our new MHS and PhD students to the Department of Mental Health! Faculty, staff, and students gathered at New Student Orientation to get to know each other and celebrate the exciting year ahead.
August 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Last week we were thrilled to kick off the 2025-2026 academic year by welcoming our new MHS and PhD students to the Department of Mental Health! Faculty, staff, and students gathered at New Student Orientation to get to know each other and celebrate the exciting year ahead.
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Roughly 1 in 5 Americans will experience a mood disorder at some point in life. But no two cases look the same. Peter Zandi and his team are researching ways to predict the most effective individual treatments using real-world data.
magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/frontli...
magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/frontli...
Frontline Research, Real Progress | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine
From job sites to city streets, courtrooms to EHRs, five stories show public health’s reach and impact.
magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu
August 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Roughly 1 in 5 Americans will experience a mood disorder at some point in life. But no two cases look the same. Peter Zandi and his team are researching ways to predict the most effective individual treatments using real-world data.
magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/frontli...
magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/frontli...
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Recent Gallup poll numbers on drinking in America show historic lows. I spoke with @nytimes.com about potential reasons incl changes in social norms, harm perceptions, and cannabis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/w...
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U.S. Drinking Drops to New Low, Poll Finds
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August 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Recent Gallup poll numbers on drinking in America show historic lows. I spoke with @nytimes.com about potential reasons incl changes in social norms, harm perceptions, and cannabis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/w...
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @dmh-bsph.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/w...
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @dmh-bsph.bsky.social
A new commentary co-authored by DMH PhD student Kyle Moon and Associate Professor Sabriya Linton explores persistent barriers to housing, the impacts of criminalizing homelessness (especially on mental health and substance abuse), and promising structural solutions. bit.ly/46YPh29
Criminalization And Forced Treatment Undermine Real Solutions To Homelessness | Health Affairs Forefront
Instead of confronting the structural forces that create and sustain homelessness, these strategies shift responsibility onto those most harmed by the policy failures that perpetuate this crisis.
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August 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A new commentary co-authored by DMH PhD student Kyle Moon and Associate Professor Sabriya Linton explores persistent barriers to housing, the impacts of criminalizing homelessness (especially on mental health and substance abuse), and promising structural solutions. bit.ly/46YPh29
"If a [suicide] attempt can be thwarted or is non-lethal, they have a very good chance not just of surviving that day, but of continuing to survive."
Paul Nestadt speaks with WMAR Baltimore about suicide prevention measures in places like parking garages that can save lives. bit.ly/3Hb8Ycn
Paul Nestadt speaks with WMAR Baltimore about suicide prevention measures in places like parking garages that can save lives. bit.ly/3Hb8Ycn
Saving lives at the Bel Air Parking Garage
In Bel Air, a town of around 10,500 people, two people have died by suicide at the Bel Air Parking Garage since the start of the year.
www.wmar2news.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"If a [suicide] attempt can be thwarted or is non-lethal, they have a very good chance not just of surviving that day, but of continuing to survive."
Paul Nestadt speaks with WMAR Baltimore about suicide prevention measures in places like parking garages that can save lives. bit.ly/3Hb8Ycn
Paul Nestadt speaks with WMAR Baltimore about suicide prevention measures in places like parking garages that can save lives. bit.ly/3Hb8Ycn
“There are some unsheltered folks who initiate [drug use] because of the trauma while being in a shelter. But then you have those who were actively using at the time they became homeless." Assoc. Professor Sabriya Linton explains the impacts of homelessness on the unhoused in Bmore. bit.ly/4lJBQrm
‘It’s easier out here’: Despite extreme temperatures, unhoused Baltimoreans often seek comfort, familiarity in anything but a shelter
As the sweltering summer heat reaches unbearable temperatures, Baltimore’s unhoused population is in crisis. Those experiencing homelessness sprawl out in the shade — if any is available — while at ri...
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July 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“There are some unsheltered folks who initiate [drug use] because of the trauma while being in a shelter. But then you have those who were actively using at the time they became homeless." Assoc. Professor Sabriya Linton explains the impacts of homelessness on the unhoused in Bmore. bit.ly/4lJBQrm
“How can we figure out the heterogeneity of illness and provide the right intervention to the right individuals at the right time?” Learn how Peter Zandi and team are harnessing EHR data and large language models to predict the most effective treatments for mood disorders. bit.ly/40jk3ym
Frontline Research, Real Progress | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine
From job sites to city streets, courtrooms to EHRs, five stories show public health’s reach and impact.
magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu
June 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“How can we figure out the heterogeneity of illness and provide the right intervention to the right individuals at the right time?” Learn how Peter Zandi and team are harnessing EHR data and large language models to predict the most effective treatments for mood disorders. bit.ly/40jk3ym
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Is good sleep the key to health aging? Adam Spira explains in today's @jhu-epibiostatsi.bsky.social seminar.
June 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Is good sleep the key to health aging? Adam Spira explains in today's @jhu-epibiostatsi.bsky.social seminar.
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Paul Bolton critiques the narrow focus of anti-stigma efforts on depression/anxiety, urging inclusion of psychosis—still marginalized in public discourse. A vital reminder to expand mental health narratives toward true equity.
🔗 www.statnews.com/2025/06/03/m...
#Psychosis #StigmaReduction
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#Psychosis #StigmaReduction
The two very different types of mental health stigma
Psychosis and depression carry very different types of stigma, and acknowledging that is crucial to advocacy campaigns.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Paul Bolton critiques the narrow focus of anti-stigma efforts on depression/anxiety, urging inclusion of psychosis—still marginalized in public discourse. A vital reminder to expand mental health narratives toward true equity.
🔗 www.statnews.com/2025/06/03/m...
#Psychosis #StigmaReduction
🔗 www.statnews.com/2025/06/03/m...
#Psychosis #StigmaReduction
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How much do you know about public mental health?
Lindsey Webb, assistant research professor in the Department of Mental Health, answers rapid-fire yes or no questions to shed light on public mental health.
Lindsey Webb, assistant research professor in the Department of Mental Health, answers rapid-fire yes or no questions to shed light on public mental health.
May 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
How much do you know about public mental health?
Lindsey Webb, assistant research professor in the Department of Mental Health, answers rapid-fire yes or no questions to shed light on public mental health.
Lindsey Webb, assistant research professor in the Department of Mental Health, answers rapid-fire yes or no questions to shed light on public mental health.