Johns Hopkins Center for Global Mental Health
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Johns Hopkins Center for Global Mental Health
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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
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We’re hosting the US launch of the 2nd Lancet Commission on #adolescent health and wellbeing!
Fabulous panel of youth discuss authentic #youthengagement: Build infrastructure for engagement; Grow youth capacity; Equip youth to contribute in research and policy.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Join us A Call to Action for Youth Mental Health!
Oct 27–28 | Hybrid | Washington, D.C., USA

Session Spotlight: Megatrends and Youth Mental Health

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October 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Join us A Call to Action for Youth Mental Health!
Oct 27–28 | Hybrid | Washington, D.C., USA

Session Spotlight: Setting the Stage for a Focus on Adolescent Mental Health Action: Implications and Opportunities of the Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing

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October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Join us for the U.S. launch of the 2nd #LancetCommission on Adolescent Health! 🌍💬
Oct 27–28 | Hybrid
Youth-led panel: From Evidence to Action — Centering Youth Voices in Mental Health Policy, Practice, and Research
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#YouthMentalHealth #GlobalHealth #MentalHealthMatters
October 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Join us Oct 27–28 for the U.S. launch of the Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health & Wellbeing.

Session: What’s the Situation? What Youth Need to Thrive?

The session will highlight insights from GEAS & GAGE on the mental health needs of youth throughout adolescence.

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October 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Join us for the U.S. launch of the Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health & Wellbeing—starting with a powerful panel on what the data says and where we go next.

📅 October 27 - 28, 2025
📍 Hybrid Event

#YouthMentalHealth #LancetCommission #PublicHealth #MentalHealthAction
October 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A Call to Action for Youth Mental Health! Join us Oct 27–28 in DC (or on Zoom) for the U.S. launch of The Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health & Wellbeing.

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#YouthMentalHealth #GlobalHealth #AdolescentHealth #LancetCommission #JohnsHopkins #MentalHealthMatters
October 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Shoshanna Fine, PhD, MPH leads a global study on how gender norms impact teen mental health. With teams in Chile, DRC & Indonesia, early findings show boys face pressure to hide emotion & girls risk stigma for vulnerability. Funded by NIMH. Read more: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/develop...
Developing and Testing a Cross-Cultural Measure of Gender Norms and Mental Health in Adolescence | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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June 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Meet our Faculty: Kathryn Falb, ScD, MHS, uses collaborative research to prevent violence against women, children, and marginalized groups, and to promote mental health in humanitarian settings. Before returning to academia, she was an embedded researcher in a global humanitarian organization.
June 6, 2025 at 1:50 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.

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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
Meet our Faculty: Stephanie A. Skavenski, MPH, MSW is a global leader in scaling evidence-based mental health care in low-resource settings. She’s trained and implemented interventions in 20+ countries, and co-developed CETA, CETA Short, & CETA-BI. Stephanie is also a TF-CBT trainer.
June 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Meet our Faculty: Anna Garriott, MHS, MSW, is a licensed social worker focused on global mental health, program evaluation, and integrating evidence-based care into low-resource health systems. #MentalHealth #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth
May 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Adolescent health is at a tipping point, threatened by climate change, conflict, and an increase in mental health disorders. DMH Chair Pamela Collins and PhD candidate Tina Mensa-Kwao discuss the power of investing in young people and youth participation in research and policy: bit.ly/3Fr1G3d
BSPH Faculty and Doctoral Candidate Serve on Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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May 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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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...
What is public mental health? #shorts
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February 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Meet our Faculty: Cecilia Dedios, PhD, MA, LP, is a social & cultural psychologist and an assistant research professor in Mental Health. With expertise in participatory, mixed-method interventions, she studies how poverty, violence & political conflict shape youth mental health in LMICs.
May 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Doctoral candidate Augustina Mensa-Kwao will be speaking at the launch of A Call to Action: The Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing—a landmark report driving forward the adolescent health agenda. Tune in at 12pm ET: adolescentsourfuture.com/global-launc...
#AdolescentHealth
May 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Meet our Faculty: Mansurat Raji, MPH is a Research Associate with over 10 years of experience in global health care and research. Her work spans adolescent well-being, HIV & mental health, and innovative task-shifting—bridging research and practice for lasting impact in underserved communities.
May 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Meet our Faculty: Zhiqing (Albert) Zhou, PhD, MA, is an associate Professor in Mental Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He studies how workplace experiences shape mental health, well-being, and work-life balance.
May 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Laura Murray, senior scientist in DMH, speaks to Audacy Conversation about the state of mental health today, including improvements in stigma reduction, the prevalence of mental health disorders, trends in service utilization, and more. Listen here: www.audacy.com/podcast/bay-...
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May 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Meet our Faculty: Molly E. Lasater, PhD, MPH, is a mixed methods researcher in International Health. She studies mental health and wellbeing in communities facing violence, migration, displacement, and climate change. #GlobalHealth #MentalHealth
May 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Since 1949, May has been recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month. This year's theme is "Turn Awareness into Action." Whether you’re sharing resources, supporting loved ones, or advocating for your community, every action counts.
This May, what are you doing to turn awareness into action?
May 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Meet our faculty: Kristie Metz, PhD, MA is a licensed clinical psychologist & expert in development/adaptation, effectiveness testing, and dissemination of evidence-based practices globally to underserved populations. She loves collaborating with global colleagues to make a difference.
April 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Meet our Faculty: Scott Hubbard is a longtime mental health researcher at Johns Hopkins since 1984. His research has focused on boosting school success by strengthening family-school ties. Additionally, Scott supports our Center and Department grant applications and is a published writer.
April 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Meet our faculty: Christopher Kemp (Ngāi Tahu), PhD, MPH is an implementation scientist focused on Indigenous health, mental health, HIV, and substance use. He works to strengthen health systems and supporting communities to deliver services that are responsive to local contexts and priorities.
April 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM