| Today's Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
| Awards Available To Better Understand Women's Mental Health |
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be funding two separate research projects to understand the mental health of women. The first grant opportunity, Women's Mental Health in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period, will grant a maximum of $200,000 to an applicant. The applicant may request up to a total of $250,000 over two years. It is undecided the total amount of funding available. Projects should be focused on researching perinatal mood in four separate areas: clinical course, epidemiology and risk factors; basic and clinical neuroscience; interventions; and services. The next grant available, Women's Mental Health and Sex/Gender Differences Research, will award lifespan research to pinpoint difference between men and women. “There are difference in both the prevalence and clinical course of mental disorders between men and women. Starting in childhood, girls have higher rates of anxiety disorders than boys. Boys have higher rates of autism and attention deficit disorder. After puberty, women have higher rates than men of depression, eating disorders and anxiety disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Men are more likely to suffer from substance abuse disorder,” said NIH. “This pattern of disparities in the epidemiology of mental disorders in males and females provides indirect evidence of genetic, hormonal, biological, social, cultural and developmental factors in etiology and coursed,” the agency said. NIH plans to add more disorders to the known list with funding, “to increase the understanding of the significance of sex/gender difference in mental health outcomes and to assess their significance for mental health prevention, treatment and services.” Both grants will determine the total awards based upon the amount and quality of applicants. Deadline for submission is May 7, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://nih.gov. |
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