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Resilience Peer Network to supplement student mental health services

The Resilience Peer Network, a peer-to-peer counseling service, will be implemented in the spring to supplement Counseling and Psychological Services.
The Resilience Peer Network, a peer-to-peer counseling service, will be implemented in the spring to supplement Counseling and Psychological Services.
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The UCLA Student Affairs office and UCLA Campus and Student Resilience are partnering with the Depression Grand Challenge to provide students with peer-to-peer counseling outside of a clinical setting. UCLA psychologists will train student volunteers in active listening and suicide prevention, among other skills.

Source: Resilience Peer Network to supplement student mental health services Daily Bruin, 19 Jan. 2016

Additional coverage of the Depression Grand Challenge on campus:

All of Us town hall encourages wider discourse on mental health issues UCLA Newsroom, 27 Jan. 2016

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Long-term effectiveness of family-level intervention for U.S.military children, families affected by wartime deployments

Research led by Dr. Patricia Lester (Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior) found that family-level preventive intervention can lead to improved behavioral health outcomes for military families affected by wartime deployment. The deployed parent, home-based parent and their children report results that highlight significant reductions in anxiety and depression symptoms after intervention.

Read more at Science Daily

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Electroconvulsive therapy changes key areas of the brain that play roles in memory and emotion

A new study by Katherine Narr (Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior) reveals that electrconvulsive therapy provides changes in certain areas of the brain that play a role in how people feel, learn and respond to environmental factors. This work may help the Depression Grand Challenge reach its goals of finding new and novel ways to treat depression.

Read more at UCLA Newsroom

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