Advancing mental health research while supporting junior faculty in Texas

Tenure-track assistant professors in Texas have a window of opportunity through 1 p.m. January 12 to apply for mental health research grants from the Hogg Foundation. This initiative enables the foundation to support the research of as many as 10 junior faculty at...

A Texas Veteran on a Mission: Reverend Dr. Robert M. Gilmore, Sr.

You’ve probably heard that the war is over in Iraq and our troops are home! Whether you believe the war was a victory for our country or supported the effort, it is time for us, as Americans, to open our arms wide and welcome our military personnel home. I had the...

Has Olmstead Made a Difference?

The National Disability Rights Network has just released a report, Keeping the Promise: True Community Integration and the Need for Monitoring and Advocacy. This report summarizes two community monitoring projects that followed individuals leaving large institutions...

New Public Opinion Polls on Health Care Reform

The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll is out for November 2011 with a summary of public opinion on health care reform. The much-politicized Affordable Care Act (ACA) was recently accepted by the Supreme Court for review and will likely go before the court in  spring 2012....

Mental Wellness: Beating the Holiday Blues

As Andy Williams sang in his 1963 hit, December can be “the most wonderful time of the year!” But for some, it feels like anything but wonderful. This phenomenon, called the “holiday blues,” is more common than many of us realize. Here are some interesting facts and...