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NYU Silver and Steinhardt Awarded NIMH Grant to Study a System of Care for Black Youth at Risk for Suicide

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Natalie Green, MSW ’23 Awarded Student Writing Scholarship

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Student News

PhD Candidate Cliff Whetung Awarded NIH Grant to Study Cognitive Inequities in Indigenous Older Adults

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Focus on our NYCC4H team as they distributed fentanyl test strips and demonstrated how to use them in the South Bronx.

Dr. Deborah K. Padgett argues that New York City needs a right to housing rather than the current right to shelter.

Dean Michael A. Lindsey says data showing suicide rates rose from 2020 to 2021 reflect a demand for more mental health professionals.

Dean Michael A. Lindsey discusses the mental health of Black men and the need to bring more people of color into the social work profession.

Dean Lindsey Michael A. Lindsey addresses the rising rates of suicide behaviors among Black girls.

Dean Michael A. Lindsey shares his research on rising suicide behaviors among Black youth, and among Black girls in particular.

Dean Michael A. Lindsey explains that school personnel tend to misdiagnose and punish students of color for behaviors that often mask depression, trauma, or anxiety.

Dean Michael A. Lindsey discusses the suicide crisis among Black youth.

Dr. Jerome Wakefield warns that addition of Prolonged Grief Disorder to the DSM is pathologizing grief.

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