Registration is filling up fast for our annual reception at the APA Annual Meeting, other upcoming events, member features, what we're following and more!
Catch it all in the March edition of the newsletter here:
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Sleep is essential for recovery, emotional balance, and overall well-being. 💤
In recognition of National Sleep Awareness Week, we’re sharing a reminder that prioritizing sleep is an important part of caring for your mental health.
#SleepAwarenessWeek #MentalHealthAwareness #SleepHealth #Wellbeing
Celebrating the achievements, strength, and resilience of women everywhere. 💜
Happy International Women’s Day! #IWD #InternationalWomensDay
Celebrating the achievements, strength, and resilience of women everywhere. 💜
Happy International Women’s Day!
#IWD #InternationalWomensDay
Stay connected with the latest from the NNDC.
Sign up for the monthly NNDC Newsletter to receive updates on research, events, resources, and news from across our network.
Subscribe today: 🔗 nndc.org/news-nndc/
#NNDC #MentalHealthResearch #BrainHealth #StayConnected
Our friends at Cover My Mental Health are hosting a San Diego Meet Up on March 25! Details below!
RSVP: Email Joe Feldman at joe@covermymentalhealth.com
or 312.961.2099.
Let’s keep building momentum and expanding access—together.
Women’s History Month is an opportunity to recognize the unique mental health challenges women face.
While progress continues through research, innovation, and collaborative care, we honor the women pioneers whose leadership and scientific contributions have shaped the field.💙
Registration is open for the 2026 Best Practice for Mood Disorders in Collaboration with Mayo Clinic, supported by the University of Colorado Anschutz! We're excited about the expanded program and the move to Denver this year!
Learn more + register here:
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Today on Black Mental Wellness Day, we recognize that mental health is health — and that access, representation, and culturally responsive care matter.
Let’s continue the conversation — today and every day. 🧡
Link: www.blackmentalwellness.com
#BlackMentalWellnessDay #BlackMentalHealth #NNDC
Can art help with loneliness? 🎨 New insights from the American Psychiatric Association suggest creative engagement may help foster connection and support mental health.
Read more:
🔗 www.psychiatry.org/News-room/AP...
#MentalHealthAwareness
#MentalWellbeing
#BrainHealth
#EmotionalWellbeing
Understanding bipolar disorder starts with hearing lived experience and science.
Check out this insightful discussion from DBSA:
🌐 www.dbsalliance.org/brainstorm-p...
#NNDC #BipolarDisorder #Education #Support
📣 New podcast episode alert: Learn how everyday emotions can be mistaken for bipolar symptoms — and how to tell the difference. Great resource for people with lived experience and loved ones alike.
Listen now: psychcentral.com/blog/podcast...
#MentalHealthMatters
@psychcentral.bsky.social
Up to 8.4% of women and 2.2% of men will develop an eating disorder in their lifetime.
Learn the signs, risk factors, and how to get support with this resource from The Jed Foundation: jedfoundation.org/resource/und...
#NEDAW #EatingDisorderAwareness #NNDC
Every body belongs. And every person deserves access to compassionate, evidence-based care.
This National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (February 23–March 1), NNDC joins the National Eating Disorders Association in raising awareness about the impact of eating disorders.
Black History Month: Looking at the history of Black mental health
Link: www.wabe.org/new-book-exp...
We love a good story about mental health and dogs! Read how NNDC member @universityoflou.bsky.social is making students' mental health a priority with the help of some four-legged friends!
www.uoflnews.com/post/uofltod...
Registration is open for our annual reception at the APA Annual Meeting, upcoming events and member features! Read the latest in the February newsletter here: conta.cc/4rXyMKT
What happens when clinical experience and research priorities truly intersect? Innovation.
Through NNDC’s Child & Adolescent Mood Disorders Task Group, leaders across disciplines work together to generate solutions that address urgent gaps in care for children and adolescents.🧡
Mental health is for everyone. Period.
No matter your background, identity, or circumstance, you deserve access to compassionate, research-informed mental health care.
We’re working every day to expand access, reduce stigma, and advance care nationwide.
Visit NNDC.org to learn more.
After delivering a Grand Summit keynote that continues to resonate months later, Rob Vallentine, National Mental Health Trainer and the NNDC's Strategic Business Advisor, joins Molly Nolan on Out of the Hourglass. 🧠💙
This Valentine’s Day, we’re reminded that love takes many forms — compassion, connection, and care for ourselves and others.
Wishing you a day filled with connection, kindness, and self-care. 💙
Learn more at nndc.org
#Healing #Resources #selfcare
REGISTRATION IS LIVE 📣
Join us for networking and relationship building opportunities with NNDC Member sites, guests, and staff while you're in town for the APA!
Website Link: nndc.org/apa-reception/
Registration Link: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/jyvgb...
#APA #NetworkReception
Registration is now open for the NNDC reception during the 2026 APA Annual Meeting! We're excited to catch up with members and friends in San Francisco!
Join us on May 16 at 111 Minna Gallery!
Register here:
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Resource Alert! 📣
PTSD treatment works. PTSD Treatment Decision Aid helps you learn about PTSD treatment and compare your options.
Find the right treatment for you:
www.ptsd.va.gov/apps/decisio...
The 2026 Workplace Mental Health Conference is now accepting speaker proposals from experts, innovators, and change-makers like you! Submit by February 27th, 2026.
Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Time: 12:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual
Learn more at www.depressioncenter.org/wmhc
AFSP: Strong Talk with Vic Armstrong 💙
In this Black History Month episode, Vic Armstrong speaks with Shahem McLaurin—a Black, genderqueer therapist and social worker—about mental health disparities in the Black community and the power of collective care.
🎧 Listen here: lnk.to/afsp_strong-...
In honor of Black History Month, NNDC is sharing this upcoming Mental Health America webinar, Finding & Keeping Black Joy, happening February 17 at 2 PM ET.
Learn more and register: mhanational.org/calendar/fin...
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackJoy #MentalHealthAwareness #HealthEquity
@mhanational.org
🏟️ Mind of the Game: Global Sports Psychiatry Summit 2026
📍 UTHealth Houston — March 28, 2026
Let’s spotlight this innovative conference shaping the future of sports psychiatry and athlete mental health.
@uthealthhouston.bsky.social
#mentalhealth #NNDC
Calming down doesn’t have to come with shame or judgment.
🎙️ Inside Bipolar hosts Gabe Howard and Nicole Washington, DO, MPH share compassionate, practical self-calming strategies rooted in real experience.
🔗 Learn more via Psych Central
#BipolarAwareness #mentalhealth #NNDC
We’re excited to share that Bailey Rann, NNDC’s Research and Media Specialist, has received approval for their master’s thesis proposal, titled “The Relationship Between Working Memory and Auditory Rhythm Discrimination Ability: Metric versus Nonmetric Rhythms.”
#NNDC #Leadership #Team
