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Family resilience can help protect children from climate change

September 24, 2026 • Mental Health and Wellness, Social Work

As climate change brings more extreme weather events, strengthening families...
Ryan Lindsay

WashU Expert: Everyone has a role in suicide prevention

September 17, 2026 • Mental Health and Wellness

During Suicide Prevention Month this September, WashU expert Ryan Lindsay is emphasizing...
Christi Lero

Doctoral candidate earns NIH award to study ALS caregiver well-being

September 14, 2026 • Mental Health and Wellness, Students

Christi M. Lero, a doctoral candidate in social work at...
Phone screen showing 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline keypad, indicating a crisis hotline access on a mobile device

As 988 transformed crisis care, counselors balanced new rules with professional judgment

September 9, 2026 • Mental Health and Wellness

When the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline launched nationwide in...
Jordan P Davis

Davis wins APA award for addiction research

September 8, 2026 • Mental Health and Wellness

Jordan P. Davis, a professor at the WashU Brown School,...
Paz Galupo

Galupo’s LGBTQ+ mental health book honored with APA Distinguished Book Award

August 31, 2026 • Mental Health and Wellness

A book co-edited by Paz Galupo was selected as the...
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Brown School welcomes three new faculty members for 2026-27 academic year

August 13, 2026 • Health Equity and Justice, Mental Health and Wellness, Social Work

The Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis will...
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PhD student leads publication of study on housing experiences of transgender older adults

July 29, 2026 • Health Equity and Justice, Mental Health and Wellness, Students

Hilary Thibodeau, a social work doctoral student at the Brown...
Phillip Marotta

Marotta co-develops course to train pharmacy professionals for overdose prevention roles

April 10, 2026 • Mental Health and Wellness

Phillip Marotta, an assistant professor at the Brown School at...

New funding expands Brown School–linked suicide prevention initiative in Missouri schools

April 7, 2026 • Education and Youth Development, Mental Health and Wellness, Social Work

A suicide prevention initiative that began at the Brown School...
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Edmond installed as William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor

March 11, 2026 • Health Equity and Justice, Mental Health and Wellness

Tonya Edmond, a professor at the WashU Brown School, has...

Jonson-Reid, Drake co-author new book on child welfare systems

January 20, 2026 • Mental Health and Wellness, Policy and Systems Change

Melissa Jonson-Reid, the Ralph & Muriel Pumphrey Professor of Social...