Tim Beck’s Final Brainstorms
Recalling their near-weekly conversations over the two-and-a-half years before mental health pioneer Aaron T. Beck’s death at age 100, the author—possible biographer, irritating interviewer, admiring friend—bears witness to the founder of cognitive therapy’s ceaseless quest to live a “rich full life.”
Anxiety Sisterhood
Abbe Greenberg C’88 and Maggie Sarachek C’89 are the Anxiety Sisters.
Wellness Warriors
In response to a rash of suicides in recent years, Penn students have fought to take charge of their own mental health, creating new peer-to-peer counseling groups and collaborating more closely with the administration on wellness initiatives. Is it enough to combat the pandemic stresses, burnout, and social isolation that afflict “the loneliest generation”?
Staying Active
Alison Malmon C’03 and Steve Lerman W’69 share mental-health advocacy.
Taking Care
Chief Wellness Officer Benoit Dubé GM’01.
Rush on the Mind
A focus on mental illness was a constant throughout the multi-faceted career of Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, prolific writer, longtime Penn faculty member, and the most prominent—and controversial—physician of his day.
A #MeToo Moment for PTSD
Prolonged exposure therapy can help sexual assault victims.
Confronting Denial
The four Gormans are all Penn alumni and all involved professionally in the mental-health field. In a new book, two of them—daughter Sara and father Jack—take a careful look at the psychological factors driving science denialism and how to counter them. Hint: more data isn’t the answer.
Of Beneficent Buildings and Bedside Manners
Thomas S. Kirkbride M1832 wrote the book—literally—on the housing and treatment of the mentally ill in the 19th century.
Restoring Health To—and Through—a Venerable Institution
Bob Kreider G’77 L’80 helps the non-profit Devereaux help others.
Rush’s Remedies
Two centuries after its publication, Founding Father and early Penn faculty member Benjamin Rush’s pioneering work on mental illness prompts alarm and admiration—as well as reminders about ongoing challenges in the mental-health field.
Architecture of Madness
Chris Payne GAr’96’s photographs evoke the vanished world of state mental hospitals, where inmates could be both “mad and safe.”
Active Minds for Mental Health
Alison Malmon C’03
Youth, Interrupted
The Adolescent Mental Health Initiative is a major, Penn-led effort to address what one expert calls the “chronic diseases of the young.”
Research Briefs
Research briefs
Crazy or Evil?
Seung-Hui Cho was evil, not crazy.
Gene Detective
ene detective Daniel Weinberger M’73
Connecting Mind and Spirit
New center explores mind, spirituality, and health
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream—and Remember
It’s true: A good night’s sleep improves performance
Drug-Free Depression Relief
New depression treatment uses magnetic energy
Low Self Image? Avoid Mirrors, Watch TV
Connection found between TV watching and self-image.
Shelter from the Storm
Sheltering the homeless—and saving money