We are pleased to present you with the 2020 Leading Research Achievements by BBRF Grantees, Prizewinners & Scientific Council Members.

Q&A with Rachel Klein, Ph.D.

Fascitelli Family Professor Emerita of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

BBRF Scientific Council Member

One in five people has a diagnosable mental health disorder, but often fear and shame prevent people from seeking help. Often people are afraid to talk about mental health because there are many misconceptions about mental illnesses.

Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed nationally in the month of May since 1949.  It was created by Mental Health America to educate Americans about mental illness and mental health.

"A research career is all about a path. And for me, the path really started with BBRF.”

We are pleased to present you with the 2019 Leading Research Achievements by BBRF Grantees, Prizewinners & Scientific Council Members.

Q&A with Judge Steven Leifman, Associate Administrative Judge, Miami-Dade County Court-Criminal Division, Florida, 2018 BBRF Pardes Humanitarian Prizewinner in Mental Health, and 2012 BBRF Productive Lives Awardwinner.

This past October, our International Mental Health Research Symposium took place in New York City.

We are pleased to present you with the Top Advancements & Breakthroughs by Foundation Grantees, Prizewinners and Scientific Council members in 2018. They are presented in the order of their publication in scientific journals.

Miami, Florida is famous for its sun, sand and sea. Less commonly known is the fact that it hosts the highest percentage of people with a mental illness of any urban area in the U.S.—three times the national average, to be exact.