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The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD) mourns the passing of our dear friend Senator Pete Domenici.

Constance E. Lieber, who served as President of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, formerly known as the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) from 1989 to 2007, is the recipient of the 2017 Honorary Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health. Mrs. Lieber transformed her family’s experience with mental illness into a lifetime of support for psychiatric research into schizophrenia, depression and other mental illnesses. 

An important discovery has been made at the University of Pittsburgh. It raises the prospect that there may be an entirely new way of relieving major depression in people who repeatedly have failed to respond to existing treatments—people at elevated risk for suicide whose lives are often unrelentingly dark and full of anguish.

The Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health was established in 2014, and is awarded annually to recognize individuals or organizations that are making a profound and lasting impact in advancing the understanding of mental health and improving the lives of people suffering from mental illness.

On Friday, July 28th at the Metropolitan Club New York, the Foundation celebrated 30 years of awarding research grants, honored our Scientific Council, and announced the winners of our annual Klerman & Freedman Prizes, which recognize excep