Katie Lewis, PhD, has been awarded the prestigious Robert S. Wallerstein Fellowship to investigate how daily interpersonal interactions influence suicidal thoughts and urges. Her research aims to identify pathways leading to heightened risk for suicide through analysis of personal historical details and daily interactions.
The Austen Riggs Center has received a major grant from the John Leopold Weil and Geraldine Rickard Weil Memorial Charitable Foundation to support its Human Development Initiative. The initiative aims to provide community-based preventive care for infant, child, and family mental health in Berkshire County.
The Austen Riggs Center is launching an MRI-based characterization program to explore complex psychiatric disorders and develop better characterizations. This project builds upon recent developments in mental health research, including the Human Connectome Project and the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Matrix.