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The changing landscape of youth suicide and suicidal behavior: An examination of racial differences and risk factors

October 8, 2021

2021-2022 Kessler-Freedheim Lecture Presented in person & via Zoom webinar Featuring Dr. Arielle Sheftall Suicide Prevention & Research Center Nationwide Children's Hospital WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2021 11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. FREE & OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY Youth suicide and suicidal behavior have increased over the past decade and suicide is still the second leading cause of...

What is passive suicidal ideation?

September 20, 2021

Refinery 29: James Overholser, a professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed passive suicidal ideation, which is characterised by thinking about dying or a desire to be dead, without actively making a specific plan to carry out those thoughts. “A combination...

Grover C. Gilmore retires after 20 years as Mandel School dean and 46 years at CWRU

June 29, 2021

When Grover “Cleve” Gilmore agreed to lead the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences in 2002, his appointment was intended to last only a year. Now, after a 20-year tenure as dean of the highly ranked social work school, he will retire June 30. Gilmore’s leadership...

10 myths about the mind

June 14, 2021

Psychology Today: Brooke Macnamara, an associate professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed her research examining more than 80 studies of performance across domains—including sports, music and education—which found that deliberate practice accounted for at most about a quarter of performance...

Congratulations to COSI undergraduate Isabella Beninate for for winning first place in the Schuberts@Intersections competition

March 11, 2021

The Schubert Center for Child Studies announced the winners of the fall 2020 Schuberts@Intersections competition. To celebrate and encourage students whose research is focused on children or adolescents, the Schubert Center sponsors a competition for recognition each semester during Intersections. The students’ research covers a wide range of topics...

Is God listening to my prayers? Initial validation of a brief measure of perceived divine engagement and disengagement in response to prayer.

March 9, 2021

When people pray to God, do they believe that God is actually listening to their prayers? Some people do, and they might even believe that God goes a step further, providing guidance or trying to speak to them. In other cases, though, people might experience God as being silent:...

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