Thursday, May 1, 2025 to Saturday, May 31, 2025

May 2025 - Mental Health Awareness Month

(All day)

May is Mental Health Month and, while promoting mental health is important all year, this special month of recognition raises awareness about mental illness, its prevalence in today's society, and its impacts on people of all ages and backgrounds. Content courtesy of the U-M Department of Psychiatry.

IN-PERSON EVENTS

35th Annual Albert J. Silverman Research Conference

Partnering with the Experts: Community Engagement in Psychiatry Research

May 7 | 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. This conference will begin with a poster session from 8:00 - 9:45 AM on the second-floor atrium of the Rachel Upjohn Building. Researchers will discuss their academic presentations from the past year. Breakfast refreshments will be provided. This will be followed at 10am by this year's Silverman conference lectures, centering around community engagement. All are welcome to attend. Event page.

"PHOENIX GIRL: How a Fat Asian with Bipolar Found Love"

Reading and Discussion, at the Ann Arbor District Library:

May 29 | 6-7:30 p.m. Join us to celebrate the release of Michelle Yang's memoir. Hosted by the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program, this event will feature a reading from the memoir, followed by a discussion about Michelle's mental health journey and the intersection of arts and healing. Event page.

WEBINARS:

Mind Matters: Stuttering Fact vs. Fiction

Webinar - May 15, 7-8:30 p.m.

Experts from the U-M Speech Neurophysiology Lab separate fact from fiction and share the latest in stuttering research.

Mind Matters: Mood and Art

Webinar - May 20, 6-7 p.m.

Visiting scholar and keynote speaker Catarina Castela, Ph.D., will speak about her research, "Monitoring mood variation in bipolar disorder: An interdisciplinary study on the relationship between mood and formal art elements." 

 

Michigan Innovations in Addiction Care through Research & Education (MI-ACRE) Innovation Session

Webinar - May 22, noon-1 p.m.

"Buprenorphine Initiation in the ED: Lessons from 10 years of Implementation" 

Mind Matters: The Role of Sleep in Mental Health

Webinar - May 22 | 7-8:30 p.m.

U-M experts show us how to wake up on the right side of the bed.