Call for proposals: 2010 PBB Mission Awards

By Conor Seyle, PBB Research Officer.

Psychology Beyond Borders has an annual small-grant program that provides funding for projects that advance our mission.  The call for proposals for the 2010 PBB Mission Awards has been announced!

We’re looking for projects, particularly projects which include a strong research component, that work across the different areas of our focus and help to contribute to the reduction of psychosocial suffering caused by traumatic events.

For more information about the PBB Mission Awards program, including detailed information about how to apply for the 2010 Awards as well as information about the 2009 Award winners, please click here.

What’s driving Mental Health & the Recovery Act?

By Amanda C. Jones, PBB Grants Officer

A little April Fool’s Day trivia…

There is a connection.
A Google search of “mental health and the economy” brings up >8,000,000 results.

To put this in perspective… a Google search of “mental health and natural disaster” brings up about 1,150,000 results, and “mental health and terrorism” brings up about 2,800,000.

There are a lot of different approaches to take when thinking or writing about mental health and the current economic climate in the United States.  Right now, the auto industry is probably on a lot of people’s minds because of the bail-out requests and because of the recent changes in management at General Motors.  Given that the auto industry and its issues hit close to home for me, I’ll start there.

One. The auto industry.