Mental Health

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Americans are reporting increased rates of mental illness, with stigma and barriers to care worsening the issue. Progress can't wait. Rollins researchers are committed to increasing knowledge, preventing illness, and lending leadership on the topic.

"Mental health intersects with all aspects of public health. The more we recognize and think about mental health in the fabric of what we do, the more impact we can have in improving the public’s health."

Dani Fallin, PhD, Dean of the Rollins School of Public Health

Youth Mental Health

Ask an Expert: Race, Trauma, and Mental Health With Briana Woods-Jaeger

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Study: Use of School Mental Health Services Rose Just Before the Pandemic

Commentary Offers Five Specific Suggestions for State Policymakers to Improve School Mental Health Services

Our Experts at the Forefront

"Mental health challenges are incredibly common, but they are also treatable and even preventable. Our perception that these challenges aren’t common is likely because we as a society don’t talk about mental illness given the enduring stigma still associated with mental health challenges. These are treatable conditions. You can live a complete and fulfilling life with these diagnoses."

Dani Fallin, PhD

Dean of the Rollins School of Public Health

Briana Woods-Jaeger

Associate Professor of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences

"Mental health is foundational for a child’s development, and investment in the systems that serve children with public insurance is critical for their well-being, their life trajectory, and their long-term success.”

Janet Cummings

Professor of Health Policy and Management

Our Mental Health Experts in the Media

Loneliness More Common Among Middle-Aged in U.S.

US News and World Report

Political Climate Linked with Georgia Women’s Mental Health Outcomes, Emory Study Finds

Georgia Public Broadcasting

IS Podcast: Sensory Overload and Schizophrenia: What You Need to Know

Psych Central

Building Workforce Capacity

Certificate in Mental Health

Mental health is integral to and inseparable from public health. This interdepartmental program—available to enrolled MPH/MSPH students—addresses the interface of mental health and public health and is intended to enhance the competencies of students concentrating in any of the school’s departmental programs. Students completing the program will be able to describe the epidemiologic burden of mental illness on society, apply theories and evaluate empirical evidence on determinants of mental health, design and critique interventions intended to promote mental health, and identify the sources of financing and public policies that affect mental health services.