The Appalachian Mind Health Initiative is a research study to see if electronic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a type of online therapy, is a good treatment option for people living with depression in rural communities. Adults living in West Virginia or Kentucky with a diagnosis of depression and just beginning treatment may be eligible to participate.
Research
A recent $1.25 million award to West Virginia University will aid a project aimed at producing a higher amount of hydrogen gas – a clean fuel – with less electric power consumption.
As alternative energy sources have become necessary to decrease global carbon emissions and meet growing energy demands, researchers at West Virginia University had ideas that came bubbling to the top—literally.
Employees who experience depression are tasked with the decision to disclose their mental health to others at work. For these employees, one West Virginia University researcher found that they utilize eight strategies on how to disclose (or conceal) this often-stigmatized social identity.
The Appalachian Mind Health Initiative is a research study to see if electronic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a type of online therapy, is a good treatment option for people living with depression in rural communities.
Four West Virginia University researchers will take strategic approaches to studying the Mountain State’s vast water resources from aquatic life to the economic effects of environmental restoration and measuring the sources of erosion to dealing with acid mine drainage in short- and long-term situations.