Grand Challenges

Depression

Depression Grand Challenge Newsletter – COVID-19 Care Package Update #5: Drinking and Eating in Moderation and Managing Fear and Anxiety

Depression Grand Challenge Newsletter
Timing: Winter 2021
Topic: Updates to COVID-19 Care Package

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Depression

Depression Grand Challenge Newsletter – COVID-19 Care Package Update #4: Tools for Addressing Loneliness Overcoming Boredom and Restlessness

Depression Grand Challenge Newsletter
Timing: Summer 2020
Topic: Updates to COVID-19 Care Package & News

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Depression

UCLA launches study in collaboration with Apple to discover insights about depression

August 4, 2020 marks an important milestone for the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge (DGC) – the beginning of a pilot research project in collaboration with Apple. The study seeks to develop more objective measures for detecting depression and anxiety, an integral part of the Depression Grand Challenge goals. Methods for detecting depression have remained virtually unchanged for approximately 100 years. UCLA is honored to help shape the foundational tools for diagnosis and for the promise that such tools might eventually enable us to link discovery research and treatment.

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Depression

UCLA Depression Grand Challenge Leadership team publishes solidarity statement

The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge (DGC) Leadership team shared a communication with supporters of the DGC and visitors to the STAND Together During COVID-19 website on June 7, 2020 in solidarity with the response that has followed the wrongful deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arber.

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