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Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2024
WCW Research Scientist Approved for $2.5M in Funding to Implement PTSD Treatment for College Students
For the media / 2023
Wellesley College: How Willow Helps Students Manage Stress
Recent Coverage / 2022
School-Based Mental Health Screening Program Helps Teens at Risk
For the media / 2022
Milford Daily News: Lucas Giguere takes over as Franklin schools superintendent
Fortune: Kids say their mental health is fine. Experts disagree
Recent Coverage / 2021
New Grant to Prevent and Treat Depression in Teens with Disabilities
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2021
NAMI Blog: Supporting Adolescent Mental Health During a Pandemic and Back to School
Elemental: Why Depression So Often Goes Untreated
Elemental: It’s Time to Really Talk About Depression
MetroWest Daily News: Stress impacts girls in middle school during the coronavirus pandemic
Mental Health Campaign Aims to Build Teen Resilience During COVID
For the media / 2020
Chicago Tribune: Comics that helped prevent teen depression before pandemic now targeting increased risks because of COVID-19
Recent Coverage / 2020
Depression Prevention Research Study Receives Additional Funding to Expand Reach During COVID-19
Preventing Depression While Social Distancing
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2020
Screening Teens for Depression, Before and During a Pandemic
The Chicago Tribune: Comics Aren’t Just for Fun--They Can Help Prevent Teen Depression Too
Q&A: Preventing Depression with Online Tools
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2019
New Initiative Supports Mental Wellbeing in College Students
Child and Parent Depression Connections
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2019
Social Work Today: Web-Based Intervention Plays Preventive Role for Teen Depression
Recent Coverage / 2019
New Findings & Publications, 2018 - Depression Prevention
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2018
Short Takes, Depression Prevention Research Study
Global Connections 2018
Primary Healthcare: Web-based intervention helps prevent depression among adolescents
Recent Coverage / 2018
Healio: Internet-based program may prevent depression in adolescents
Wellesley Centers for Women to Partner with University of Illinois at Chicago on $7 Million Depression Prevention Research Study
For the media / Earlier
New Findings, Publications, Presentations: Mental Health
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2018
Baystate Parent: Online Program Aims to Prevent Teen Depression
Q & A with Tracy Gladstone, Ph.D.
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2017
Global Connections, European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies
Recommendations: Preventing Depression in Young People
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Report Spring/Summer 2016
Prevention of Child & Adolescent Depression in Latin America
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Report Spring/Summer 2015
Depression Prevention and Obstetric Fistula
WCW Researchers Share Findings on Adolescents' and Immigrants' Mental Health & Risk-Taking Behavior
$3.3M to Evaluate a Primary Care/Internet-based Depression Prevention Program for At-risk Adolescents and Their Families