Mental health

America's mental health crisis can only be addressed through innovative, interdisciplinary approaches—the kind that are being developed at Notre Dame.

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A tidal wave of pills

Notre Dame economists help determine how to remediate the opioid crisis

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Fighting to combat America's mental health crisis

Notre Dame is building a new clinic to advance research, education, and clinical care to address mental health issues

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    Fighting to combat the opioid crisis

    Computer science professor advances artificial intelligence to dismantle the complex networks that create and traffic deadly opioids.

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    Taking her science to the streets

    A Notre Dame chemist decided to let the local community’s needs drive her scientific process and found herself in the fight against fentanyl.

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    Testing emotional resiliency

    Graduate psychology student Katie Edler aims to improve mental health.

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    The forest and the trees

    Notre Dame research provides complementary angles on childhood adversity

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    The future of mental health care with Notre Dame's Sarah Mustillo

    In this episode of Notre Dame Stories, we go deep on a topic featured in the University’s award-winning series, “What Would You Fight For?” In an in-depth conversation, Sarah Mustillo discusses the bold University initiative around mental health. She talks about her own research into childhood trauma, and how it helps to inform her approach. Later, we also chat with Austin Wyman, a Notre Dame doctoral student. Austin has his own personal story of how he became interested in studying quantitative psychology. Learn about the University’s commitment to combat America’s mental health crisis.

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    Notre Dame partners to grow Indiana’s mental health workforce

    The University of Notre Dame is part of a statewide effort to address the mental health workforce shortage. In partnership with WISE Indiana, the University is contracted to help enhance the recruitment, retention and quality of Indiana’s behavioral health workforce. 

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    New leaders named at Veldman Family Psychology Clinic and Shaw Center for Children and Families

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    A human-centered framework for AI ethics

    In this episode, Meghan Sullivan explains the DELTA framework, a human-centered approach to AI ethics—and why the choices we make today will define how this powerful technology shapes our future.

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    A blend of seasons

    The month in photos, November 2025

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    Fighting for community regeneration

    Gary, Indiana, has been a song lyric, a cultural hub, a stigma, a city to rush past, but now it is poised to revitalize, thanks in part to Notre Dame's School of Architecture.

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    Fighting for faster virus detection

    An electronic nose developed by Notre Dame researchers is helping sniff out bird flu biomarkers for faster detection and fewer sick birds.

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    Fighting to educate children in Ghana

    Soccer opened doors for student-athlete Daniel Boateng, so he’s leveraging the sport to offer opportunities for kids in his native Ghana.

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    New tech to help stop the spread of bird flu

    An “electronic nose” developed at Notre Dame could transform farming by detecting bird flu early.

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    14 reasons to love October

    The month in photos, October 2025

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    Fighting to cure brain cancer

    To better understand glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, a Notre Dame researcher thought outside the box—and off planet Earth.

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    Pilgrimage of peace

    In August 2025, Notre Dame students joined university students from the U.S. and Japan on a pilgrimage of peace to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan on the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of those cities.