Stanford Center for Precision
Mental Health and Wellness
STANFORD CENTER
FOR PRECISION MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS
(PMHW)
Reimagine Mental Health
Our vision is for a precision approach to psychiatry in which neuroscience insights about the human brain are translated into real world clinical care and to improve the quality
of individual lives.
STRATEGIC THEMES
These strategic research themes below are supported by data and computational resources of the Center. Insights are disseminated through our educational and outreach activities.
Precision Preventions and Diagnostics
Develop precise tests for detecting mental illness and risk factors. Integrate circuit, behavioral, and physiological measures, across the lifespan. Improve the quality of life and reduce suicidality.
Precision Treatment Matching
Optimize neuroscience-based measures to get the right treatment to each person sooner. Limit trial-and-error. Include medication, neuromodulation, and behavioral and digital treatments, across the lifespan. Keep people well longer and reduce suicidality.
Precision Strategies for Novel and Exploratory Therapeutics
Advance new treatments, including selective ‘repurposed’ compounds, entactogens, ketamine, psychedelics, and digital therapies.
Use neuroscience-based measures to understand benefits and risks, who they are effective for, and why.