Rutgers Receives $3.7 Million to Study What Leads to Binge Eating and Drinking and Other Harmful Behaviors. Rutgers University has received a $3.7 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to explore why some people struggle to resist everyday temptations and how that may play a role in various mental health conditions, including addiction, depression and impulse-control problems.
“Improving the ability to resist temptations, urges and cravings is central to successfully managing many mental health disorders, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood,” said David H. Zald, a Henry Rutgers Professor of Psychiatry, the inaugural director of the Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and principal investigator of the five-year study. “This study will offer new insights into the connections between self-control, genetics, environmental factors and psychopathology.”
Findings from the study could inform the development of more personalized interventions and treatments to help people manage self-control across a broad range of mental health conditions, according to Zald. To read the full story.