Joshua Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, will provide an overview of challenges and opportunities in mental health research. Dr. Gordon will present emerging approaches and technologies, and future directions for this multidisciplinary field that the BRAIN initiative has afforded. In this era of unprecedented opportunity, Dr. Gordon will highlight the importance of cross-disciplinary, integrative approaches to address the vast complexities associated with mental illnesses as we move closer to our goal of finding effective treatments and therapies.