Christopher Capron

Chris Capron is a predoctoral Psychology Fellow in the Yale Doctoral Internship in Clinical and Community Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. Chris’s primary internship placement is in the Connecticut Mental Health Center's Substance Abuse Treatment Unit with a secondary placement at the Adult Inpatient Services unit.

Chris is a graduate student in the counseling psychology doctoral program at University of Oregon where his clinical training has focused on using evidence-based practices to serve marginalized and neurodiverse populations. Chris received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and English Literature from Swarthmore College and his Master of Science in Counseling, Family, & Human Services from the University of Oregon. He has worked as a psychotherapist at private and university-based outpatient and inpatient treatment centers with a focus on treating substance use and internalizing disorders using evidence-based practices. His research focuses on the intersection of public and mental health, particularly the effects of COVID-19 on marginalized and vulnerable communities, mental health among Hispanic youth, maternal mental health, and chronic disease on mental health. He has served as a researcher at the University of Oregon, Oregon Research Institute, and the University of Pennsylvania.