Maria O'Connell, PhD
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Biography
Maria O’Connell, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Research and Evaluation at the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH). Dr. O’Connell has provided oversight and quality assurance for collaborative research and evaluation projects conducted at PRCH since 2002. She has an extensive background in conducting research on recovery-related topics, including psychiatric advance directives, self-determination and choice, recovery-oriented services, housing and other community based programs, as well as expertise in the development of data management systems, statistical analysis, and program evaluation. Dr. O’Connell currently has an NIMH R01 examining the adoption and diffusion of person-centered and recovery-oriented practices among community mental health centers nationwide.
Last Updated on October 19, 2024.
Appointments
Psychiatry
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- PhD
- Bowling Green State University (2002)
Research
Publications
2026
Obesity Prevalence and Associated Factors Among Users of Specialized Community Mental Health Services: An Observational Study
da Cruz Diomedece T, da Silva Marinho B, Lourencetti A, Costa M, O'Connell M, Bellamy C, dos Santos Treichel C. Obesity Prevalence and Associated Factors Among Users of Specialized Community Mental Health Services: An Observational Study. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing 2026, 35: e70279. PMID: 42272070, PMCID: PMC13254237, DOI: 10.1111/inm.70279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVoices from the territory and living care networks: facilitators and barriers to implementing peer support in community mental health services in Brazil
da Silva B, Saidel M, Figueiredo A, Lirani M, Lourencetti A, Leite R, Stefanini J, Cruvinel M, Reis G, Costa M, dos Santos Treichel C, O’Connell M, Bellamy C, Onocko-Campos R. Voices from the territory and living care networks: facilitators and barriers to implementing peer support in community mental health services in Brazil. BMC Public Health 2026, 26: 775. PMID: 41634661, PMCID: PMC12955029, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-26529-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Community-Based Intensive Treatment (CBIT): Meeting the Needs of Rural Adults With Serious Mental Illness
Costa M, Evans M, Nulton L, Fiffick A, Selak T, Reis G, O’Connell M, Bellamy C, Flanagan E. Community-Based Intensive Treatment (CBIT): Meeting the Needs of Rural Adults With Serious Mental Illness. Rural Mental Health 2025, 49: 344-353. DOI: 10.1037/rmh0000313.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeer online motivational interviewing and affirmative care for sexual and gender minority men who are survivors of sexual trauma: A randomized clinical trial
Cook J, Ellis A, Simiola V, Martino S, Bellamy C, O'Connell M, Livingston N. Peer online motivational interviewing and affirmative care for sexual and gender minority men who are survivors of sexual trauma: A randomized clinical trial. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 2025, 38: 904-917. PMID: 40444426, DOI: 10.1002/jts.23170.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCase Study Analysis of a Decision Coaching Intervention for Young Adults with Early Psychosis
Thomas E, Lucksted A, Siminoff L, Hurford I, O’Connell M, Penn D, Casey I, Smith M, Suarez J, Salzer M. Case Study Analysis of a Decision Coaching Intervention for Young Adults with Early Psychosis. Community Mental Health Journal 2025, 61: 874-889. PMID: 39746883, PMCID: PMC12739836, DOI: 10.1007/s10597-024-01425-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Diverse elements comprising studies of peer support complicate evidence synthesis
Evans M, Cuddeback G, Golin C, Muessig K, Bellamy C, Costa M, O’Connell M, Fisher E. Diverse elements comprising studies of peer support complicate evidence synthesis. Journal Of Mental Health 2024, 34: 207-221. PMID: 38556804, DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2024.2332798.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2023
Care integration goes Beyond Co-Location: Creating a Medical Home
Flanagan E, Wyatt J, Pavlo A, Kang S, Blackman K, Ocasio L, Guy K, O’Connell M, Bellamy C. Care integration goes Beyond Co-Location: Creating a Medical Home. Administration And Policy In Mental Health And Mental Health Services Research 2023, 51: 123-133. PMID: 38015324, DOI: 10.1007/s10488-023-01317-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreaking through social determinants of health: Results from a feasibility study of Imani Breakthrough, a community developed substance use intervention for Black and Latinx people
Jordan A, Costa M, Nich C, Swarbrick M, Babuscio T, Wyatt J, O'Connell M, Guy K, Blackman K, Anderson R, Reis G, Ocasio L, Crespo M, Bellamy C. Breaking through social determinants of health: Results from a feasibility study of Imani Breakthrough, a community developed substance use intervention for Black and Latinx people. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2023, 153: 209057. PMID: 37207836, DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2023.209057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTraining Male Sexual Abuse Survivors as Peer Leaders to Deliver Motivational Interviewing and Trauma-Informed Affirmative Care
Ellis A, Martino S, Simiola V, Bellamy C, O’Connell M, Cook J. Training Male Sexual Abuse Survivors as Peer Leaders to Deliver Motivational Interviewing and Trauma-Informed Affirmative Care. Journal Of Child Sexual Abuse 2023, 32: 494-512. PMID: 37080178, DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2023.2203691.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImplementing Person-Centered Recovery Planning: New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Learning Collaborative Evaluation Report
Stanojlović M, O’Connell M, Asby D, Lanteri S, Davidson L, Tondora J. Implementing Person-Centered Recovery Planning: New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Learning Collaborative Evaluation Report. Global Implementation Research And Applications 2023, 3: 173-181. PMID: 37304056, PMCID: PMC10088648, DOI: 10.1007/s43477-023-00078-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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News
- February 17, 2026Source: BMC Public Health
Voices from the territory and living care networks: facilitators and barriers to implementing peer support in community mental health services in Brazil
- July 23, 2025Source: APA PsycNet
Community-Based Intensive Treatment (CBIT): Meeting the Needs of Rural Adults with Serious Mental Illness
- May 23, 2023Source: Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
Breaking Through Social Determinants of Health: Imani Breakthrough
- November 03, 2022
PRCH Affiliates Awarded NIH Research Grant
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