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Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, MSW, professor of psychiatry and director of the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, writes in The Lancet Psychiatry about how she is using her lived experiences to help others. “I get to hear from Black individuals about their recovery journey and also how they feel empowered to give back to a community,” she said. “Lived experience is essential in all that I do.”

Fabiola Arbelo Cruz, MD; Caroline Dumont, MD, MPH; Emma Lo, MD; Annie Harper, PhD; Billy Bromage, MSW; and Lori Wallace, PhD, MPH advocate in The Hartford Courant for officials to stop displacing the homeless from encampments in Connecticut.

The Upward Spiral Lived Experience Leadership initiative at the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health held the last event of its 2024 summer series September 25 which was based on the Eight Dimensions of Wellness (P. Swarbrick/SAMHSA).

Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, MSW, professor of psychiatry and director of the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, is the keynote speaker at the 75th anniversary celebration of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) on September 20, 2024.

Annie Harper, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, spoke to Connecticut Public Radio for a story about the increase in power outages due to climate change, and the need to provide power to people who rely on home medical devices.

The Yale PRCH Resource Library offers training and technical assistance resources supporting the behavioral health workforce. The curated products also feature print-based and multimedia tools designed to improve mental health literacy among broader audiences, in ways that are clear, concise, and offer practical guidance on ways to to reduce stigma.

Caroline Dumont, MD, MPH, assistant professor of psychiatry, and Annie Harper, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, write in The Hartford Courant about the relationship between heat and mental illness.

Twenty five residents graduated from the Yale Department of Psychiatry Residency Program at a ceremony June 20 at the New Haven Lawn Club.

Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH) and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) launched the Art Show and Book Expression & Recovery on May 21 at the DMHAS Office of the Commissioner.