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Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, professor of psychiatry and director of the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, was a guest on an episode of The Addy Hour, hosted by Nii Addy, PhD, Albert E. Kent Associate Professor of Psychiatry and associate professor of cellular and molecular physiology. The episode was titled, "Cannabis, Opioids, Mental Health & Community."

This episode of Community Health Watch aims to bridge the gap between high-level laboratory research and the New Haven community and beyond. The focus is on a groundbreaking study conducted by Yale PhD candidate Violet M. Kimble, overseen by Dr. Cheryl Bellamy, which utilizes mice models to understand the neurological pathways of cocaine addiction.

Megan Evans, PhD, MS, associate research scientist, wrote the opinion piece "In Defense of Instability in Mental Health Recovery" in Mad in America.

We are excited to offer the internationally known Yale Lived Experience Transformational Leadership Academy—LET(s)Lead—to a cohort in Connecticut, beginning in January 2026. The Yale LET(s)Lead Academy aims to help people channel their lived experience into transformational leadership, which is about creating a culture of change through inspiration, motivation, and hard work.

Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, MSW, and Mark Costa, MD, MPH, are co-authors of the viewpoint, "A call to action to include disability in intersectional health equity research and policy" in The Lancet.

On July 16, 2025, the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health hosted the celebration and graduation of the Recovery Workforce Learning Collaborative (RWLC).

This article describes a community-based intensive treatment program that serves individuals with serious mental illnesses in rural Pennsylvania utilizing existing resources.

This article aims to highlight successful initiatives spearheaded by individuals with lived experience in Brazil.