Search Results < Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health

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Desai Launches New Field of Structural Psychology
The academic and generational experiences of Miraj U. Desai, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, have come together in the Structural Health and Psychology (SHP) Lab, where Desai investigates the structural bases of health, equity, and inequity, as well as in a new field Desai created, called structural psychology. Structural psychology spans the entire translational science spectrum, inclusive of basic, clinical, community, and population health research.
25 May 2023
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Strategies for the Management of Voices Shared in a Brazilian Hearing Voices Group
Graziela Reis, MPH; Larry Davidson, PhD; Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, and Mark Costa, MD, are co-authors of a paper in Psychiatric Quarterly that describes the voice management strategies shared in a hearing voices peer support group within a Brazilian public mental health service.
Source: Psychiatric Quarterly
25 May 2023
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Breaking Through Social Determinants of Health: Imani Breakthrough
Affiliates of Imani Breakthrough, including first author Ayana Jordan, MD, PhD, and Chyrell Bellamy, MD, MSW, chronicle the program in Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. Imani Breakthrough is a two-phase 22-week intervention developed by the community, run by facilitators with lived experience and church members, that is implemented in Black and Latinx church settings.
Source: Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
23 May 2023
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Elm City COMPASS Honored at Yale-NAMI Conference on Neuroscience and Mental Health
Elm City COMPASS of New Haven was honored with the Yale Department of Psychiatry's Mental Health Advocacy Award at the 2023 Yale-NAMI Conference on Neuroscience and Mental Health held May 13 at The Anlyan Center.
15 May 2023
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Desai Participates in National Summit on Race and Health Equity
Miraj Desai, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, was invited to participate in Catalyze, a national summit on race and health equity organized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
25 Apr 2023
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Brazilian Immigrants in the United States and Mental Health: An Integrative Review
Graziela Reis, MPH; Mark Costa, MD, MPH; and Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, are co-authors of a review in International Journal of Social Psychiatry that seeks to understand and describe the experience of Brazilian immigrants in the United States, related to mental health, assessing what studies have addressed and what still needs to be researched.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry
14 Apr 2023
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New Community-Engaged Study Documents Relation Between Mental Health and 'Atmospheric,' Structural Racism
A new collaborative study, published in the American Journal of Community Psychology and conducted by members of the Yale Department of Psychiatry and Beulah Heights Church in New Haven, reveals the ways in which mental health can be impacted by “atmospheric,” structural racism.
4 Apr 2023
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Drug Exit Program Taught in Churches
Imani, which means "faith" in Swahili, is a 24-week harm reduction program led by people with lived experience of drug abuse against Black and Latino people in New Haven, New Britain, Waterbury, Hartford and Bridgeport inside the churches.
Source: La Voz Hispana de Connecticut
3 Apr 2023
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Racial and Ethnic Mental Health Disparities in U.S. Military Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Five Yale researchers are authors of a study in Journal of Psychiatric Research that examines racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of psychiatric outcomes in a population-based sample of White, Black, and Hispanic military veterans.
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Research
8 Mar 2023
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Bridgett Williamson Walks the Walk
When Bridgett Williamson gives hope to others in recovery, she is giving back something that once was given to her.
7 Mar 2023
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Participatory Action Research Study Demonstrates the Value of Team Science Led by People in Mental Health Recovery
A new study led by members of Fountain House, the originator of the “Clubhouse” model of mental health, in partnership with researchers in the Yale Department of Psychiatry demonstrates the power of studies led by people in mental health recovery.
23 Feb 2023
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Sawubona Virtual Healing Circles Provide a Healing Space
Two Yale Department of Psychiatry faculty lead a support program that provides a healing space to Black first responders, health and mental healthcare workers, and the Black community at large. Chyrell D. Bellamy, PhD, MSW, professor of psychiatry and director of PRCH, and Angela M. Haeny, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and director of the REAL at Yale, lead the program.
29 Jan 2023
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A Conversation With Michael Rowe
On the eve of his retirement, Michael Rowe reflects on his career as a sociologist of mental health.
20 Dec 2022
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Work by Desai Referenced in Groundbreaking Report
The work and contributions of Miraj Desai, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, were referenced multiple times in the groundbreaking report, "Racism in the U.S. Health System: The Transformation We Need," led by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), with consultation support from CoCreative.
7 Dec 2022
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Federal Grant Will Fund PRCH's 'Recovery Finance' Project
Researchers from the Yale Department of Psychiatry’s Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH), including Annie Harper, PhD, associate research scientist in psychiatry; and Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, professor of psychiatry and director of PRCH, have been awarded a $1.675 million grant by the National Institute On Minority Health And Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health.
9 Nov 2022
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PRCH Affiliates Awarded NIH Research Grant
Two affiliates of the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH) at Yale School of Medicine have been awarded a research grant from the National Institutes of Health.
3 Nov 2022
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PRCH Receives $2.8M Grant to Launch Compassionate School Leadership Academy Project
Yale researchers from the university's Department of Psychiatry Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH) have been awarded a $2.8 million grant as part of new investments made by the U.S. Department of Education under the Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) program.
1 Nov 2022
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Justice Addicted Nation - America's Revenge Addiction
James Kimmel, Jr. joins Dr. Phil to discuss his forthcoming book: "Justice Addicted Nation: The Science Behind America's Rage and Violence Epidemics and How to Stop the Spread"
Source: Dr Phil Podcast
31 Aug 2022
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Dr. Phil - How Science May Prevent School Shootings
James Kimmel Jr. joins Dr. Phil to discuss how science may prevent school shootings.
Source: Dr. Phil - "Phil in the Blanks" Podcast
14 Jul 2022
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Bellamy Appointed Director of PRCH; Succeeds Retiring Davidson
Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, MSW, associate professor of psychiatry, has been appointed director of the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH). She replaces Larry Davidson, PhD, professor of psychiatry, who retires as director after leading PRCH for 22 years.
21 Mar 2022