Luz Ocasio
Research Assistant 3 HSSCards
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2026
Peer support to address mental health, social determinants of health, financial wellness, and reentry navigation
Bellamy C, Flanagan E, Hoffler S, Acevedo S, Ocasio G, Brisola E, Barone K, Kitaneh R, Blackman K, Williamson B, Benedict P, Perry T, Youins R, Negron T, Ocasio L, Roca A, Ponte K, Harper A. Peer support to address mental health, social determinants of health, financial wellness, and reentry navigation. Frontiers In Health Services 2026, 6: 1788228. PMID: 42382575, PMCID: PMC13315229, DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2026.1788228.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 Research
2021
Peer Support in Behavioral Health care: why it can work in the Latinx context
Perez O, Reis G, Costa M, Ocasio L, Diaz A, Guy K, Restrepo-Toro M, Bellamy C. Peer Support in Behavioral Health care: why it can work in the Latinx context. Revista Iberoamericana De Psicología 2021, 14: 1-10. DOI: 10.33881/2027-1786.rip.14201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA collaborative culturally-centered and community-driven faith-based opioid recovery initiative: the Imani Breakthrough project
Bellamy C, Costa M, Wyatt J, Mathis M, Sloan A, Budge M, Blackman K, Ocasio L, Reis G, Guy K, Anderson R, Copes M, Jordan A. A collaborative culturally-centered and community-driven faith-based opioid recovery initiative: the Imani Breakthrough project. Social Work In Mental Health 2021, 19: 558-567. DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2021.1930329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn “Oasis Within a Desert,” But the Desert Remains: Clubhouse Members’ Experiences of Social Belonging and Societal Oppression
Desai MU, Manning R, Pavlo AJ, Blackman K, Ocasio L, Crespo M, Flanagan E. An “Oasis Within a Desert,” But the Desert Remains: Clubhouse Members’ Experiences of Social Belonging and Societal Oppression. American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry 2021, 91: 294-301. PMID: 33983776, PMCID: PMC9585918, DOI: 10.1037/ort0000539.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
A Pilot Study of Motive Control to Reduce Vengeance Cravings.
Rowe M, Kimmel J, Pavlo AJ, Antunes KD, Bellamy CD, O'Connell MJ, Ocasio L, Desai M, Bal J, Flanagan EH. A Pilot Study of Motive Control to Reduce Vengeance Cravings. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2018, 46: 486-497. PMID: 30563910, DOI: 10.29158/jaapl.003792-18.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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