Thomas Styron, PhD
Associate Professor of PsychiatryCards
Appointments
Additional Titles
Director, Psychology Training, Adult Community Mental Health Services, CMHC
Executive Director, Community Services Network of Greater New Haven
Contact Info
Appointments
Additional Titles
Director, Psychology Training, Adult Community Mental Health Services, CMHC
Executive Director, Community Services Network of Greater New Haven
Contact Info
Appointments
Additional Titles
Director, Psychology Training, Adult Community Mental Health Services, CMHC
Executive Director, Community Services Network of Greater New Haven
Contact Info
About
Titles
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Psychology Training, Adult Community Mental Health Services, CMHC; Executive Director, Community Services Network of Greater New Haven
Biography
Dr. Styron earned his BA (English) and MA (Political Science) from Columbia University and his MS and PhD (Clinical Psychology, 1997) from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. From 1982 to 1990, he held a variety of leadership positions with the New York Coalition for the Homeless, the National Coalition for the Homeless and the Association to Benefit Children, which he co-founded. Dr. Styron completed his postgraduate training at Yale University, based at the Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) and Yale's Student Counseling Service. He served as Executive Director of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation in 1998 and then joined the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry in 1999. In addition to senior leadership roles at CMHC, Dr. Styron is Executive Director of the Community Services Network of Greater New Haven, a collaborative of 15 community-based not-for-profit organizations which provide a broad array of integrated recovery supports for individuals with serious mental illnesses and for which CMHC is lead agency. Dr. Styron is also Director of Psychology Training for CMHC's Adult Community Mental Health division, a Fellow at Pauli Murray College, a Yale College Student Faculty Advisor and serves on the Admissions Committee for the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Styron’s research and teaching focuses on best practices in the area of recovery-oriented care for individuals with serious mental illnesses. Dr. Styron maintains a limited private practice in the East Rock neighborhood serving the Yale community.
Appointments
Psychiatry
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Connecticut Mental Health Center
- Outpatient Division
- Psychiatry
- Psychology Section
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- PhD
- University of Massachusetts (1997)
- MS
- University of Massachusetts (1995)
- MA
- Columbia University (1986)
- BA
- Columbia College (1981)
Research
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Larry Davidson, PhD
Esperanza Diaz, MD
Howard Zonana, MD
Jeanne Steiner, DO
Robert Rohrbaugh, MD
Samuel Ball, PhD
Publications
2018
Home Groups: Integrating Peer Support and Clinical Care in a Community Mental Health Center
Styron T, Pavlo A, Miller R, Kamens S, Hall B, Fortgang R, Ivey A, Edwards M, Youins R, Bellamy C, Davidson L. Home Groups: Integrating Peer Support and Clinical Care in a Community Mental Health Center. International Journal Of Group Psychotherapy 2018, 69: 221-239. PMID: 38449155, DOI: 10.1080/00207284.2018.1533408.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsCommunity mental health centerMental health centersClinical psychology internsLarge community mental health centerMental health providersPsychology internsMental health workforceHealth centersGroup interventionGroup membersSerious mental illnessPeer supportSuch interventionsMental illnessClinical carePeersHealth providersHome groupUnique learning opportunitiesHealth workforcePeer supportersLearning opportunitiesEmpowering aspectsInterventionVignettes
2017
The 2012 sandy hook elementary school shooting: Connecticut’s department of mental health crisis response
DiLeo P, Rowe M, Bugella B, Siembab L, Siemianowski J, Black J, Rehmer P, Baker F, Morris C, Delphin-Rittmon M, Styron T. The 2012 sandy hook elementary school shooting: Connecticut’s department of mental health crisis response. Journal Of School Violence 2017, 17: 443-450. DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2017.1387129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsMental health authoritiesHealth authoritiesMental healthState mental health authoritiesConnecticut DepartmentMental health needsMental health responseFamily membersDirect careHealth needsHealth responseAddiction servicesMental health crisis responseIncident Command SystemVictims' family membersDepartmentStatewide networkHealthResponseCliniciansRoleCareThe hearing voices network: initial lessons and future directions for mental health professionals and Systems of Care
Styron T, Utter L, Davidson L. The hearing voices network: initial lessons and future directions for mental health professionals and Systems of Care. Psychiatric Quarterly 2017, 88: 769-785. PMID: 28150090, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-017-9491-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsThe 2012 sandy hook elementary school shooting: Connecticut’s department of mental health crisis response.
DiLeo, P., Rowe, M., Bugella, B., Siembab, L., Siemianowski, J., Black, J.,…& Styron, T. (2017). The 2012 sandy hook elementary school shooting: Connecticut’s department of mental health crisis response. Journal of School Violence, 17(4), 443-450.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Introduction and Significance
Jacobs S, Ball S, Davidson L, Díaz E, DeSanto Iennaco J, McMahon T, Rohrbaugh R, Steiner J, Styron T, Sernyak M, Zonana H. Introduction and Significance. 2016, 1-12. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190214678.003.0001.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConclusion and Future Challenges
Jacobs S, Ball S, Davidson L, Díaz E, DeSanto Iennaco J, McMahon T, Rohrbaugh R, Steiner J, Styron T, Sernyak M, Zonana H. Conclusion and Future Challenges. 2016, 273-286. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190214678.003.0019.ChaptersCommunity Supports and Inclusion
Styron T, Tondora J, Miller R, Hunt M, Harkness L, Kaufman J, Bell M, Ponce A. Community Supports and Inclusion. 2016, 49-60. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190214678.003.0004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsHome groups: Integrating peer support and clinical care in a community mental health center
Styron, T., Pavlo, A., Miller, S., Kamens, S., Cooley Hall, Fortgang, R.,…& Davidson, L. (in press). Home groups: Integrating peer support and clinical care in a community mental health center. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy.Peer-Reviewed Original Research In PressPrinciples for Recovery-Oriented Inpatient Care.
Davidson, L,. Carr, E., Bellamy, C., Tondora, J., Fossey, E., Styron, T., Davidson, M., & Elsamra, S. (2016) Principles for Recovery-Oriented Inpatient Care. In Singh, N., Barber, J.W., & van Sant, S. (eds.), Handbook of Recovery in Inpatient Psychiatry (39-58), Switzerland: Springer.BooksA Foot in the Door: Development of a Summer College Student Internship in Community Mental Health.
Miller, R., Carr, E., Utter, L., Styron, T., & Steiner, J. (2016). A Foot in the Door: Development of a Summer College Student Internship in Community Mental Health. Academic Psychiatry, 41(2), 282-284.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Links & Media
News
- August 16, 2017
Adult Community Mental Health internship placement honored with Excellence in Training Award
- October 05, 2016
The Connecticut Mental Health Center: Celebrating 50 years of a successful partnership between the state and Yale University
- April 26, 2016
CMHC internship program exposes undergraduates to careers in community mental health
- February 08, 2016
Yale Psychiatry affiliates win awards at two hackathons
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