- December 03, 2024
Ableism cited as major barrier to mental health care for people with disabilities
- November 06, 2024Source: The Fulcrum
What our president-elect should do about social connectedness
- November 04, 2024Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
How will we cope if Trump (or Harris) wins?
- November 01, 2024
Yale LGBTQ Mental Health Initiative receives prestigious award
Mental Health
Using the latest research methods and community interventions, researchers at the Yale School of Public Health seek to understand and improve mental health outcomes in a variety of contexts. These include:
- How substance use affects mental health
- Attitudes and stigma toward aging and its effects on mental health
- The effects of caregiving on the mental health of the caregiver and patient
- Interventions to improve mental health outcomes in the LGBTQ community
- The effect of stigma, discrimination and racism on mental health
- How use of emerging technologies improve mental health outcomes
- Interventions to improve mental health and reduce suicide in global settings
- How maternal depression affects birth outcomes and parenting
- Resilience of refugees and the role of violence and trauma in their lives
- Survivorship
- How one’s social networks and physical environment influence their mental health
- Health care use and policy influence on mental health
Recent Publications
for Faculty working in this area.
Centers and other resources
- Empower Neighborhoods and Relationships to Improve Community Health (ENRICH)ENRICH explores the impact of people and environments on individuals and communities, and in collaboration with communities, develops programs to improve community health.
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA)CIRA provides HIV-related resources, skills, services, training, and professional networking opportunities to HIV researchers and practitioners who can contribute to advances in HIV prevention and treatment.
- Yale LGBTQ Mental Health InitiativeThis initiative provides a home for scholars and scholarship devoted to understanding and improving the mental health of LGBTQ populations in the US and around the world.
- Family Accommodation Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderFAOCD refers to family members' or significant others’ participation in or facilitation of patients’ rituals and/or avoidance.
- The Substance Abuse and Sexual Health Lab (SASH)SASH lab focuses on conducting and disseminating strengths-based youth substance use and HIV prevention research.