The State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) partners with the UConn School of Social Work to maintain the DMHAS Research Division, a unit that evaluates behavioral health issues of families in Connecticut

In a conference abstract published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, School of Social Work Ph.D. Student Laura Moynihan and her colleagues evaluate the clinical use of a method described in ethics literature known as informed non-dissent, with the goal of helping patients and families make medical decisions about children, teens, and young adults with serious illness

Co-Principal Investigators and School of Social Work faculty Gio Iacono and Caitlin Elsaesser will examine school social worker roles, stress, equity and what supports are needed to manage social worker mental health and prevent professional burnout

CT AHEC’s work is providing needed clinical care to underserved communities while ensuring tomorrow’s health care and public health professionals receive community-based clinical care training.