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Research
- Research involving participation by prisoners is tightly controlled by
federal regulations. UConn Health Center faculty and a
specialized IRB panel have developed expertise in
this area over the years.
- The executive director of CMHC serves as an advisor to
the National Institute of Mental Health, the National
Institute of Correction and the Substance Abuse Mental
Health Services Agency, positioning CMHC for effective and
expanding opportunities for collaborative research.
- Growing out of a program of over $5 million in federal
and private grants, recent research in CMHC has included
multiple collaborative initiatives.
- Studies have included randomized bipolar disorder
clinical trials, evidence based skill training program for
behaviorally and emotionally impaired inmates and mental
health screening tools developed, validated and disseminated
nationally.
- Under the leadership of Deborah Shelton, Ph.D., R.N.,
and Robert Trestman, Ph.D., M.D., this program is evolving
and is one of the few correctional healthcare research
programs in the nation.
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