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Maria O'Connell, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Research and Evaluation at the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH) within the Yale School of Medicine. She has been instrumental in overseeing collaborative research and evaluation projects since 2002, with a focus on recovery-oriented practices and community mental health services.
Her research interests span Psychiatry, Mental Health Recovery, and Community-Based Services, emphasizing person-centered care, psychiatric advance directives, self-determination, and program evaluation. Her recent NIH R01 grant investigates the adoption of recovery-oriented practices in community mental health centers nationwide.
The trends in her work, as reflected in news highlights, include addressing
- Rural mental health access through Community-Based Intensive Treatment (CBIT)
- social determinants of health in addiction treatment
- NIH-funded research on recovery diffusion
- school-based mental health leadership programs
She has secured significant grants, including a $2.8M award for the Compassionate School Leadership Academy Project. Her affiliations include the Department of Psychiatry at Yale and the Connecticut Mental Health Center.
