Lawrence Yang
Characterizing cognition across the lifespan in untreated psychosis in China (9/1/15- 5/31/20)
Principal Investigator: Lawrence Yang, Gary Yu (Co-I)
Researchers: Margaux Grivel
Grant: 1 R01 MH108385, National Institutes of Mental Health, 2016- 2021
China is implementing a national project that is a historic transformation of its mental health services and is the largest national program to offer treatment to persons with psychosis. This project provides an unprecedented opportunity to study the ‘natural state’ of cognition in a large untreated sample of individuals with psychosis (n=400), in the absence of the effect of medications, compared with a treated sample (n=400) and healthy controls (n=400). The research training program increases capacity to intervene with untreated psychosis to serve as a model for scale-up for first intervention in China.
Whether this project is seeking new students: NO
Implementing a National Program for First-Episode Psychosis Intervention in Chile (6/1/18- 5/31/23)
Principal Investigator: Ruben Alvarado, Lisa Dixon, Ezra Susser, Leo Cabassa; Co-Investigator: Lawrence Yang
Researchers: Supriya Misa, PhuongThao (PT Le), Liz Calderon
Grant: U01 MH115502-01, National Institutes of Mental Health, 2018-2023
This proposal examines the implementation of a 1st episode psychosis intervention in 4 cities in Chile using a cluster-randomized clinical trial design and leverages national health reform in Chile that mandates new forms of community-based mental health care. Dr. Yang will lead the evaluation team that will examine barriers and facilitators to the scale-up of intervention.
Whether this project is seeking new students: YES (Spanish speaking)
Validation of a Pragmatic Implementation Measure for Task Sharing in Mental Health Services (4/1/20- 3/31/24)
Principal Investigator: Lawrence Yang; Co-I: PhuongThao (PT) Le
Researchers: Drew Blasco, Margaux Grivel
Grant: 1 R01 MH122851-01, National Institutes of Mental Health DATES: 2020-2024
Successful implementation of task sharing interventions for mental health frequently depends on negotiating salient barriers and facilitators to implementation. We propose to validate a comprehensive assessment of barriers and facilitators for task-sharing interventions for mental health in three global locations (e.g. Chile, South Africa, Nepal). This measure will have applicability for task-sharing for mental health in remote and rural areas in High-Income Countries (e.g., the U.S.)
Whether this project is seeking new students: YES
Supriya Misra
Identifying structural and cultural influences on the experiences of U.S. South Asians with severe mental illnesses to promote recovery and reintegration
Principal Investigators: Supriya Misra, Paroma Mitra
Funder: NYU Center for Asian American Health