Research by Dr. Yomi Paseda explores the experiences of Black women who were recently incarcerated and then discharged from psychiatric hospitalization. The findings reveal how the intersections of race, gender, incarceration, and serious mental illness create unique barriers to substance use and mental health treatment, especially in the form of stigma, mistrust, and systemic failures in care coordination. The study calls for culturally responsive, trauma-informed intervent

Research by Dr. Brian Graves, faculty at Florida Atlantic University shows that despite rising cannabis use, fewer people with cannabis...

​Zach Cooper, a Ph.D. student at the University of Georgia's School of Social Work, is l everaging his clinical experience to research...

This year’s CURO symposium included more than 700 student presenters and 300 presentations. Five members of the SUMHJ presented research...

The College of Social Work and Criminal Justice is launching a new center dedicated to advancing research into substance use recovery and...

In her recently published article in the Journal of Social Services Research, Dr. Soobin Kim shows that children born into poor families...

Work by Dr. Mowbray and other was recently featured as part of the 2024 American Psychological Convention IMPACT Programmin g. IMPACT...

A study on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), led by Zach Cooper, shows that it effectively reduces depressive and anxiety symptoms...

A biker group in Georgia, "The Grateful Few," is delivering Narcan to law enforcement across the state to combat the opioid crisis....

A University of Georgia study, led by Dr. Orion Mowbray, found that children raised by caregivers with alcohol-use problems face...

The "Giving Voice to the Voiceless" initiative at the University of Georgia awarded 2023 grants to five student projects, including...

A University of Georgia study found that as of 2010, 8% of the U.S. population and 33% of African-American males had felony convictions....