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Mental Healthcare for All Lab
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The Mental Healthcare for All Lab at Stony Brook University's mission is to increase the accessibility & quality of mental health services for all | Director: Briana Last, Ph.D. | Stony Brook University

https://you.stonybrook.edu/mentalhealthcareforalllab
New paper w/ @daniadams.bsky.social & Rebecca Mirhashem examining how unionized public mental health workers are organizing to improve their working conditions & the challenges they face in doing so. We identified challenges common to labor organizing & challenges specific to the helping profession.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
📢 We’re wrapping up our APCS-funded D&I speaker series with one last exciting panel! Join us for a panel on Policy Dissemination and Implementation featuring @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social, @erikacrable.bsky.social, and Dr. Jonathan Purtle 🏛️🧠 Use the QR code to register and get the Zoom link!
May 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Registration is open for the next event in our APCS-funded D&I speaker series! 🎉 Join us for a special keynote presentation by Dr. Arthur Evans on “Transforming Mental Health Systems” 💡 Use the QR code to sign up and get the Zoom link!
April 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Check out a new paper on how states have addressed the maldistribution of behavioral health providers.

This work is part of an important Milbank Quarterly special issue called "Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges Facing the United States: What Can State Policymakers Do?"
April 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Join us for TWO upcoming panels! Use the QR codes to register for "Treatment Fidelity & Adaptation" and "Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Public Settings" w/ Drs. Bryce McLeod, Michael Southam-Gerow, Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, Brad Nakamura, Iruma Bello, and Lisa Dixon
March 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Registration for the next panel of our APCS-funded D&I speaker series is open! Use the QR code to sign up and get the Zoom link for a panel on "Moving Beyond the Clinic" 🏥➡️🌍 with our wonderful speakers Dr. Lisa Saldana, Dr. Courtney Benjamin Wolk, and Dr. Gwen Lawson 🎉
February 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We are excited to share that registration is now open for the next panel in our free D&I speaker series! 🎉 Use the QR code to sign up and join us for a virtual panel on 'Measurement-based Care' 📈📊featuring @mandyjensendoss.bsky.social, @rubenmartinez.bsky.social, & Dr. Susan Douglas
January 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Registration for the next panel as part of our APCS-funded D&I speaker series is open! Use the QR code to sign up and get the Zoom link for "Implementing Contextually Sensitive and Culturally Humble Care" with our wonderful panelists Dr. Anna Lau, @anabaumann.bsky.social, and Dr. Maggi Price.
January 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Mark your calendars! 🗓️ The winter & spring schedule for our D&I speaker series is here, featuring a fantastic lineup of speakers. Join us for free virtual panels! 🎉
November 19, 2024 at 10:04 PM
There is still time to register for tomorrow's panel as part of our APCS-funded D&I science speaker series! Use the QR code to sign up and get the Zoom link for "Supporting Clinicians to Implement Evidence-Based Practices" with our wonderful panelists @rsbeidas.bsky.social and Dr. Shannon Dorsey.
October 31, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Registration for the second panel as part of our APCS-funded dissemination and implementation science speaker is open! Sign up to get the Zoom link for "Innovative Implementation Research Designs" with our wonderful panelists
@kguastaferrophd.bsky.social & Dr. Geoffrey Curran
September 27, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Learn more about our free, virtual, year-long dissemination and implementation science speaker series funded by the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science for trainees of all levels! Use the QR code to sign up for our listserv to receive updates and Zoom links!
August 9, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Learn more about our free, virtual, year-long dissemination and implementation science speaker series funded by the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science for trainees of all levels! Use the QR code to sign up for our listserv to receive updates and Zoom links!
August 5, 2024 at 2:51 PM
We are so ecstatic to welcome Rafael Esteva Hache to the Mental Healthcare for All lab as a PhD student in clinical psychology! Rafael is already a seasoned implementation researcher and we are overjoyed he's coming to Stony Brook! Welcome Rafa!
March 20, 2024 at 12:55 PM
There is a severe shortage of behavioral health providers in the U.S. We conducted a scoping review of one key policy tool being used to address the shortage crisis: federal loan repayment programs.
See below for details & read the study here!: doi.org/10.1176/appi...
February 20, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Check out our lab's new publication! We interviewed 18 public mental health therapists in NYC to understand their session-planning practices, needs, barriers, and recommendations to support their planning. psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
February 5, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Want to know more about the kind of research we do? Here's a recently completed study evaluating the 10-year implementation of TF-CBT in Philadelphia's public mental health system. The city trained providers across the city in TF-CBT and youth PTSD symptoms decreased. doi.org/10.1177/2633...
January 24, 2024 at 9:48 PM