Existing research has shown that Black women in the United States are more than 50% more likely to deliver a premature baby than white women. In a new article published in the Journal of Urban Health, alumna Yeonwoo Kim and professors Shetal Vohra-Gupta and Catherine Cubbin examine how the racial… read more
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Clinician’s Corner
The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing has released their third edition of Clinician’s Corner on the digital blogging platform Medium. This annual publication is meant to unite social work research and practice by exploring various issues relevant to the social work discipline. The 2020 edition, titled “Everyday Justice: Cultivating intentional… read more
Improving services for Texans experiencing early psychosis
Early or first-episode psychosis can be a first sign of serious mental illness such as schizophrenia. Acting quickly to connect a person with the right treatment at this early stage can be life changing and prevent many of the long-term impacts experienced by people with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders.… read more