May is #MentalHealthAwareness month😊Check out our post that discusses prevalence rates of #mentalhealth in hopes of helping people recognize they are not alone in their struggles with mental health. Stay tuned for more mental health resources this May🧠#mentalhealthmonth

Recruitment for our fifth year is now open! Please fill out this form z.umn.edu/NPSP24-25 if you are interested! Sign ups close on June 15, 2024! Please share!

In honor of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth and finals week here at UIUC Psychology Department, here are some quick tips to help you manage your mental health! #mentalhealth #research #psychology

May is #AAPIMonth The STEPP lab wants to highlight some fantastic AAPI leaders within the mental health field! Additionally, we want to recognize that there are health disparities and barriers to treatment for AAPI individuals that still persist today. Check out our post below⬇️

At the Counseling Center, we are proud to celebrate International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. We denounce this discrimination and gladly honor all orientations and identities.

Congrats Roqaya!🥳Our RA Roqaya recently graduated and will be attending the Northwestern Medicine Gap Year Internship in Chicago where she will continue to engage with her research interests and learn more about medicine before applying to medical school.

🌈 Happy Pride, Illini family! 🌈 This month, and all year, we stand with our students, artists, athletes, faculty, scholars, innovators, staff, alumni, fans and all of our Illini in the LGBTQIA+ community. You are loved. You are seen. And you are always enough.

Our RA Khushi graduated and is headed to NYU to complete a research fellowship and will be mentored by doctoral students in the Researching Inequity in Society Ecologically (RISE) Lab. Congrats Khushi and good luck as you apply to clinical psychology doctoral programs!😊

Our RA Erika graduated this past spring and is working as a clinical research coordinator in the hematology department at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago. Congrats Erika and good luck as you apply to medical school!😊

We can all encourage understanding, reach out to people who are struggling, and share our experiences. We can all play a role in supporting those experiencing a suicidal crisis or those bereaved by suicide.

Meet Mara- A STEPP Lab Research Assistant! She is a sophomore majoring in molecular and cellular biology with a minor in psychology. She loves working with children and wants to become a pediatric oncologist. She is also a member of Gamma Phi Beta and Phi Delta Epsilon

Virtual Study Opportunity!! 🚨We are currently recruiting school mental health staff (e.g. #socialworkers, #counselors, etc) to watch a digital single session intervention and then provide feedback via a brief survey & focus group. More details in the flyer below! #researchstudy

New Pub Alert!🚨 Check out the STEPP lab's newest publication examining a trauma-focus screening approach to teen dating violence prevention #research #psychology #violenceprevention link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Virtual Study Opportunity!! 😊We are currently recruiting #parents and #caregivers of 7th & 8th grade students who have experienced a major life event to watch a digital single session intervention and then provide feedback via a brief survey & focus group. More details below!

The STEPP lab is now on LinkedIn to better reach participants for our studies: linkedin.com/in/STEPPlab Feel free to connect with us over there!😊

We are still recruiting parents and caregivers of middle school students for this study!! Anyone who lives in the United States is eligible. Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] if interested!😊

New Pub Alert!🚨 Check out the STEPP lab's newest publication examining disparities in dating violence with juvenile-justice involved emerging adults using a Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA) approach #research #psychology

New Pub Alert!🚨 Check out the STEPP lab's newest publication by Morgan Stutts, D.A. Briley, and Dr. Joseph Cohen titled, "Prospective Impact of Perceived Social Support Profiles on Mental Health for Justice-Involved Youth" Read here: link.springer.com/article/10.100… #research #psychology