Our Mission
TIDR is a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional team of faculty members, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and community partners focused on improving psychosocial treatment for mental disorders and increasing access to evidence-based treatments for these conditions among traditionally underserved populations. TIDR focuses on community-based participatory methods and the use of technology to achieve these aims.
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TIDR News
Alec Butterfield, MSW Student, Receives UM Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
MSW Graduate Student, Alec Butterfield, has recently received the opportunity to become a University of Michigan Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow. Alec will begin his fellowship with the Department of Psychiatry upon his graduation in December 2021. The...
Dr. Addie Weaver Publishes Raising Our Spirits Together Pilot Paper
Dr. Addie Weaver, Assistant Professor and University of Michigan School of Social Work, has recently published "Technology-Assisted, Group-Based CBT for Rural Adults with Depression: Open Pilot Results." This peer reviewed publication shares the results of a pilot...
Dr. Jaclynn Hawkins Principal Investigator New NIH R21 Grant
Assistant Professor Jaclynn Hawkins received an R21 research grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases entitled "Diabetes Self-Management Intervention for African American Men." The goal of this project is to develop and...
Current Projects
years from onset of mental disorder to contacting any treatment provider. (Wang et al., 2004)
%
of individuals with diagnosed mental health disorder visit a mental health specialist in their lifetime
Americans live in Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas
Ailsa’s Story
“They [RISE counselors] opened up a crazy opportunity for me, one that I thought I’d never be able to pursue. When they found out that I loved to cook and wanted to open my own restaurant someday, they put me in a cooking internship at Detroit Rescue Mission. Now I work there as a chef at the Men’s Shelter. It’s hard to be a female chef, first, and then to be one without training is even harder. But my counselors were like, ‘You got this!'” Read More