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$4.2 M. grant to shorten gap between research, implementation at Rutgers RYAN STIESI NEWS EDITOR
Rutgers School of Health Professions has received a $4.2 million federal grant to train mental health practitioners as part of a new effort by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve mental health services nationwide. The University will use the grant to expedite the process of evidence-based research turning into practice, according to a press release. Rutgers’ Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling is creating a regional Mental Health Technology Transfer Center — 1 of 10 nationwide — to support this. Kenneth Gill, chair of the department and the grant’s principal investigator, said there is a 17-year lag on average in implementing research into practice in health care fields, a delay that is usually even longer in mental health specifically.
“There are problems that are seen as unsolvable,” Gill said. “But we have ways to address them — such as strategies for reducing homelessness, chronic unemployment and unnecessary incarceration among people who are mentally ill — and they are not being used.” Gill said the center will start in November with conferences, trainthe-trainer training and online courses, and is expected to be fully operational in 2019. It will be located on the Rutgers School of Health Profession’s Piscataway campus. The Rutgers center’s regional area of service includes New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, where increases in depression, anxiety panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder have been reported following hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, according to Rutgers Today. It will work with people from teachers and families to health care providers to determine development needs, and provide
in-person and online training, technical assistance and resource dissemination, said Ann Murphy, program director of Rutgers School of Health Professionals and the grant project director. It will also focus on the needs of the Hispanic population, creating English and Spanish online sites for information, materials and resources, she explained. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration established a national network of centers, which Rutgers will now be a part of. This comes as part of a new approach that is attempting to make effective mental health disorder treatments, support ser vices and evidence-based practices widely available to people with mental illness. “If the research-based practices are better implemented, there will be better outcomes for people with serious mental illnesses,” Gill said.
Izaia Bullock, a School of Arts and Sciences junior and former athlete on the Rutgers football team, was arrested and charged yesterday for the attempted murder of an acquaintance’s family. RUTGERS.EDU
U. football player charged with double-murder plot CHRISTIAN ZAPATA NEWS EDITOR
A Rutgers student and member of the football team has been charged in connection with a murder plot. Izaia Bullock, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, was arrested yesterday on two counts of attempted murder in the first degree and two counts of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, according to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Bullock was charged following an investigation from the Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD) and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office that determined he initiated a plot to murder the family members of an acquaintance earlier this week, according to myCentralJersey.
The Rutgers School of Health Professions will use its $4.2 million federal grant as a means to quickly address issues such as homelessness. Kenneth Gill is chair of the department, as well as the grant’s principal investigator. RUTGERS.EDU
The intended victims are not affiliated with the University. Bullock will be held at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center while he awaits an initial court appearance in New Brunswick. Bullock was dismissed from the team yesterday, according to the article. “Izaia Bullock has been dismissed from the team. The University is initiating disciplinary proceedings. All further questions should be directed to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office,” a Rutgers spokesperson said in an email statement to myCentralJersey. Bullock is a Linden native who redshirted for the team his sophomore year, according to his page on the Rutgers football 2017 roster. His page on the 2018 roster no longer exists.
Bullock is to be held at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center until his initial court appearance. MIDDLESEX COUNTY
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