Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience News

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Community Training & Empowerment: Preparing UCCS Students for a Life of Resilience
The Community Training and Empowerment Division takes great pride in offering resilience and coping skills training to both incoming freshmen and current students at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). This past summer, our...
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Unveiling Resilience: Insights from a Study on Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Factors
A recent study by Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience researchers, Dr. Heather Littleton and Dr. Michael Dolezal, along with Dr. Melissa Decker of the Washington DC VMAC, titled...
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New Software Assessment System Helps Clients Move Closer to Their Goals
With grant funding from the El Pomar Foundation, the technology team at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience has developed a sophisticated new software assessment system designed to measure the overall well-being and improve...
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From Turmoil to Triumph: Empowering Health Care and Public Health Workers for Post-COVID Recovery
Department of Psychiatry (Stress, Trauma, Adversity Research, and Treatment – “START” Center) on a groundbreaking initiative called the Colorado Alliance for Resilient and Equitable Systems (CO-CARES). This alliance, which is...
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Deserve to Survive and Thrive: A New Support Group from the Veterans Health and Trauma Clinic
The Veterans Health and Trauma Clinic, which is a part of the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, is now offering a support group for combat veterans. This group is open to all male and female combat veterans and is designed to...
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Empowering Our Heroes: How the CTE Division is Helping the U.S. Military Build More Resilient Warriors
The Community Training and Empowerment (CTE) division of the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience has been working closely with various military organizations to provide education and training on trauma, resilience, and peer support. Their efforts are...
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Institute Researchers Publish Findings on the Coping Strategies of Hurricane Survivors
A group of researchers from the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience at UCCS, including Drs. Michael Dolezal, Heather Littleton, and Chip Benight, alongside Dr. Ashley Allen from the University of North Carolina Pembroke, have written a paper about...
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Institute Research Associate Professor Elected President of Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences
Dr. Bernard Ricca, Research Associate Professor at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience at UCCS, has been elected as the next President of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences (SCTPLS). The Society, which is about 30 years...
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The Epidemic of Loneliness: An Urgent Call to Address the Surgeon General's Advisory on Loneliness and Isolation
According to the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, loneliness and isolation have become a public health epidemic in the United States. In his recent advisory, titled...
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New Video Showcases the Dedicated Work of the Institute
We are thrilled to share our new Institute video, which showcases the groundbreaking work happening at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience. The video captures the essence of the Institute's dedication to...