The Club Q attack that occurred on November 19th in Colorado Springs is a repeat of the senseless violence that we’ve seen across the nation so many times before. This is a difficult time for the individuals...

Julie Hurd, a Trauma Track Ph.D. candidate in Clinical Psychology at UCCS, and who is working in the lab of Dr. Charles Benight at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, recently won...

After a U.S. President declares a federal disaster, the impacted community must write a federal grant to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to receive funds and provide mental...

It likely will be several years before we can fully account for the mental health and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our lives. One understudied impact of the pandemic is the extent to which...

Sexual violence is a public health problem with a staggering prevalence and significant consequences. In the US, approximately 19% of women will experience a completed or attempted rape...

UCCS senior, Aja Zamundu, with mentorship from Dr. Heather Littleton, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Research Operations at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, had the opportunity to...

The Institute's Dr. Heather Littleton was recently featured in a story on Fox21 News about the new 9-8-8 phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The shortened...