Research
Salas-Wright: Immigrant teens less likely to commit crimes and use drugs
Amid concerns that immigrants may present a threat to American society, recent research from The University of Texas at Austin...
Read moreAsian American Quality of Life Survey
The City of Austin has launched the Asian American Quality of Life Initiative. The initiative, in response to a City Council resolution, aims...
Read moreDoctoral student receives Hogg Foundation fellowship
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health has selected Shannon Johnson, a doctoral candidate in the School of Social Work at...
Read moreAn in-depth study on campus sexual assault
Social work researchers will conduct the most in-depth sexual assault study in higher education for the UT System
Read moreMilitary Social Work Conference: Bridging the gap between research and practice
The school is holding the Third Annual Military Social Work Conference in September
Read moreZayas on deportation threat and the children of the undocumented
School of Social Work Dean Luis H. Zayas was featured on Into the Fold: Issues in Mental Health, the monthly podcast by...
Read moreMaxwell on methamphetamine use in Texas
A recent article in the Texas Tribune on methamphetamine use and treatment in Texas quotes extensively from Dr. Jane Maxwell,...
Read moreNew project: Screening for PTSD in emergency rooms
How many injured patients come into emergency rooms not knowing they also suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD)? Can they...
Read moreSalas-Wright: Marijuana use is down among young teens
AUSTIN, Texas — Since 2002, the proportion of adolescents reporting marijuana use has decreased, and more younger adolescents report strong...
Read moreChoi: Online therapy can help low-income older adults
Dr. Namkee Choi talked with the Texas Tribune about her research on the effectiveness of online mental health therapy on older adults’...
Read moreNew report: Parenting in the context of deportation risk
A new report from the Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI) in collaboration with the University of Houston shows that undocumented parents...
Read moreFive current substance use trends in Texas
Dr. Jane Maxwell, research scientist at the School of Social Work, has just published a report (pdf) that summarizes 2015...
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