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Analyzing helpline data to improve community and staff mental health

Collaborative Endeavors Podcast, Season 2, Episode 8

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In this episode, we look at how a simple request for UIC’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science to help NAMI Chicago analyze its call center data led to a change in internal processes that ultimately enabled the nonprofit’s helpline staff to better support the mental health needs of the Chicago community.

Featured Researchers

Marc Atkins, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology
Director, CCTS Community Engagement and Collaboration Core

Grace Cua
Senior Research Specialist, CCTS Community Engaged Collaboration Core
Graduate Student, Educational psychology, UIC

Featured Partner

Jim Poole
Chief integration Officer
NAMI Chicago

Learn More

To learn more about burnout, read this 2016 article from World Psychiatry.

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