• Center for Research and Outreach on Mental Health and other Health Disparities (CROHMOD) funded by the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities.
• Coping Power Demonstration Project funded by ASSMCA.
• Project for the development of an effective intervention with  impulsive-aggressive children funded by the Children Trust of Puerto Rico

Research Investigators and their Personal Interests

• Dr. José Cabiya
  • Aggression in children
    
  • Disruptive behaviors
    
  • ADHD and ODD
    
  • Depression in children
    
  • School based research
    
  • Alcohol and substance abuse in children and adolescents
    
  • Psychological Assessment Research
• Dr. Lymaries Padilla
  • ADHD
  • Depression
  • Impulsivity and aggresive behavior in youths
• Dr. José Martínez
  
  • Childhood externalizing behaviors - impairment and comorbidity in elementary school age children
    
  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) - neuropsychological and psychosocial correlates in elementary school age children
    
  • Teacher's knowledge and beliefs about ADHD
    
  • Parenting styles/practices and family stress levels - among  pre-scholars and scholars Puerto Rican - Argentina children
    
  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): Evaluation of an adapted model to be implemented with at-risk pre-school children and their families
    
  • TEMAS (Tell-Me-A-Story): Storytelling techniques assessment to assess problem-solving in Puerto Rican school children
    
  • HIV/AIDS: Beliefs and attitudes toward sexual risk behaviors  among college students, perceived social stigma among HIV+  homosexual men, medication adherence issues and PTSD  among a cohort of HIV+ women, HIV positive women's health  and psychosocial functioning, HIV longitudinal cohorts
    
  • PTSD and Domestic Violence/abuse survivals
    
  • Breastfeeding Benefits & Barriers: psychosocial correlates      among Hispanic/Puerto Rican mothers
    
  • Body image and eating disorders among high-school girls and      college students Empowerment intervention models for women      with breast cancer.
• Dr. Noel Quintero
  • Stress and coping.
  • Spirituality, religion, health and wellness in adolescents and adults.
  • Validation of instruments related to positive psychology.
  • Psychotherapy outcomes in children and adolescent maltreatment.
  • Cognition, intelligence and learning disabilities.
• Dr. Sean Sayers
  
  • Substance use
    
  • Disruptive behaviors
  • Sport psychology (athletes)
    
  • Assessment
    
  • Health Disparities
• Maria C. Velez-Pastrana
  
  • Adolescent sexuality
    
  • Sexual behavior and attitudes
    
  • Sexual risk behaviors
    
  • Health disparities, particularly pertaining to health behaviors and HIV/STD risk
    
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adults: assessment intervention, gender differences
    
  • Test construction and development
• Dr. Jose Rodriguez-Gomez
  
  • Depression and diabetes in the elderly
    
  • The role of spirituality in mental health
• Dr. Alfonso Martinez Taboas
  
  • Dissociative disoders
    
  • Epidemiological mental health research
    
  • Epilepsy and behavior
    
  • Anxiety disorders
    
  • Culturally-sensitive psychotherapy
    
  • Hypnosis
    
  • Somatoform disorders
    
  • Trauma and PTSD
• Dr. Juan Nogueras
  
  • Translation and validity of tests.
    
  • Development of research designs including correlational and experimental.
    
  • Cross cultural evaluation and measurement.