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At the VISN3 MIRECC, the focus is on maximizing recovery for veterans with Serious Mental Illnesses (SMI) by bringing research into practice. Our aim, to reveal the causes and most effective treatments of serious mental illnesses, is accomplished through collaborations between four core domains: research, education, clinical interventions, and evaluation.

The objectives of VISN3 MIRECC are attained via the following:

  • An evaluation infrastructure to support the research, education, and clinical programs within the VA NY/NJ Veterans Healthcare Network.
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  • Conducting research on the diagnosis and treatment of serious mental illness. This spans the spectrum from basic science to applied services research, and includes biological, psychological, social, and systems research.
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  • Implementing research-based, state-of-the-art clinical interventions for veterans with serious mental illness.
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  • Developing, implementing, and evaluating the effectiveness of the educational interventions that improve the treatment of veterans with serious mental illness.
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What's New
A list of fundamental recovery resources compiled from recommendations by the VHA Recovery Advisory Board and the MIRECCs’ Recovery Interest Group.
Resource List  PDF document of Suicide Prevention Day
Case Conferences & Consultations
Five consultations are held every month throughout the network.
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Leadership

Director , Larry Siever, M.D.: Executive Director of Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, and Professor and Director of the Outpatient Division in the Department of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Siever has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles.

Associate Director, Research , Vahram Haroutunian, Ph.D.: Director of the Division of Basic Laboratory Sciences at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Director of the Schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Bank which banks and distributes fixed and frozen brain tissue specimens to a wide variety of laboratories within and outside the VA.

MIRECC Director of Education, Bruce M. Levine, M.D.: Director of Education for the VISN 3 MIRECC, Psychiatrist at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Director of MIRECC Fellowship Training in VISN 3. Prior to joining the MIRECC and Mount Sinai, Dr. Levine held positions of Associate Director of Residency training in Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and subsequently at New York University School of Medicine, and was the Clinical Director at Manhattan Psychiatric Center. Dr. Levine has won numerous awards as a teacher and educator in his departments of psychiatry, and is an examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Associate Director, Evaluation and Health Services Research, R. Claire Henderson, M.D. Ph.D.: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Honorary Research Worker, Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London.

Associate Director, Clinical, Miklos Losonczy, M.D. Ph.D.: Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences for the VA New Jersey Healthcare System, Co-chair of the VISN 3 Mental Health Advisory Group, Co-chair of the Under Secretary for Health’s Special Committee on the Seriously Mentally Ill Veterans, and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine.

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