{"id":13441,"date":"2020-01-27T09:06:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T14:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute?p=13441"},"modified":"2020-01-27T09:06:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T14:06:30","slug":"the-ct-convergence-institute-hosts-a-successful-health-cafe-on-mental-health-services-for-the-latinx-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/2020\/01\/27\/the-ct-convergence-institute-hosts-a-successful-health-cafe-on-mental-health-services-for-the-latinx-community\/","title":{"rendered":"The CT Convergence Institute Hosts a Successful Health Caf\u00e9 on Mental Health Services for the Latinx Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institutewp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2020\/01\/Health-Cafe-1.16.20-Latino-Mental-Health-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institutewp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2020\/01\/Health-Cafe-1.16.20-Latino-Mental-Health-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Health Cafe 1.16.20 Latino Mental Health\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13442 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2020\/01\/Health-Cafe-1.16.20-Latino-Mental-Health-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2020\/01\/Health-Cafe-1.16.20-Latino-Mental-Health-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2020\/01\/Health-Cafe-1.16.20-Latino-Mental-Health-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2020\/01\/Health-Cafe-1.16.20-Latino-Mental-Health-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2020\/01\/Health-Cafe-1.16.20-Latino-Mental-Health-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, January 16<sup>th<\/sup> The Connecticut Convergence Institute hosted a Health Caf\u00e9 on Cultural Psychiatry and Mental Health Services for the Latinx Community in conjunction with the UConn Latino Medical Student Association. The event attracted over 40 attendees and unlike our traditional Health Caf\u00e9 format, this event was interactive, allowing participants the opportunity to break off into small groups to gain a more collaborative approach and strike up a conversation. Dr. Esperanza Diaz, Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine provided the keynote speech and inspired this new configuration.<\/p>\n<p>All Health Caf\u00e9 attendees were provided a free dinner and giveaways. We would like to thank the Aetna Foundation for making this event possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On Thursday, January 16th The Connecticut Convergence Institute hosted a Health Caf\u00e9 on Cultural Psychiatry and Mental Health Services for the Latinx Community in conjunction with the UConn Latino Medical Student Association. 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