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Jones wins award and travels to Italy
During their annual conference in October, Associate Professor Nev Jones was presented with the annual Academic Award by the NGO Students with Psychosis, a group that "empowers student leaders and advocates
Digital ‘Avatars’ Emerging as Effective Treatment for Psychosis
Many novel behavioral therapies for psychosis and schizophrenia are not available in the U.S., said Nev Jones, a Pitt social work professor who has advocated for integrating lived experience into psychosis research.