Psychiatric Research of Immigrants Under Microscope

By Jim Shelton, New Haven Register

NEW HAVEN — The Yale University psychiatrist at the heart of a recent controversy over teaching interviewing techniques to soldiers is embroiled in a new uproar over ongoing research using local Latino immigrants.

At least one New Haven group said it may protest the research by Dr. Charles Morgan, who is an associate professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine.

John Lugo, of the New Haven advocacy group Unidad Latina en Accion, said his organization is meeting this week to decide on a response to Morgan’s work with local immigrants.

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