Lauren M. Borges, PhD
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Lauren M. Borges, PhD
VA Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide Prevention
University of Colorado
Biography
Dr. Borges is a clinical research psychologist at the VA Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) for Suicide Prevention. She holds an academic appointment of Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Her primary line of research concerns the use of contextual behavioral interventions like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help Veterans and health care providers approach emotions like guilt and shame more flexibly. She is federally funded to investigate different applications of ACT for moral injury and for suicidal behavior in Veterans and health care providers.
