The Center for Mental Health Services Research (CMHSR) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School conducts research on the nature, structure, effectiveness, and regulation of services for individuals with mental health conditions, and develops and disseminates knowledge to improve the lives of these individuals, their families, and other community members.

The collection showcases the journal articles, books, book reviews, and other publications and presentations written by faculty and researchers of the Center for Mental Health Services Research.

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Publications from 2012

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Limitations on the Use of Evidence From Evaluations of Competence to Stand Trial in the Penalty Phase, Natalie M. Anumba and Kenneth L. Appelbaum

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Therapeutic misconception in research subjects : Development and validation of a measure, Paul S. Appelbaum, Milena D. Anatchkova, Karen Albert, Laura B. Dunn, and Charles W. Lidz

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Community Mental Health Provider Reluctance to Provide Pharmacotherapy May Be a Barrier to Addressing Perinatal Depression: A Preliminary Study, Nancy Byatt, Kathleen Biebel, Gifty Debordes-Jackson, Rebecca S. Lundquist, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Linda F. Weinreb, and Douglas M. Ziedonis

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Patient, provider, and system-level barriers and facilitators to addressing perinatal depression, Nancy Byatt, Kathleen Biebel, Rebecca Lundquist, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Gifty Debordes-Jackson, Jeroan J. Allison, and Douglas M. Ziedonis

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Strategies for improving perinatal depression treatment in North American outpatient obstetric settings, Nancy Byatt, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Rebecca Lundquist, Julia V. Johnson, and Douglas M. Ziedonis

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The silent majority: who speaks at IRB meetings, Philip J. Candilis, Charles W. Lidz, Paul S. Appelbaum, Robert M. Arnold, William P. Gardner, Suzanne Myers, Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr., and Lorna J. Simon

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Reflections and narratives: new to The Journal and to professional ethics, Philip J. Candilis and Richard Martinez

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Prevalence of involvement in the criminal justice system during severe mania and associated symptomatology, Paul P. Christopher, Patrick J. McCabe, and William H. Fisher

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Between Adolescence and Adulthood: Rehabilitation Research to Improve Services for Youth and Young adults, Maryann Davis, Nancy Koroloff, and Marsha Langer Ellison

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Social network analysis of child and adult interorganizational connections, Maryann Davis, Nancy Koroloff, and Matthew Johnsen

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Participatory action research and young adults with psychiatric disabilities, Jonathan Delman

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Health Status, Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context, and Premature Mortality in the United States: The National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study, Chyke A. Doubeni, Mario Schootman, Jacqueline M. Major, Rosalie A. Torres Stone, Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, Yikyung Park, Min Lian, Lynne Messer, Barry I. Graubard, Rashmi Sinha, Albert R. Hollenbeck, and Arthur Schatzkin

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An assessment of satisfaction with ambulatory child psychiatry consultation services to primary care providers by parents of children with emotional and behavioral needs: the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project University of Massachusetts Parent Satisfaction Study, Yael Dvir, Melodie Wenz-Gross, Mary Jeffers-Terry, and Peter Metz

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Supporting the Education Goals of Post-9/11 Veterans with Self-Reported PTSD Symptoms: A Needs Assessment, Marsha Langer Ellison, Lisa Mueller, David A. Smelson, Patrick W. Corrigan, Rosalie A. Torres Stone, Barbara G. Bokhour, Lisa M. Najavits, Jennifer M. Vessella, and Charles Drebing

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Breakout Session: "Dissemination: Challenges and Successes in Working with Communities", Carl E. Fulwiler and Marie Hobart

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Amygdala-orbitofrontal resting-state functional connectivity is associated with trait anger, Carl E. Fulwiler, Jean A. King, and Nanyin Zhang

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Patient-centered, recovery-oriented psychiatric care and treatment are not always voluntary, Jeffrey L. Geller

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Best practices: Visions for best practices in using coercion in mental health care, Jeffrey L. Geller and William M. Glazer

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Addressing Tobacco Through Organizational Change (ATTOC) in Residential Addiction Treatment Settings, Joseph Guydish, Douglas M. Ziedonis, Barbara Tajima, Gregory Seward, Emma Passalacqua, Mable Chan, Kevin Delucchi, Lucy Zammarelli, Michael Levy, Monika Kolodziej, and Greg Brigham

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Harmonizing databases? Developing a quasi-experimental design to evaluate a public mental health re-entry program, Stephanie W. Hartwell, Xiaogang Deng, William H. Fisher, Carl E. Fulwiler, Usha Sambamoorthi, Craig Johnson, Debra A. Pinals, Lisa Sampson, and Julianne Siegfriedt

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Gender Differences in the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence in Korean Americans, Sun Kim, (Julia) Hua Fang, Joseph R. DiFranza, Douglas M. Ziedonis, and Grace X. Ma

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Gender-Specific Factors Associated with Readiness to Quit Smoking among Korean Americans, Sun Kim, David Kalman, and Douglas M. Ziedonis

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A Systematic Review of Smoking Cessation Intervention Studies in China, Sun S. Kim, Wei Chen, Monika Kolodziej, Xue Wang, Victoria J. Wang, and Douglas M. Ziedonis

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Culture and Smoking Among Vietnamese Americans in Central Massachusetts, Sun S. Kim, Thu Ha Len, and Hoa L. Nguyen

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How closely do institutional review boards follow the common rule, Charles W. Lidz, Paul S. Appelbaum, Robert M. Arnold, Philip J. Candilis, William P. Gardner, Suzanne Myers, and Lorna J. Simon

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The participation of community members on medical institutional review boards, Charles W. Lidz, Lorna J. Simon, Antonia Seligowski, Suzanne Myers, William P. Gardner, Philip J. Candilis, Robert M. Arnold, and Paul S. Appelbaum

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Arrest Types and Co-occurring Disorders in Persons with Schizophrenia or Related Psychoses, Patrick J. McCabe, Paul P. Christopher, Nicholas Druhn, Kristen M. Roy-Bujnowski, Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr., and William H. Fisher

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Peer Supports for Tobacco Cessation for Adults with Serious Mental Illness: A Review of the Literature, Colleen E. McKay and Faith Dickerson

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Adapting services to engage young adults in ICCD clubhouses, Colleen E. McKay, Ruth Osterman, Joseph Shaffer, Emily Sawyer, Evan Gerrard, and Nelson Olivera

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The shift from monologue to dialogue in a couple therapy session: dialogical investigation of change from the therapists' point of view, Mary E. Olson, Aarno Laitila, Peter Rober, and Jaakko Seikkula

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New systems of care for substance use disorders: treatment, finance, and technology under health care reform, David R. Pating, Michael M. Miller, Eric Goplerud, Judith Martin, and Douglas M. Ziedonis

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Probation officers' perceptions of youths' risk of reoffending and use of risk assessment in case management, Rachael T. Perrault, Melissa Paiva-Salisbury, and Gina M. Vincent

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You Can't Recover From Suicide: Perspectives on Suicide Education in MSW Programs, Betty J. Ruth, Mark Gianino, Jordana Muroff, Donna McLaughlin, and Barry N. Feldman

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Preventing Suicide through Improved Training in Suicide Risk Assessment and Care: An American Association of Suicidology Task Force Report Addressing Serious Gaps in U.S. Mental Health Training, William M. Schmitz Jr., Michael H. Allen, Barry N. Feldman, Nina J. Gutin, Danielle R. Jahn, Phillip M. Kleespies, Paul Quinnett, and Skip Simpson

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Prevalence and Impact of Substance Use Among Emerging Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions, Ashli J. Sheidow, Michael McCart, Kristyn Zajac, and Maryann Davis

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A self-assessment survey of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Part 1: animal welfare and protocol compliance, Jerald Silverman, Stephen P. Baker, and Charles W. Lidz

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Disparities in opioid prescribing for patients with psychiatric diagnoses presenting with pain to the emergency department, Lorna J. Simon, Aurelia N. Bizamcer, Charles W. Lidz, Susan Stefan, and Mark J. Pletcher

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Genetic association of GABA-A receptor alpha-2 and mu opioid receptor with cocaine cue-reactivity: evidence for inhibitory synaptic neurotransmission involvement in cocaine dependence, David A. Smelson, Lei Yu, Steven Buyske, Gerardo Gonzalez, Jay Tischfield, Curtis K. Deutsch, and Douglas M. Ziedonis

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Field Reliability of the SAVRY with Juvenile Probation Officers: Implications for Training, Gina M. Vincent, Laura S. Guy, Samantha L. Fusco, and Bernice Gershenson

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Does Risk Assessment Make a Difference? Results of Implementing the SAVRY in Juvenile Probation, Gina M. Vincent, Laura S. Guy, Bernice G. Gershenson, and Patrick J. McCabe

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Risk Assessment in Juvenile Justice: A Guidebook for Implementation, Gina M. Vincent, Laura S. Guy, and Thomas Grisso

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Impact of risk/needs assessment on juvenile probation officers' decision making: Importance of implementation, Gina M. Vincent, Melissa Paiva-Salisbury, Nathan E. Cook, Laura S. Guy, and Rachael T. Perrault

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Changing the system by changing the workforce: employing consumers to increase access, cultural diversity, and engagement, Melodie Wenz-Gross, Toni M. Irsfeld, Tammy Twomey, Ana Perez, Judith Thompson, Martha Wally, Barbara Colleton, Christine Kroell, Steven K. McKeown, and Peter Metz

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Implementing a Primary Prevention Social Skills Intervention in Urban Preschools: Factors Associated with Quality and Fidelity, Melodie Wenz-Gross and Carole C. Upshur

Publications from 2011

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A national survey of self-injurious behavior in American prisons, Kenneth L. Appelbaum, Judith A. Savageau, Robert L. Trestman, Jeffrey L. Metzner, and Jacques Baillargeon

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Overcoming Barriers to Perinatal Depression Treatment, Nancy Byatt, Kathleen Biebel, Liz Friedman, Jeroan J. Allison, and Douglas M. Ziedonis

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Commentary: A new chapter for forensic ethics, Philip J. Candilis

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Evaluating psychiatric disability: differences by forensic expertise, Paul P. Christopher, Rasim Arikan, Debra A. Pinals, William H. Fisher, and Paul S. Appelbaum

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Development and validation of the Mental Health Attitude Survey for Police, Jonathan C. Clayfield, Kenneth E. Fletcher, and Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr.

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On Being an Expert Witness: It's Not About You, Joel A. Dvoskin and Laura S. Guy

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Vocational and Educational Support for Veterans, Marsha Langer Ellison, Charles Drebing, Lisa Mueller, Jonathan Delman, and Lisa Mistler

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Statewide initiative of intensive psychiatric rehabilitation: outcomes and relationship to other mental health service use, Marsha Langer Ellison, E. Sally Rogers, Asya Lyass, Joseph Massaro, Nancy J. Wewiorski, Su-Ting Hsu, and William A. Anthony

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Public policy and limits of diversion programs for reducing jail exposure of persons with serious mental illness, William H. Fisher, Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr., Kristen M. Roy-Bujnowski, and Nancy Wolff

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Risk of Arrest Among Public Mental Health Services Recipients and the General Public, William H. Fisher, Lorna J. Simon, Kristen M. Roy-Bujnowski, Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr., Nancy Wolff, Emily Crockett, and Steven M. Banks

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Borderline Personality Disorder: Considerations for Inclusion in the Massachusetts Parity List of "Biologically-Based" Disorders, Mary Ellen Foti, Jeffrey L. Geller, Laura S. Guy, John G. Gunderson, Brian A. Palmer, and Lisa M. Smith

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Supporting Parents With Mental Health Needs in Systems of Care, Barbara J. Friesen, Judith Katz-Leavy, and Joanne Nicholson

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Center for Mental Health Services Research Dissemination Activities, Carl E. Fulwiler, Kathleen Biebel, Susan Doiron, Gifty Debordes-Jackson, and Lisa M. Smith

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Prefrontal regional correlates of self-control in male psychiatric patients: Impulsivity facets and aggression, David A. Gansler, Athene K. W. Lee, Britt C. Emerton, Christopher D'Amato, Rafeeque A. Bhadelia, Matthew Jerram, and Carl E. Fulwiler

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A Premature Obituary: Edward C. Spitzka and the American Psychiatry of 1878, Jeffrey L. Geller

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Measuring Smoking Knowledge, Attitudes and Services (S-KAS) Among Clients in Addiction Treatment, Joseph Guydish, Barbara Tajima, Mable Chan, Kevin L. Delucchi, and Douglas M. Ziedonis

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Developing Statutes for Competence to Stand Trial in Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings: A Guide for Lawmakers, Kimberly A. Larson, Thomas Grisso, and National Youth Screening & Assessment Project

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Neural correlates of impulsivity factors in psychiatric patients and healthy volunteers: a voxel-based morphometry study, Athene K. W. Lee, Matthew Jerram, Carl E. Fulwiler, and David A. Gansler

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Geographic variation in colorectal cancer survival and the role of small-area socioeconomic deprivation: a multilevel survival analysis of the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study Cohort, Min Lian, Mario Schootman, Chyke A. Doubeni, Yikyung Park, Jacqueline M. Major, Rosalie A. Torres Stone, Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, Albert R. Hollenbeck, Barry I. Graubard, and Arthur Schatzkin

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Informed Consent: A Critical Part of Modern Medical Research, Charles W. Lidz

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Medicaid Enrollment Rates Among Individuals Arrested in the State of Florida Before and at the Time of Arrest, John Petrila, Diane Haynes, Jing Guo, William H. Fisher, Charles Dion, and Nicolette Springer

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Childhood trauma and psychiatric disorders as correlates of school dropout in a national sample of young adults, Michelle V. Porche, Lisa R. Fortuna, Julia Lin, and Margarita Alegria

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Peer Support, Stephanie Rodrigues, Matthew Chinman, Susan Hills, Marsha Langer Ellison, and Colleen E. McKay

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Recovery-promoting professional competencies: perspectives of mental health consumers, consumer-providers and providers, Zlatka Russinova, E. Sally Rogers, Marsha Langer Ellison, and Asya Lyass

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Risk-Needs Assessment in Juvenile Justice: Predictive Validity of the SAVRY, Racial Differences, and the Contribution of Needs Factors, Gina M. Vincent, John Chapman, and Nathan E. Cook

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Intersection of chronic pain treatment and opioid analgesic misuse: causes, treatments, and policy strategies, Amy B. Wachholtz, Gerardo Gonzalez, Edward W. Boyer, Zafar N. Naqvi, Christopher D. Rosenbaum, and Douglas M. Ziedonis

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Comorbid Pain and Opioid Addiction: Psychosocial and Pharmacological Treatments, Amy B. Wachholtz, Douglas M. Ziedonis, and Gerardo Gonzalez

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Thinking styles and emotional states of male and female prison inmates by mental disorder status, Nancy Wolff, Robert D. Morgan, Jing Shi, Jessica Huening, and William H. Fisher

Publications from 2010

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Capacity to make medical treatment decisions in multiple sclerosis: a potentially remediable deficit, Michael R. Basso, Philip J. Candilis, Jay Johnson, Courtney Ghormley, Dennis R. Combs, and Taeh Ward

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Building Global Citizenship through Network Leadership, Anne Beales and Daniel B. Fisher

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First Steps and Beyond: Incorporating Shared Decision Making in Massachusetts Mental Health Services, Jonathan Delman, Mary Ellen G. Foti, Lisa Mistler, and Tamar Skolnick

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A systematic review of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual diagnostic criteria for nicotine dependence, Joseph R. DiFranza, W. W. Sanouri A. Ursprung, Beatrice Lauzon, Christina Bancej, Robert J. Wellman, Douglas M. Ziedonis, Sun S. Kim, Andre Gervais, Bruce Meltzer, Colleen E. McKay, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Chizimuzo T. C. Okoli, Lisa R. Fortuna, and Michele Tremblay

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Design Features for Employment-Supportive Personal Assistance Services in Medicaid Programs, Marsha Langer Ellison, Raymond E. Glazier, Elizabeth O'Connell, Giulia Norton, and Jay S. Himmelstein

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Finding and Using Our Voice: How Consumer/Survivor Advocacy is Transforming Mental Health Care, Daniel B. Fisher and Lauren Spiro

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Categorizing Temporal Patterns of Arrest in a Cohort of Adults with Serious Mental Illness, William H. Fisher, Steven M. Banks, Kristen M. Roy-Bujnowski, Albert J. Grudzinskas, Lorna J. Simon, and Nancy Wolff

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Commentary: civil commitment statutes--40 years of circumvention, William H. Fisher and Thomas Grisso

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Crisis Intervention Teams as the Solution to Managing Crises Involving Persons with Serious Psychiatric Illnesses: Does One Size Fit All?, William H. Fisher and Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr.

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The research potential of administrative data from state mental health agencies, William H. Fisher and Jeanne C. Rivard

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Retention in depression treatment among ethnic and racial minority groups in the United States, Lisa R. Fortuna, Margarita Alegria, and Shan Gao

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Guidance for Improving Forensic Reports: A Review of Common Errors, Thomas Grisso

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The role of psychopathic personality disorder in violence risk assessments using the HCR-20, Laura S. Guy, Kevin S. Douglas, and Melissa C. Hendry

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Sex Offending and Serious Mental Illness: Directions for Policy and Research, Andrew J. Harris, William H. Fisher, Bonita M. Veysey, Laura M. Ragusa, and Arthur J. Lurigio

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Emerging Adults With Psychiatric Disabilities Involved With the Criminal Justice System, Stephanie W. Hartwell, William H. Fisher, and Maryann Davis

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Addressing tobacco use disorder in smokers in early remission from alcohol dependence: the case for integrating smoking cessation services in substance use disorder treatment programs, David Kalman, Sun Kim, Gregory DiGirolamo, David Smelson, and Douglas M. Ziedonis

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Police-induced confessions: risk factors and recommendations, Saul M. Kassin, Steven A. Drizin, Thomas Grisso, Gisli H. Gudjonsson, Richard A. Leo, and Allison D. Redlich

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Effects of a randomized couple-based intervention on quality of life of breast cancer patients and their partners, Karen Kayser, Barry N. Feldman, Nancy A. Borstelmann, and Ann A. Daniels

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Adolescent Input Into Custody Decisions: Evaluating Decision-Making Capacities, Kimberly A. Larson and Joseph McGill

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From complexity to reality: providing useful frameworks for defining systems of care, Jody Levison-Johnson and Melodie Wenz-Gross

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Stressed and helping: the relations among acculturative stress, gender, and prosocial tendencies in Mexican Americans, Meredith McGinley, Gustavo Carlo, Lisa J. Crockett, Marcela Raffaelli, Rosalie A. Torres Stone, and Maria I. Iturbide

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Interdisciplinary treatment planning in inpatient settings: from myth to model, Kris A. McLoughlin and Jeffrey L. Geller

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Prevalence of criminal thinking among state prison inmates with serious mental illness, Robert D. Morgan, William H. Fisher, Naihua Duan, Jon T. Mandracchia, and Danielle Murray

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A Multi-disciplinary, Whole-of-Family Approach to Supporting Parents with Mental Illness, Joanne Nicholson

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Helping Families— Shifting the Emphasis, Joanne Nicholson

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Mental Illness: Understanding the Impact on Families and How to Help, Joanne Nicholson

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Parenting and Recovery for Mothers with Mental Disorders, Joanne Nicholson

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Parenting with a Mental Illness. A radio interview for ABC Radio National, Australia Public Radio (Audio file), Joanne Nicholson