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.
Publications from 2006
Gender differences in attitudes toward psychopathic sexual offenders, Laura S. Guy and John F. Edens
Investigating the M-FAST: psychometric properties and utility to detect diagnostic specific malingering, Laura S. Guy, Phylissa P. Kwartner, and Holly A. Miller
A survey of programs for parents with mental illness and their families: Identifying common elements to build the evidence base, Beth R. Hinden, Kathleen Biebel, Joanne Nicholson, Alexis D. Henry, and Judith Katz-Leavy
Aggression toward forensic evaluators: a statewide survey, Naomi Leavitt, Helene Presskreischer, Patricia Maykuth, and Thomas Grisso
Mammography screening after breast cancer diagnosis in a first degree female relative: age group differences (United States), Stephenie C. Lemon, Jane G. Zapka, Lynn Clemow, Barbara Estabrook, and Kenneth E. Fletcher
The therapeutic misconception and our models of competency and informed consent, Charles W. Lidz
Employment transitions for Clubhouse members, Colleen E. McKay, Matthew Johnsen, Steven M. Banks, and Reva Stein
The classification of violence risk, John Monahan, Henry J. Steadman, Paul S. Appelbaum, Thomas Grisso, Edward P. Mulvey, Loren H. Roth, Pamela Clark Robbins, Steven M. Banks, and Eric Silver
Substance use and community violence: a test of the relation at the daily level, Edward P. Mulvey, Candice L. Odgers, Jennifer L. Skeem, William P. Gardner, Carol A. Schubert, and Charles W. Lidz
Frontline Reports: The Clubhouse Family Legal Support Project for parents with mental illness, Kate Nemens and Joanne Nicholson
A comparison of mothers with co-occurring disorders and histories of violence living with or separated from minor children, Joanne Nicholson, Norma Finkelstein, Valerie Williams, Jennifer Thom, Chanson Noether, and Megan DeVilbiss
The competence-related abilities of adolescent defendants in criminal court, Norman G. Poythress, Frances J. Lexcen, Thomas Grisso, and Laurence Steinberg
Ethical principles and practices for research involving human participants with mental illness, Laura Weiss Roberts, Philip J. Candilis, and Jeffrey A. Lieberman
RPRS Manual: Recovery Promoting Relationships Scale, Zlatka Russinova, E. Sally Rogers, and Marsha Langer Ellison
An Integrated Look at Dually Diagnosed Female Sex Offenders and the Law, Fabian M. Saleh, R. Gregg Dwyer, and Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr.
Psychiatric symptoms and community violence among high-risk patients: A test of the relationship at the weekly level, Jennifer L. Skeem, Carol A. Schubert, Candice L. Odgers, Edward P. Mulvey, William P. Gardner, and Charles W. Lidz
Beyond Asian American: Examining Conditions and Mechanisms of Earnings Inequality for Filipina and Asian Indian Women, Rosalie A. Torres Stone, Bandana Purkayastha, and Terceira A. Berdahl
Traditional practices, traditional spirituality, and alcohol cessation among American Indians, Rosalie A. Torres Stone, Les B. Whitbeck, Xiaojin Chen, Kurt Johnson, and Debbie M. Olson
Assessing Adolescent Defendants' Adjudicative Competence: Interrater Reliability and Factor Structure of the Fitness Interview Test–Revised, Jodi L. Viljoen, Gina M. Vincent, and Ronald Roesch
Psychopathy and violence risk assessment in youth, Gina M. Vincent
Understanding the Downward Extension of Psychopathy to Youth: Implications for Risk Assessment and Juvenile Justice, Michael J. Vitacco and Gina M. Vincent
How Are We Preparing Students With Emotional Disturbances for the Transition to Young Adulthood? Findings From the National Longitudinal Transition Study—2, Mary Wagner and Maryann Davis
A comparison of the health and mental health status of homeless mothers in Worcester, Mass: 1993 and 2003, Linda F. Weinreb, John C. Buckner, Valerie Williams, and Joanne Nicholson
Together for Kids: Three-Year Project Report: A Project Administered by Community Healthlink, Inc., Melodie Wenz-Gross, Carole C. Upshur, and Lynn Hennigan
Children's use of motor vehicle restraints: maternal psychological distress, maternal motor vehicle restraint practices, and sociodemographics, Whitney P. Witt, Lisa R. Fortuna, Eijean Wu, Robert S. Kahn, Jonathan P. Winickoff, Paul A. Pirraglia, Timothy G. Ferris, and Karen Kuhlthau
Relationship and distress in relatives of breast cancer patients, Jane G. Zapka, Gene Fisher, Stephenie C. Lemon, Lynn Clemow, and Kenneth E. Fletcher
Publications from 2005
The new research ethic: will oversight requirements sink forensic research, Philip J. Candilis, Rasim Arikan, Sheila B. Noone, and Jacob C. Holzer
Willingness of subjects with thought disorder to participate in research, Philip J. Candilis, Cynthia M. A. Geppert, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Charles W. Lidz, and Paul S. Appelbaum
E Pluribus Unum: Creating a Multi-Organizational Structure for Serving Arrestees with Serious Mental Illness, Jonathan C. Clayfield, Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr., William H. Fisher, and Kristen M. Roy-Bujnowski
The influence of psychosocial maturity on male juvenile offenders' comprehension and understanding of the Miranda warning, Lori H. Colwell, Keith R. Cruise, Laura S. Guy, Wendy K. McCoy, Krissie Fernandez, and Heather H. Ross
State Efforts To Expand Transition Supports for Young Adults Receiving Adult Public Mental Health Services, Maryann Davis and Bethany Hunt
Where are Bridges Needed: Relationships Between Youth and Adult Services Before Strengthening the Transition System, Maryann Davis, Matthew Johnsen, Nancy Koroloff, Barbara E. Starrett, Colleen E. McKay, Michael Pullmann, Diane Sondheimer, and Lynwood Gordon
Summary of Center for Mental Health Services Youth Transition Policy Meeting: National Experts Panel, Maryann Davis and Chris Koyanagi
State child mental health efforts to support youth in transition to adulthood, Maryann Davis and Diane L. Sondheimer
Assessing consumer satisfaction in the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, Jonathan Delman and Richard H. Beinecke
HCR-20 Violence Risk Assessment Scheme: Overview and Annotated Bibliography, Kevin S. Douglas, Laura S. Guy, Kim A. Reeves, and John Weir
Conducting Your First AP-LS Conference Presentation: Improving the Experience for Yourself and Your Audience, John F. Edens, John Petrila, Laura S. Guy, and Barry Rosenfeld
People with schizophrenia employed as professionals and managers: initial evidence and exploration, Marsha Langer Ellison, Zlatka Russinova, Joseph Massaro, and Asya Lyass
Authors' reports about research integrity problems in clinical trials, William P. Gardner, Charles W. Lidz, and Kathryn C. Hartwig
A view of American psychiatry, Jeffrey L. Geller
Against the grain? A reasoned argument for not closing a state hospital, Jeffrey L. Geller, Helen Shore, Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr., and Paul S. Appelbaum
Clinical Evaluations for Juveniles' Competence to Stand Trial: A Guide for Legal Professionals, Thomas Grisso
Commentary on “Empirical and Ethical Problems with Custody Recommendations": What Now?, Thomas Grisso
Evaluating Juveniles' Adjudicative Competence: A Guide for Clinical Practice, Thomas Grisso
Juvenile Court Clinical Services: A National Description, Thomas Grisso and Judith Quinlan
Between a rock and a soft place: developmental research and the child advocacy process, Thomas Grisso and Laurence Steinberg
The empirical limits of forensic mental health assessment, Thomas Grisso and Gina M. Vincent
Mental Health Screening and Assessment in Juvenile Justice, Thomas Grisso, Gina M. Vincent, and Daniel Seagrave
Integrating the criminal justice system into mental health service delivery: the Worcester diversion experience, Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr., Jonathan C. Clayfield, Kristen M. Roy-Bujnowski, William H. Fisher, and Maurice H. Richardson
Does psychopathy predict institutional misconduct among adults? A meta-analytic investigation, Laura S. Guy, John F. Edens, Christine Anthony, and Kevin S. Douglas
The Invisible Children's Project: key ingredients of an intervention for parents with mental illness, Beth R. Hinden, Kathleen Biebel, Joanne Nicholson, and Liz Mehnert
Deficits in testosterone facilitate enhanced fear response, Jean A. King, Washington L. De Oliveira, and Nihal Patel
Procedure for minimizing stress for fMRI studies in conscious rats, Jean A. King, Timothy S. Garelick, Mathew E. Brevard, Wei Chen, Tara L. Messenger, Timothy Q. Duong, and Craig F. Ferris
Association of stress, hostility and plasma testosterone levels, Jean A. King, Milagros C. Rosal, Yunsheng Ma, and George W. Reed
Impact of referral source and study applicants' preference for randomly assigned service on research enrollment, service engagement, and evaluative outcomes, Cathaleene Macias, Paul J. Barreira, William A. Hargreaves, Leonard Bickman, William H. Fisher, and Elliot Aronson
Commentary: toward a unified theory of personal and professional ethics, Richard Martinez and Philip J. Candilis
Employment outcomes in Massachusetts Clubhouses, Colleen E. McKay, Matthew Johnsen, and Reva Stein
An actuarial model of violence risk assessment for persons with mental disorders, John Monahan, Henry J. Steadman, Pamela Clark Robbins, Paul S. Appelbaum, Steven M. Banks, Thomas Grisso, Kirk Heilburn, Edward P. Mulvey, Loren H. Roth, and Eric Silver
Use of child custody as leverage to improve treatment adherence, Joanne Nicholson
Family Members with Overlapping Mental Health Needs Require the Transformation of Systems and Services, Joanne Nicholson, Kathleen Biebel, Beth R. Hinden, Valerie Williams, Bernice Gershenson, and Judith Katz-Leavy
Family and Network Therapy Training for a System of Care: “A Pedagogy of Hope”, Mary E. Olson
A study of a structured exercise program with members of an ICCD Certified Clubhouse: program design, benefits, and implications for feasibility, John R. Pelletier, Meeta Nguyen, Kevin Bradley, Matthew Johnsen, and Colleen E. McKay
Psychosocial Stressors, Psychiatric Diagnoses and Utilization of Mental Health Services Among Undocumented Immigrant Latinos, M. Carmela Perez and Lisa R. Fortuna
Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders, Stanley Sacks, Richard K. Ries, Douglas M. Ziedonis, and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Weekly community interviews with high-risk participants: operational issues, Carol A. Schubert, Edward P. Mulvey, Charles W. Lidz, William P. Gardner, and Jennifer L. Skeem
What do clinicians expect? Comparing envisioned and reported violence for male and female patients, Jennifer L. Skeem, Edward P. Mulvey, Candice L. Odgers, Carol A. Schubert, Stephanie Stowman, William P. Gardner, and Charles W. Lidz
Predictors of depression among non-Hispanic Whites, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans: A look at race/ethnicity as a reflection of social relations, Rosalie A. Torres Stone, Fernando I. Rivera, and Terceira A. Berdahl
A Comparison of Factor Models on the PCL-R With Mentally Disordered Offenders: The Development of a Four-Factor Model, Michael J. Vitacco, Richard Rogers, Craig S. Neumann, Kimberly S. Harrison, and Gina M. Vincent
How the pace program builds a recovery-transformed system: results from a national survey, James H. Zahniser, Laurie Ahern, and Daniel B. Fisher
Why do so many Latina teens attempt suicide? A conceptual model for research, Luis H. Zayas, Rebecca J. Lester, Leopoldo J. Cabassa, and Lisa R. Fortuna
Publications from 2004
Therapeutic misconception in clinical research: frequency and risk factors, Paul S. Appelbaum, Charles W. Lidz, and Thomas Grisso
Informed Consent: Clinical Aspects of Consent, Robert M. Arnold and Charles W. Lidz
A Multiple-Models Approach to Violence Risk Assessment Among People with Mental Disorder, Steven M. Banks, Pamela Clark Robbins, Eric Silver, Roumen Vesselinov, Henry J. Steadman, John Monahan, Edward P. Mulvey, Paul S. Appelbaum, Thomas Grisso, and Loren H. Roth
The responsiveness of State Mental Health Authorities to parents with mental illness, Kathleen Biebel, Joanne Nicholson, Valerie Williams, and Beth R. Hinden
End-of-life care and mental illness: a model for community psychiatry and beyond, Philip J. Candilis, Mary Ellen G. Foti, and Jacob C. Holzer
Characteristics of Children and Adolescents Admitted to a Residential Treatment Center, Daniel F. Connor, Leonard A. Doerfler, Peter F. Toscano Jr., Adam M. Volungis, and Ron Steingard
Predictive validity of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version for general and violent recidivism, Raymond R. Corrado, Gina M. Vincent, Stephen D. Hart, and Irwin M. Cohen
Longitudinal patterns of offending during the transition to adulthood in youth from the mental health system, Maryann Davis, Steven M. Banks, William H. Fisher, and Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr.
Substance Abuse and the Functioning of Transition-Aged Youth with Psychiatric Disorders, Maryann Davis, Valerie Williams, and Bernice Gershenson
Crossing the Mental Health Care Quality Chasm in Massachusetts, Jonathan Delman
Testimony to Executive Office of Health and Human Services on Youth in Transition, Jonathan Delman, Sarah Entemann, and Jessel Paul Smith
Anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression in patients with coronary heart disease: a practical review for cardiac rehabilitation professionals, Leonard A. Doerfler and John A. Paraskos
Activation of neural pathways associated with sexual arousal in non-human primates, Craig F. Ferris, Charles T. Snowdon, Jean A. King, John M. Sullivan, Toni E. Ziegler, David P. Olson, Nancy J. Schultz-Darken, Pamela L. Tannenbaum, Reinhold Ludwig, Ziji Wu, Almuth Einspanier, J. Thomas Vaughan, and Timothy Q. Duong
Introduction: Work and Mental Illness – A Brief Sociological and Historical Overview, William H. Fisher
Managed mental health care's effects on arrest and forensic commitment, William H. Fisher, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Barbara Dickey, Ira K. Packer, Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr., and Hocine Azeni
Impulsive-aggressive traits, serotonin function, and alcohol-enhanced aggression, Carl E. Fulwiler, Joy Eckstine, and Sapna Kalsy
Medicaid everywhere, Jeffrey L. Geller
Asylum within and without asylums, Jeffrey L. Geller and Joseph P. Morrissey
Double Jeopardy: Adolescent Offenders with Mental Disorders, Thomas Grisso
Reply to "A Critical Review of Published Competency-to-Confess Measures", Thomas Grisso
Mental health courts and the lesson learned in juvenile court, Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr. and Jonathan C. Clayfield
Screening for Malingered Psychopathology in a Correctional Setting: Utility of the Miller-Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test (M-FAST), Laura S. Guy and Holly A. Miller
Together for Kids: Second Year Report : A Project of Community Healthlink, Inc., Lynn Hennigan, Carole C. Upshur, and Melodie Wenz-Gross
What Does Competitive Employment Mean? A Secondary Analysis of Employment Approaches in the Massachusetts Employment Intervention Demonstration Project, Matthew Johnsen, Colleen E. McKay, Alexis D. Henry, and Thomas D. Manning
Prevalence, severity, and co-occurrence of chronic physical health problems of persons with serious mental illness, Danson R. Jones, Cathaleene Macias, Paul J. Barreira, William H. Fisher, William A. Hargreaves, and Courtenay M. Harding
Neural substrates underlying impulsivity, Jean A. King, Jeffrey R. Tenney, Victoria Rossi, Lauralea Colamussi, and Stacy Burdick
Service quality as measured by service fit and mortality among public mental health system service recipients, H. Stephen Leff, James C. McPartland, Steven M. Banks, Bruce Dembling, William H. Fisher, and I. Elaine Allen
Validity and structure of a self-report measure of youth psychopathy, Frances J. Lexcen, Gina M. Vincent, and Thomas Grisso
Coercion, Charles W. Lidz
Therapeutic misconception and the appreciation of risks in clinical trials, Charles W. Lidz, Paul S. Appelbaum, Thomas Grisso, and Michelle Renaud



