Reports and Articles

Article in Mental Health News, Fall 2008 Issue:
http://www.mhnews.org/back_issues/MHN-Fall2008.pdf#zoom=100

Cultural Competence Matters Reports:
pdf  Issue 1 Cardiovascular Disease: The Combined Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Mental Illness
pdf  Issue 2 Culturally Competent Smoking Cessation Interventions for People with SMI
pdf  Issue 3 Cultural Syndromes and the Cultural Formulation in Psychiatric Care
pdf  Issue 4 Schizophrenia: The Impact of Race on Diagnosis
pdf  Issue 5 Part 1: Health Disparities among Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
pdf  Issue 6 Part 2: Strategies to Decrease Health Disparities among Individuals with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)

Center Reports

Improving the Physical Health of People with SMI- A Systematic Review of Lifestyle Interventions

POdCast

Living Proof Podcast Series from the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York: Episodes 46: Dr. Leopoldo Cabassa: Developing Mental Health Literacy Tools for the Latino Community.
http://www.socialwork.buffalo.edu/podcast/


Publications

2010

Zayas, L., Gulbas, L. E., Fedoravicus, N., & Cabassa, L. J. Patterns of  distress, precipitating events, and reflection on suicide attempts by adolescent Latinas. Social Science & Medicine, 2010, 70 (11), 1773-1779.

2009

Alegría M, Shrout PE, Torres M, Canino G, Lewis-Fernández R, Abelson J, Powell M, Lin J, Interian A, Woo M, Duan N.  “Lessons learned from the clinical reappraisal study of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview with Latinos”. International J Methods Psychiatric Research, 2009; 18:84-95.

Ell, K.  Katon, W. Cabassa, L. J., Xie, B. Lee, P., Kapetanovic, S. & Guterman, J.  Depression and diabetes among low-income Hispanics: Design elements of a socio-culturally adapted collaborative care model randomized controlled trial.  International Journal of Psychiatric in Medicine, 2009, 39(2), 113-132.

Hinton DE, Lewis-Fernández R, Pollack MH.  “A model of the generation of ataque de nervios: The role of fear of negative affect and fear of arousal symptoms”.  CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 2009, 15:264-275.

Lewis-Fernández R, Horvitz-Lennon M, Blanco C, Guarnaccia PJ, Cao Z, Alegria M.  “Significance of endorsement of psychotic symptoms by US Latinos”. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 2009, 197:337–347.

Markowitz JC, Patel SR, Balán I, McNamara M, Blanco C, Brave Heart MYH, Sosa S, Lewis-Fernández R.  “Toward an adaptation of interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed Hispanic patients”. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2009, 70:214-222.

Olfson, M, Cherry D, Lewis-Fernández R. “Racial differences in visit duration of outpatient psychiatric visits”. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2009, 66:214-221.

Riley W, Velligan D, Sajatovic M, Valenstein M, Safren S, Lewis-Fernández R, Weiden P, Ogedegbe  G.  “Adherence to psychiatric treatments”. Current Medical Literature: Psychiatry, 2009, 20:89-96.

Schneiderman, J.U., McDaniel, D. D., Xie, B., Cabassa, L. J., & Suh, J. Child welfare caregivers of differing English-language use: Perceptions of pediatric health care access barriers.  Journal of Ethnicity and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2009, 18 (4), 261-276.

Zayas, L. H., Torres, L. R., & Cabassa, L. J.  Diagnostic, symptom, and functional assessments of Hispanic outpatients in community mental health practice. Community Mental Health Journal, 2009, 45 (2), 97-105.

Zayas, L. H., Bright, C. L., Álvarez-Sánchez, T., & Cabassa, L. J.  Acculturation, familism and mother-daughter relations among suicidal and non-suicidal adolescent Latinas.  Journal of Primary Prevention, 2009, 30, 351-396.

2008
Blanco C, Okuda M, Rosenthal H, Lewis-Fernández R. “Duloxetine in the treatment of major depression and other psychiatric disorders”.  Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol, 2008, 1:195-205.

Cabassa, L. J.,  Hansen, M., Palinkas, L. A., & Ell, K.  Azúcar y nervios: Explanatory models and treatment experiences of Hispanics with diabetes and depression. Social Science & Medicine, 2008, 66 (12), 2413-2424 .

Cabassa, L. J., Lagomasino, I., Dwight-Jonhson, M., Hansen, M., & Zie, B.  Measuring Latinos’ perceptions of depression: A confirmatory factor analysis of the illness perception questionnaire.  Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2008, 14 (4), 377-384.

Collins PY, von Unger H, Armbrister A. Church ladies, good girls, and locas: Stigma and the intersection of ethnicity, gender, mental illness, and sexuality. Social Science & Medicine, 2008, 67: 389-397.

Collins PY, Elkington KS, von Unger H, Sweetland A, Wright ER, Zybert P. The relationship of stigma to HIV risk behavior among women with mental illness. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2008, 78 (4): 498-506.

Collins PY. Waving the banner of the mental health revolution: Psychiatric reform and community mental health in the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina. In: JM Caldas de Almeida, A. Cohen eds. Innovative Community Mental Health Services in Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington D.C.:PAHO, 2008, pp1-32.  

Dohrenwend BP, Turner JB, Turse NA, Lewis-Fernández R, Yager TJ. “War-related post-traumatic stress disorder in Black, Hispanic, and majority White Vietnam veterans: The roles of exposure vulnerability factors”, Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2008, 21, 133-141.

Lewis-Fernández, R, Turner, JB, Marshall, RD, Turse, N, Neria, Y, Dohrenwend, BP.  “Elevated rates of current PTSD among Hispanic veterans in the NVVRS: True prevalence or methodological artifact?” Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2008, 21:123-132.  

Lumerman J, Collins PY, Boero M. Physician-led primary care for mental health in Neuquen province, Patagonia region. In: M. Funk, G. Ivbijaro eds. Integrating Mental Health into Primary Care: A Global Perspective, 2008, pp 57-68.

Torres, L. R., Cabassa, L. J., Zayas, L. H., & Alvarez-Sánchez, T. A.  Assessing psychosocial stressors in Hispanic outpatients: Does clinician ethnicity matter?  Psychiatric Services, 2008, 59 (6), 690-692.

2007
Blanco C, Patel S, Liu L, Jiang H, Lewis-Fernández R, Schmidt AB, Liebowitz MR, Olfson M. “National trends in ethnic disparities in mental health care”. Medical Care, 2007, 45:1012-1019

Brave Heart, M.Y.H. The Impact of Historical Trauma: The Example of the Native Community. In Marian Bussey & Judy Wise, (Eds.), Transforming Trauma: Empowerment Responses. New York: Columbia University Press. 2007.

Cabassa, L. J. & Hansen, M. A systematic review of depression treatments in primary care for Latino adults.  Research on Social Work Practice, 2007, 17 (4), 494-503.

Cabassa, L. J., Lester, R., & Zayas, L. H. “It’s like being in a labyrinth:” Hispanic immigrants’ perceptions of depression and attitudes toward treatments.  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2007, 9 (1), 1-16.

Cabassa, L. J., & Zayas, L. H. Latino immigrants’ intentions to seek depression care.  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2007,  77(2) 231-242.

Cabassa, L. J.  Latino immigrant men’s perceptions of depression and attitudes toward help-seeking. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2007, 26 (4), 492-509.

Guarnaccia PJ, Martinez-Pincay I, Alegría M, Shrout P, Lewis-Fernández R, Canino GJ.  “Assessing diversity among Latinos: Results from the NLAAS”. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2007, 29:510-534.

Lewis-Fernández R, Martínez-Taboas A, Sar V, Patel S, Boatin A.  “The cross-cultural assessment of dissociation”, in JP Wilson and C Tang (eds.), The Cross-Cultural Assessment of Psychological Trauma and PTSD, New York: Springer, 2007, pp.279-317.

Marshall RD, Lewis-Fernández R, Blanco C, Simpson HB, Lin SH, Vermes D, Garcia W, Schneier F, Neria Y, Sánchez-Lacay JA, Liebowitz MR.  “A controlled trial of paroxetine for chronic PTSD, dissociation and interpersonal problems in mostly minority adults”, Depression and Anxiety, 2007, 24:77-84.

Megivern, D. A., McMillen J. C., Proctor E. K., Striley, C. W. Cabassa, L. J.,  & Munson, M. R.  Quality of Care: Expanding the Social Work Dialogue.  Social Work, 2007, 52 (2), 115-124

Torres L. R., Zayas L. H., Cabassa L. J., Carmela Pérez M. Diagnosing Co-Occurring Substance-Related Disorders: Agreement Between SCID, Hispanic Clinicians, and Non-Hispanic Clinicians.  Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2007, 68 (11), 1655–1662.

Vega WA, Karno M, Alegría M, Alvídrez J, Bernal G, Escamilla M, Escobar J, Guarnaccia P, Jenkins J, Kopelowicz A, Lagomasino IT, Lewis-Fernández R, Marín H, López S, Loue S.  “Research issues for improving treatment of US Hispanics with persistent mental disorder”.  Psychiatric Services, 2007, 58:385-394.

Zayas, L. H. Cabassa, L. J., Pérez, M. C., & Cavazos-Regh, P.  Using interpreters in diagnostic research and practice.   Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2007, 68, 924-928. 

2006
Brave Heart, M.Y.H. & Deschenie, T. Resource guide: Historical trauma and post-colonial stress in American Indian populations. Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2006, 17 (3), 24-27

Collins PY. Challenges to HIV prevention in psychiatric settings: Perceptions of South African mental health care providers. Social Science & Medicine. 2006, 63(4): 979-990

Collins PY, Mestry K, Wainberg M, Nzama T, Lindegger G. Training South African mental health providers to talk about sex in the era of AIDS. Psychiatric Services, 2006, 57:1644-1647.

Collins PY, Holman A, Freeman M, Patel V. What is the relevance of mental health to HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs in developing countries? A systematic review. AIDS. 2006, 20(12):1571-1582.

Febo V, Guarnaccia PJ, Shrout PE, Lewis-Fernández R, Ramírez RR, Canino G. “A quantitative analysis of ataque de nervios in Puerto Rico: Further examination of a cultural syndrome”. Hispanic J Behav Sci, 2006, 28:313-330.


In press

Cabassa, L. J., Ezell, J., & Lewis-Fernández, R. Lifestyle Interventions for Adults with Serious Mental Illness: A Systematic Literature Review. Psychiatric Services, in press.

Cabassa, L. . J., Molina, G., & Baron, M. Depression Fotonovela: Development of a depression literacy tool for Latinos with limited English proficiency. Health Promotion Practice, in press.

Collins PY. One thing leads to another: Sex, AIDS, and mental health reform in South Africa. In: E Akyeampong, A. Hill, and A. Kleinman eds.  Psychiatry in Africa. Indiana University Press, in press.

Collins PY, Freeman M. Bridging the gap between HIV and mental health services in South Africa. In P. Rohleder, L. Swartz, S. Kalichman, & L. Simbayi (Eds.), HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On: Psychosocial Perspectives (Chapter 23). New York: Springer, in press.  

Collins PY, Berkman A, Mestry K, Pillai A. HIV prevalence among men and women admitted to a South African state psychiatric ward. AIDS Care, in press.

Craske MG, Kircanski K, Epstein A, Wittchen HU, Pine DS, Lewis-Fernández R, Hinton DE.  “Panic disorder: A review of DSM-IV Panic Disorder and proposals for DSM-V.”  Depression and Anxiety, in press.

Guarnaccia PJ, Lewis-Fernández R, Martínez Pincay I, Shrout P, Guo J, Torres M, Canino G, Alegría M.  “Ataque de nervios as a marker of social and psychiatric vulnerability: Results from the NLAAS”.  International Journal of Social Psychiatry, in press.

Lewis-Fernández R, Hinton DE, Laria AJ, Patterson EH, Hofmann SG, Craske MG, Stein DJ, Asnaani A, Liao B.  “Culture and the anxiety disorders: Recommendations for DSM-V”.  Depression and Anxiety, in press.

Raue PJ, Schulberg HC, Lewis-Fernandez R, Boutin-Foster C, Hoffman AS, Bruce ML.  “Shared

decision-making in the primary care treatment of late-life major depression: a needed new intervention?”. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, in press.

Velligan D, Sajatovic M, Valenstein M, Riley W, Safren S, Lewis-Fernández R, Weiden P, Ogedegbe  G, Jamison J.  “Methodological challenges in psychiatric treatment adherence research”. Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses, in press.

 

Zayas, L., Gulbas, L. E., Fedoravicus, N., & Cabassa, L. J. Patterns of distress, precipitating events, and reflection on suicide attempts by adolescent Latinas. Social Science & Medicine, in press.

 

 
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