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:
Issue 1 Cardiovascular Disease: The Combined Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Mental Illness
Issue 2 Culturally Competent Smoking Cessation Interventions for People with SMI
Issue 3 Cultural Syndromes and the Cultural Formulation in Psychiatric Care
Issue 4 Schizophrenia: The Impact of Race on Diagnosis
Issue 4 Spanish/Español El Impacto de la Raza en el Diagnostico de Esquizofrenia
Issue 5 Part 1: Health Disparities among Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
Issue 6 Part 2: Strategies to Decrease Health Disparities among Individuals with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
Issue 7 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Childrens Unmet Mental Health Needs:Problems and Strategies
Issue 8 Suicidal Ideation and Behavior among Latina Adolescents
Issue 8 Spanish/Español Ideas y Conductas Suicidas en Adolecentes Latinas
Issue 9 Using Photovoice Engage Minority Implementation Health Interventions
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
Cabassa, L. J., Ezell, J., & Lewis-Fernández, R. Lifestyle Interventions for Adults with Serious Mental Illness: A Systematic Literature Review. Psychiatric Services, 2010, 61 , (8), 774-782.
Craske, M. G., Kircanski, K., Epstein, A., Wittchen, H. U., Pine, D.S., Lewis-Fernández, R., Hinton, D. E. (2010) Panic disorder: A review of DSM-IV Panic Disorder and proposals for DSM-V. Depression and Anxiety, 27, 93-112.
Guarnaccia, P. J., 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, 56, 298-309.
Lau, A.S., Chang, D.F., & Okazaki, S. (2010). Methodological challenges in treatment outcome research with ethnic minorities. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16(4), 573-580.
Lewis-Fernández, R., Gorritz, M., Raggio, G. A., Peláez, C., Chen, H., Guarnaccia, P. J. (2010) Association of trauma-related disorders and dissociation with four idioms of distress among Latino psychiatric outpatients. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 34, 219-243.
Lewis-Fernández, R., Hinton, D. E., Laria, A. J., Patterson, E. H., Hofmann, S. G., Craske, M. G., Stein, D. J., Asnaani, A. , Liao, B. (2010) Culture and the anxiety disorders: Recommendations for DSM-V. Depression and Anxiety, 27, 212-229.
Neria, Y., Olfson, M., Gameroff, M. J., Pilowsky, D. J., Neugebauer, R., Digrande, L., Manneti-Cusa, J., Lewis-Fernández, R., Shea, S., Lantigua, R., Weissman, M. (2010) Long-term course of probable PTSD after 9/11 attacks: A study in urban primary care. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23, 474-482.
Obeid, N., Chang, D.F., & Ginges, J. (2010). Beliefs of wife beating: a Lebanese case. Violence Against Women, 16(6), 691-712.
Patel, S.R. & Simpson, H. B. (2010) Patient Preferences for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Treatment. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 71(11), 1434-9.
Patel, S.R., & Bakken, S. (2010) Preferences for Participation in Decision Making Among Ethnically Diverse Patients with Anxiety and Depression. Community Mental Health Journal, 46, 466-473.
Velligan, D., Sajatovic, M., Valenstein, M., Riley, W., Safren, S., Lewis-Fernández, R., Weiden, P., Ogedegbe, G., Jamison, J. (2010) Methodological challenges in psychiatric treatment adherence research. Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses, 4, 74-91.
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, 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., Molina, G., & Baron, M. (in press) Depression Fotonovela: Development of a depression literacy tool for Latinos with limited English proficiency. Health Promotion Practice.
Cabassa, L. J., Blanco, C., Lopez Castroman, J., & Lewis-Fernández, R. (in press) Racial and ethnic differences in diabetes among individuals with psychiatric disorders: Results from the National Epidemiologic Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions. General Hospital Psychiatry.
Hinton, D. E. & Lewis-Fernández, R. (in press) The cross-cultural validity of posttraumatic stress disorder: Implications for DSM-5. Depression and Anxiety, in press.
Raue, P. J., Schulberg, H. C., Lewis-Fernández, R., Boutin-Foster, C., Hoffman, A.S., Bruce, M.L. (in press) Shared decision-making in the primary care treatment of late-life major depression: a needed new intervention? International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Wang, Y., Chen, H., Li, R., Duan, N., & Lewis-Fernández, R. (in press) Prediction-based structured variable selection through the receiver operating characteristic curve. Biometrics.
Wang, Y., Chen, H., Schwartz, T., Duan, N., Parcesepe, A., & Lewis-Fernández, R. (in press) Assessment of a disease screener by hierarchical all subset selection using area under the receiver operating characteristic curves. Statistics in Medicine.
