Program on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Systems and Services Research

Projects

Current Projects - Listed by Principal Investigator

Joseph P. Morrissey, Ph.D.

• Development of a New Methodology for Mental Health Professional Shortage Designation

• Gillings Innovation Lab for Mental Health System Improvement

• ICARE Program Evaluation

• Implementation, Fidelity and Sustainability of Forensic Assertive Community Treatment

• Medicaid Capitation: Cost Shifting and Multisystem Use

• Partnerships for Recovery: Transforming Mental Health in Washington State

• Teaching Advocacy Skills for Kids (TASK)

Gary Cuddeback, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.P.H.

• Qualitative Study of Assertive Community Treatment

• Transitions from Assertive Community Treatment to Less Intensive Services

Karen J. Cusack, Ph.D.

• PTSD and Dual Disorders at the Interface of the Mental Health and Criminal Justice Systems

Marisa Domino, Ph.D.

• Duration Limitations and Adherence to Chronic Medication

• Influences of the Diffusion of Psychotropic Medication

• The Role of Medicare Part D in the treatment of Serious Mental Illness

Alan R. Ellis, MSW

• Pilot project to identify area-level predictors of the prevalence of psychotropic medication use among North Carolina Medicaid enrollees ages 0-4

Betsy Sleath, Ph.D.

• Children with Asthma: Communication and Outcomes

T. Scott Stroup, MD, MPH

• Addressing Challenges in Schizophrenia Research

• Clinical Management of Metabolic Problems in Patients With Schizophrenia

• Longitudinal Decision-making Capacity in Research Participants with Schizophrenia

Kathleen Thomas, Ph.D.

• Employment of Adults with Disabilities under the North Carolina Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG)

Rebecca Wells, Ph.D.

• How child welfare agency management affect children's outcomes

Recent Projects

• Accessing Coordinated Care for Children and Youth (PI: Joseph P. Morrissey)

• CADDRE-Based Study of Autism Service Use and Expenditures (PI: Kathleen Thomas)

• Child Mental Health Services Network Study (PI: Joseph P. Morrissey)

• Cooperative Agreements for Managed Care and Vulnerable Populations: Medicaid Managed Care for Persons with Serious Mental Illness in Virginia (PI: Joseph P. Morrissey)

• Development of the ICARE Evaluation Plan (PI: Joseph P. Morrissey)

• Evaluating an Intervention to Prevent Family Homelessness (PI: Betsy Sleath)

• Evaluation Consortium for Medicaid Managed Care For Persons with a Severe Mental Illness (PI: Joseph P. Morrissey)

• Feasibility Study for Evaluation of Assertive Community Treatment (PI: Gary Cuddeback)

• Formative/Process Evaluation of the CMHS ACCESS Demonstration Project for Homeless Persons with Mental Illness (PI: Joseph P. Morrissey)

• Gender, Ethnicity, and Mental Health in Primary Care (PI: Betsy Sleath)

• Impacts of Managed Care on Substance Abuse Service Linkages (PI: Joseph P. Morrissey)

• Integration Diffusion for SMI Service Delivery (PI: Kimberly R. Isett)

• Literacy and Perceived Barriers to Appropriate Medication Use Among Homeless Women and Children (PI: Betsy Sleath)

• Medicaid Benefits and Patterns of Re-Arrest for Mentally Ill Patients in Jail (PI: Joseph P. Morrissey)

• Older Adults and Drug Decisions: Collaboration and Outcomes (PI: Betsy Sleath)

• Postpartum: Ethnicity and Postpartum Depression (PI: Betsy Sleath)

• Predictors of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Program Linkages (PI: Joseph P. Morrissey)

• A Randomized Clinical Trial Asessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Generalist Care Managers for the Treatment of Depression in Medicaid Recipients (PI: Suzanne Landis)

• Structure, Use and Expenditures for Autism Services (PI: Joseph P. Morrissey)

• UNC-CH/Duke Program on Mental Health Services Research

• Utilization of Public Sector Behavioral Health Systems and Jails (PI: Joseph P. Morrissey)

• Women, Co-Occurring Disorders and Violence Project (PI: Joseph P. Morrissey)