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Investigators

Mary McKay, Ph.D.

Consultant , Global Community Core

Professor of Medicine and Community Psychiatry, Mt Sinai School of Medicine
Overview Publications Professional Background

PUBLICATIONS

(Selected publications in chronological order)

 

McKay, M. (1992). Domestic violence and child abuse: Assessment and treatment considerations. Child Welfare, 73, 29-39. (Reprinted in Journal of Safe Management of Disruptive and Assaultive Behavior, 4, 12-19.)

 

McKay, M., Bennett, E., Stone, S., & Gonzales, J. (1995). A comprehensive training model for inner city social workers. Arete, 20, 56-65.

 

McKay, M., Gonzales, J., Stone, S., Ryland, D., & Kohner, K. (1995). Multiple family therapy groups: A responsive intervention model for inner city families. Social Work with Groups, 18, 41-56. (Reprinted in A. Alissi, & C. Mergins (Eds.). Voices from the field. New York: Haworth Press.)

 

Atkins, M.S., McKay, M., Tolbott, E., Arvanitis, P.: Conduct and oppositional defiant disorders in children: Implications for school mental health teams. School Psychology Review, 25: 274-283, 1996.

 

McKay, M., Garcia, T., Martinez, L., Scally, J.: A groupwork approach to empowering inner-city families. Groupwork, 9: 15-26, 1996.

 

McKay, M., McCadam, K., Gonzales, J.: Addressing the barriers to mental health services for inner-city children and their caretakers. Community Mental Health Journal, 32:353-361, 1996.

 

McKay, M., Nudelman, R., McCadam, K.: Involving inner-city families in mental health services: First interview engagement skills. Research on SocialWork Practice, 6:462-472, 1996.

 

Stone, S., McKay, M., Gonzales, J., Stoops, C.: Addressing urban children's behavioral problems with multiple family groups. Small Group Research, 27:398-415, 1996.

 

Tolan, P.H., McKay, M.: Preventing aggression in urban children: An empirically based family prevention program. Family Relations: Journal of Applied Family & Child Studies,45: 148-155, 1996.

 

Atkins, M.S., McKay, M., Arvanitis, P., London, L., Madison, S., Costigan, C., Haney, P., Zevenbergen, A., Hess, L., Bennett, D., Webster, D.: Ecological model for school-based mental health services for urban low-income aggressive children. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 5: 64-75, 1998.

 

McKay, M., Stoewe, J., McCadam, K. Gonzales, J.: Increasing access to child mental health services for urban children and their care givers. Health and Social Work, 23: 9-15, 1998.

 

McKay, M., Quintana, E., Kim, L., Gonzales, J., Adil, JA: Multiple family groups: An alternative for reducing disruptive behavioral difficulties of urban children. Research on Social Work Practice, 9: 414-428, 1999.

 

Peters, B., Atkins, M.S., McKay. M.: Behavior problems in adopted children: A review of evidence. Clinical Psychology Review, 19: 297-328, 1999.

 

Madison, S., McKay, M., Paikoff, R.L., Bell, C.: Community collaboration and basic research: Necessary ingredients for the development of a family-based HIV prevention program. AIDS Education and Prevention, 12: 75-84, 2000.

 

McCormick, A., McKay, M., Gilling, G., Paikoff, R.: Involving families in an urban HIV preventive intervention: How community collaboration addresses barriers to participation. AIDS Education and Prevention, 12: 1-9, 2000.

 

McKay, M., Baptiste, D., Coleman, D., Madison, S., Paikoff, R., Scott, R.: Preventing HIV risk exposure in urban communities: The CHAMP Family Program In: W. Pequegnat , Jose Szapocznik (Eds). Working with families in the era of HIV/AIDS. California: Sage Publications, 2000.

 

McKay, M., Van Berjingk, E.: School-based and school-linked services at Columbia University School of Social Work. In R. Feldman (Ed.), The Columbia University School of Social Work: A Centennial Celebration. New York: Columbia University Press.

 

Stone, S., McKay, M.: Predictors of urban parent involvement. School Social Work Journal, 15: 12-28, 2000.

 

McKay, M., McCadam, K., Pennington, J.: Predicting child mental health service utilization by urban families: A preliminary study of child, family, environmental, and system factors. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 19: 1-10, 2001.

 

Lynn, C., & McKay, M. (2001). School social work: Promoting parent-school involvement through collaborative practice models. School Social Work Journal, 25, 1-14.

 

Atkins, M., McKay, M.: Conduct disorders in children: Implications for working in urban environments. In: M. Hersen, V. Van Hasselt (Eds.), Advanced Abnormal Psychology. New York: Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2002.

 

Atkins, M.S., McKay, M., Arvanitis, P., Brown, C.: Disciplinary records in an urban, low income school: Rates and predictors of misbehavior and suspension. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 30: 361-371. 2002.

 

Atkins, M.S., McKay, M. Frazier, S., Jakobsons, L., Arvanitis, P., Cunningham, T., Brown, C., Lambrecht, L: Suspensions and detentions in an urban, low-income school: Punishment or reward? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 30: 361-371, 2002.

 

McKay, M., Harrison, M., Gonzales, J., Kim, L., Quintana, E.: Multiple family groups for urban children with conduct difficulties and their families. Psychiatric Services, 53: 1467-1469, 2002.

 

Tolan, P., Hanish, L., McKay, M., Dickey, M.: Evaluating process in child and family interventions: Aggression prevention as an example. Journal of Family Psychology, 16: 220-236, 2002.

 

Atkins, M.S., McKay, M., Frazier, S., Jakobsons, L, Arvanitis, P., Cunningham, T., Brown, C. & Lambrecht, L (2002). "Suspensions and detentions in an urban, low-income school: Punishment or reward?" Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 30 , 361-371.

 

Tolan, P., Hanish, L., McKay, M., & Dickey, M. (2002). "Evaluating process in child and family interventions: Aggression prevention as an example." Journal of Family Psychology, 16, 220-236. (**winner of the American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy Outstanding Research Publication Award)

 

McKay, M., Harrison, M., Gonzales, J., Kim, L. & Quintana, E. (2002). "Multiple family groups for urban children with conduct difficulties and their families." Psychiatric Services., 53, 1467-1469.

 

Schiff, M. & McKay, M. (2003). "Urban, African American children's attitudes toward HIV/AIDS: Exploring maternal and child influences." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 73, 101-108.

 

Baker, A., McKay, M., Lynn, C., Schlange, H. & Anvil, A. (2003). Child mental health and family transition influences on recidivism at a shelter for adolescents: First-time versus Repeat Runaways. Social Work Research, 27, 2, 1-9.

 

McKay, M., Atkins, M., & Hawkins, T. & Lynn, C. (2003). "Understanding parent involvement at school and at home." American Journal of Community Psychology, 32, 107-115.

 

Lynn, C. & McKay, M. (2003). "School social work: Meeting the mental health needs of students through collaboration with teachers." Children & Schools, 25, 197-210.

 

Schiff, M. & McKay, M. (2003). "Exploring the role of violence exposure, parenting & gender on urban youth disruptive behavioral difficulties." Family Process., 42, 171-181.

 

McKay, M., Paikoff, R., Baptiste, D., Bell, C., Coleman, D., Madison, S., McKinney, L. & CHAMP Collaborative Board. (2004). "Family-level impact of the CHAMP Family Program: A community collaborative effort to support urban families and reduce youth HIV risk exposure." Family Process, 43, 79-93.

 

Harrison, M., McKay, M. & Bannon, W. (2004). "Inner-city child mental health service use: The real question is why youth and families do not use services." Community Mental Health Journal, 40, 119-131. (Reprinted in Data Trends, August, 2004, No. 102).

 

McKay, M. & Bannon, W. (2004). Evidence update: Engaging families in child mental health services. Child &
Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 40, 1 - 17.

 

McKay, M., Hibbert, R., Hoagwood, K., Rodriguez, J. & Murray, L. (2004). "Integrating evidence-based engagement interventions into 'real world' child mental health settings. Journal of Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 4, 177-186.

 

Bell, C. & McKay (2004). "Constructing a children's mental health infrastructure using community psychiatry principles." Journal of Legal Medicine, 25, 5-22.

 

Baptiste, D., Paikoff, R., Madison-Boyd, S., Bell, C., Coleman, D. & McKay, M. (in press). "Collaborating with an urban community to develop an HIV/AIDS prevention program for Black youth." Behavior Modification.

 

Baptiste, D., McKay, M., Petersen, I., Martinz, D., Bell, C., Bhana, A., Henderson, G., Smithgall, C. & Voisin, D. (in press). "Community participatory research as a foundation for international youth HIV/AIDS prevention." Pediatric Psychology.

 

Horowitz, K., McKay, M. & Marshall, R. (in press). "Community violence and urban families: Experiences, effects and directions for intervention. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

 

Bannon, W. & McKay, M. (in press). "Barriers to service or parental preference match for service: Which related to urban child mental health service use." Families in Society.

 

McKay, M., Lynn, C. & Bannon, W. (in press). "Trauma exposure and urban child mental health service use." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

 

Pinto, R., McKay, M. & CHAMP Collaborative Board (in press). "Does age and gender of social support matter." Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Work.

 

Bhana, A., Petersen, I., Mason, A., Mahintsho, Z., Bell, C., & McKay, M. (in press). Children and youth at risk: Adaptation and pilot study of the CHAMP (Amaqhawe) programme in South African. Journal of South African AIDS Research.

 

Petersen, I., Bhana, A. & McKay, M. (in press). "Sexual violence and youth in South Africa: the need for community-based prevention interventions." Child Abuse & Neglect.

 

McKay, M., Bannon, W., Rodriguez., & Chasse, K. (in press)., "Understanding African American Youth HIV Knowledge: Exploring the Role of Racial Socialization and Family Communication about "Hard to Talk about Topics." Social Work & Mental Health.

 

Traube, D., Chasse, K., McKay, M., Bhorade, A., Paikoff, R. & Sewell, S. (in press). "Urban African American Pre-adolescent Social Problem Solving Skills: Family Influences and Association with Exposure to Situations of Sexual Possibility." Social Work & Mental Health.

 

Miller, S., McKay, M. & Baptiste, D. (in press). "Social Support for Low-income Parents: The Influence of Child Mental Health on Parenting and Child Outcomes." Social Work & Mental Health.

 

McKay, M., Hibbert, R., Lawrence, R., Miranda, A., Paikoff, R., Bell, C., Madison, S., Baptiste, D., Coleman, D., Pinto, R., Bannon, W., & CHAMP Collaborative Boards in New York & Chicago. (in press). "Creating Mechanisms for Meaningful Collaboration between Members of Urban Communities and University-based HIV Prevention Researchers." Social Work & Mental Health.

 

McKay, M., Pinto, R., Bannon, W., Guilamo-Ramos, V. & CHAMP Collaborative Board in New York. (in press). "Understanding Motivators and Challenges to Involving Urban Parents as Collaborators in HIV Prevention Research Efforts." Social Work & Mental Health.

 

Pinto, R., McKay, M., Baptiste, D., Bell, C., Madison, S., Paikoff, R., Wilson, M. & Philips, D. (in press). "Motivators and Barriers to Involving Ethnic Minority Families in HIV Prevention Efforts." Social Work & Mental Health.

 

McBride, C., Baptiste, D., Paikkoff, R., Madison, S., Coleman, D., Bell, C., Coleman, I., McKay, M., & CHAMP Collaborative Board in Chicago. (in press). "Family-based HIV Preventive Intervention: Child Level Results from the CHAMP Family Program." Social Work & Mental Health.

 

Bannon, W., McKay, M., Paikoff, R., Baptiste, D., Bell, C., Madison, S., Coleman, D. & CHAMP Collaborative Boards. (in press). "Child Mental Health Outcomes in a Community-University based Adolescent Mental Health & HIV/AIDS Prevention Project." Social Work & Mental Health.

 

Baptiste, D., Blachman, D., Cappella, E., Coleman, I., Leachman, B., McKinney, L., Paikoff, R., Wright, L., Dew, D., Madison, S., & McKay, M. (in press). "Transferring a University-led HIV/AIDS Prevention Initiative to a Community Agency." Social Work & Mental Health.

 

Kerkorian, D., Traube, D., & McKay, M. (in press). "Understanding the African American Research Experience: From Tuskegee to Current Day HIV Prevention Research Efforts." Social Work & Mental Health.

 

Franco, L, Chambers, N., Miranda, A., McKay, M. & CHAMP Collaborative Board in New York (in press). "Voices from the Community: Key Ingredients for Community Collaboration." Social Work & Mental Health.

 

McKay,M., Block, M., Mellins, C., Traube, D., Brackis-Cott, E., Miranda, C., Petterson, J., & Abrams, E., (in press). "Adapting a Family-based HIV Prevention Program for HIV-infected Preadolescents and their Families: Youth, Families and Health Care Providers Coming Together to Address Complex Needs. Social Work & Mental Health.

 

DeVoe, E., Dean, K, Joyce, E., McKay, M. & Bronx Collaborative Board (in press). "A multiple-family group HIV prevention program for drug-involved mothers and their young children. Journal of HIV/AIDS Social Services.

 

DeVoe, E., Dean, K., & McKay, M. (in press). "The SURVIVE community project: A family-based intervention to reduce the impact of violence exposures in urban youth. Family Relations.

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Mary McKay, Ph.D.

Consultant , Global Community Core

Professor of Medicine and Community Psychiatry, Mt Sinai School of Medicine

TEL: 212-659-8836

mary.mckay@mssm.edu


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