Investigators
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Mary McKay, Ph.D. Consultant , Global Community Core Professor of Medicine and Community Psychiatry, Mt Sinai School of Medicine |
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.
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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