CURRICULUM VITAE
Alexander S. Young, M.D., M.S.H.S.
February, 2016
PRESENT POSITIONS:
Associate Director, Health Services Research & Development Center of Innovation
Director, Desert Pacific MIRECC Health Services Unit
Greater Los Angeles Veterans Healthcare System
Professor
UCLA Department of Psychiatry
Senior Scientist
RAND Corporation
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
VA & UCLA Department of Psychiatry
11301 Wilshire Blvd., 210A
Los Angeles, CA 90073
Telephone: 310-794-7219
WEB SITES:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/DrAlexanderYoung
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexander_Young
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/alexander.young.1/bibliography/46117502/public/?sort=date&direc
tion=descending
CITIZENSHIP: USA
EDUCATION:
1980-1984
1984-1989
1989-1990
1990-1993
1992-1993
1993-1994
1994-1996
1994-1996
Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut: B.S. with major in biology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts: M.D. with honors
First-year resident in Medicine, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital of Boston, Boston, MA.
Resident, UCLA Department of Psychiatry and West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Los Angeles, California.
Chief Resident of Community and Rehabilitative Psychiatry, Chief Resident and co-founder of
the UCLA Schizophrenia Clinic, and Transcultural Fellow, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
and West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Post-doctoral fellow in Mental Health Service Systems and Evaluation, Department of
Sociology; and Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar Fellowship, Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry,
UCLA and West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Graduate Student, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles California. M.S.H.S. in health
services.
LICENSURE:
1990-present Medical licensure in California, G70011
1990-present DEA provider certification
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
1990
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1995-present Board Certified in Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
2006-2016
Certified in Basic Life Support, American Heart Association
2015-present Board Certified in Clinical Informatics, American Board of Preventive Medicine
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1991-1992
Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center, Culver City, California: Psychiatric Consultant
1992-1993
1992-1993
1992-1996
1993
1993-2000
1994-1996
1996-1999
1996-2002
1996-2003
1996-2006
1997-present
1997-present
2001-2004
2002-2007
2003-2008
2006-present
2007-2012
2007-present
2008-2013
2012-2013
2013-2015
2013-present
Night-Moves Recovery Program, a program of Social Model Recovery Systems, Los Angeles,
California: Psychiatric Consultant
Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center, Culver City, California: Founder and Director of
the Clozapine Clinic, and Senior Psychiatrist in the Community Support Program
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital: Associate Director and Founder of Schizophrenia Clinical
Programs
Merit Behavioral Care, St Louis, Missouri: Member of Research Advisory Committee
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health: Psychiatrist
UCLA and West Los Angeles VA: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital: Director of Schizophrenia Clinic
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: Assistant Professor
NIMH UCLA-RAND Research Center on Managed Care for Psychiatric Disorders: Co-Director
of Vulnerable Populations Core
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California: Consultant
Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 22 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical
Center (MIRECC): Director of Health Services Unit and Executive Committee Member
Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System: Physician
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Advanced
Career Development Award
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: Associate Professor
NIMH UCLA-RAND Center for Research on Quality in Managed Care: Co-Director of Research
Network Core and Executive Committee Member
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California: Senior Scientist
Greater Los Angeles VA HSR&D Center of Excellence: Lead, Mental Health Strategic Program
Area and Executive Committee Member
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: Professor
NIMH UCLA-RAND Partnered Research Center for Quality Care: Co-Director of Research
Network Core and Executive Committee Member
Greater Los Angeles VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, Center for the Study of Healthcare
Provider Behavior: Associate Director
Ingenuity Health: Scientific Advisory Board
Greater Los Angeles VA HSR&D Center of Innovation, Center for the Study of Healthcare
Innovation, Implementation & Policy: Associate Director
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
COMMITTEE SERVICE:
1991-1992
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Outpatient Implementation Committee and Residency
Education Outpatient Curriculum Task Force
1992-1993
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Inpatient Schizophrenia Implementation Committee
1992-1993
Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center, Clinical Case Management Utilization Review
Committee
1992-1993
West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Community and Rehabilitative Psychiatry
Training Task Force: Chair
1992-1998
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Division of Social Psychiatry Education and Training
Committee
1993-2000
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Service Area 5 Clozapine Committee: Chair
1998
NIMH study section, Special Emphasis Review: Ad hoc reviewer
1998-2003
UCLA-RAND NIMH Research Center on Managed Care for Psychiatric Disorders, Executive
Committee
1998-present VA VISN-22 / Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC),
Executive Committee
1999-2001
Greater Los Angeles VA: Institutional Review Board
2002
NIMH study section, Special Emphasis Review: Ad hoc reviewer
2002
VA National HSR&D Service, Letter of Intent Review Panels (March & September)
2002-2003
Greater Los Angeles VA, Mental Health Task Force
2003-2008
UCLA-RAND NIMH Center for Research on Quality in Managed Care, Steering Committee
2003
VA National HSR&D Service, Letter of Intent Review Panel
2003
American Psychiatric Association, Schizophrenia Practice Guideline reviewer
2
2003
2003-2004
2003-2005
VA National Office of Research, panel to prioritize research on PTSD
UCLA Ad Hoc Committees to Academic Advancement & Promotion Committee
Greater Los Angeles VA, Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Scientific
Review Committee
2004
NIMH study section, SBIR Review: Ad hoc reviewer
2004-2005
Greater Los Angeles VA, Tele-Medicine and Tele-Mental Health Committees
2004-2005
VA National Tele-Mental Health Field Workgroup
2004-2005
VA National Mental Health Peer Support Workgroup and Conference Planning Committee
2004-2011
VA National Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI), Schizophrenia
Workgroup: Chair
2005-2011
VA Study Section, HSR&D National Scientific Merit Review Board
2005-2015
VA Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI), Executive Committee
2005-2007
VA National MyHealtheVet Mental Health Web Portal, Screening Workgroup (member);
Disease Management Workgroups (member); Schizophrenia subcommittee (chair)
2006
VA National HSR&D, State of the Art Conference Planning Committee
2006
UCLA Ad Hoc Committee to Academic Advancement & Promotion Committee
2006
VA National Consumer Provider Proposal Review Panel
2006
VA National Advisory Group on Evaluation of Severe Mental Illness Programs
2006
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Electronic Guidelines National Panel
2006-2013
VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Research Center of Excellence, Executive Committee
2007
VA National Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Cognitive Assessment Workgroup
2007
UCLA Ad Hoc Committee to Academic Advancement & Promotion Committee: Chair
2007-2009
NIMH Schizophrenia PORT 2008 update project, Psychosocial Advisory Board
2008-2013
UCLA-RAND NIMH Partnered Research Center for Quality Care, Steering Committee
2008
UCLA Ad Hoc Committee to Academic Advancement & Promotion Committee: Chair
2008
VA Peer Review Committee, HSR&D QUERI Scientific Merit Review Panel: Ad hoc reviewer
2008
UCLA Ad Hoc Committee to Academic Advancement & Promotion Committee
2009
VA Peer Review Committee, HSR&D QUERI Scientific Merit Review Panel: Ad hoc reviewer
2009
UCLA Ad Hoc Committee to Academic Advancement & Promotion Committee
2009
AHRQ National Quality Forum, Technical Advisory Panel
2010
VA VISN 16 MIRECC, Returning Veterans Kiosk Advisory Panel
2010
VA Office of Information & Technology, Point of Care Planning group
2010
UCLA Ad Hoc Committees to Academic Advancement & Promotion Committees (two): Chair
2010-2011
NIMH Quality of Care Strategic Group
2010
VA HSR&D eHealth QUERI, Advisory Board
2010
AHRQ Effective Health Care Program Issues Exploration Forum on Mental Health, Advisory
Panel
2010
AHRQ NIMH Workshop on Mental Health and Health IT, Advisory Panel
2010-2015
VA Diabetes Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI), Executive Committee
2010-2011
NCQA Schizophrenia Quality Measure Development Project, Technical Advisory Group
2011-2015
VA National Mental Health QUERI, Recovery Workgroup: Chair
2011
VA HSR&D QUERI and Office of Mental Health, Planning Group
2011
VA Portland HSR&D Research Enhancement Award Program, Advisory Panel
2011
NIMH Study Section, Fidelity and Implementation Applications
2011-2015
VA Study Section, HSR&D National Scientific Merit Review Board
2012
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, National Advisory Panel on People with Serious
Mental Illness
2013-present VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Research Center of Innovation, Executive Committee
2013
NIMH Study Section, Mental Health Services Research Special Emphasis Panel
2013
UCLA Ad Hoc Committees to Academic Advancement & Promotion Committee: Chair
2014
VA HSR&D QUERI, Scientific Merit Review Panel: Ad hoc reviewer
2014
UCLA Ad Hoc Committees to Academic Advancement & Promotion Committee: Chair
2014
American Psychiatric Association, Registry Workgroup
2014-2015
VA Patient Generated Data Advisory Panel
2014
AHRQ Study Section, Implementing Research in Clinical Practice using Mobile Health
2015
AHRQ Study Section, Healthcare Information Technology Research
2015
NIMH Study Section, Mental Health Services Research: Ad hoc reviewer
2015
NIBIB Study Section, Medical Technologies to Reduce Health Disparities
2015-present PCORI Study Section
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2015-present
2015-present
2015-present
2016
American Psychiatric Association, Council on Quality Care
VA National Information Technology Committee, Clinical Capabilities Management Board
VA Study Section, HSR&D Career Development Award Review Board
NIMH Study Section, Mental Health Services Research
REVIEWER FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS:
American Journal of Managed Care (2004), American Journal of Psychiatry (2002), Archives of General
Psychiatry (2003, 2009), Bipolar Disorders (2001, 2004), Harvard Review of Psychiatry (1999, 2001), Health
Affairs (2003), Health Services Research (2000), Medical Care (1999-2002, 2007), Mental Health Services
Research (2002), New England Journal of Medicine (1999, 2001, 2009), Schizophrenia Bulletin (2008),
Psychiatric Services (every year 1997 to 2012)
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL:
2000-present Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
1978-1980
Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Neurology, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Department of Neurology; Boston, MA: Computer Programmer
1983-1984
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT: Research Assistant in Molecular Genetics
1987-1989
Brockton-West Roxbury Veterans Administration Medical Center, Brockton, MA and Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA: Research Assistant in Psychiatry
1994-1996
UCLA-Santa Monica West Mental Health Center, Santa Monica, CA: Co-Principal Investigator
of research grant, “Olanzapine in the Treatment of Schizophrenia”
HONORS AND SPECIAL AWARDS:
1989
Graduated Harvard Medical School with Honors
1993
American Medical Association Burroughs Wellcome award for outstanding leadership in
community service
1993-1995
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Daniel X.
Freedman Young Investigator Award
1996-1998
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator
Award (second award)
2000
American Psychiatric Association Early Career Health Services Research Award
2002
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Exemplary Psychiatrist Award
2012-2016
Selected for Southern California Super Doctors
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED:
1993-1995
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD): “Suicide in
Schizophrenia: Risk Factors and Treatment,” Principal Investigator (UCLA; $59,000)
1995-1996
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Service:
“Measuring the Quality of Medication Treatment for Psychotic Disorders,” Principal
Investigator (IIR 95-132; $7,000)
1996-1998
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD): “Evaluating the
Quality of Care Provided to People with Schizophrenia,” Principal Investigator (UCLA;
$60,000)
1996-2000
Value-Options and Colorado Health Networks: “Mental Health Care for Colorado’s Medicaid
Population: Access and Process of Care in a Managed Care Environment,” Co-Principal
Investigator (RAND; $232,888)
1997-2004
Department of Veterans Affairs: “VISN 22 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical
Center (MIRECC)”, Director of Health Services Unit ($195,000 per year)
1997-1999
Center for HealthCare Strategies of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: “Criteria to
Determine Clinical Competencies of Behavioral Health Providers Under Medicaid Managed
Care,” Principal Investigator (UCLA; $40,000)
2000-2003
Center for HealthCare Strategies of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: “Increasing the Use
of Self-Help Programs and Mental Health Empowerment Competencies Under Medicaid
Managed Care,” Principal Investigator (RAND; $135,000)
2001-2004
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Service:
“Improving the Quality of Care for Schizophrenia,” An Advanced Career Development Award
(RCD 00033-1; $525,000)
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2001-2005
2003-2008
2003-2007
2004-2005
2004-2007
2004-2008
2004-2011
2005-2006
2006-2007
2006-2011
2008-2013
2008-2012
2008-2012
2009-2010
2009-2011
2009-2010
2009-present
2010-2012
2010-2012
2010-2014
2010-2015
2011-2016
2012-2013
2013-2018
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service:
“Evaluating a Collaborative Care Model for the Treatment of Schizophrenia,” Principal
Investigator (CPI 99-383; $818,500)
National Institute of Mental Health: “UCLA-RAND Center for Research on Quality in Managed
Care,” Co-Director, Research Network Development Core (UCLA; P30 MH068639;
$1,012,000 per year)
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service:
“Improving Care of Veterans by Using Consumers as Mental Health Providers,” Co-Principal
Investigator (IIR 02-009; $533,000)
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI):
“Implementing Outcome Management Using Patient Self-Assessment,” Principal Investigator
(MNH 04-389; $50,000)
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D QUERI: “Creating HealtheVet Informatics Applications
for Collaborative Care (CHIACC),” Co-Principal Investigator (MHS-03-218; $698,500)
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D: “Patient-Centered Medication Adherence Intervention
for Schizophrenia (AMAIS),” Principal Investigator of Los Angeles Site (IIR 03-257; $25,950
for local site)
Department of Veterans Affairs: “VISN 22 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical
Center (MIRECC),” Director of Health Services Unit ($210,000 per year)
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D QUERI: “Advancing Outcomes Management in
Schizophrenia,” Principal Investigator (MNH 03-297; $37,000)
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D QUERI: “Evidence-Based Review of Peer Support,” coPrincipal Investigator ($44,200)
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D and QUERI: “Implementing Effective, Collaborative
Care for Schizophrenia (EQUIP-2),” Principal Investigator (MNT 03-213; $2,441,400)
National Institute of Mental Health: “UCLA-RAND Partnered Research Center for Quality Care,”
Co-Director, Research Network Development Core (UCLA; P30 MH082760; $1,168,500 per
year)
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D: “Promoting Recovery Using Mental Health Providers
(PEER),” Principal Investigator of Greater Los Angeles VA site (IIR 06-227; $1,266,000)
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D: “Primary Care Quality and Service Customization for
the Homeless (PCQH),” Principal Investigator of Greater Los Angeles VA site (IAA 07-069;
$72,326)
Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Mental Health: “Metabolic side-effects of antipsychotic
medications: Improving care (MIAMI),” Co-Principal Investigator ($384,100)
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D QUERI: “Barriers and Facilitators to Use of Wellness
Services By Individuals with Schizophrenia,” Principal Investigator (VA; add-on to MNT 03213; $65,700)
National Institute of Mental Health: “Illness Management and Recovery Program: IMR-Web,”
Phase 1 SBIR, Principal Investigator of RAND Subcontract (Neurocomp Systems; $250,000)
Department of Veterans Affairs Special Fellowship Program in Advanced Psychiatry and
Psychology: Director of Psychiatry and Neurology Fellowship at Greater Los Angeles VA
(support for four full-time fellows)
National Institute of Mental Health: “A Model for Management of Consumer Providers,” Principal
Investigator (UCLA; R21 sub-project to P30 MH082760; $224,000)
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Information & Technology, Greenfield Innovations
Program: “Clinical Kiosks for Patient Self-Assessment and Education,” Principal Investigator
(VA; $257,600)
National Institute of Mental Health: “Web-Based Weight Management for Individuals with Mental
Illness,” Principal Investigator (UCLA; R34 MH090207; $450,000)
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D Merit: “Web-Based Delivery of MOVE! to Veterans With
Serious Mental Illness,” Principal Investigator (IIR 09-083; $1,127,900)
Department of Veterans Affairs: “VISN 22 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical
Center (MIRECC)”, Director of Health Services Unit ($222,000 per year)
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D: “Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior,”
Associate Director ($910,000 per year)
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D: “VA HSR&D Center of Innovation (COIN), Center for
the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy Research,” Associate
Director (CIN 13-417; $910,000 per year)
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2013-2016
2014-2018
2014-2016
National Institute of Mental Health: “Implementing Patient-Centered Decision Support for Mental
Health,” Principal Investigator (UCLA; R21 MH100565; $275,000)
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI):
“PACT to Improve Health Care in People with Serious Mental Illness (SMI PACT),” Principal
Investigator (SDP 12-177; $1,720,400)
Corporation for Supportive Housing: “Evaluation of the Enhanced Housing First (EHF)
Program,” Principal Investigator (BBRI; $125,000)
TEACHING AND MENTORSHIP:
1992-1993
UCLA Department of Psychiatry and West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center:
supervised psychiatric residents and social work interns, led Trans-cultural and Community
Psychiatry Seminar, provided lectures on chronic mental illness for psychiatric residents,
taught Introduction to the Clinical Interview to medical students; Didi Hirsch Community
Mental Health Center: supervised psychology interns and clinical staff
1993-1994
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: provided lectures on emergency-room psychosis and chronic
mental illness for psychiatric residents; supervised psychiatric residents and staff in the
UCLA Schizophrenia Clinic; supervised and taught clinic psychiatrists, nurses and staff at
UCLA-Santa Monica West Mental Health Center
1994-1996
UCLA Department of Psychiatry and West Los Angeles VA: supervise residents and staff in the
UCLA Schizophrenia Clinic; teach UCLA medical students in Doctoring 1 course; supervise
chief resident and staff at VA and UCLA-Santa Monica West Mental Health Center; two onehour presentations to psychiatric residents in core curriculum
1996-1998
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: supervise residents and staff in the UCLA Schizophrenia
Clinic; teach UCLA medical students in Doctoring 1 course; supervise residents, fellows and
staff at the UCLA - Edelman Westside Mental Health Center; one two-hour presentation to
psychiatric residents in core curriculum
1998-1999
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: clinical supervision of residents and staff in the UCLA
Schizophrenia Clinic, teach UCLA medical students in Doctoring 1 course, and supervise
resident research rotation; UCLA Edelman Westside Mental Health Center: clinical
supervision of residents, fellows and staff
1999-2000
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: supervision of psychiatry resident research rotation,
supervision of UCLA social work doctoral student research, presentations to psychiatry
residents in Schizophrenia Program seminar; UCLA - Edelman Westside Mental Health
Center: clinical supervision of UCLA resident and staff; West Los Angeles Veterans
Healthcare Center: supervision of post-doctoral psychologist
2000-2001
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: supervision of psychiatry resident research rotation,
presentations to psychiatry residents in Schizophrenia Program seminar, director of
Psychosis Seminar (Course 603), supervision of School of Public Health doctoral student;
West Los Angeles Veterans Healthcare Center: supervision of post-doctoral psychologist
2001-2002
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: presentations to psychiatry residents in Schizophrenia
Program seminar, Director of Psychosis Seminar (Course 603), thesis committee member
for School of Public Health doctoral candidate (J Banta); West Los Angeles Veterans
Healthcare Center: supervision of post-doctoral psychologist (J Cradock)
2002-2003
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: presentation to psychiatry residents in core seminar, Director
of Psychosis Seminar (Course 603), thesis committee member for School of Public Health
doctoral candidate (J Banta); West Los Angeles Veterans Healthcare Center: mentorship of
junior health services researcher (M Chinman)
2003-2004
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: Director of Psychosis Seminar (Course 603), presentation to
residents and faculty in Schizophrenia Program seminar (Course 414), thesis committee
member for School of Public Health doctoral student (J Banta), mentor for research fellow (E
Bromley), and presenter for the Research Seminar on the Psychoses (Course 435); West
Los Angeles Veterans Healthcare Center: mentor for junior health services researchers (M
Chinman and A Cohen)
2004-2005
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: Director of Psychosis Seminar (Course 603), presentation to
residents and faculty in Schizophrenia Program seminar (Course 414), and mentor for
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar fellow (E Bromley); West Los Angeles Veterans
Healthcare Center: mentorship of junior health services researcher (A Cohen)
2005-2006
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: Director of Psychosis Seminar (Course 603), mentor for
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar fellow and Anthropology Department PhD candidate
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2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-
(E Bromley), and mentor for Post-Doctoral Fellow (N Niv); West Los Angeles Veterans
Healthcare Center: mentor for junior health services researcher (A Cohen)
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: Director of Psychosis Seminar (Course 603), mentor for
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and Anthropology Department PhD candidate (E
Bromley), and mentor for Post-Doctoral Fellow (N Niv); UCLA School of Public Health:
lecturer in Health Services Organization and Delivery (Course 200A); West Los Angeles
Veterans Healthcare Center: mentor for junior health services researcher (A Cohen)
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: Director of Psychosis Seminar (Course 603), mentor for
research fellow and Anthropology Department PhD candidate (E Bromley), mentor for
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar (P Link), and mentor for Post-Doctoral Fellow (N Niv);
UCLA School of Public Health: lecturer in Health Services Organization and Delivery (Course
200A)
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: mentor and chair of protocol committee for Robert Wood
Johnson Clinical Scholar research fellow (P Link), mentor for Post-Doctoral Fellow (N Niv),
and mentor for graduate student in Public Health (A Hamilton); UCLA School of Public
Health: lecturer in Health Services Organization and Delivery (Course 200A)
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: director of Psychosis Seminar (Course 603), and mentor and
chair of protocol committee for Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar research fellow (P
Link); UCLA School of Public Health: lecturer in Health Services Organization and Delivery
(Course 200A), lecturer in Introduction to Health Service Organizations (Course 100), and
member of dissertation committee for doctoral student (S Starks); Washington University St.
Louis: expert faculty for Implementation Summer Research Institute 2010
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: speaker in fourth year resident core curriculum, director of
Psychosis Seminar (Course 603); UCLA School of Public Health: member of dissertation
committee for doctoral student (S Starks)
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: Director of Health Services Research Seminar (Course 602),
speaker in fourth year resident core curriculum; UCLA School of Public Health: member of
dissertation committee for doctoral student (S Starks), lecturer in Health Services
Organization and Delivery (Course 200A); UCLA Departments of Psychology and Public
Health: lecturer in Mental Health Services and Policy (Course 298); VA: leader of MIRECC
journal club, mentor for MIRECC psychiatry research fellow (S Gabrielian)
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: Director of Health Services Research Seminar (Course 602),
speaker in third year resident core curriculum; UCLA School of Public Health: member of
dissertation committee for doctoral student (B Patel); UCLA Departments of Psychology and
Public Health: lecturer in Mental Health Services and Policy (Course 298); UCLA Department
of Medicine: mentor for Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar research fellow (S
Parameswaran); VA: leader of MIRECC journal club, mentor for MIRECC psychiatry
research fellow (S Gabrielian)
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: speaker in third year resident core curriculum; UCLA
Department of Medicine: mentor for Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar research fellow
(S Parameswaran); VA: leader of MIRECC journal club, reviewer for MIRECC Retreat mock
study section, leader of health services research work in progress seminar
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: speaker in third year resident core curriculum; VA: leader of
MIRECC journal club, leader of Greater Los Angeles VA health services research work in
progress seminar, mentor for health services research fellows (T Moin, E Chang)
UCLA Department of Psychiatry: speaker in third year resident core curriculum; VA: leader of
MIRECC journal club, leader of Greater Los Angeles VA health services research work in
progress seminar, mentor for health services research faculty (T Moin, E Chang, S
Gabrielian), and MIRECC postdoctoral fellow (J Greenberg)
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS:
Young AS: Rehabilitating the homeless mentally ill. Presentation in the course, “The Psychosocial Treatment of
Schizophrenia” at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, May 1992.
Young AS: Rehabilitating the homeless mentally ill. Presentation in the course “The Psychosocial Treatment of
Schizophrenia” at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA, May 1993.
Young AS: Community Psychiatry for the 1990’s and Beyond. Grand Rounds at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric
Institute, Los Angeles CA, October 1993.
Young AS: The use of clozapine in treatment-refractory schizophrenia. Grand Rounds at Daniel Freeman
Marina Hospital, Los Angeles CA, February 1994.
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Young AS: The role of risperidone and clozapine in public mental health care systems. Presentation to the
Orange County Department of Mental Health, Santa Ana CA, March 1994.
Young AS: Novel agents and approaches for the treatment of psychosis. Presentation to the Los Angeles
County Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles CA, April 1994.
Young AS: The use of clozapine in geriatric patients. Grand Rounds at Van Nuys-Hollywood Hospital, Los
Angeles CA, May 1994.
Young AS: Suicidal ideation and behavior in recent-onset schizophrenia. Presentation at the UCLA Clinical
Research Center for Schizophrenia and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Update on Schizophrenia Research,
Los Angeles CA, October 1994.
Young AS: Suicidal ideation and behavior in recent-onset schizophrenia. Presentation to the UCLA
Neuropsychiatric Institute Division of Social Psychiatry, Los Angeles CA, October 1994.
Young AS: Suicide in recent-onset schizophrenia. Grand Rounds at the UCLA-Santa Monica West Mental
Health Center, Santa Monica CA, January 1995.
Young AS: Suicide in schizophrenia. Grand Rounds at Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital, Los Angeles CA,
January 1995.
Young AS, Sullivan G: Capitated managed care in the public sector. Presentation to the Los Angeles County
Department of Mental Health Managed Care Task Force, Los Angeles CA, March 1995.
Young AS: The diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia. Grand Rounds at Torrance Memorial Medical
Center, Torrance CA, May 31, 1995.
Young AS: Suicide and schizophrenia. A workshop at the California Alliance for the Mentally Ill Annual
Conference, Los Angeles CA, October 1995.
Young AS, Vaccaro JV, Kopelowicz A: Clinical impression of two years of experience with risperidone. A
presentation at a UCLA Department of Psychiatry Symposia Series, November 1995, March 1996, April
1996 and twice in May 1996.
Young AS: Suicide and schizophrenia. A presentation to the California Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Norwalk CA,
January 1996.
Young AS: Case manager activities and provider characteristics in a public mental health system. A
presentation to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Research Centers Conference, Little
Rock AR, April 1996.
Young AS: The diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia. Grand Rounds at Holy Cross Medical Center, Los
Angeles CA, May 1996.
Young AS: The performance of case management activities in public sector mental health clinics. Grand
Rounds at UCLA - Santa Monica West Mental Health Center, Santa Monica CA, June 1996.
Young AS: New psychiatric medications. Presentation to West Los Angeles AMI, Beverly Hills CA, September
16, 1996.
Young AS: Novel antipsychotic medications. Presentation to the Los Angeles County Department of Mental
Health, West Central Mental Health Center, Los Angeles CA, November 26, 1996.
Young AS: Novel antipsychotic medications. Grand Rounds at UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange CA,
September 1997.
Young AS: Quality management for mental health under publicly financed managed care. Presentation for the
OHEP Center for Medical Education conference on Public Sector Managed Care, Detroit MI, October
1997.
Young AS: New psychiatric medications and rehabilitation. Presentation to West Los Angeles AMI, Beverly Hills
CA, November 1997.
Young AS: Novel antipsychotic medications. Grand Rounds at Kedren Community Mental Health Center, Los
Angeles CA, November 1997.
Young AS: The use of novel antipsychotic medications in treatment-refractory mood disorders. Grand Rounds
at UCLA Edelman Westside Mental Health Center, Los Angeles CA, January 8, 1998.
Young AS: Novel antipsychotic medications. Grand Rounds at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles CA,
January 15, 1998.
Young AS: Measuring the quality of care for schizophrenia. Presentation at, “From research to practice in
mental health: changing provider and organizational behavior,” a workshop at the Department of Veterans
Affairs Health Services Research and Development National Meeting, Washington DC, February 19,
1998.
Young AS: Clozapine and other novel antipsychotic medications. Grand Rounds at the Ventura County
Behavioral Health Agency, Ventura CA, March 19, 1998.
Young AS: New psychiatric medications and rehabilitation. Presentation to South Bay AMI, Torrance CA, April
20, 1998.
Young AS: Novel antipsychotic medications. Grand Rounds at Encino Hospital, Los Angeles CA, April 30, 1998.
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Young AS: Measurement and management of quality of care for schizophrenia. Presentation in Experimental
Psychopathology Seminar (UCLA Psychiatry Course #603), Los Angeles CA, May 14, 1998.
Young AS: Novel antipsychotic medications. Presentation to the Southern Nevada Psychiatric Association, Las
Vegas NV, June 11, 1998.
Young AS: New psychiatric medications and rehabilitation. Presentation to West Los Angeles AMI, Los Angeles
CA, September 16, 1998.
Young AS: Research in quality of care. Grand Rounds at Greater Los Angeles Veterans Healthcare System
Psychiatry Service, Los Angeles CA, January 7, 1999.
Young AS: New antipsychotic medications in the treatment of schizophrenia. Grand Rounds at I-Can, Pasadena
CA, January 22, 1999.
Young AS: Treatment of psychosis in the geriatric population. Grand Rounds at Metro State Hospital, Norwalk
CA, April 21, 1999.
Young AS: Quality of care for depression and anxiety in the United States. Presentation at UCLA Psychology
Department Research Seminar, Los Angeles CA, May 7, 1999.
Young AS: Measuring quality of care and provider competencies. Presentation, workshop, and mentoring group
for young investigators at the Institute on Intervention Research, sponsored by the UCLA IRC, New
Hampshire-Dartmouth PRC, and the UCSD IRC, June 2 and 3, 1999.
Young AS: HealthCare for Communities: Quality of care for depression and anxiety in the United States.
Presentation to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board and staff, Beverly Hills CA, September 21,
1999.
Young AS: Co-Director of the Conference, “Improving Functional Outcomes in Individuals with Psychotic
Disorders” sponsored by VISN 22 MIRECC and UCLA, Anaheim CA, November 12 and 13, 1999.
Young AS: Performance indicators. Presentation to the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Executive Committee, Los Angeles CA, April 11, 2000.
Young AS: New psychiatric medications and other treatments. Presentation to West Los Angeles AMI, Los
Angeles CA, September 11, 2000.
Young AS: Novel antipsychotic medications. CME presentation to mental health professionals at Kaiser Mental
Health Center, Los Angeles CA, September 21, 2000.
Young AS, Brucker B: Influencing policy by establishing the quality and cost-effectiveness of care. President’s
Workshop at the National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference, Orlando FL, November 15,
2000.
Young AS: The quality of care received by people with psychiatric disorders. Presentation at the UCSD
MIRECC Conference, “Psychosis Does Not Stand Alone: Issues in Co-Morbidity,” La Jolla CA,
December 3, 2000.
Young AS: The quality of care for depressive disorders in the United States: Impact on primary care. Joint
Grand Rounds, Long Beach Veterans Healthcare System Medicine and Mental Health Services, Long
Beach CA, March 28, 2001.
Young AS: Improving the quality of care for schizophrenia. Grand Rounds, University of California Irvine, April
3, 2001.
Young AS: An update on clozapine. Presentation to Ventura County Behavioral Health Services, Ventura CA,
May 15, 2001.
Young AS: Improving the quality of care for schizophrenia. Workshop at the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
California Chapter Annual Meeting, Torrance, CA, September 7, 2001.
Young AS: Improving the quality of care for schizophrenia. Grand Rounds, Long Beach Veterans Healthcare
System Mental Health Service, September 12, 2001.
Young AS: Improving the quality of care for psychiatric disorders. Grand Rounds, UCLA Neuropsychiatric
Institute, September 18, 2001. http://www.mentalhealth.ucla.edu/opce/gr0102.html
Young AS: Improving the quality of mental health care. Presentation at Psychosis and Mood Disorder Seminar,
UCLA Psychology Department, October 5, 2001.
Young AS: The quality of care for depression and anxiety in the United States. Grand Rounds, Greater Los
Angeles Veterans Healthcare System, Los Angeles CA, November 8, 2001.
Young AS: Chair of Treatment Panel. Coping with Mental Illness and Crafting Public Policy: A Symposium
sponsored by UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UCSF, Los Angeles CA, January 12, 2002.
http://www.webcast.ucla.edu/webcast/mentalhealth or http://mentalhealthpolicy.berkeley.edu
Young AS: New antipsychotic medications. Grand Rounds at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Van Nuys CA,
March 7, 2002.
Young AS: Severe mental illness and HIV. Seminar to the Los Angeles HIV Mental Health Task Force, Gay and
Lesbian Center, Los Angeles CA, March 12, 2002.
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Young AS: Improving care for psychiatric disorders. Presentation at the MIRECC Conference, “Treating
Patients with Psychosis: Improving Functional Outcome,” Scottsdale, AZ, April 12, 2002.
Young AS: New psychiatric treatments and risk for suicide. Presentation to West Los Angeles AMI, Los Angeles
CA, September 18, 2002.
Young AS, Forquer SL, Chinman MJ, Knight EL, Vogel H, Rowe M, Miller A: Improving the competency of
clinicians providing care for severe mental illness. Presentation at the Southern Regional Center for
Mental Health Services Conference, New Orleans LA, September 24, 2002.
Young AS, Mintz J, Cohen AN: Improving Care Management in Schizophrenia. Presentation at the VA Quality
Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) National Conference, Washington DC, December 11, 2002.
Young AS: The RAND/UCLA panel method and its applications in mental health. Director of one-day
conference for NIMH and MATRICS staff, RAND, Santa Monica CA, February 3, 2003.
Young AS: Improving care by empowering consumers. Presentation at the MIRECC Conference, “Treatment
and Rehabilitation of the Client with Psychosis: Latest Developments,” Anaheim, CA, April 12, 2003.
Young AS: The RAND/UCLA panel method. Presentation at the NIMH Conference, “Measurement and
Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia,” Potomac, MD, April 14, 2003.
Young AS, Nuechterlein KN, Green MF: Co-chairs for RAND/UCLA expert consensus panel on measurement of
cognition in schizophrenia. A component of the NIMH contract, “Measurement and Treatment Research
to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS).” Los Angeles, CA, September 29, 2003.
Young AS, Mintz J, Cohen AN: Implementation of an informatics application for collaborative management of
chronic illness. Presentation as part of the panel, “Informatics Strategies to Support Healthcare Quality
Improvement” at the Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI)
National Meeting, Washington DC, December 11, 2003.
Young AS: Improving the quality of care for schizophrenia. Grand Rounds, Greater Los Angeles Veterans
Healthcare System at Sepulveda, Los Angeles CA, January 7, 2004.
Young AS, Chaney E: Informatics for care management. Chair, Special Interest Group at the Department of
Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development National Meeting, Washington DC, March
11, 2004.
Young AS: Improving the quality of care for psychiatric disorders. Grand Rounds, Yale University Department of
Psychiatry, New Haven CT, April 16, 2004.
Young AS, Chaney EF, McCutcheon S: Informatics systems supporting collaborative care of chronic illness.
Chair of session at the VA 2004 Information Technology Conference, Austin TX, August 12, 2004.
Young AS: Improving the quality of care for psychiatric disorders. Grand Rounds, Harbor UCLA Department of
Psychiatry, Torrance CA, September 14, 2004.
Young AS: Emerging information technologies in psychiatric care. Grand Rounds, Greater Los Angeles
Veterans Healthcare System at West Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, October 7, 2004.
Young AS: A consumer-led intervention that improves provider quality. Research Seminar, New HampshireDartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Lebanon NH, October 15, 2004.
Young AS: Improving care for schizophrenia: Evidence-based approaches to psychosocial interventions. 16th
Annual Southwest Psychiatric Symposium, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque
NM, October 30, 2004.
Young AS: Evaluation of parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Effect on high utilizers.
Presentation to the MacArthur Network on Mental Health Policy Research, Santa Monica CA, January 27,
2005.
Young AS: A consumer-led intervention that improves provider quality. Grand Rounds, Greater Los Angeles
Veterans Healthcare System at Sepulveda, Los Angeles CA, February 9, 2005.
Young AS: Improving care for schizophrenia. Panel presentation at VA MIRECC National Meeting, New
Orleans LA, June 7, 2005.
Young AS: A consumer-led intervention that improves provider quality. Grand Rounds, Greater Los Angeles
Veterans Healthcare System at West Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, June 9, 2005.
Young AS, Cohen AN, Dorr D, Chaney E, Goldstein M: Informatics systems supporting collaborative care of
chronic illness. Chair of panel at Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Boston MA, June 28, 2005.
Young AS, Miranda J: Quality Forum conducted by the UCLA-RAND National Institute of Mental Health Center
for Research on Quality in Managed Care, in collaboration with community partners. Co-Chair of the
Forum, Los Angeles CA, September 12, 2005.
Young AS, Chaney E: National CHIACC Expert Panel on information systems to support improved care for
chronic illness. Chair of the panel, Santa Monica CA, September 27, 2005.
Young AS, Brown R, Chinman M, Glynn S: Recovery: The Future of Mental Health Care in VA. Chair of Panel at
Grand Rounds, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Los Angeles CA, December 8, 2005.
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Young AS, Cohen AN, Mintz J, Brown AH, Chinman M, Owen R: EQUIP: Improving Care for Schizophrenia.
Poster for VA national network directors at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research
and Development National Meeting, Washington DC, February 15, 2006.
Young AS: Consumer Links to Their Clinical Records: Policies for Electronic Health Records and the Emerging
Role of Personal Health Records. Presentation at the Sixth Annual California Information Management
Conference, Universal City CA, March 15, 2006.
Young AS: Information systems to improve care for chronic illness. Presentation at the American Association
for Technology in Psychiatry (AATP) National Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 20, 2006.
Young AS: Recovery and improving care for schizophrenia. Presentation at aripiprazole launch meetings:
Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2006, and Osaka, Japan, July 30, 2006.
Young AS: National VA HSR&D State of the Art Conference. Member of workgroup on informatics for chronic
illness care at the, Arlington VA, September 14-15, 2006.
Young AS: Improving Chronic Illness Care: Development of Routine Patient Self-Assessment. Presentation for
the national VA VIReC Clinical Informatics Cyber-Seminar, October 17, 2006.
Young AS: Evaluation and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia. Presentation to Los Angeles
Chapter of NAMI, Los Angeles CA, October 18, 2006.
Young AS: Supporting Recovery: Improving Workforce Competencies in Mental Health. CME presentation at
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Recovery Symposium, November 2, 2006.
Young AS: Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 5 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center,
member of advisory board, Baltimore MD, October 31, 2006.
Young AS: Psychosis & PTSD: Common Approaches to Understanding Illness & Improving Outcome.
Moderator for VA Southern California Psychotherapy, Recovery & Rehabilitation Panel, Long Beach CA,
March 13, 2007.
Young AS: Implementing Recovery-Oriented, Evidence-Based Practices in Schizophrenia. Presentations at the
VA National Mental Health Meeting, Alexandria VA, July 18 & 19, 2007.
Young AS: Improving Chronic Illness Care: Development of Routine Patient Self-Assessment. Grand Rounds,
Greater Los Angeles Veterans Healthcare System at Sepulveda, Los Angeles CA, April 2, 2008.
Young AS, Hamilton-Brown A, Chinman MJ, Cohen AN, Reist C: Improving Care for Schizophrenia: Process
Evaluation of Implementation in EQUIP. Panel presentation at the VA National Mental Health Meeting,
Arlington VA, July 22, 2008.
Young AS, Campinell A, Cuerdon T, Owen RR, Resnick SG, Rosenheck R: Evaluating Implementation and
Spread of Evidence-Based Practices in VHA Specialty Mental Health Services. Chair of workshop at the
Department of Veterans Affairs QUERI National Meeting, Phoenix AZ, December 11, 2008.
Young AS, Yano E, Cohen AN, Hamilton A, Rubenstein L: Can Six Blind Men Find Apples & Oranges: Using
Multiple Data Sources to Describe Variable Implementation of QI Interventions. Presentation at the
Department of Veterans Affairs QUERI National Meeting, Phoenix AZ, December 12, 2008.
Young AS: Metabolic Side-Effects of Antipsychotic Medications. Grand Rounds, Greater Los Angeles Veterans
Healthcare System at Sepulveda, Los Angeles CA, April 15, 2009.
Young AS, Cohen AN: Weight Gain and Related Side-Effects of Antipsychotic Medications. Presentation at
NAMI Community Conference on Mental Health, Sinai Temple, Los Angeles CA, May 17, 2009.
Young AS, Cohen AN, Niv N: Education for Individuals with Mental Illness. Presentation to National VA
Education Coordinators group, internet and phone conferencing, June 2, 2009.
Young AS, Cohen AN: Improving Weight and Related Side-Effects of Antipsychotic Medication. Workshop
speaker at the VA National Mental Health Meeting, Baltimore MD, July 22, 2009.
Young AS, Hamilton A, Cohen AN, EQUIP Investigators: Implementing recovery-oriented care: The importance
of clinicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs. Presentation at the VA National Mental Health Meeting,
Baltimore MD, July 22, 2009.
Young AS, Perkins DO, Newcomer JW: Schizophrenia: Treating a Chronic Disease with a Focus on Early
Intervention, Adherence, and Recovery. National video broadcast of Neuroscience CME, Washington
DC, August 12, 2009.
Young AS, Kane JM: Spotlight on Schizophrenia: Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment. CME presentation at
US Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress. Las Vegas NV, November 2, 2009.
Young AS, Chinman M, Hamilton A, Smith J: Building Quality Improvement Teams to Address Gaps in Care:
Tools, Methods, and Evaluation. Workshop at Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D National Meeting
on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, Little Rock AR, April 29, 2010.
Young AS: Recommendations for Monitoring and Management of Patients Prescribed Antipsychotic
Medications. CME presentation at VA Conference on Improving the Health of Veterans Who Receive
Antipsychotic Medications. Washington DC, May 18, 2010.
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Young AS, Niv N: Improving the Health of People Who Are Prescribed Antipsychotic Medication:
Recommendations for Monitoring and Management. National VA Cyber-Seminar. June 9, 2010.
Young AS, Smith J, Hagedorn H, VanDeusen Lukas C: Evaluating Implementation Trials. Panel at QUERI
Conference, Enhancing Implementation Science in VA. Denver CO, July 20, 2010.
Young AS: Metabolic Monitoring and Management in People Prescribed Antipsychotic Medication. CME
presentation at US Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress. Orlando FL, November 19, 2010.
Young AS: Cannabis and Psychosis. CME presentation at US Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress.
Orlando FL, November 20, 2010.
Young AS, Koegel P, Ayers N, Lopez S, Sapp T, Schraiber R: RAND Policy Forum: From Management to
Recovery: Approaches to Serious Mental Illness. Panel. Santa Monica CA, January 26, 2011.
Young AS: Cannabis and Psychosis. Greater Los Angeles VA Social Work Service addiction treatment training.
Los Angeles CA, March 4, 2011.
Young AS, Hagedorn H: Evaluation in Implementation Research: Examples and Challenges. National VA
HSR&D QUERI Cyberseminar webinar. May 12, 2011.
http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/cyber_seminars/archives/eis-051211.cfm
Young AS, Smith J, Hagedorn H, VanDeusen Lukas C: Evaluating Implementation Trials. Panel at QUERI
Conference, Enhancing Implementation Science in VA Conference. Phoenix AZ, September 16, 2011.
Young AS: Alternatives to the Randomized Controlled Trial in Implementation Science. National VA HSR&D
QUERI Cyberseminar webinar. More than 400 attendees. February 9 and 16, 2012.
http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/cyber_seminars/archives/qir-020912.cfm
Young AS, Hagedorn H: Enhancing Implementation Science Evaluation Details. National VA HSR&D QUERI
Cyberseminar webinar. 161 attendees. July 27, 2012.
http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/cyber_seminars/archives/eis-072612.cfm
Young AS: Multi-site Implementation Research to Improve Care for Schizophrenia. Grand Rounds, Kansas
University Department of Psychiatry. November 13, 2012.
Young AS: Multi-site Implementation Research to Improve Care for Schizophrenia. Grand Rounds, Greater Los
Angeles Veterans Healthcare System at Sepulveda, Los Angeles CA, February 27, 2013.
Young AS: Alternatives to Randomized Controlled Trials in Improvement Science. Improvement Science
Summit on Research Methods, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio
TX, July 9, 2013.
Young AS: Implementation Research to Improve Care for Schizophrenia, University of Michigan Psychiatry
Grand Rounds, Ann Arbor MI, September 25, 2013.
Young AS: Implementation Research to Improve Care for Schizophrenia, University of Southern California
Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Los Angeles CA, October 2, 2013.
Young AS: Web-Based Delivery of MOVE! to Veterans with Mental Illness (WebMOVE!), Department of
Veterans Affairs National Mental Health Showcase, Washington DC, May 13, 2014.
Young AS: Chair, Schizophrenia Symposium, Second Meeting on Patient Reported Outcomes and Person
Centered Care in Mental Health, Washington DC, September 27, 2014.
Young AS: Discussant, Improving Care Quality through Hybrid Implementation / Effectiveness Studies, panel at
7th Annual Conference on Dissemination and Implementation, Washington DC, December 8, 2014.
Young AS: Advancements in the Assessment of Medication Adherence, CME panel at Texas Council 30th
Annual Conference, Houston TX, June 17, 2015.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
RESEARCH PAPERS - PEER REVIEWED:
1. Tschudi C, Young AS, Ruben L, Patton CL, Richards FF: Calmodulin genes in trypanosomes are tandemly
repeated and produce multiple mRNAs with a common 5' leader sequence. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Science USA 1985; 82:3998-4002. PMID: 3858856.
http://www.pnas.org/content/82/12/3998.long
2. Faraone SV, Young AS, Brown WA: Neuroleptic non-response and affective symptoms: a 2-year
prospective study of schizophrenic outpatients. Psychiatry Research 1989; 28:315-321. PMID: 2569751.
http://www.psy-journal.com/article/0165-1781(89)90212-6/abstract
3. Young AS, Faraone SV, Brown WA: Correction of serum neuroleptic activity for blood-to-brain distribution: a
method that may render radioreceptor assay results comparable between neuroleptics. Journal of Clinical
Psychopharmacology 1989; 9:361-363. PMID: 2571620.
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4. Liberman RP, Kopelowicz A, Young AS: Biobehavioral treatment and rehabilitation of schizophrenia.
Behavior Therapy 1994; 25:89-107. PMID: 9384930.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005789405801479 Reprinted as: Biobehavioural
therapy in the rehabilitation of psychotic patients. Italian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
1993; 3:129-138.
5. Vaccaro JV, Young AS, Glynn S: Community-based care of individuals with schizophrenia: Combining
psychosocial and pharmacologic therapies. Psychiatric Clinics of North America 1993; 16:387-399. PMID:
8101374.
http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/8101374/Community_based_care_of_individuals_with
_schizophrenia__Combining_psychosocial_and_pharmacologic_therapies_
6. Matsuda KT, Cho MC, Lin KM, Smith MW, Young AS, Adams JA: Clozapine dosage, serum levels, efficacy,
and side effect profiles: A comparison of Korean-American and Caucasian patients. Psychopharmacology
Bulletin 1996; 32 (2): 253-257. PMID: 8783895.
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015036542499?urlappend=%3Bseq=265
7. Grusky O, Podus D, Webster C, Young AS: Measuring the cost and outcome effects of case management
teams. Research in the Sociology of Health Care, 1997; 14: 305-325.
8. Sullivan G, Young AS, Morgenstern H: Behaviors as risk factors for rehospitalization: implications for
predicting and preventing admissions among the seriously mentally ill. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric
Epidemiology 1997; 32: 185-190. PMID: 9184463.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/x2387162kx158120/fulltext.pdf
9. Jeste DV, Klausner M, Brecher M, Clyde C, Jones R, ARCS Study Group (Young AS et al): A clinical
evaluation of risperidone in the treatment of schizophrenia: a 10-week, open-label, multicenter trial. ARCS
Study Group. Assessment of Risperdal in a Clinical Setting. Psychopharmacology. 1997; 131: 239-47.
PMID: 9203234.
10. Webster CM, Grusky O, Young AS, Podus D: Leadership structures in case management teams: an
application of social network analysis. Research In Community & Mental Health. 1998; 9: 11-28.
11. Young AS, Grusky O, Sullivan G, Webster CM, Podus D: The effect of provider characteristics on case
management activities. Administration and Policy in Mental Health. 1998; 26: 21-32. PMID: 9866232.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/k4720075uw120r66/fulltext.pdf
12. Young AS, Nuechterlein KN, Mintz J, Ventura J, Gitlin M, Liberman RP: Suicidal ideation and suicide
attempts in recent-onset schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 1998; 24: 629-634. PMID: 9853794.
http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/24/4/629
13. Young AS, Sullivan G, Burnam MA, Brook RH: Measuring the quality of outpatient treatment for
schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry. 1998; 55: 611-617. PMID: 9672051. http://archpsyc.amaassn.org/cgi/reprint/55/7/611
14. Young AS, Sullivan G, Murata D, Sturm R, Koegel P: Implementing publicly funded risk contracts with
community mental health organizations. Psychiatric Services. 1998; 49:1579-1584. PMID: 9856620.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/PSS/3504/ps1579.pdf
15. Webster CM, Grusky O, Podus D, Young AS: Team leadership: Networks differences in women's and men's
instrumental and expressive relations. Administration & Policy in Mental Health. 1999; 26: 169-190. PMID:
10339833. http://www.springerlink.com/content/xq11104275175l71/fulltext.pdf
16. Sturm R, Gresenz C, Sherbourne C, Minnium K, Klap R, Bhattacharya J, Farley D, Young AS, Burnam MA,
Wells KB: The design of HealthCare for Communities: A study of health care delivery for alcohol, drug
abuse, and mental health conditions. Inquiry. 1999; 36: 221-233. PMID: 10459376.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/29772825?&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
17. Belin TR, Hu MY, Young AS, Grusky O: Performance of a general location model with an ignorable missingdata assumption in a multivariate mental health services study. Statistics in Medicine. 1999; 18: 3123-35.
PMID: 10544311. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/66004931/PDFSTART
18. Kapur K, Young AS, Murata D, Sullivan G, Koegel P: The economic impact of capitated care for high
utilizers of public mental health services: the Los Angeles PARTNERS program experience. Journal of
Behavioral Health Services & Research. 1999; 26: 415-428. PMID: 10565102.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/l8jn3452p2337q64/fulltext.pdf
19. Sullivan G, Koegel P, Kanouse DE, Cournos F, McKennon K, Young AS, Bean D: HIV and people with
serious mental illness: the public sector’s role in reducing HIV risk and improving care. Psychiatric
Services; 1999; 50:648-652. PMID: 10332900.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/PSS/3514/648.pdf
20. Young AS: Evaluating and improving the appropriateness of treatment for schizophrenia. Harvard Review of
Psychiatry. 1999; 7:114-118. PMID: 10471250.
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of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry 2000; 7: No 2.
Young AS, Sullivan G, Duan N: Patient, provider, and treatment factors associated with poor quality care for
schizophrenia. Mental Health Services Research. 1999; 1 (4): 201-211. PMID: 11256726.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/m6w64440p2671077/fulltext.pdf
Young AS, Grusky O, Jordan D, Belin TR: Routine outcome monitoring in a public mental health system: the
impact of patients who leave care. Psychiatric Services. 2000; 51: 85-91. PMID: 10647138.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ps.51.1.85 Reprinted in Behavioral Outcomes & Guidelines
Sourcebook. New York, Faulkner & Gray, 2001.
Young AS, Forquer SL, Tran A, Starzynski M, Shatkin J: Identifying clinical competencies that support
rehabilitation and empowerment in individuals with severe mental illness. Journal of Behavioral Health
Services & Research. 2000; 27: 321-333. PMID: 10932445.
www.springerlink.com/content/wg855x7654q32141/fulltext.pdf
Belin TR, Hu MY, Young AS, Grusky O: Using multiple imputation to incorporate cases with missing items in
a mental health services study. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology. 2000; 1: 7-22.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/wwj317201v210775/fulltext.pdf
Unützer J, Klap R, Sturm R, Young AS, Marmon T, Shatkin J, Wells KB: Mental disorders and the use of
alternative medicine: results from a national survey. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2000; 157: 18511857. PMID: 11967448. http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/157/11/1851
Kapur K, Young AS, Murata D: Risk adjustment for high utilizers of public mental health care. Journal of
Mental Health Policy and Economics. 2000; 3: 129-137. PMID: 11967448
http://www.icmpe.org/test1/journal/issues/v3pdf/3-129_text.pdf
Young AS, Kapur K, Murata D: Data Points: The time course of treatment costs among patients with severe
mental illness. Psychiatric Services. 2001; 52: 21. PMID: 11141522.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/PSS/3560/21.pdf
Young AS, Klap R, Sherbourne CD, Wells KB: The quality of care for depressive and anxiety disorders in
the United States. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2001; 58: 55-61. PMID: 11146758.
http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/58/1/55
Sullivan G, Young AS, Fortney S, Tillipman D, Murata D, Koegel P: Managed care in the public sector:
Lessons learned from the Los Angeles PARTNERS program. Journal of Behavioral Health Services &
Research. 2001; 28: 155-163. PMID: 11338327.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/tt723n3h08131607/fulltext.pdf
Cradock JA, Young AS, Sullivan G: The accuracy of medical record documentation in schizophrenia.
Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 2001; 28: 456-465. PMID: 11732247.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/g85942012u00040w/fulltext.pdf
Cradock JA, Young AS, Forquer SL: Evaluating client and family preferences regarding outcomes in severe
mental illness. Administration and Policy in Mental Health. 2002; 29: 257-261. PMID: 12033670.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/5x1lg5mh6cp5jfhb/fulltext.pdf
Cradock-O'Leary JA, Young AS, Yano EM, Wang M, Lee ML: Use of general medical services by VA
patients with psychiatric disorders. Psychiatric Services. 2002; 53: 874-878. PMID: 12096172.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/PSS/4349/874.pdf
Wells KB, Sherbourne CD, Sturm R, Young AS, Burnam MA: Alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health care
for uninsured and insured Adults. Health Services Research. 2002; 37: 1055-1066. PMID: 12236383,
PMCID: PMC1464001. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1034/j.1600-0560.2002.65.x
Mares AS, Young AS, McGuire JF, Rosenheck RA: Residential environment and quality of life among
seriously mentally ill residents of board and care homes. Community Mental Health Journal. 2002; 38:
447-458. PMID: 12474933. http://www.springerlink.com/content/r93976vun2767733/fulltext.pdf
Edlund MJ, Young AS, Kung FY, Sherbourne CD, Wells KB: Does satisfaction reflect the technical quality of
mental health care? Health Services Research. 2003; 38: 631-645. PMID: 12785565, PMCID:
PMC1360907. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1475-6773.00137
Chinman M, Young AS, Rowe M, Forquer S, Knight E, Miller A: An instrument to assess competencies of
providers treating severe mental illness. Mental Health Services Research. 2003; 5: 97-108. PMID:
12801073. http://www.springerlink.com/content/t37l758232458311/fulltext.pdf
Young AS, Mintz J, Cohen AN: Using information systems to improve care for persons with schizophrenia.
Psychiatric Services. 2004; 253-255. PMID: 150017424.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/PSS/3610/253.pdf
Young AS, Mintz J, Cohen AN, Chinman MJ: A network-based system to improve care for schizophrenia:
The Medical Informatics Network Tool (MINT). Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
2004; 11 (5): 358-367. PMID: 15187072, PMCID: PMC516242. http://171.66.121.52/cgi/reprint/11/5/358
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39. Chinman M, Young AS, Schell T, Hassell J, Mintz J: Computer-assisted self-assessment in persons with
severe mental illness. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2004; 65: 1343-1351. PMID: 15491237.
http://www.psychiatrist.com/privatepdf/2004/v65n10/v65n1008.pdf
40. Young AS, Sullivan G, Bogart LM, Koegel P, Kanouse DE: Needs for services reported by adults with
severe mental illness and HIV. Psychiatric Services. 2005; 56: 99-101. PMID: 15637201.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/PSS/3633/99.pdf
41. Young AS, Chinman MJ, Cradock-O'Leary JA, Sullivan G, Murata D, Mintz J, Koegel P: Characteristics of
individuals with severe mental illness who use emergency services. Community Mental Health Journal.
2005; 41: 159-168. PMID: 15974496.
http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/qmxm3t637g3q7062/fulltext.pdf
42. Hoge MA, Paris M, Adger H, Collins FL, Finn CV, Fricks L, Gill KJ, Haber J, Hansen M, Ida DJ, Kaplan L,
Northey WF, O'Connel MJ, Rosen AL, Taintor Z, Tondora J, Young AS: Workforce competencies in
behavioral health: an overview. Administration and Policy in Mental Health. 2005; 32: 593-631. PMID:
16082798. http://www.springerlink.com/content/vp5437r6141757j7/fulltext.pdf
43. Young AS, Chinman M, Forquer SL, Knight EL, Vogel H, Miller A, Rowe M, Mintz J: Use of a consumer-led
intervention to improve provider competencies. Psychiatric Services. 2005; 56: 967-975. PMID:
16088014. http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/PSS/3649/967.pdf
44. Erhart SM, Young AS, Marder SR, Mintz J: Clinical utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging radiographs for
suspected organic syndromes in adult psychiatry. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2005; 66: 968-973.
PMID: 16086610. http://www.psychiatrist.com/privatepdf/2005/v66n08/v66n0802.pdf
45. Goldman HH, Frank RG, Burnam MA, Huskamp HA, Ridgely MS, Normand SL, Young AS, Barry CL,
Azzone V, Busch AB, Azrin ST, Moran G, Lichtenstein C, Blasinsky M: Behavioral health insurance parity
for federal employees. New England Journal of Medicine. 2006; 354: 1378-86. PMID: 16571881.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/354/13/1378.pdf
46. Bogart LM, Fremont AM, Young AS, Pantoja P, Chinman M, Morton S, Koegel P, Sullivan G, Kanouse DE:
Patterns of HIV Care for patients with serious mental illness. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2006; 20: 17582. PMID: 16548714. http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/apc.2006.20.175
47. Chinman M, Young AS, Hassell J, Davidson L: Toward the implementation of mental health consumer
provider services. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 2006; 33: 176-195. PMID:
16645906. http://www.springerlink.com/content/w35t042368857xv6/
48. Busch AB, Huskamp HA, Normand ST, Young AS, Goldman H, Frank RG: The impact of parity on major
depression treatment quality in the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program after parity
implementation. Medical Care. 2006; 44: 506–512. PMID: 16707998. http://www.lww-medicalcare.com
49. Sullivan G, Kanouse D, Young AS, Han X, Perlman J, Koegel P: Co-location of health care for adults with
serious mental illness and HIV infection. Community Mental Health Journal. 2006; 42: 345-61. PMID:
16909323. http://www.springerlink.com/content/dj64911m576wv73h/
50. Niv N, Cohen AN, Mintz J, Ventura J, Young AS: The validity of using patient self-report to assess psychotic
symptoms in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 2007; 245-250. PMID: 17204397.
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0920996406004816
51. Azrin ST, Huskamp HA, Azzone V, Goldman HH, Frank RG, Burnam MA, Normand SL, Ridgely MS, Young
AS, Barry CL, Busch AB, Moran G: Impact of full mental health and substance abuse parity for children in
the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Pediatrics. 2007; 119: e452-9. PMID: 17272607,
PMCID: PMC1995034. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/119/2/e452.pdf
52. Dorr D, Bonner LM, Cohen AN, Shoai RS, Perrin R, Chaney E, Young AS: Informatics systems to promote
improved care for chronic illness: A literature review. Journal of the American Medical Informatics
Association. 2007; 14: 156-163. PMID: 17213491, PMCID: PMC2213468.
http://171.67.114.118/content/14/2/156.full
53. Niv N, Cohen AN, Sullivan G, Young AS: The MIRECC version of the Global Assessment of Functioning
scale: reliability and validity. Psychiatric Services. 2007; 58: 529-535. PMID: 17412856.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=97909
54. Fremont AM, Young AS, Chinman M, Pantoja P, Morton S, Koegel P, Sullivan G, Kanouse D: Differences in
HIV care between patients with and without severe mental illness. Psychiatric Services. 2007; 58: 681–
688. PMID: 17463350. http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=98023
55. Chinman M, Hassell J, Magnabosco J, Nowlin-Finch N, Marusak S, Young AS: The feasibility of
computerized patient self-assessment at mental health clinics. Administration and Policy in Mental Health.
2007; 34: 401-9. PMID: 17453332. http://www.springerlink.com/content/wtg4g17j25l0147t/fulltext.pdf
56. Young AS, Chaney E, Shoai R, Bonner L, Cohen AN, Doebbeling B, Dorr D, Goldstein MK, Kerr E, Nichol
P, Perrin R: Information technology to support improved care for chronic illness. Journal of General
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Nuechterlein KH, Green MF, Kern RS, Baade LE, Barch DM, Cohen JD, Essock S, Fenton WS, Frese FJ,
3rd, Gold JM, Goldberg T, Heaton RK, Keefe RS, Kraemer H, Mesholam-Gately R, Seidman LJ, Stover
E, Weinberger DR, Young AS, Zalcman S, Marder SR: The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery, Part
1: test selection, reliability, and validity. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2008; 165: 203-13. PMID:
18172019. http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/165/2/203
Brown AH, Cohen AN, Chinman MJ, Kessler C, Young AS: EQUIP: Implementing chronic care principles
and applying formative evaluation methods to improve care for schizophrenia. Implementation Science.
2008; 3: 9. PMID: 18279505, PMCID: PMC2278162.
http://www.implementationscience.com/content/3/1/9
Hebert M, Rosenheck R, Drebing C, Young AS, Armstrong M: Integrating peer support initiatives in a large
healthcare organization. Psychological Services. 2008; 5: 216-227.
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/ser/5/3/216/
Young AS, Klap R, Shoai R, Wells KB: Persistent depression and anxiety in the United States: prevalence
and quality of care. Psychiatric Services. 2008; 59: 1391-1398. PMID: 19033165, PMCID: PMC3086068.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/PSS/3865/08ps1391.pdf
Hamilton AB, Cohen AN, Young AS: Organizational readiness in specialty mental health care. Journal of
General Internal Medicine. 2010; 25 Supplement 1: 27-31. PMID: 20077148, PMCID: PMC2806963.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/51h3x64300u81855/
Cohen AN, Glynn SM, Hamilton AB, Young AS: Implementation of a family intervention for individuals with
schizophrenia. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2010; 25 Supplement 1: 32-37. PMID: 20077149,
PMCID: PMC2806956. http://www.springerlink.com/content/h20878682h3q5161
Bystritsky A, Kerwin L, Niv N, Natoli JL, Abrahami N, Klap R, Wells K, Young AS: Clinical and subthreshold
panic disorder. Depression and Anxiety. 2010; 27 (4): 381-389. PMID: 20013957, PMCID: PMC3094576.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/123209216/PDFSTART
Young AS, Niv N, Cohen AN, Kessler C, McNagny K: The appropriateness of routine medication treatment
for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2010 (4); 36: 732-739. PMID: 18997159, PMCID:
PMC2894584. http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/36/4/732 . Reprinted in:
Psychopathology & Abnormal Psychology, Volume V. London UK: Sage Publications. 2015: 191-204.
Henderson C, Jackson C, Slade M, Young AS, Strauss JL: How should we implement psychiatric advance
directives? Views of Consumers, Caregivers, Mental Health Providers and Researchers. Administration
and Policy in Mental Health. 2010; 37 (6): 447-458. PMID: 20099077.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/m2150vk206l77305/fulltext.pdf
Banta JE, Andersen RM, Young AS, Kominski G, Cunningham WE: Psychiatric Comorbidity and Mortality
Among Veterans Hospitalized for Congestive Heart Failure. Military Medicine. 2010; 175: 732-741. PMID:
20968262, PMCID: PMC3131142.
Niv N, Shatkin JP, Hamilton AB, Unützer J, Klap R, Young AS: The use of herbal medications and dietary
supplements by people with mental illness. Community Mental Health Journal. 2010; 46 (6): 563-569.
PMID: 19688594, PMCID: PMC2965367.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/fk47387721073625/fulltext.pdf
Young AS, Niv N, Chinman M, Dixon L, Eisen SV, Fischer EP, Smith J, Valenstein M, Marder SR, Owen
RR: Routine outcomes monitoring to support improving care for schizophrenia: Report from the VA
Mental Health QUERI. Community Mental Health Journal. 2011; 47 (2): 123-135. PMID: 20658320,
PMCID: PMC3058510. http://www.springerlink.com/content/r73575g3n333383r/fulltext.pdf
Rost K, Hsieh Y, Xu S, Menachemi N, Young AS: Potential disparities in the management of schizophrenia
in the United States. Psychiatric Services. 2011; 62 (6): 613-618. PMID: 21632729.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/PSS/4320/pss6206_0613.pdf
Cohen AN, Chinman MJ, Hamilton AB, Whelan F, Young AS: Using patient-facing kiosks to support quality
improvement at mental health clinics. Medical Care. 2013; 51 (3): S13-S20. PMID: 23407006, PMCID:
PMC3654521. http://journals.lww.com/lwwmedicalcare/Fulltext/2013/03001/Using_Patient_facing_Kiosks_to_Support_Quality.6.aspx
Hamilton AB, Cohen AN, Glover DL, Whelan F, Chemerinski E, McNagny KP, Mullins D, Reist C, Schubert
M, Young AS: Implementation of evidence-based employment services in specialty mental health. Health
Services Research. 2013; 48 (6): 2224-2244. PMID: 24138608, PMCID: PMC4097836.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6773.12115/pdf
Kertesz SG, Holt CA, Steward JL, Jones RN, Roth DL, Stringfellow E, Gordon AJ, Kim TW, Austin EL,
Henry SR, Johnson NK, Granstaff US, O’Connell JJ, Golden JF, Young AS, Davis LL, Pollio DE:
Comparing homeless persons' care experiences in tailored versus non-tailored primary care programs.
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American Journal of Public Health. 2013; 103 (S2): S331-S339. PMID: 24148052.
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301481?journalCode=ajph
Cohen AN, Golden JF, Young AS: Peer wellness coaches for adults with mental illness. Psychiatric
Services. 2014; 65 (1): 129-130. PMID: 24382767, PMCID: PMC4041484.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleID=1792182
Niv N, Cohen AN, Hamilton A, Reist C, Young AS: Effectiveness of a psychosocial weight management
program for individuals with schizophrenia. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 2014; 41
(3): 370-380. PMID: 22430566, PMCID: PMC3809160.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11414-012-9273-3
Kertesz SG, Pollio DE, Jones RN, Steward J, Stringfellow EJ, Gordon AJ, Johnson NK, Kim TA, Daigle SG,
Austin EL, Young AS, Golden JF, Davis LL, Roth DL, Holt CL: Development of the Primary Care QualityHomeless (PCQ-H) Instrument: A Practical Survey of Homeless Patients' Experiences in Primary Care.
Medical Care. 2014; 52 (8): 734-742. PMID: 25023918. http://journals.lww.com/lwwmedicalcare/Fulltext/2014/08000/Development_of_the_Primary_Care_Quality_Homeless.10.aspx
Armstrong NP, Cohen AN, Hellemann G, Reist C, Young AS: Validating a brief version of the Mental Health
Recovery Measure for individuals with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services. 2014; 65 (9): 1154-1159.
PMID: 24828568. http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.ps.201300215
Chang ET, Wells KB, Young AS, Stockdale S, Johnson MD, Fickel JJ, Jou K, Rubenstein LV: The Anatomy
of Primary Care and Mental Health Clinician Communication: A Quality Improvement Case Study. Journal
of General Internal Medicine. 2014; 29(S2): S598-606. PMID: 24715400.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11606-013-2731-7
Bromley E, Mikesell L, Armstrong N, Young AS: “You Might Lose Him Through the Cracks”: Clinicians’
views on discharge from Assertive Community Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and
Mental Health Services Research. 2015; 42(1): 99. PMID: 24692027.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10488-014-0547-3
Iyer SP, Young AS: Health screening, counseling, and hypertension control for people with serious mental
illness in primary care settings. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2015; 37(1): 60-66.
http://www.ghpjournal.com/article/S0163-8343(14)00265-5/abstract
Chinman M, Oberman R, Hanusa BH, Cohen A, Salyers MP, Twamley EW, Young AS: A cluster
randomized trial of adding peer specialists to intensive case management teams in the Veterans Health
Administration. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 2015; 42 (1): 109-121; published online 2013. PMID: 23657754. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11414-013-9343-1
Hamilton AB, Chinman M, Cohen AN, Oberman RS, Young AS: Implementation of consumer providers into
mental health intensive case management teams. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research.
2015; 42 (1): 100-108; published on-line 2013. PMID: 24091610.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11414-013-9365-8#page-1
Chrystal JG, Glover DL, Young AS, Whelan F, Austin EL, Johnson NK, Pollio DE, Holt CL, Stringfellow E,
Gordon AJ, Kim TA, Daigle SG, Steward JL, Kertesz SG: Experience of primary care among homeless
individuals with mental health conditions. PLOS ONE. 2015; 10 (2): e0 117395.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0117395
Gabrielian S, Bromley E, Hellemann GS, Kern RS, Goldenson NI, Danley ME, Young AS: Factors affecting
exits from homelessness among persons with serious mental illness and substance use disorders.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2015; 76 (4): e469-e476. PMID: 25919839.
http://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/article/Pages/2015/v76n04/v76n0412.aspx
Mikesell L, Bromley E, Young AS, Vona P, Zima B: Integrating client and clinician perspectives on
psychotropic medication decisions: Developing a communication-centered epistemic model of shared
decision making for mental health contexts. Health Communication. 2015; Nov 3: 1-11. [EPub ahead of
print]. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2014.993296
Gabrielian S, Burns AV, Nanda N, Hellemann G, Kane V, Young AS: Factors Associated with Premature
Exits from Supported Housing. Psychiatric Services. 2016; 67: 86-93. PMID: 26467908.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.201400311
RESEARCH PAPERS - PEER REVIEWED (IN PRESS):
1. none
RESEARCH PAPERS - PEER REVIEWED (SUBMITTED):
1. Vona P, Bromley E, Maratos D, Mikesell L, Knight E, Schraiber R, Young AS: Collaborative
development and implementation of a peer provider training curriculum for adults with serious mental
illness
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2. Gabrielian S, Bromley E, Greenberg J, Young AS: Social support and housing transitions among
homeless adults with serious mental illness and substance use disorders
3. Pedersen ER, Huang W, Cohen AN, Young, AS: Alcohol use and service utilization among veterans in
treatment for schizophrenia.
4. Bennett LL, Cohen AN, Young AS: Understanding weight intervention participation in individuals with
serious mental illness.
RESEARCH PAPERS - NON-PEER REVIEWED:
1. Young AS: The neuroleptic treatment of schizophrenia: dosing strategies, depot preparations and novel
medications. Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry; 1996; 13:18-26.
2. Young AS: Managed care and public sector psychiatry: recent experience and future directions. Journal of
the California Alliance for the Mentally Ill 7:46-47, 1996.
3. Chinman M, Hamilton A, Butler B, Knight E, Murray S, Young A: Mental Health Consumer Providers: A
Guide for Clinical Staff. Technical Report. RAND Corporation; 2008.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR584/
CHAPTERS:
1. Samson JA, Young AS, Tsuang MT: Negative symptoms in schizophrenia: Depressive or deficit syndrome?
In: Williams R, Dalby JT, eds. Depression in schizophrenics. New York, NY: Plenum Press; 1989: 53-65.
2. Vaccaro JV, Young AS: The contemporary treatment of individuals with chronic mental illness. In: Vaccaro
JV, Clark GH, eds. Practicing Psychiatry in the Community: A Manual. Washington, DC: American
Psychiatric Press; 1996: 173-189.
3. Young AS, Clark GH: Guidelines for community psychiatric practice. In: Vaccaro JV, Clark GH, eds.
Practicing Psychiatry in the Community: A Manual. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press; 1996:
331-341.
4. Young AS, Magnabosco JL: Services for adults with mental illness. In: Levin BL, Petrila J, Hennessy KD,
eds. Mental Health Services: A Public Health Perspective, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Oxford University
Press; 2004: 177-208.
5. Young AS, Cohen AN, Mintz J: A vignette in the chapter on information systems. In: The Institute of
Medicine, Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions: Quality Chasm
Series. Washington DC: National Academies Press. 2006: 241-242.
6. Young AS, Niv N: Mental health services for adults. In: Levin BL, Hennessy KD, Petrila J, eds. Mental
Health Services: A Public Health Perspective, 3rd Edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 2010:
227-260.
7. Chaney E, Bonner L, Vivell S, Cohen AN, Young AS, Rubenstein L: How Behavioral Healthcare Informatics
Systems Interface With Medical Informatics Systems: A Work in Progress. In: Dewan NA, Luo JS, Lorenzi
NM, eds. Information Technology Essentials for Behavioral Health Clinicians. New York, NY: Springer.
2011: 195-204.
CHAPTERS (IN PRESS):
1. Young AS, Cohen AN, Miotto KA: Improving the Quality of Care for Serious Mental Illness. In: O'Donohue
W, ed. Quality Improvement and Behavioral Health. New York, NY: Springer; in press.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
1. Young AS, Vaccaro JV: Making clozapine available. Hospital and Community Psychiatry. 1994; 45: 831832. http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=77867
2. Young AS: Dosages and outcomes. Psychiatric Services. 2003; 54: 1547.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/PSS/3601/1547.pdf
3. Young AS: Routinely measuring schizophrenia treatment quality -- shortcomings with medical records.
Medical Care. 2007; 45: 104.
4. Knight EL, Young AS: Incentives to Reduce Metabolic Side Effects of Antipsychotics. Psychiatric Services.
2011; 62 (10): 1235.
REVIEWS & EDITORIALS:
1. Young AS: Review of, “Improving Mental Health Care: Commitment to Quality” by Barbara Dickey and Lloyd
Sederer. Psychiatric Services. 2002; 53: 1484. http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=87378
2. Young AS: “The Client, the Clinician, and the Computer.” Lead commentary for the July issue, Psychiatric
Services. 2010; 61: 643. PMID: 20591993.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/PSS/3912/10ps643.pdf
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THESIS:
1. Young AS: The Course of Negative Symptom Expression in Schizophrenia. Harvard Medical School,
Boston MA, 1989.
ABSTRACTS:
1. Tschudi C, Young AS, Richards FF: Formation of trypanosome calmodulin mRNAs requires fusion of noncontiguous sequences. A poster at the UCLA Symposia on Molecular & Cellular Biology and an abstract
in Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 1985.
2. Samson JA, Young AS, Tsuang MT, Simpson JC: Negative symptoms in schizophrenia and depression. A
poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Montreal Canada, May 1988.
3. Samson JA, Young AS, Tsuang MT: Negative symptoms in schizophrenia: Depressive, drug-related or
deficit syndrome? An abstract from the symposium “Depression in Schizophrenics,” Calgary Canada,
July 1988.
4. Young AS, Nuechterlein KH, Ventura J, Gitlin M: Suicidal ideation and behavior in recent-onset
schizophrenia. A poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia
PA, May 1994.
5. Young AS, Sullivan G, Grusky O, Webster C, Podus D: Case manager activities and provider characteristics
in a public mental health system. An abstract and presentation at the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical
Scholars Program National Meeting, Fort Lauderdale FL, November 1995.
6. Young AS, Nuechterlein KH, Mintz J, Ventura J, Gitlin M, Liberman RP: Suicidal ideation and behavior in
recent-onset schizophrenia. A poster presented at the Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting,
New York NY, May 1996 and an abstract in Biological Psychiatry 1996; 39: 75.
7. Young AS, Sullivan G, Grusky O, Webster C, Podus D: Case manager activities and provider characteristics
in a public mental health system. A poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual
Meeting, New York NY, May 1996.
8. Young AS, Sullivan G, Brook RH: Measuring quality-of-care for individuals with schizophrenia. An abstract
and presentation at the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program National Meeting, Fort
Lauderdale FL, November 16, 1996.
9. Young AS, Sullivan G, Brook RH: Measuring the quality of medication treatment for schizophrenia. A poster
presented at the NIMH Conference on Improving the Condition of People with Mental Illness: The Role of
Services Research, Washington DC, September 5, 1997; and an abstract in the International Journal of
Psychiatry in Medicine 1997; 27: 351.
10. Young AS, Sullivan G, Brook RH: Measuring the quality of care for schizophrenia. An abstract and
presentation at the American Psychiatric Association 1998 Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, June 4,
1998.
11. Young AS, Sullivan G, Brook RH: Measuring the quality of outpatient treatment for schizophrenia. An
abstract and presentation at the Association of Health Services Research 1998 Annual Meeting,
Washington DC, June 23, 1998.
12. Young AS: Race, ethnicity, and the quality of mental health care in the United States. Manuscript and
presentation at the conference, “Cross-Cultural Studies of Culture, Ethnicity, and Mental Health,” UCLA
Department of Sociology, Los Angeles CA, May 11, 1999.
13. Carlisle DM, Leake BD, Young AS: Use of electroconvulsive therapy to treat patients hospitalized with
depression in California. An abstract and poster at the Association of Health Services Research 1999
Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, June, 1999.
14. Young AS, Sullivan G, Duan N: Patient, provider and treatment factors associated with poor quality care for
schizophrenia. An abstract and poster at the Association of Health Services Research 1999 Annual
Meeting, Chicago IL, June, 1999.
15. Young AS, Klap R, Sherbourne C, Wells K: The quality of care for anxiety and depression in the United
States. A panel presentation and abstract at the Association of Health Services Research 1999 Annual
Meeting, Chicago IL, June 29, 1999.
16. Young AS: Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 22 MIRECC: Improving outcomes of psychosis. An
abstract and presentation at the symposium, “Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Centers:
Bridging Clinical and Services Research” at the American Psychiatric Association Institute on Psychiatric
Services, New Orleans LA, October 29, 1999.
17. Young AS: The quality of mental health care. A research presentation at UCSD - UCLA - MIRECC
Conference, “Improving Functional Outcomes in Individuals with Psychotic Disorders,” Anaheim CA,
November 13, 1999.
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18. Young AS, Sullivan G, Duan N: Patient, provider and treatment factors associated with poor quality care for
schizophrenia. An abstract and research presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health
Services Research and Development National Meeting, Washington DC, March 23, 2000.
19. Young AS, Klap R, Sherbourne C, Wells K: The quality of care for depressive and anxiety disorders in the
United States. An abstract and research presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health
Services Research and Development National Meeting, Washington DC, March 23, 2000.
20. Young AS, Klap R, Sherbourne C, Wells K: The quality of care for depression and anxiety. An abstract and
research presentation at the American Psychiatric Association 2000 Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, May 16,
2000.
21. Mares A, Young AS, McGuire J: Living environment and treatment outcomes among mentally ill adults. An
oral presentation at the Society for Social Work & Research Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA, Jan 21, 2001.
22. Kapur K, Young AS: Risk adjustment for the severely mentally ill. An abstract and research presentation at
the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development National Meeting,
Washington DC, February 14, 2001.
23. Cradock JA, Young AS, Sullivan G: The accuracy of medical record documentation in schizophrenia. An
abstract and poster at the Western Psychological Association 2001 Conference, Maui HI, May 5, 2001.
24. Cradock JA, Young AS, Forquer SL: Client and family preferences for treatment of severe mental illness.
An abstract and presentation at the Western Psychological Association 2001 Conference, Maui HI, May
4, 2001.
25. Young AS, Sullivan G: The quality of medication treatment for schizophrenia. An abstract and symposium
presentation at the American Psychiatric Association 2001 Annual Meeting, New Orleans LA, May 8,
2001.
26. Cradock JA, Young AS, Sullivan G: The accuracy of medical record documentation in schizophrenia. An
abstract and poster at the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy 2001 Annual
Meeting, Atlanta GA, June 11, 2001.
27. Cradock JA, Young AS, Forquer SL: Client and family preferences regarding treatment outcomes for severe
mental illness. An abstract and poster at the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy
2001 Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA, June 11, 2001.
28. Frye MA, Altshuler LL, Sanders A, Cozzolino A, Masseling S, Young AS, Mintz J: Health care utilization in
bipolar disorder and comorbid substance abuse. An abstract and poster at the Fourth International
Conference on Bipolar Disorder, Pittsburgh PA, June 15, 2001.
29. Mares AS, Young AS, McGuire J, Rosenheck R: Determinants of quality of life among mentally ill residents
of board and care homes. An abstract and paper presentation at the American Public Health Association
Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA, October 23, 2001.
30. Cradock JA, Young AS, Yano EM, Wang, MM, Lee ML: Evaluating the impact of mental illness on access to
medical care. An abstract and presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services
Research and Development National Meeting, Washington DC, February 14, 2002.
31. Chinman MJ, Young AS: Improving public sector mental health care through the use of consumers. An
abstract and presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and
Development National Meeting, Washington DC, February 14, 2002.
32. Young AS, Forquer SL, Chinman MJ, Rowe M, Miller A, Knight E: Improving the Competency of Clinicians
Providing Care to People with Severe Mental Illness. Poster at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health
Services Research and Development National Career Development Meeting, Washington DC, February
13, 2002.
33. Cradock JA, Chinman MJ, Young AS: The Treatment of Challenging Clients with Severe Mental Illness. An
abstract and panel presentation at the 55th Annual California Psychological Association Convention,
Pasadena, CA, April 5, 2002.
34. Cradock JA, Young AS, Yano EM, Wang MM, Lee ML: Evaluating the impact of mental illness on medical
care access. Poster at the 82nd Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine,
CA, April 12, 2002.
35. Cradock JA, Chinman MJ, Young AS: Characteristics of high utilizers of psychiatric emergency services.
Poster at the 82nd Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA, April 12,
2002.
36. Young AS, Forquer SL, Chinman MJ, Knight E, Vogel H, Rowe M, Miller A: Improving the competency of
clinicians treating people with mental illness. A research presentation at the American Psychiatric
Association 2002 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia PA, May 20, 2002.
37. Young AS, Marder SR: Using collaborative care models to improve the treatment of schizophrenia. An
abstract and symposium presentation at the American Psychiatric Association 2002 Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia PA, May 21, 2002.
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38. Young AS, Klap R, Wells KB: Mental health care for people with chronic depression or anxiety in the United
States. Poster at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development
National Career Development Meeting, Washington DC, February 12, 2003.
39. Young AS, Chinman M, Knight EL, Vogel H, Miller A, Mintz J, Forquer SL: A consumer-led intervention that
improves clinical competencies of providers. Poster at the Department of Veterans Affairs Quality
Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) National Meeting, Washington DC, December 10, 2003.
40. Glynn S, Cohen AN, Randolph G, Young AS: Treatment Planning for Veterans with Psychosis and Their
Families. Symposium at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development
National Meeting, Washington DC, March 10, 2004.
41. Young AS, Chinman M, Knight EL, Vogel H, Cohen AN, Miller A, Forquer SL: A consumer-led intervention
that improves clinical competencies of providers. Poster at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health
Services Research and Development National Meeting, Washington DC, March 10, 2004.
42. Cohen AN, Young AS, Mintz J: Informatics support of collaborative care for chronic illness. Poster at the
Academy Health Meeting, San Diego CA, June 8, 2004.
43. Banta J, Andersen R, Young AS, Cunningham W, Kominski G: Severe mental illness and congestive heart
failure outcomes among veterans. Poster at the Academy Health Meeting, San Diego CA, June 8, 2004.
44. Young AS, Cohen AN, Chinman MJ, Mintz J: Informatics to improve care for schizophrenia. Research
presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs 2004 Information Technology Conference, Austin TX,
August 12, 2004.
45. Young AS, Chinman MJ, Magnabosco J, Hassell J, Cohen AN, Mintz J: Implementing Routine Outcome
Assessment to Improve Care for Chronic Mental Illness. Poster at the Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Services Research and Development National Meeting, Baltimore MD, February 17, 2005.
46. Chinman MJ, Young AS, Mintz J, Shih S, Hassell J: Evaluating Computer Self-Assessments in Patients with
Severe Mental Illness. Research presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services
Research and Development National Meeting, Baltimore MD, February 18, 2005.
47. Bystritsky A, Natoli JL, Klap R, Wells K, Young AS: Prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities among subjects
with clinical and subthreshold panic disorder. Poster at the NCDEU Annual Meeting, Boca Raton, FL,
June 7, 2005.
48. Young AS, Chinman M, Forquer SL, Knight EL, Vogel H, Miller A: A Consumer-led intervention that
improves provider quality. Poster at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Boston MA, June
26, 2005.
49. Cohen AN, Young AS, Mintz J: Evaluating an intervention to improve the quality of care for schizophrenia.
Poster at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Boston MA, June 27, 2005.
50. Young AS, Chinman M, Mintz J, Hassell J, Magnabosco J: Implementing routine outcome assessment to
improve care for mental illness. Research presentation at the Academy Health Annual Research
Meeting, Boston MA, June 27, 2005.
51. Young AS, Cohen AN, Mintz J: Information systems and improving care for schizophrenia. Research
presentation at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Boston MA, June 28, 2005.
52. Young AS, Chinman M, Mintz J, Hassell J, Magnabosco J, Cohen AN: Implementing routine outcome
assessment at public clinics. Poster at the NIMH Mental Health Services Research Meeting: Broadening
the Scope of Scientific Investigation, Bethesda MD, July 19, 2005.
53. Young AS, Chinman M, Forquer SL, Knight EL, Vogel H, Miller A: A consumer-led intervention that
improves provider quality. Research presentation at the NIMH Mental Health Services Research
Meeting: Broadening the Scope of Scientific Investigation, Bethesda MD, July 19, 2005.
54. Young AS, Cohen AN, Mintz J: Evaluating a chronic care model designed to improve treatment for
schizophrenia (EQUIP). Plenary research presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health
Services Research and Development National Meeting, Washington DC, February 16, 2006.
55. Young AS, Chinman M, Hassell J, Magnabosco J, Mintz J: Improving Care for Mental Illness: Development
of Routine Outcome Assessment. Presentation at the workshop, “Clinical Decision Support Systems:
The Iterative Process of Design.” Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and
Development National Meeting, Washington DC, February 17, 2006.
56. Dorr D, Cohen AN, Bonner L, Shoai R, Perrin R, Young AS, Chaney E: Composition of information systems
to support collaborative care of chronic illness. Poster presentation at American Medical Informatics
Association Spring Congress, Phoenix AZ, May 17, 2006.
57. Bonner LM, Cohen AN, Young AS, Chaney EF, Dorr D, Kerr E: Expert Consensus for Chronic Care
Informatics Priorities: The CHIACC Expert Panel. Poster presentation at the Academy Health Annual
Research Meeting, Seattle WA, June 26, 2006.
58. Cohen AN, Young AS: EQUIP: Evaluating a chronic illness care model for schizophrenia. Panel and
abstract presentation at Academy Health National Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2006.
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59. Cohen AN, Glynn S, Brown AH, Young, AS: Involving Families in the Care of Patients with Schizophrenia:
Patient and Provider Barriers. Poster presentation at the Academy Health National Conference, Seattle,
WA, June 2006.
60. Young AS, Cohen AN, Kessler C, McNagny K, Reist C, Mintz J: Implementing best practices to improve
care for schizophrenia (EQUIP). Poster presentation at VA national Mental Health Best Practices
Conference, Portland OR, September 7, 2006.
61. Chinman M, Young AS, Hassell J, Davidson L: Toward the implementation of mental health consumer
provider services in the VA. Poster presentation at VA national Mental Health Best Practices Conference,
Portland OR, September 7, 2006.
62. Young AS, Niv N, Cohen AN, Sullivan G: Routine Assessment of Functioning: the MIRECC Global
Assessment of Functioning Scale (MIRECC GAF). Poster presentation at the Department of Veterans
Affairs Health Services Research and Development National Meeting, Arlington VA, February 22, 2007.
63. Young AS, Chaney E, Bonner L, Cohen AN, Shoai R, Dorr DA, Goldstein M, Kerr E, Perrin R: The CHIACC
Project: Characterizing Information Technology that Supports Improvement of Chronic Illness Care.
Poster presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development
National Meeting, Arlington VA, February 22, 2007.
64. Cohen AN, Glynn SM, Hamilton A, Young AS, Dixon L: Implementation of Family Services in Outpatient
Mental Health. Poster presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and
Development National Meeting, Baltimore MD, February 13, 2008.
65. Bonner L, Chaney E, Rubenstein L, Lysell K, Vivell S, Fortney J, Young AS: Informatics Supporting Chronic
Illness Care: An Implementation Challenge. Poster presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Services Research and Development National Meeting, Baltimore MD, February 13, 2008.
66. Young AS, Niv N, Cohen AN, Mintz J, Ventura J: The validity of using patient self-report to assess psychotic
symptoms in schizophrenia. Poster presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services
Research and Development National Meeting, Baltimore MD, February 14, 2008.
67. Young AS, Niv N, Cohen AN, Kessler C, McNagny K: The Quality of Medication Management for
Schizophrenia: An Update. Research presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services
Research and Development National Meeting, Baltimore MD, February 14, 2008.
68. Young AS, Hamilton A, Cohen AN, Chinman MJ, Kessler C: Improving Care for Schizophrenia: Process
Evaluation of Implementation in EQUIP. Research presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Services Research and Development National Meeting, Baltimore MD, February 14, 2008.
69. Cohen AN, Young AS, Hamilton-Brown A, Chinman MJ, Henderson C, Thomesen C, Hamilton JD, Teague
A, Robinson D, Hicks P, Widmark C, Reist C: Evaluating Challenges and Facilitators to Improving Care
for Schizophrenia: EQUIP-2 Results at Eight VA Medical Centers. Poster presentation at the VA
National Mental Health Meeting, Arlington VA, July 22, 2008.
70. Cohen AN, Young AS, Drapalski A: Implementing Family Services. Panel and abstract presentations at the
VA National Mental Health Meeting, Arlington VA, July 22 & 23, 2008.
71. Link PE, Young AS, Wells KB: Improving Mental Health Outreach for Veterans of Operations Enduring
Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Poster presentation at the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars National
Meeting, Washington DC, November 19, 2008.
72. Young AS, Brown AH, Cohen AN, Chinman MJ, Reist C: Implementing Treatment Guidelines in
Schizophrenia: Process Evaluation of Implementation in EQUIP. Research presentation at the
Department of Veterans Affairs QUERI National Meeting, Phoenix AZ, December 2008.
73. Cohen AN, Young AS, Hamilton A, Glynn SM, Dixon LB: Implementing Family Services at Two VA Specialty
Mental Health Clinics. Research presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs QUERI National
Meeting, Phoenix AZ, December 2008.
74. Cohen AN, Young AS, Hamilton A, Chinman M, EQUIP-2 Co-investigators: Evaluating Organizational
Context and Readiness for Change: EQUIP results at Eight VA Medical Centers. Research presentation
at the Department of Veterans Affairs QUERI National Meeting, Phoenix AZ, December 2008.
75. Chinman M, Lucksted A, Gresen R, Davis M, Losonczy M, Sussner B, Martone L, Young AS: Using
Stakeholder Assessments to Improve Implementation of the VA Uniform Service Package. Research
presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development National
Meeting, Baltimore MD, February 12, 2009.
76. Cohen AN, Young AS, Hamilton A, Chinman M, EQUIP-2 Co-Investigators (VISNs 3, 16, 17, 22): Evaluating
Organizational Context and Readiness for Change: EQUIP Results at Eight VA Medical Centers.
Research presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and
Development National Meeting, Baltimore MD, February 12, 2009.
77. Brown AH, Cohen AN, Chinman M, Young AS: Implementing Recovery-Oriented Care in Mental Health: The
Importance of Clinicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs. Poster presentation at the Department of
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12, 2009.
Link PE, Young AS: A Systematic Review of the Prevalence of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Veterans of
Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Young Investigator Poster presentation at the
American Psychiatric Association National Meeting, San Francisco CA, May 19, 2009.
Cohen AN, Young AS, Hamilton A, Chinman M, EQUIP Investigators: Evaluating Organizational Readiness
to Improve Care at Four VA Healthcare Centers. Presentation at the VA National Mental Health Meeting,
Baltimore MD, July 21, 2009.
Niv N, Cohen A, Hamilton A, McNagny K, Kessler C, Young AS: Implementation of a Psychosocial Weight
Loss Program in Schizophrenia. Presentation at the VA National Mental Health Meeting, Baltimore MD,
July 22, 2009.
Young AS, Hamilton A, Cohen AN: Evaluating Implementation of Evidence-Based Care for Schizophrenia.
Research presentation at the NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation:
Methods and Measurement, Bethesda MD, March 15, 2010.
Cohen AN, Hamilton A, Young AS: Organizational Readiness in Specialty Mental Health Care. Research
presentation at the NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Methods and
Measurement, Bethesda MD, March 15, 2010.
Sahay A, Damschroder L, Young AS: Using Process and Formative Evaluation to Guide Implementation.
Research presentation at the NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation:
Methods and Measurement, Bethesda MD, March 15, 2010.
Young AS, Niv N, Cohen AN, Hamilton A, Reist C: Implementation of a Psychosocial Weight Management
Program at Mental Health Clinics. Research presentation at the Quality of Behavioral Healthcare: A Drive
for Change Through Research Conference, Clearwater Beach FL, April 14, 2010.
Young AS, Niv N, Cohen AN, Hamilton A, Reist C: Implementation of a Psychosocial Weight Management
Program at Mental Health Clinics. Poster presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D
National Meeting on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, Little Rock AR, April 28, 2010.
Link PE, MacGregor, C, Young AS: GROOVI Care: A community coalition to engage with veterans of
Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) about their mental health. Poster
presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D National Meeting on Mental Health and
Substance Use Disorders, Little Rock AR, April 28, 2010.
Chinman M, Shoai R, Cohen A, Young AS, Hamilton AB. Addressing Implementation Challenges Deploying
New Clinical Services. Oral presentation at Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D National Meeting on
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, Little Rock AR, April 29, 2010.
Cohen AN, Niv N, Cohen AN, Hamilton A, Reist C, Young AS: Implementation of a Psychosocial Weight
Management Program at Mental Health Clinics. Oral presentation at the Society of General Internal
Medicine Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN, April 29, 2010.
Cohen AN, Glynn S, Hamilton AB, Young AS: Implementing Family Services at Mental Health Clinics.
Poster presentation at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN, April
29, 2010.
Hamilton AB, Cohen AN, Young AS: Organizational Readiness at Mental Health Clinics. Poster presentation
at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN, April 30, 2010.
Smith JL, Owen RR, Blevins D, Young AS, Niv N, Cohen A, Hudson TJ, Reist C, Marder SR: ClinicalResearch Partnerships to Improve Antipsychotic Side Effect Monitoring and Management. Poster
presentation at VA National Quality, Patient Safety, and Systems Redesign Conference. San Francisco
CA, June 22, 2010.
Young AS, Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Bowman A, Steele A, McNair K, Allan K, EQUIP Investigators: EQUIP:
Evaluating Evidence-Based Quality Improvement in Specialty Mental Health. Poster presentation at VA
National Quality, Patient Safety, and Systems Redesign Conference. San Francisco CA, June 22, 2010.
Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Teague A, Nathan A, McNagny K, Schubert M, Young AS: Barriers to improving
care: Organizational readiness for change in EQUIP. Poster presentation at VA National Quality, Patient
Safety, and Systems Redesign Conference. San Francisco CA, June 22, 2010.
Young AS, Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Bowman A, Steele A, McNair K, Allan K, EQUIP Investigators: EQUIP:
Evaluating Evidence-Based Quality Improvement in Specialty Mental Health. Poster presentation at VA
HSR&D VERC National Meeting: Quality Improvement in Parallel Circuits. Indianapolis IN, July 14, 2010.
Hamilton AB, Cohen AN, Young AS: Women with schizophrenia who use outpatient VA clinics. Poster
presentation at Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D National Women’s Health Services Research
Conference, Arlington VA, July 15, 2010.
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96. Young AS, Hamilton AB, Hsieh Y, Xu S, Menachemi N, Rost KM: Disparities in the Treatment of
Schizophrenia. Poster presentation at Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D National Meeting on
Equity Research, Boston MA, September 13, 2010.
97. Young AS, Hamilton AB, Hsieh Y, Xu S, Menachemi N, Rost KM: Disparities in the Treatment of
Schizophrenia. Poster presentation at Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D National Meeting, National
Harbor MD. February 17, 2011.
98. Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Teague A, Mullins D, Chemerinski E, Schubert M, Steele A, McNagny K, Reist C,
Young AS: Returning veterans with schizophrenia to paid, competitive employment. Research
presentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D National Meeting, National Harbor MD.
February 18, 2011.
99. Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Young AS: Combining clinical effectiveness trials and implementation research: A
hybrid trial design. Research presentation at the Academy Health National Conference, Seattle, WA.
June 12, 2011.
100. Young AS, Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Whelan F, McNagny K, Reist C: Implementation of evidence-based
weight practices in specialty mental health. Chosen as 2011 Best Abstract in Behavioral Health.
Research presentation at the Academy Health National Conference, Seattle, WA. June 14, 2011.
101. Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Young AS. Improving the quality of care for schizophrenia: Returning veterans to
employment. Invited talk for the Interagency Committee for Disability Research (ICDR) State of the
Science of Disability Research Conference, Washington, DC, July 12, 2011.
102. Young AS, Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Hellemann G, Whelan F, McNagny KP, Reist C, Teague AB:
Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices for Weight Control in Specialty Mental Health. Research
presentation at the NIMH National Conference on Mental Health Services Research. July 28, 2011.
103. Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Teague A, Mullins D, Chemerinski E, Schubert M, Steele A, McNagny K, Reist C,
Whelan F, Armstrong N, Young AS: Getting veterans with schizophrenia to supported employment and
back to work: Improving care quality. Research presentation at the VA National Mental Health
Conference, Baltimore, MD. August 23, 2011.
104. Young AS, Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Whelan F, Armstrong F, McNagny K, Teague A, Reist C: EQUIP:
Implementation of Evidence-Based Weight Practices in Specialty Mental Health. Research presentation
at the VA National Mental Health Conference, Baltimore, MD. August 23, 2011.
105. Hynes DM, Perrin RA, Goldstein MK, Achtmeyer C, Young AS: Lessons from Evaluating the
Implementation of New Informatics in an Integrated Healthcare Delivery System: The Veterans Health
Administration. Panel and abstract presentation at the American Medical Informatics Association
national meeting, Washington, DC. October 24, 2011.
106. Young AS, Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, McNagny K, Teague A, Reist C: Implementation of Evidence-Based
Services for Weight at Specialty Mental Health Clinics. Research presentation at the NIH Conference on
the Science of Implementation and Dissemination, Bethesda, MD. March 19, 2012.
107. Hamilton A, Cohen A, Armstrong A, Young AS: Using organizational readiness data to tailor
implementation strategies to local contexts. Research presentation at the NIH Conference on the
Science of Implementation and Dissemination, Bethesda, MD. March 19, 2012.
108. Chinman M, Hamilton A, Oberman R, Cohen A, Young A: Implementation of New Clinical Services:
Paradigm Shifts and Practical Adjustments. Research presentation at the NIH Conference on the
Science of Implementation and Dissemination, Bethesda, MD. March 19, 2012.
109. Young AS, Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Whelan F, Teague A, Mullins D, Chemerinski E, Schubert M, Steele
A, McNagny K, Reist C: Implementing Evidence-Based Quality Improvement and Patient Kiosks in
Specialty Mental Health: Improving Employment Services and Outcomes. Research presentation at the
NIH Conference on the Science of Implementation and Dissemination, Bethesda, MD. March 20, 2012.
110. Kertesz SG, Pollio DE, Holt C, Steward J, Gordon A, Kim T, Stringfellow E, Austin E, Golden J, Johnson N,
Davis L, Young AS: Comparison of tailored and mainstream primary care delivery for homeless
persons: a new, validated patient assessment. Research presentation at the Society of General Internal
Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando FL, May 10, 2012.
111. Young AS, Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Chemerinski E, Mullins D, Schubert M, Teague A, Reist C: Improving
Rehabilitation Services for Veterans with Mental Illness. Research presentation at the Academy Health
Research Meeting, Orlando FL, June 23, 2012.
112. Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Armstrong N, Young AS: Mental Health Consumer and Provider Perspectives on
a Weight Management Program: Improving Implementation of Needed Services. Research presentation
at the Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D National Meeting. July 19, 2012.
113. Armstrong N, Cohen AN, Hellemann G, Niv N, Hamilton AB, Young AS: Measuring Veteran Recovery at
Mental Health Clinics: The Mental Health Recovery Measure (MHRM). Research presentation at the
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D National Meeting. July 19, 2012.
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114. Young AS, Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Whelan F, McNagny K, Teague A, Reist C: Implementation of
Evidence-Based Weight Practices in Specialty Mental Health. Research presentation at the Department
of Veterans Affairs HSR&D National Meeting. July 19, 2012.
115. Austin E, Davis L, Kim T, Holt C, Pollio D, Johnson K, Steward J, Gordon A, Stringfellow E, Golden J,
Young AS, Kertesz S: Comparison of tailored and mainstream primary care delivery for homeless
persons: A new, validated patient assessment. Research presentation at the American Public Health
Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA, October 31, 2012.
116. Young AS, Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Whelan F, Teague A, Chemerinski E, Schubert M, Reist C:
Implementing Evidence-Based Quality Improvement and Patient Kiosks in Specialty Mental Health:
Improving Employment Services and Outcomes. Research presentation at the American Medical
Informatics Association Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, November 5, 2012.
117. Cohen AN, Chinman M, Hamilton A, Whelan F, Young AS: Patient-facing kiosks to support quality
improvement at mental health clinics. Poster presentation at the Academy Health Annual Research
Meeting, Baltimore MD, June 23, 2013.
118. Hamilton AB, Chinman M, Cohen AN, Oberman R, Young AS: Implementation of consumer providers in
mental health settings. Poster presentation at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore
MD, June 24, 2013.
119. Cohen AN, Armstrong N, Hellemann G, Young AS: Validating a brief measure of mental health recovery.
Poster presentation at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore MD, June 24, 2013.
120. Young AS, Hamilton AB, Cohen AN, Glover DL, Whelan F: Implementing Evidence-Based Quality
Improvement to Improve Outcomes at Mental Health Clinics. Research presentation at the Academy
Health Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore MD, June 25, 2013.
121. Chang E, Wells KB, Young AS, Stockdale S, Johnson MD, Fickel J, Jou K, Rubenstein LV: Achieving
communication between primary care and mental health: why is it so difficult, even in the VA? A quality
improvement approach. Research presentation at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting,
Baltimore MD, June 25, 2013.
122. Cohen AN, Drapalski A, Glynn S, Medoff D, Fang L, Dixon L: Preferences for family involvement in care by
consumers with serious mental illness. Poster presentation at the Academy Health Annual Research
Meeting, Baltimore MD, June 25, 2013.
123. Young AS, Hamilton AB, Cohen AN: Scaling up services at mental health clinics: Integrating
implementation science into healthcare. Poster presentation at the Global Implementation Conference,
Washington DC, August 19, 2013.
124. Young AS, Armstrong N, Cohen AN, Hellemann G, Reist C: Validating a Brief Measure of Mental Health
Recovery. Research presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston
MA, November 4, 2013.
125. Young AS, Hamilton AB, Cohen AN: Implementing Evidence-Based Quality Improvement to Improve Care
at Mental Health Clinics, Plenary presentation at Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program,
Atlanta GA, November 13, 2013.
126. Young AS, Hamilton AB, Cohen AN: Mental Health QUERI: Patient-Facing Kiosks to Improve Care. Panel
presentation at the American Medical Informatics Association national meeting, Washington DC,
November 17, 2013.
127. Young AS, Cohen AN, Goldberg R, Kreyenbuhl J, Hellemann G, Nowlin Finch N: eWellness: Online Weight
Management with Peer Supports for People with Serious Mental Illness. Paper presentation at the
NIMH Conference on Mental Health Services Research (MHSR), Bethesda MD, April 25, 2014.
128. Young AS, Cohen AN, Goldberg R, Kreyenbuhl J, Hellemann G, Whelan F: The Effectiveness of
Computerized Weight Management with Peer Supports for People with Mental Illness. Research
presentation at the Society for Medical Decision Making Annual North American Meeting, Miami FL,
October 21, 2014.
129. Young AS: Using Patient-Facing Kiosks to Support Improved Care at Mental Health Clinics. Symposium
presentation at the Institute for Psychiatric Services Meeting, San Francisco CA, October 30, 2014.
130. Cohen AN, Hamilton A, Ritchie M, Mittman BS, Kirchner JE, Wyatt GE, Fortney JC, Hellemann G, Liu H,
Curran GM, Whelan F, Eccles AM, Parker LE, McNagny K, Hutchinson CS, Teague AB, Reist C, Young
AS: Improving Care Quality Through Hybrid Implementation / Effectiveness Studies: Best Practices in
Design, Methods, and Measures. Implementation Science. Panel presentation at the 7th Annual
Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, North Bethesda MD,
December 8, 2014, published in Implementation Science 2015; 10 (Suppl 1): A29
http://www.implementationscience.com/content/10/S1/A29
131. Young AS, Cohen AN, Goldberg R, Kreyenbuhl J, Hellemann G, Whelan F: Improving Weight in Veterans
with Serious Mental Illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Computerized Weight Services with Peer
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Coaches. Research presentation at VA HSR&D QUERI National Conference, Philadelphia PA, July 10,
2015.
132. Young AS, Cohen AN, Hamilton AB, Whelan F: Implementation of Evidence-Based Employment Services
for Veterans with Serious Mental Illness. Research presentation at VA HSR&D QUERI National
Conference, Philadelphia PA, July 10, 2015.
OTHER PRODUCTS:
1. Young AS, Chinman M, Rowe M, Miller A, Knight E, Forquer S: The Competency Assessment Instrument
(CAI). VA Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Los Angeles CA
(http://www.desertpacific.mirecc.va.gov/education/cai-item-key-intro-revised-4-2004.pdf); and National
Quality Measures Clearinghouse, U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Washington DC,
http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/browse/by-topic-detail.aspx?id=25466&ct=1 . 2003.
2. Young AS: Method for Assessment of Quality in Schizophrenia (MAQS). National Quality Measures
Clearinghouse, U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Washington DC,
http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/browse/by-topic-detail.aspx?id=25466&ct=1 . 2003.
3. Young AS, Mintz J, Cohen AN: The Medical Informatics Network Tool (MINT). An informatics system that
supports management the care in a population of patients with schizophrenia. Demonstration available at
http://www.npistat.com/mint-tour , 2004.
4. Young AS, Chinman M: The Patient Assessment System (PAS). An internet-based informatics system that
allows patients with mental illness to perform computerized self-assessments of health outcomes. 2004.
5. Mittman B: Quality Improvement Case Study. A description of schizophrenia quality improvement research
led by Young AS. In: Brownson RC, Colditz GA, Proctor EK: Dissemination and Implementation Research
in Health: Translating Science to Practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 2012: 407-409.
6. Hynes DM, Whittier ER, Owens A: Health Information Technology and Implementation Science: Partners in
Progress in the VHA. Presents implementation research led by Young AS. Medical Care. 2013; 51 Suppl:
S6-S12.
7. Young AS, Cohen AN, Goldberg RW: WebMOVE! and eWellness. Internet-based system that provides
services to help people with mental illness improve diet, improve physical activity, and reduce weight.
Los Angeles, CA: Greater Los Angeles Veterans Healthcare Center and UCLA. 2013.
8. Cohen AN, Goldberg RW, Chrystal J, Oberman R, Kreyenbuhl J, Young AS: Peer Coach Manual 2.0 for
WebMOVE! and eWellness. Los Angeles, CA: Greater Los Angeles Veterans Healthcare Center and
UCLA. 2013.
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