Lisa S. Meredith

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Senior Behavioral Scientist; Manager, Behavioral and Social Sciences Group; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in social psychology, Claremont Graduate University; M.A. in general experimental psychology, B.A. in psychology, California State University, Northridge

Overview

Biography

Lisa Meredith is a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Her research centers on mental health services, including the study of health care provider behavior, quality improvement, military mental health, the psychological effects of terrorism, and public health risk communication. Meredith was awarded a five-year National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) randomized trial to study the effectiveness of a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) care management program to improve the identification and treatment of PTSD in primary care community health centers that provide care for the underserved. She is also leading two military mental health studies funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. She was a lead investigator of RAND's Invisible Wounds study of the mental health needs of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Recently completed work includes a study of risk communication with vulnerable populations for emergency preparedness funded by the Health and Human Services Agency and another NIMH study of mental health provider incentives to improve the delivery of appropriate care for depression in a managed behavioral health care organization. She was co-principal investigator (co-PI) on an NIMH project that evaluated the effects of team-based quality improvement on care for depression and a member of the steering committee for Quality Improvement for Depression, a multistudy consortium studying guideline-concordant depression care. As co-PI on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Partners in Care study, she led the primary care provider evaluation. Meredith received her Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University.

Research Focus

Concurrent Non-RAND Positions

Research Scientist, VA HSR&D Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior

Recent Projects

  • Improving PTSD management in primary care
  • Promoting resilience in the U.S. military
  • Informational needs of military members and their families receiving help for traumatic brain injury (TBI)
  • Understanding barriers to care for depression among adolescents seen in primary care settings
  • Addressing the psychological consequences of terrorist incidents or other public health emergencies for hospitals and clinics

Selected Publications

Meredith, S., Sherbourne, C., Gaillot, S., J., Hansell, L., Ritschard, H.V., Parker, A.M., Wrenn, G., Promoting Psychological Resilience in the U.S. Military, RAND Corporation (MG-966-OSD), 2011

Meredith, L. S., Eisenman, D. P., Tanielian, T., Taylor, S. L., Basurto-Davila, R., Zazzali, J., et al., "Prioritizing "psychological" consequences for disaster preparedness and response: A framework for addressing the emotional, behavioral, and cognitive effects of patient surge in large-scale emergencies," Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 4:100-179, 2010

Meredith L.S., Zazzali, J.L., Shields, S., Eisenman, D.P., Alsabagh, H., "Psychological effects of patient surge in large-scale emergencies: a quality improvement tool for hospital and clinic capacity planning and response," Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 25:115-6, 2010

Meredith, L. S., Stein, B. D., Paddock, S. M., Jaycox, L. H., Quinn, V. P., Chandra, A., et al., "Perceived barriers to treatment for adolescent depression," Medical Care, 47:677-685, 2009

Meredith, L. S., Eisenman, D. P., Green, B. L., Basurto-Davila, R., Cassells, A., & Tobin, J. N., "System factors affect the recognition and management of post-traumatic stress disorder by primary care clinicians," Medical Care, 47:686-694, 2009

Meredith, L. S., Cheng, W. J. Y., Hickey, S. C., & Dwight-Johnson, M., "Factors associated with primary care clinician choice of a watchful waiting approach to managing depression," Psychiatric Services, 58:72-78, 2007

Meredith, L. S., Eisenman, D. P., Rhodes, H., Ryan, G., Long, A., "Trust influences response to public health messages during a bioterrorist event," Journal of Health Communication, 12:217-232, 2007

Meredith, L. S., Mendel, P., Pearson, M, Wu, S. Y. Joyce, G., Straus, J. B., et al., "Implementation and maintenance of quality improvement for treating depression in primary care," Psychiatric Services, 57:48-55, 2006

Publications

Building Community Resilience to Disasters: A Roadmap to Guide Local Planning - 2011

Building Community Resilience to Disasters: A Way Forward to Enhance National Health Security - 2011

Prioritizing "psychological" Consequences for Disaster Preparedness and Response: A Framework for Addressing the Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Effects of Patient Surge in Large-Scale Disasters - 2011

Promoting Psychological Resilience in the U.S. Military - 2011

A Collaborative Approach to Identifying Effective Incentives for Mental Health Clinicians to Improve Depression Care in a Large Managed Behavioral Healthcare Organization - 2010

Does Screening for Pain Correspond to High Quality Care for Veterans? - 2010

Factors Associated with Clinician Intention to Address Diverse Aspects of Pain in Seriously Ill Outpatients - 2010

Nursing Staff, Patient, and Environmental Factors Associated with Accurate Pain Assessment - 2010

Psychological Effects of Patient Surge in Large-Scale Emergencies: A Quality Improvement Tool for Hospital and Clinic Capacity Planning and Response - 2010

The Teen Depression Awareness Project: Building an Evidence Base for Improving Teen Depression Care - 2010

Understanding Community Resilience in the Context of National Health Security: A Literature Review - 2010

Analysis of Risk Communication Strategies and Approaches with At-Risk Populations to Enhance Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Final Report - 2009

Expanding Access to Mental Health Counselors Under TRICARE - 2009

Impact of Teen Depression on Academic, Social, and Physical Functioning - 2009

Improving Mental Health Care for Returning Veterans - 2009

Improving Treatment Seeking Among Adolescents with Depression: Understanding Readiness for Treatment - 2009

Mental Health Care for Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans - 2009

Perceived Barriers to Treatment for Adolescent Depression - 2009

Racial/ethnic Differences in Teen and Parent Perspectives Toward Depression Treatment - 2009

System Factors Affect the Recognition and Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder By Primary Care Clinicians - 2009

Brief Motivational Interviewing for Teens at Risk of Substance Use Consequences: A Randomized Pilot Study in a Primary Care Clinic - 2008

Clinician Burden and Depression Treatment: disentangling patient- and clinician-level effects of medical comorbidity - 2008

Clinician- and Organization-Level Factors in the Adoption of Evidence-Based Care for Depression in Primary Care - 2008

Educating Military Personnel and Their Families About Post-Deployment Stress - 2008

Enhancing Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Management for Vulnerable Populations: Task 4: Compendium of Risk Communications - 2008

Enhancing Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Management for Vulnerable Populations: Task 3: Literature Review - 2008

Interventions in Organizational and Community Context: A Framework for Building Evidence on Dissemination and Implementation in Health Services Research - 2008

Invisible Wounds: Mental Health and Cognitive Care Needs of America's Returning Veterans - 2008

Invisible Wounds of War: Summary and Recommendations for Addressing Psychological and Cognitive Injuries - 2008

Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery - 2008

PTSD in Latino Patients: Illness Beliefs, Treatment Preferences, and Implications for Care - 2008

The Societal Promise of Improving Care for Depression: Nine Years Out - 2008

Acculturation and End-of-Life Decision Making: Comparison of Japanese and Japanese-American Focus Groups - 2007

Balancing Participation and Expertise: A Comparison of Locally and Centrally Managed Health Care Quality Improvement Within Primary Care Practices - 2007

Effect of Mental Health Care and Shared Decision Making on Patient Satisfaction in a Community Sample of Patients with Depression - 2007

Factors Associated with Primary Care Clinicians' Choice of a Watchful Waiting Approach to Managing Depression - 2007

Preparing Hospitals and Clinics for the Psychological Consequences of a Terrorist Incident or Other Public Health Emergency - 2007

Preparing Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Staff to Respond to Hospitals and Clinics Following Large-Scale Emergencies - 2007

Project CHAT: A Brief Motivational Substance Abuse Intervention for Teens in Primary Care - 2007

The Effect of Adherence to Practice Guidelines on Depression Outcomes - 2007

Trust Influences Response to Public Health Messages During a Bioterrorist Event - 2007

Does Patient-Provider Gender Concordance Affect Mental Health Care Received By Primary Care Patients with Major Depression? - 2006

Impacts of Evidence-Based Quality Improvement on Depression in Primary Care: A Randomized Experiment - 2006

Implementation and Maintenance of Quality Improvement for Treating Depression in Primary Care - 2006

Influence of Patient Preference and Primary Care Clinician Proclivity for Watchful Waiting on Receipt of Depression Treatment - 2006

Primary Care Patients' Involvement in Decision-Making Is Associated with Improvement in Depression - 2006

What Drives Referral from Primary Care Physicians to Mental Health Specialists? A Randomized Trial Using Actors Portraying Depressive Symptoms - 2006

Expanding Access to Mental Health Counselors: Evaluation of the TRICARE Demonstration - 2005

Physician Conceptions of Responsibility to Individual Patients and Distributive Justice in Health Care - 2005

Primary Care Provider Attitudes are Associated With Smoking Cessation Counseling and Referral - 2005

Quality Improvement for Depression in Primary Care: Do Patients with Subthreshold Depression Benefit in the Long Run? - 2005

Testing for Statistical Discrimination in Health Care - 2005

Trust in One's Physician: The Role of Ethnic Match, Autonomy, Acculturation, and Religiosity Among Japanese and Japanese Americans - 2005

Depression: 20 Years of Progress - 2004

Social Support and Stressful Life Events: Age Differences in their Effects on Health-Related Quality of Life Among the Chronically Ill - 2004

Impact of a Primary Care Quality Improvement Intervention on Use of Psychotherapy for Depression - 2003

Primary Care Patients with Depression Are Less Accepting of Treatment Than Those Seen By Mental Health Specialists - 2003

The Acceptability of Treatment for Depression Among African-American, Hispanic, and White Primary Care Patients - 2003

The Tripartite Model of Anxiety and Depression: Symptom Structure in Depressive and Hypertensive Patient Groups - 2003

Do Family Physicians and Internists Differ in Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Reported Approaches for Depression? - 2002

Effects of Cost-Containment Strategies Within Managed Care on Continuity of The Relationship Between Patients with Depression and Their Primary Care Providers - 2002

Knowledge of Health Care Benefits Among Patients with Depression - 2002

Quality Improvement for Depression Enhances Long-term Treatment Knowledge for Primary Care Clinicians - 2002

The Road to Eliminating Disparities in Health Care - 2002

Understanding Team-Based Quality Improvement for Depression in Primary Care - 2002

Understanding the Causal Relationship Between Patient-Reported Interpersonal and Technical Quality of Care for Depression - 2002

Are Better Ratings of the Patient-Provider Relationship Associated with Higher Quality Care for Depression? - 2001

Cost-effectiveness of Practice-Initiated Quality Improvement for Depression: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial - 2001

Impact of Disseminating Quality Improvement Programs for Depression in Managed Primary Care - 2001

Long-term Effectiveness of Disseminating Quality Improvement for Depression in Primary Care - 2001

Long-term Effectiveness of Disseminating Quality Improvement for Depression in Primary Care - 2001

The Quality Improvement for Depression Collaboration General Analytic Strategies for a Coordinated Study of Quality Improvement in Depression Care - 2001

Counseling for Depression By Primary Care Providers - 2000

Development of a Brief Scale to Measure Acculturation Among Japanese Americans - 2000

Partners in Care: Hope for Those Who Struggle with Hope - 2000

Who Is at Risk of Nondetection of Mental Health Problems in Primary Care? - 2000

A Naturalistic Study of Psychotherapy: The Medical Outcomes Study Approach - 1999

Treating depression in staff-model versus network-model managed care organizations - 1999

Treatment Typically Provided for Comorbid Anxiety Disorders - 1997

Caring for Depression - 1996

Comorbid anxiety disorder and the functioning and well-being of chronically ill patients of general medical providers - 1996

Counseling typically provided for depression : role of clinician specialty and payment system - 1996

Developing Methods for Studying Costs and Benefits of Federal Environmental Regulations for Small Community Governments - 1996

Prevalence of comorbid anxiety disorders in primary care outpatients - 1996

Provider choice and continuity for the treatment of depression - 1996

Switches between prepaid and fee-for-service health systems among depressed outpatients : results from the Medical Outcomes Study - 1996

Variation and quality of self-report health data : Asians and Pacific Islanders compared to other ethnic groups - 1996

Mental Health Care Utilization in Prepaid and Fee-For-Service Plans Among Depressed Patients in the Medical Outcomes Study - 1995

Clinician Specialty and Treatment Style for Depressed Outpatients With and Without Medical Comorbidities - 1994

Clinician Specialty and Treatment Style for Depressed Outpatients with and Without Medical Comorbidities - 1994

Maternal Response Biases Associated with the Relationship Between ETS Exposure and Children's Health - 1994

Provider Choice and Continuity for the Treatment of Depression - 1994

Understanding ''Usual'' Interpersonal Care for Depression: Role of Clinician Specialty and Payment System - 1994

Variation and Quality of Self-Report Health Data: Asians and Pacific Islanders Compared to Other Ethnic Groups - 1994

Health plan and provider switching among depressed outpatients in the Medical Outcomes Study - 1993

Outcomes for adult outpatients with depression under prepaid or fee-for-service financing - 1993

The Roles of Physicians in the Twenty-First Century: A Research Agenda - 1993

Army Families and Soldier Readiness - 1992

Improving the Delivery of Military Child Care: An Analysis of Current Operations and New Approaches - 1992

Changing Medical Practice Through Technology Assessment: An Evaluation of the NIH Consensus Development Program - 1989

Measuring Case Mix and Quality of Care: Rater Training and Reliability in the Graduate Medical Education Study - 1987

Measuring Case Mix and Quality of Care: Validity Studies for the Graduate Medical Education Study - 1987