J. Greer Sullivan

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Adjunct Researcher
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Education

M.P.H. in health service management, University of California, Los Angeles; M.D. in medicine with intern, University of Mississippi; B.A. in history, William & Mary College

Overview

Biography

Greer Sullivan is an adjunct researcher at the RAND Gulf States Policy Institute. Her interests include public sector treatment for mental illnesses, and her research has aimed to understand how to better treat vulnerable populations with serious mental illness, such as persons who are homeless, in jails, or living in rural areas. She is also a professor in the Division of Health Services Research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and director of the VA South Central Mental Illness, Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) of the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System.

Research Focus

Commentary

Healing Storm Victims' Mental Health — Oct 3, 2005

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Publications

Anxiety Treatment Improves Physical Functioning with Oblique Scoring of the SF-12 Short Form Health Survey - 2013

CBT Competence in Novice Therapists Improves Anxiety Outcomes - 2013

Does a Quality Improvement Intervention for Anxiety Result in Differential Outcomes for Lower-Income Patients? - 2013

Effects of Pain and Prescription Opioid Use on Outcomes in a Collaborative Care Intervention for Anxiety - 2013

Race and Beliefs About Mental Health Treatment Among Anxious Primary Care Patients - 2013

Abbreviated PTSD Checklist (PCL) as a Guide to Clinical Response - 2012

Diagnostic Overlap of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder in a Primary Care Sample - 2012

Effects of Co-Occurring Depression on Treatment for Anxiety Disorders: Analysis of Outcomes from a Large Primary Care Effectiveness Trial - 2012

Implementation of the CALM Intervention for Anxiety Disorders: A Qualitative Study - 2012

Incremental Benefits and Cost of Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management for Anxiety Treatment in Primary Care - 2012

Trauma Exposure in Anxious Primary Care Patients - 2012

Disorder-specific Impact of Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management Treatment for Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care - 2011

Quality of and Patient Satisfaction with Primary Health Care for Anxiety Disorders - 2011

Training Primary Care Staff to Deliver a Computer-Assisted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for Anxiety Disorders - 2011

Delivery of Evidence-Based Treatment for Multiple Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial - 2010

Functioning and Disability Levels in Primary Care Out-Patients with One or More Anxiety Disorders - 2010

Religiosity and Decreased Risk of Substance Use Disorders: Is the Effect Mediated by Social Support or Mental Health Status? - 2010

The Effects of Multiple Anxiety Disorders on Patient Functioning and Well-Being - 2010

Computer-assisted Delivery of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders in Primary-Care Settings - 2009

Promoting Mental Health Recovery After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: What Can Be Done at What Cost - 2009

Treatment for Anxiety Disorders: Efficacy to Effectiveness to Implementation - 2009

Validation of a Brief Measure of Anxiety-Related Severity and Impairment: The Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) - 2009

Design of the Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM) Study: Innovations in Collaborative Care for Anxiety Disorders - 2007

Differences in HIV Care Between Patients with and Without Severe Mental Illness - 2007

Adherence to Treatment Among Economically Disadvantaged Patients with Panic Disorder - 2006

Anxiety Disorders Can Have Broad, Negative Health Effects - 2006

CBT Intensity and Outcome for Panic Disorder in a Primary Care Setting - 2006

Co-location of Health Care for Adults with Serious Mental Illness and HIV Infection - 2006

Patterns of HIV Care for Patients with Serious Mental Illness - 2006

Poverty and Response to Treatment Among Panic Disorder Patients in Primary Care - 2006

A Randomized Effectiveness Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Medication for Primary Care Panic Disorder - 2005

Characteristics of Individuals with Severe Mental Illness Who Use Emergency Services - 2005

Functional Impact and Health Utility of Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care Outpatients - 2005

Healing Storm Victims' Mental Health - 2005

Medical Illness and Response to Treatment in Primary Care Panic Disorder - 2005

Needs for Services Reported By Adults with Severe Mental Illness and HIV - 2005

Perceived Unmet Need for Mental Health Treatment and Barriers to Care Among Patients with Panic Disorder - 2005

Correlates of HIV Antiretroviral Adherence in Persons with Serious Mental Illness - 2004

Quality of Care for Primary Care Patients with Anxiety Disorders - 2004

Adherence to HIV Antiretrovirals Among Persons with Serious Mental Illness - 2003

HIV Risk Behaviors and Their Correlates Among HIV-positive Adults with Serious Mental Illness - 2003

Measuring Continuity of Care for Clients of Public Mental Health Systems - 2003

Moving Treatment Research from Clinical Trials to the Real World - 2003

Access to Inpatient or Residential Substance Abuse Treatment among Homeless Adults With Alcohol or Other Drug Use Disorders - 2002

Predictors of Contact with Public Service Sectors Among Homeless Adults with and Without Alcohol and Other Drug Disorders - 2002

Treating Panic Disorder in Primary Care: A Collaborative Care Intervention - 2002

Vulnerability Factors for Homelessness Associated with Substance Dependence in a Community Sample of Homeless Adults - 2002

Changes in Subjective Quality of Life Among Homeless Adults Who Obtain Housing: A Prospective Examination - 2001

Managed Care in the Public Sector: Lessons Learned from the Los Angeles PARTNERS Program - 2001

Validation of the Brief Instrumental Functioning Scale in a Homeless Population - 2001

Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life in Ethnic Minorities Seeking Care in General Medical Settings - 2000

Pathways to Homelessness Among the Mentally Ill - 2000

Providing Managed Care Options for a Large Population: Evaluating the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative - 2000

Quality of Life of Homeless Persons with Mental Illness: Results from the Course-of-Homelessness Study - 2000

HIV and People with Serious Mental Illness: The Public Sector's Role in Reducing HIV Risk and Improving Care - 1999

The Economic Impact of Capitated Care for High Utilizers of Public Mental Health Services: The Los Angeles PARTNERS Program Experience - 1999

The Role of Gender in Engaging the Dually Diagnosed in Treatment - 1999

Utilization of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Among Homeless Adults in Los Angeles - 1999

Implementing Publicly Funded Risk Contracts with Community Mental Health Organizations - 1998

Measuring the Quality of Outpatient Treatment for Schizophrenia - 1998

Behaviors as Risk Factors for Rehospitalization: Implications for Predicting and Preventing Admissions Among the Seriously Mentally Ill - 1997

Consumer Satisfaction with CMHC Services - 1997

Medication Compliance Among the Seriously Mentally Ill in a Public Mental Health System - 1997

Objective Life Circumstances and Life Satisfaction: Results from the Course of Homelessness Study - 1996

Identifying Modifiable Risk Factors for Rehospitalization: A Case-Control Study of Seriously Mentally Ill Persons in Mississippi - 1995

Clinical Factors Associated with Better Quality of Life in a Seriously Mentally Ill Population - 1992

Quality of Life of Seriously Mentally Ill Persons in Mississippi - 1991

Longitudinal Change in HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors By Gay Male Physicians - 1990

Rehospitalization of the Seriously Mentally Ill in Mississippi: Conceptual Models, Study Design, and Implementation - 1989