(Oct. 3, 2017) It has been nearly three years since Research Weekly debuted as an educational service of the Treatment Advocacy Center. Its purpose is to provide a regular, reader-friendly source of scientific and scholarly news and research otherwise difficult for the public to access because of publishing pay walls and other barriers.
As editor and principal author of the blog, I started the blog with a two-part report about the results of a new model for treating first-episode psychosis in the United States called RAISE - recovery after initial schizophrenic episode. Over the next more than 100 editions, Research Weekly went on to cover a wide variety of important topics, from the results of innovative treatment trials in bipolar disorder through the role of serious mental illness in early mortality, suicide, solitary confinement in prisons and other issues.
Today, I am writing to introduce followers to Elizabeth Sinclair, our Office of Research and Public Affairs (ORPA) research associate, who takes over next week as editor of the Weekly and principal author.
Elizabeth joined ORPA in January 2016 as a part-time research assistant tasked with collecting state hospital bed information for our fourth state survey of psychiatric beds, Going, Going, Gone. In close to two years since then, her thoughtfulness, thoroughness and statistical training have made her a critical contributor to ORPA's work and co-author of four additional original studies, among other publications.
A graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, in physiology, Elizabeth holds a masters of public health degree from George Washington University and has a specific interest in the role of primary care medicine in public health issues. For her graduate thesis, she examined the effect of a quality-improvement initiative for controlling high blood pressure among clients at a community health center.
Research Weekly continues its vital service of building evidence-based awareness of mental illness science and research and is in very good hands.
Doris A. Fuller
Chief of Research and Public Affairs
Publications by Elizabeth:
- 10 Ways Women with SMI are Overrepresented, Underserved - March 2016
- Going, Going, Gone: Trends and Consequences of Eliminating State Hospital Beds - June 2016
- Released, Relapsed, Rehospitalized: Length of Stay and Readmission Rates in State Hospitals, A Comparative Survey - November 2016
- Emptying the 'New Asylums': A Beds Capacity Model to Reduce Mental Illness Behind Bars - January 2017
- A Crisis in Search of Data:The Revolving Door of Serious Mental Illness in Super Utilization - April 2017
- Treat or Repeat: A State Survey of Serious Mental Illness, Major Crimes and Community Treatment - September 2017
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Research Weekly is a summary published as a public service of the Treatment Advocacy Center and does not necessarily reflect the findings or positions of the organization or its staff. Full access to research summarized may require a fee or paid subscription to the publications.
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