2024
On Surviving Race with Allies: Disability, Race/Ethnicity, and Human Rights
Brown C, Brooks C, Edwards J, Bellamy C, O’Hara K. On Surviving Race with Allies: Disability, Race/Ethnicity, and Human Rights. Advances In Research Ethics And Integrity 2024, 11: 91-112. DOI: 10.1108/s2398-601820240000011006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman rightsUnited Nations treatiesRights of PersonsIntersection of race/ethnicityIntersection of raceDisability rights organisationsNations treatiesRights organisationsMental healthPolice officersSystem changesSource of traumaGender identityRightsSexual orientationPsychiatric survivorsPoliceDisability systemDisability scholarsWhite alliesCommunity conversationsBIPOCTreatyAlliesJusticeEvidence that personalized racial stress procedures elicit a stress response and increases alcohol craving among Black adults with alcohol use disorder: A laboratory pilot study
Haeny A, Schick M, McKenley C, Chowdhary A, Bellamy C, O'Malley S, Sinha R. Evidence that personalized racial stress procedures elicit a stress response and increases alcohol craving among Black adults with alcohol use disorder: A laboratory pilot study. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2024, 260: 111312. PMID: 38749311, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111312.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol use disorderAlcohol cravingIncreased alcohol cravingUse disorderRacial stressEmotional responsesImpact of racial stressBlack adultsExposure to stressStress scriptsImagery procedureExposure sessionsCravingPersonal eventsStress procedureNegative emotionsNeutral conditionsPositive emotionsIdentity explorationStress responseExploratory analysisPhysiological responsesSessionsEmotionsAlcoholDiverse elements comprising studies of peer support complicate evidence synthesis
Evans M, Cuddeback G, Golin C, Muessig K, Bellamy C, Costa M, O’Connell M, Fisher E. Diverse elements comprising studies of peer support complicate evidence synthesis. Journal Of Mental Health 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-15. PMID: 38556804, DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2024.2332798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStudy of peer supportPeer support servicesIntervention componentsPeer supportSystematic reviewSelf-managementEvidence synthesisLinkage to clinical careSupport servicesMeta-narrative Evidence SynthesesMeasured outcomesIndividual intervention componentsCategories of outcomesMental healthcareRealist reviewCare utilizationMental illnessFindings of effectivenessSynthesize evidenceCommunity resourcesPRISMA guidanceEmotional supportClinical careIntervention approachesSystems advocacySystemic Racism as a Determinant of Health Inequities for People With Substance Use Disorder
Jegede O, Bellamy C, Jordan A. Systemic Racism as a Determinant of Health Inequities for People With Substance Use Disorder. JAMA Psychiatry 2024, 81: 225-226. PMID: 38231489, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.4958.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReimagining holistic care for Black people: Black Americans with lived experience reflect
Guy K, Youins R, Bellamy C. Reimagining holistic care for Black people: Black Americans with lived experience reflect. The Lancet Psychiatry 2024, 11: e2-e3. PMID: 38101877, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(23)00394-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Care integration goes Beyond Co-Location: Creating a Medical Home
Flanagan E, Wyatt J, Pavlo A, Kang S, Blackman K, Ocasio L, Guy K, O’Connell M, Bellamy C. Care integration goes Beyond Co-Location: Creating a Medical Home. Administration And Policy In Mental Health And Mental Health Services Research 2023, 51: 123-133. PMID: 38015324, DOI: 10.1007/s10488-023-01317-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary care centersMental health centersCare integrationMedical recordsHealth centersMedical homeCommunity mental health centerMental healthPrimary care servicesSerious mental illnessPeer health navigationEarly mortalityPrimary careCare centerHealth navigationCare servicesMental illnessOne-yearCo-located servicesMHC staffFirst yearLimited awarenessFocus groupsStaffHealthGuest editorial
MacIntyre G, Hamer H, Reis G, Bellamy C. Guest editorial. Journal Of Public Mental Health 2023, 22: 93-97. DOI: 10.1108/jpmh-09-2023-162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReadiness for change: assessing employee commitment to peer worker integration in drug court settings
Izquierdo B, Bellamy C. Readiness for change: assessing employee commitment to peer worker integration in drug court settings. Journal Of Offender Rehabilitation 2023, 62: 427-443. DOI: 10.1080/10509674.2023.2246453.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStrategies for the Management of Voices Shared in a Brazilian Hearing Voices Group
Rufato L, Corradi-Webster C, Reis G, Bien C, Davidson L, Bellamy C, Costa M. Strategies for the Management of Voices Shared in a Brazilian Hearing Voices Group. Psychiatric Quarterly 2023, 94: 243-254. PMID: 37204626, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-023-10032-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreaking through social determinants of health: Results from a feasibility study of Imani Breakthrough, a community developed substance use intervention for Black and Latinx people
Jordan A, Costa M, Nich C, Swarbrick M, Babuscio T, Wyatt J, O'Connell M, Guy K, Blackman K, Anderson R, Reis G, Ocasio L, Crespo M, Bellamy C. Breaking through social determinants of health: Results from a feasibility study of Imani Breakthrough, a community developed substance use intervention for Black and Latinx people. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2023, 153: 209057. PMID: 37207836, DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2023.209057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial determinantsMental Health Services AdministrationDimensions of wellnessCommunity-based participatory research approachRate of deathHealth Services AdministrationDrug overdose ratesSubset of participantsSubstance use interventionsWeek 12Opioid overdoseOverdose ratesSubstance misuseEthnic disparitiesDisparity gapParticipatory research approachAddiction servicesSubstance abuseWeeks of educationHealth equityMental healthSubstance useLatinx peopleIntervention programsServices AdministrationThe role of substance use treatment in reducing stigma after release from incarceration: A qualitative analysis
Moore K, Wyatt J, Phillips S, Burke C, Bellamy C, McKee S. The role of substance use treatment in reducing stigma after release from incarceration: A qualitative analysis. Health & Justice 2023, 11: 25. PMID: 37191937, PMCID: PMC10186797, DOI: 10.1186/s40352-023-00225-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubstance use disordersSubstance use treatmentUse treatmentStigma reductionAspects of treatmentOutpatient treatment facilitiesRole of substancesPeer navigatorsMethodsThis studyUse disordersSources of stigmaTreatment programStigma experiencesTreatmentNonjudgmental atmosphereTreatment facilitiesStigmaContent analysis approachMore researchMajor barrierComparisons Between Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adult Sexual and Gender Minority Male Sexual Assault Survivors
Cook J, Cations M, Simiola V, Ellis A, Bellamy C, Martino S. Comparisons Between Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adult Sexual and Gender Minority Male Sexual Assault Survivors. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2023, 31: 833-843. PMID: 37217371, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2023.04.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptomsSexual abuse historyMental health treatment engagementMental health treatmentCurrent depressive symptomsSymptoms of depressionAbuse historyMental health difficultiesSexual abuse/assaultClinical responseAdult sexual assaultPsychotherapy trialsHealth treatmentOnline screenerTrauma loadTreatment engagementAge groupsYounger groupHealth difficultiesMale survivorsTraumaSymptomsSexual traumaLower ratesMenTraining Male Sexual Abuse Survivors as Peer Leaders to Deliver Motivational Interviewing and Trauma-Informed Affirmative Care
Ellis A, Martino S, Simiola V, Bellamy C, O’Connell M, Cook J. Training Male Sexual Abuse Survivors as Peer Leaders to Deliver Motivational Interviewing and Trauma-Informed Affirmative Care. Journal Of Child Sexual Abuse 2023, 32: 494-512. PMID: 37080178, DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2023.2203691.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexual abuse survivorsMotivational interviewingAbuse survivorsSexual abusePeer leadersSexual assault historySelf-reported learningSexual traumaFormal mental health servicesMI trainingAssault historyAffirmative careWeekly supervisionMental health servicesAudio sessionsInterviewingLeaders’ beliefsLived experienceSkill levelGender minority menOnline groupsBeliefsTrainingVideo demonstrationMale survivors“That Was a State of Depression by Itself Dealing with Society”: Atmospheric racism, mental health, and the Black and African American faith community
Desai M, Guy K, Brown M, Thompson D, Manning B, Johnson S, Davidson L, Bellamy C. “That Was a State of Depression by Itself Dealing with Society”: Atmospheric racism, mental health, and the Black and African American faith community. American Journal Of Community Psychology 2023, 73: 104-117. PMID: 37006193, PMCID: PMC10545810, DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStructural racismSocial structural contextRole of racismCommunity-engaged projectsPolice brutalityAfrican American faith communityLived realitySocial servicesParticipants' narrativesRacismRacist stereotypesFaith communitiesNeighborhood conditionsMain focal pointsAfrican American churchesStakeholder engagementStructural contextWorkplace discriminationIndividual interviewsEmpirical researchDifferential treatmentFocus groupsSocietal focusAmerican churchesPhenomenological analysisBrazilian immigrants in the United States and mental health: An integrative review
Brisola E, Reis G, Costa M, Bellamy C. Brazilian immigrants in the United States and mental health: An integrative review. International Journal Of Social Psychiatry 2023, 69: 1303-1311. PMID: 36924461, DOI: 10.1177/00207640231159800.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrazilian immigrantsEnglish languageVisible minoritiesImmigrantsUnited StatesLatino sampleWork-life balanceLatinosIntegrative reviewSources of supportVariety of fieldsArticleSingular perspectiveLanguageExperienceAcculturationFamiliarityResearch studiesNeighborhood cohesionCommunityLifeMental healthcare needsPeer-reviewed articlesPolicy makersSpiritualityRacial and ethnic mental health disparities in U.S. Military Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Merians A, Gross G, Spoont M, Bellamy C, Harpaz-Rotem I, Pietrzak R. Racial and ethnic mental health disparities in U.S. Military Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2023, 161: 71-76. PMID: 36905842, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.03.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric disordersWhite veteransNational HealthHispanic veteransMilitary veteransBlack veteransVeterans StudyLifetime major depressive disorderLifetime posttraumatic stress disorderHigh-risk subgroupsPopulation-based studyCurrent psychiatric disorderDrug use disordersMajor depressive disorderCommon psychiatric disordersEthnic differencesPopulation-based sampleCertain psychiatric disordersPopulation-based researchLower household incomeCurrent suicidal ideationPosttraumatic stress disorderRace/ethnicityU.S. military veteransMental health disparitiesPeer Support
Bellamy C, Reis G, Costa M, McKenley C, Blackman K, Evans M. Peer Support. 2023 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-95702-1.00063-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
A Qualitative Study to Support Future Implementation of Peer Support in a Psychiatric Emergency Room Service in Campinas, Brazil
dos Santos D, do Carmo Reis G, Costa M, Banzato C, Bellamy C, O’Connell M, McDonald-Bellamy H, Davidson L, Onocko-Campos R. A Qualitative Study to Support Future Implementation of Peer Support in a Psychiatric Emergency Room Service in Campinas, Brazil. Journal Of Recovery In Mental Health 2022, 5: 5-18. DOI: 10.33137/jrmh.v5i2.38178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSerious mental illnessPsychiatric emergency room serviceHospital-based psychiatric servicesEmergency room servicesPsychiatric unitMental illnessPeer supportMental health servicesPsychiatric emergency roomMental health workersProfessionals' perceptionsRoom servicesEmergency roomHealth workersPsychiatric servicesFocus groupsPeer support roleClients' perceptionsQualitative studyHealth servicesIllnessLack of accessLack of carePeer-based modelEmotional network
2021
L'accompagnement par les pairs
Bellamy C, Gardien È, Gardien È. L'accompagnement par les pairs. 2021, 119-131. DOI: 10.3917/pug.gardi.2021.01.0119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhat role will social work have played in the opioid epidemic?
Dunleavy D, Bellamy C. What role will social work have played in the opioid epidemic? Social Work In Mental Health 2021, 19: 491-493. DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2021.1971142.Peer-Reviewed Original Research