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Arlene Stiffman

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Barbara A. Bailey Professor of Social Work

Expertise: child and adolescent mental health, fostercare, high-risk behaviors and mental health services, risk behaviors

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Arlene Stiffman
Arlene Stiffman
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Arlene Stiffman has focused her academic career on critical issues in child and adolescent mental health, high-risk behaviors, and services. As associate director of the Center for Mental Health Services Research (CMHSR), she has been instrumental in creating and developing the research and training foundation essential to support more effective mental health services in the United States.

WUSTL Contact Information:
Work:(314) 935-6685
Fax:(314) 935-7508
E-mail:arstiff@gwbmail.wustl.edu
Address:One Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1196
St. Louis, MO 63130

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Offering alternative, culturally relevant services

Traditional healers are legitimate resources for youth in American Indian communities, says mental health expert (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/7452.html)

Sept. 8, 2006 -- According to numerous studies, American Indian youth experience disproportionate rates of mental health and behavioral problems, including substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal thoughts. To address this critical problem, an adolescent mental health expert at Washington University in St. Louis says that traditional healers in American Indian communities may be a valuable but under-recognized resource offering alternative and culturally relevant services that complement conventional medical treatment. More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/7452.html)



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Additional Background: Stiffman currently has four research projects: 1) mental problems and service needs of teenagers in St. Louis City, 2) the function of specialty and non-specialty mental health providers, 3) increasing life options for teens in foster care, and 4) African-American males in the juvenile justice system. Professor Stiffman has a long-established relationship with the Washington University School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry with whose faculty she has collaborated on several research projects and publications.

Several journals have published her work: Journal of Social Service Research, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Adolescence, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Child Abuse and Neglect, and Journal of Adolescent Health. She is the co-editor of six books, including Ethical Issues in Adolescent Mental Health and Advances in Adolescent Mental Health: Contraception, Pregnancy, and Parenting, Volume IV.

Professor Stiffman has been an active member of the St. Louis community, including her service on various boards and committees of the Jewish Federation. She directed evaluations for Matthews Dickey Boys Club, Edgewood Family Preservation, Youth in Need, and the Metropolitan Youth Academy.

She teaches courses on working with adolescents.

Selected Publications

* Stiffman, A.R.; Hadley-Ives, E.; Elze, D.; Johnson, S.; & Doré, P. (forthcoming). Impact of environment on adolescents' mental health and behavior: Structural Equation Modeling, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

* Hadley-Ives, E.; Stiffman, A.R.; & Doré, P.( forthcoming). Two Short Measures of Neighborhood and School Environment, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.

* Stiffman, A.R.; Abeloff, J.; Kaggwa, E.; Meissner, D.; Regier, M.; & Winn, C. (forthcoming). Violent Adolescents: Implications for Intervention, Textbook of Adolescent Psychiatry. Rosner, R. (Ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

* Stiffman, A.R.; Elze, D.; Hadley-lves, E.; & Johnson, S. (1999). Youth and Provider Perspectives on Social Workers' Roles in Mental Health Services, Mental Health Services and Sectors of Care. Proctor, E.; N. Morrow-Howell, N.; & Stiffman, A.R. (Eds.). The Haworth Press, 83-97.

* Stiffman, A.R.; Elze, D.; Hadley-lves, E.; & Johnson, S. (1999). Youth and Provider Perspectives on Social Workers' Roles in Mental Health Services, Journal of Social Service Research 25 (3) 83-97.

* Stiffman, A.R.; Hadley-Ives, E.; Elze, D.; Johnson, S.; & Doré, P. (1999). Impact of Environment on Adolescents' Mental Health and Behavior: Structural Equation Modeling, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 69 (1) 73-86.

* Proctor, E.P. & Stiffman, A.R. (1998). Mental Health Treatment and Service Research: Background, Recent Advances in Mental Health Research: Implications for Social Work Practice. Williams, J.B.W. & Ell, K. (Eds.). Washington, DC: NASW Press.

* Williams, J.H.; Stiffman, A.R.; & O'Neal, J. (1998). Violence Among Urban African American Youths: An Analysis of Environmental and Behavioral Risk Factors, Social Work Research and Abstracts 22, 3-13.

Selected Grants

* Youths' Access to Mental Health Services: A Career Award (NIMH). (2000-2005)

* NIDA Center for Social Work Research Development. (2000-2005)

* Adolescent American Indian Multi-Sector Help Inquiry (AIM-HI). (2000-2005)

* Evaluation of Missouri State Interdepartmental Initiative. (2000-2002)

Affiliations, Associations, Consultation

* National Association of Social Workers

* American Public Health Association

* Society for Research on Adolescence


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•Stiffman's Web page (http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/Faculty/FullTime/Pages/ArleneRStiffman.aspx)

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