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| Janette BealsSummaryAffiliation: University of Colorado Denver Country: USA Publications
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Reflections on a proposed theory of reservation-dwelling American Indian alcohol use: comment on Spillane and Smith (2007)Janette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
Psychol Bull 135:339-43; discussion 344-6. 2009..Cautionary notes are offered about the development of literature reviews, theoretical frameworks, and policy recommendations for American Indian communities...
Prevalence of mental disorders and utilization of mental health services in two American Indian reservation populations: mental health disparities in a national contextJanette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, MS F800, PO Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:1723-32. 2005....- Prevalence of DSM-IV disorders and attendant help-seeking in 2 American Indian reservation populationsJanette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:99-108. 2005..The American Indian Service Utilization, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors Project (AI-SUPERPFP) estimated the mental health burden and associated help-seeking in select American Indian reservation communities... - Prevalence of major depressive episode in two American Indian reservation populations: unexpected findings with a structured interviewJanette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, MS F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:1713-22. 2005..The prevalence of lifetime and 12-month DSM-III-R major depressive episode was compared between the AI-SUPERPFP and NCS samples... 
Marijuana initiation in 2 American Indian reservation communities: comparison with a national sampleNancy Rumbaugh Whitesell
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Am J Public Health 97:1311-8. 2007..We examined disparities in age-related patterns of marijuana initiation in 2 culturally distinct American Indian reservation communities (from the Northern Plains and the Southwest) compared with a national sample...- Methods for measuring utilization of mental health services in two epidemiologic studiesDouglas K Novins
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 17:159-73. 2008.... - The relationship between patterns of alcohol use and mental and physical health disorders in two American Indian populationsJoan O'Connell
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Addiction 101:69-83. 2006..Multivariate analyses assessed relationships between the alcohol use categories thus identified and a number of health outcomes... - The relationship of gender and trauma characteristics to posttraumatic stress disorder in a community sample of traumatized northern plains American Indian adolescents and young adultsMukund Gnanadesikan
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 66:1176-83. 2005..04) were independent predictors of meeting criteria for PTSD. CONCLUSION: American Indian children and adolescents who experience sexual trauma and multiple traumatic experiences may be at particularly high risk for developing PTSD... - The relationship of cumulative and proximal adversity to onset of substance dependence symptoms in two American Indian communitiesNancy Rumbaugh Whitesell
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Mail Stop F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:279-88. 2007..These findings suggest that efforts to help children and adolescents in AI communities develop constructive mechanisms for coping with adversity may be especially valuable in substance dependence prevention... - Childhood abuse and later parenting outcomes in two American Indian tribesAnne M Libby
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80045 0508, USA
Child Abuse Negl 32:195-211. 2008..To examine the relationship of childhood physical and sexual abuse with reported parenting satisfaction and parenting role impairment later in life among American Indians (AIs)... - Childhood physical and sexual abuse and subsequent depressive and anxiety disorders for two American Indian tribesAnne M Libby
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO, USA
Psychol Med 35:329-40. 2005.... - Disparities in drug use and disorder: comparison of two American Indian reservation communities and a national sampleNancy Rumbaugh Whitesell
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 77:131-41. 2007..Findings suggest that disparities in drug use and disorder are complex, characterized by important variations across diverse American Indian tribal cultures... - Latent class analysis of substance use: comparison of two American Indian reservation populations and a national sampleNancy R Whitesell
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building, Mail Stop F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, Colorado 80045 0508, USA
J Stud Alcohol 67:32-43. 2006..We sought to identify characteristic patterns of use-both across and within samples-that could be used to inform intervention efforts aimed at reducing disparities... - Association between diabetes and mental disorders in two American Indian reservation communitiesLuohua Jiang
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045-0508, USA
Diabetes Care 30:2228-9. 2007 - Alcohol use among American Indian high school youths from adolescence and young adulthood: a latent Markov modelChristina M Mitchell
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Denver, F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, Colorado 80045 0508, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:666-75. 2008..We explored patterns of alcohol use among American Indian youths as well as concurrent predictors and developmental outcomes 6 years later... - Stress burden and diabetes in two American Indian reservation communitiesLuohua Jiang
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Denver, MS F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Diabetes Care 31:427-9. 2008..To examine the association between psychosocial stress and diabetes in two American Indian reservation communities (Northern Plains and Southwest)... - Comorbidity of alcohol abuse and dependence with medical conditions in 2 American Indian reservation communitiesJay H Shore
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building, Aurora, Colorado 80045 0508, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:649-55. 2006..The objective was to examine the association of self-reported Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV edition alcohol abuse and dependence with medical conditions among American Indians (AIs)... - Childhood physical and sexual abuse and subsequent alcohol and drug use disorders in two American-Indian tribesAnne M Libby
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA
J Stud Alcohol 65:74-83. 2004.... - Different factor loadings for SF36: the Strong Heart Study and the National Survey of Functional Health StatusJanette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 59:208-15. 2006..To increase our understanding of the psychometric characteristics and factor structure of the SF36 in older American Indian populations... - The development of alcohol use and outcome expectancies among American Indian young adults: a growth mixture modelChristina M Mitchell
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, 80045, USA
Addict Behav 31:1-14. 2006..Thus, intervention design implications are discussed for the class structures... - Circle of life: rationale, design, and baseline results of an HIV prevention intervention among young American Indian adolescents of the Northern PlainsCarol E Kaufman
University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA
Prev Sci 11:101-12. 2010..The project is well positioned to carry out the longitudinal assessments of the intervention to determine the overall impact of the Circle of Life and the differential impact by pre-intervention patterns of behavior across youth... - Childhood exposure to adversity and risk of substance-use disorder in two American Indian populations: the meditational role of early substance-use initiationNancy Rumbaugh Whitesell
Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:971-81. 2009.... - Health-related quality of life and help seeking among American Indians with diabetes and hypertensionLuohua Jiang
Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Qual Life Res 18:709-18. 2009.... - The utility of the Kessler Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K6) in two American Indian communitiesChristina M Mitchell
Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Mail Stop F800, Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building, 13055 East 17th Avenue, Room 335, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Psychol Assess 23:752-61. 2011..Inclusion of a measure such as the K6 as a complement to more traditional dichotomous diagnoses in both research and clinical practice is recommended... - Drug use among two American Indian populations: prevalence of lifetime use and DSM-IV substance use disordersChristina M Mitchell
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80220, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 69:29-41. 2003..Despite widespread concern and rhetoric about drug problems among AIs, many who had used various drugs either were using them without serious consequences or had quit use altogether... - Special diabetes program for Indians: retention in cardiovascular risk reductionSpero M Manson
Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado Denver, 13055 East 17th Avenue, Mail Stop F800, Aurora, CO 80045
Gerontologist 51:S21-32. 2011..This study examined the associations between participant and site characteristics and retention in a multisite cardiovascular disease risk reduction project... - Identifying diverse HIV risk groups among American Indian young adults: the utility of cluster analysisChristina M Mitchell
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
AIDS Behav 8:263-75. 2004..Low Efficacy/High Risk had high rates of several high-risk behaviors such as exchanging sex for money or injection drug use. Validation analyses highlighted differences that can be useful for the development of preventive interventions... - Aboriginal social organization, contemporary experience and American Indian adolescent alcohol usePaul Spicer
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building, P O Box 6508, Mailstop F800, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
J Stud Alcohol 64:450-7. 2003..Our goal in this article was to explicitly test the importance of these factors in four contemporary American Indian cultural groups... - Performance on the Mini-Mental State Examination and Mattis Dementia Rating Scale among older American IndiansLori L Jervis
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 19:173-8. 2007..Complex relationships were found between gender, health conditions (with possible effects on cognitive functioning), and MMSE and MDRS scores. The authors discuss implications and future directions... - Racial disparities in alcohol use: comparison of 2 American Indian reservation populations with national dataJanette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1683-5. 2003 - Cultural specificity and comparison in psychiatric epidemiology: walking the tightrope in American Indian researchJanette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Mail Stop F800, PO Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045-0508, USA
Cult Med Psychiatry 27:259-89. 2003..A goal of this paper is to challenge those invested in conducting culturally valid epidemiologic work in such populations to better articulate the nature of these efforts... - The prevalence of DSM-III-R alcohol dependence in two American Indian populationsPaul Spicer
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Univesity of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 27:1785-97. 2003....
Research Grants
- Chronic stressors and drug abuse in 2 Indian populationsJanette Beals; Fiscal Year: 2006..The proposed work promises to provide the most comprehensive and focused investigation to date of chronic stressors within Al populations and of the relationship of various stressors with drug use and disorder. ..
- ALCOHOL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH IN 2 INDIAN POPULATIONSJanette Beals; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..
- Drug use and health disparities in 2 Indian populationsJanette Beals; Fiscal Year: 2003....
- Sociocultural validity in the context of DSM comorbidityJanette Beals; Fiscal Year: 2006..This study has important public health implications as we move towards DSM-V, both for American Indian populations but also more generally, as we seek to improve the psychiatric diagnostic process. ..