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Our Work

Sample Of Current Work Engagements

University Research Center

Advise on and coordinate the meaningful participation of community stakeholders, including people with serious mental health conditions, in a multi-site, randomized controlled research study.

Provider Organization

Working with a behavioral health provider to implement Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) philosophy, processes, and capacity into population-based Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHC).

Government

Working with a state agency and community partners to research the fundamental causes of disparate drug use and service quality faced by young adults substantially disadvantaged by their race, ethnicity, gender identity, and/or sexual orientation.

Historically Black College/University (HBCU)

Working with an HBCU to develop a new national center on “Employment Equity for Multiply Marginalized People with Disabilities” by guiding the development of 2 research projects focused on people with mental health conditions. Also mentoring young researchers to obtain federally funded rehabilitation research grants.

Training Materials

Community-based Participatory Action Research

Vocational Services and Supports

  • Roxbury supported employment program for young adults with psychiatric conditions: Practice principles and techniques (2021).
  • Effectively employing young adult peer specialists: A toolkit. Worcester, MA: University of Massachusetts Medical School (2017).
  • Employment and Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions: Increasing Employment and Career Opportunities. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (2016).
  • A systemic business methodology for responding to job difficulties and accommodation requests of people with disabilities using ADA’s Reasonable Accommodation Framework (2016).
  • Vocational and Educational Supports for people who are homeless. In Smelson, D., et al (Eds.), MISSION-Homelessness Treatment Manual. Veterans Health Administration, Bedford, MA (2015).
  • Vocational and Educational Supports for people with serious mental illness and a criminal justice history. In Pinals, D., et al (Eds.), MISSION-CJ Treatment Manual. (2015).

Peer Reviewed Papers

Community-based Participatory Action Research

  • J. Delman, A. Progovac, T. Flomenhoft, D. Delman, V. Chambers, & B. Cook (2019). Barriers And Facilitators to Community-Based Participatory Mental Health Care Research For Racial And Ethnic Minorities. Health Affairs, 38(3), 391-398.
  • A. Lincoln et al. & J. Delman (2016). “Developing a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Understanding of the Repeat Use of Psychiatric Emergency Services”. Community Mental Health Journal, 1-7.
  • A. Lincoln, R. Borg & J. Delman (2015). Developing a community-based participatory research model to engage transition age youth using mental health service in research. Family & Community Health, 38(1), 87-97
  • J. Delman (2012). Participatory Action Research and Young Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 35(3) 231-234
  • R. H. Beinecke & J. Delman (2008). Commentary: Client Involvement in Public Administration Research and Evaluation. The Innovation Journal, 13(1).

Racial/Ethnic Disparities

  • J. Delman & I. Adams (2021). Barriers to and Facilitators of Vocational Development for Black Young Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 45(1), 1.
  • A. Progovac, D. Cortés, V., Chambers… J. Delman … & Cook, B. L. (2020). Understanding the Role of Past Health Care Discrimination in Help-Seeking and Shared Decision-Making for Depression Treatment Preferences. Qualitative Health Research, 30(12), 1833-1850
  • R. Sonik, T. Creedon, A., Progovac, N. Carson, J. Delman… & N. Kaushal (2020). Depression treatment preferences by race/ethnicity and gender and associations between past healthcare discrimination experiences and present preferences in a nationally representative sample. Social Science & Medicine, 253, 112939.
  • R. Stone, J. Delman et al. (2015). Appealing features of vocational support services for Hispanic and non-Hispanic transition age youth and young adults with serious mental health conditions. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 42(4), 452-465.

Vocational Supports and Services

  • J. Delman & I. Adams (2021). Barriers to and Facilitators of Vocational Development for Black Young Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 45(1), 1.
  • J. Delman, L. Kovich, S. Burke & K. Martone (2017). The Promise of Demand-side Employer-based Strategies to Increase Employment Rates for People with Serious Mental Illness. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 40(2), 179.
  • J. Delman & V. Klodnick (2017). Factors Supporting the Success of Young Adults as Peer Support Workers. Community Mental Health Journal, 1-12.
  • R. Stone, J. Delman et al. (2015). Appealing Features of Vocational Support Services for Hispanic and non-Hispanic Transition Age Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 1-14
  • J. Delman & M. Ellison (2013). Supported Education as a Vital Route to Competitive Employment, Focal Point: Youth, Young Adults, & Mental Health. Summer, 27(1).

Peer Support and Services

  • J. Delman & V. Klodnick (2017). Factors Supporting the Success of Young Adults as Peer Support Workers. Community Mental Health Journal, 1-12.
  • D. Delman and J. Delman (2017). The road to well-being: Recovery, Recovery Learning Communities, and positive psychology. In M. Slade, L. Oades and A. Jarden (Eds.), Wellbeing, Recovery and Mental Health. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • J. Delman et al. (2015). Peer led Recovery Learning Communities: Expanding Opportunities for Social Integration of People with Psychiatric Disabilities toward Transforming Mental Health Systems. The Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice: Special Issue on Transformative Change in Community Mental Health.
  • J. Delman, K. Albert & L. Simon (2015). The Recovery Learning Community (RLC) Outcomes Study: Perspectives of RLC Participants. Psychiatry Information in Brief, 12(5), 1.

Person driven and Community centered

  • J. Delman, K. Biebel, & S, Alikhan (2016). Enhancing the Social Networks of People with Mental Illnesses: A Qualitative Study on the Role of Peer-Operated Recovery Learning Communities. Psychiatry Information in Brief, 13(5), 1.
  • J. Delman (2016). Promoting Young Adult Mental Health through Electronic and Mobile Technologies. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors.
  • J. Delman, J. A. Clark, S. V. Eisen, & V. Parker (2015). Facilitators and Barriers to the Active Participation of Clients with Serious Mental Illnesses in Medication Decision Making: The Perceptions of Young Adult Clients. Journal for Behavioral Health Services Research, 1-16.
  • J. Delman (2012.) Relationships as the Foundation of Shared Decision Making: The Experience of Young Adults with Mental Health Conditions. Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center Publications and Presentations. 618, http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_cmhsr/618
  • A. Lincoln, P. Johnson et al., J. Delman (2009). The BMC ACCESS Project: The development of a medically enhanced safe haven shelter. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 36(4), 478-491.
  • J. Delman and R. Beinecke (2005). Assessing Consumer Satisfaction with Services Managed by the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, 1999-2000. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, vol. 32 no. 4, pp. 373-386.

Public Policy Papers

  • Institute of Medicine and National Research Council [J. Delman, co-contributor] (2015). Developing Evidence-Based Standards for Psychosocial Interventions for Mental Disorders. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
  • J. Delman, M. E. Foti et. al. (2011). First Steps and Beyond: Incorporating Shared Decision Making in Massachusetts Mental Health Services. Boston, MA.
  • J. Delman, C.M. Horgan et. al. (2011) Health reform and behavioral health services in Massachusetts: Prospects for enhancing integration of care. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
  • J Delman (2006). A Public Health Framework for the State Mental Health Authority: A Call for Action by Massachusetts Consumers and Family Members.
  • J. Delman (2005). Child/Adolescent Services Focus Groups Summary Report.
  • J Delman (2004) Crossing the Mental Health Care Quality Chasm in Massachusetts.
  • Anonymous (1993) The Challenge of Recovery. In The Experience of (L. Spaniol and M. Koehler eds.) Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University.