Policy, Law, History and Professions
Insurance and Financing • Mental Health Services and Policy in the Criminal Justice System • Methods and Evaluation • Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes • Policy, Law, History and Professions • Psychosocial Issues • Special Populations • State Health Policy

Studies analyze the evolution and impact of illness and disease, health laws, policy and the health professions.

Health policy/reform Health Professions History of medicine/health policy

Law/ mental health Mental health/criminal justice Tracking health system change

Current Projects: Cooperation between Law Enforcement and Mental Health Systems: Bridging and the Role of the Judge Nancy Wolff, Ph.D., Principal Investigator William Fisher, Ph.D. Criminologically-informed Mental Health Service Research Program Nancy Wolff, Ph.D., Principal Investigator William Fisher, Ph.D. Bonita Veysey, Ph.D. Diffusion of Innovations Affecting the Treatment of Mental Illness Mark Schlesinger, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Bradford Gray, Ph.D. David Mechanic, Ph.D. Nancy Wolff, Ph.D. Disenrollment from NJKidCare: A Multilevel Analysis of State Children's Health InsurancePlan Retention Jane E. Miller, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Julie A. Phillips, Ph.D. Estimating Patients Time for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Health, Public Health, and Correctional Care in New Jersey Jails Nancy Wolff, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Bonita Veysey, Ph.D. Integration of Mental Health Services Data for Policy Research, Planning and Improving Care Carol A. Boyer, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Scott Bilder, Ph.D. in progress; M.S. Diane M. Davis, B.A. Bernice A. Pescosolido, Ph.D. Pain as Policy: The Social Negotiation of Pain in Medicine, Culture and Public Policy in Post World War II America Keith A. Wailoo, Ph.D., Principal Investigator State Survey of Residential Facilities for Adults with Severe Mental Illness: Changing Patterns of Psychiatric Care David Mechanic, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Donna D. McAlpine, Ph.D. The Body in Parts: Disease and the Biomedical Sciences in the Twentieth Century Keith A. Wailoo, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Understanding Variation in U.S. Homicide Rates across Time and Space, 1970-1996 Julie A. Phillips, Ph.D., Principal Investigator