Alicia A Lucksted
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Alicia A Lucksted Ph.D.

Academic Title: Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment: Psychiatry
aluckste@psych.umaryland.edu
Location: 737 W. Lombard Street, Rm. 528
Phone: (410) 706-3244
Fax: (410) 706-0022

Personal History

Dr. Alicia Lucksted is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan and received her Ph.D. from the Clinical/Community Psychology program at University of Maryland College Park in 1997. She completed a Post Doctoral Fellowship at the Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research at the University of Pennsylvania before coming to the University of Maryland Baltimore Center for Mental Health Services Research in 1998, where she an assistant professor of Psychiatry on the research faculty. Her professional work focuses on applied research towards improving public mental health services for people with serious mental illnesses, self-help interventions among mental health consumers and their family members, qualitative methods in mental health services research, the welfare of gay, lesbian, bi, and transgender people in the mental health system, and consumer views of mental health services.

Research Interests

-- applied mental health services reserach
-- consumer recovery re serious mental illnesses
-- mental health self help
-- qualitative and mixed methods in services research

Selected Grants & Contracts:

A Randomized Trial of Family to Family Education
PI:
Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH
Co-PI: Alicia Lucksted, PhD
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Mental Health Effective Dates: 10/1/04-09/30/08

Consumer Perspectives on Family Involvement in Care
PI: Alicia Lucksted
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Mental Health Effective Dates: 04/01/07-12/31/08


Publications

Raising Issues: LGBT Consumers in the Public Mental Health System (Executive Summary)

Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed / Refereed)
 
Lucksted, A. & Coursey, R. D., (1995). Consumer perceptions of pressure and force in psychiatric treatments. Psychiatric Services (formerly Hospital and Community Psychiatry), 46, 146-152.
 
Lucksted, A. & Dixon, L. (1999). Quality of care in services to family members of people with serious mental illnesses, Mental Health Services Research, 1(4):223-230.
 
Lucksted, A., Dixon, L., & Sembly, J. (2000). Tobacco smoking among psychosocial rehabilitation clients: A focus group pilot study. Psychiatric Services, 51(12):1544-1548.
 
Coursey, R.D., Curtis, L., Marsh, D. T., Campbell, J., Harding, C., Spaniol, L., Lucksted, A., McKenna, J., Kelley, M., Paulson, R., & Zahniser, J. (Spring, 2000) Part 1: Competencies for direct service staff who work with adults with severe mental illnesses in outpatient mental health / managed care systems. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 23(4), 370-377.
 
Coursey, R.D., Curtis, L., Marsh, D. T., Campbell, J., Harding, C., Spaniol, L., Lucksted, A., McKenna, J., Kelley, M., Paulson, R., & Zahniser, J. (Spring, 2000) Part 2: Competencies for direct service staff who work with adults with severe mental illnesses: Specific knowledge, attitudes, skills, and bibliography. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 23(4), 378-392.
 
Dixon, L., Weiden, P., Delahanty, J., Goldberg, R., Postrado, L., Lucksted, A., Lehman, A. (2000). Prevalence and correlates of diabetes in national schizophrenia samples, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 26(4):903-912.
Dixon, L., Lucksted, A., Stewart, B., & Delahanty, J. (2000). Therapists’ contacts with family members of persons with serious mental illness in community treatment programs. Psychiatric Services,51(11):1449-1451.
 
Ritsher, J.E.B. & Lucksted, A. (Spring, 2000). What do you call your problem? Labels for mental illness in four samples in the U.S. and Russia. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 23(4),393-395.
 
Dixon, L., Adams, C., Lucksted, A.,(2000) Update on family psychoeducation for schizophrenia, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 26(1): 5-10.
 
Goldberg, R., & Lucksted, A., McNary, S., Gold, J., Dixon, L., & Lehman, A. (2001). Correlates of longer-term unemployment among inner-city adults with serious and persistent mental illnesses. Psychiatric Services, 52(1):101-103.
 
Dixon, L., Lyles, A., Smith, C., Hoch, J., Fahey, M., Postrado, L., Lucksted, A., Lehman, A. (2001). Use and costs of ambulatory care services among medicare enrollees with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services, 52(6), 786-792.
 
Dixon, L., Stewart, B., Burland, J., Delahanty, J., Lucksted, A., & Hoffman, M. (July, 2001). Pilot study of the effectiveness of the family-to-family education program. Psychiatric Services, 52(7), 965-967.
 
Dixon, L.; McFarlane, W. R; Lefley, H.; Lucksted, A.; Cohen, M.; Falloon, I.; Mueser, K.; Miklowitz, D; Solomon, P.; Sondheimer, D. Evidence-based practices for services to families of people with psychiatric disabilities. Psychiatric Services. Vol 52(7) Jul 2001, 903-910.
 
Dixon, L.; Green-Paden, L.; Delahanty, J.; Lucksted, A.; Postrado, L.; Hall, J. Variables associated with disparities in treatment of patients with schizophrenia and comorbid mood and anxiety disorders. Psychiatric Services. Vol 52(9): 1216-1222, 2001.
 
McFarlane W.R., Dixon L., Lukens E., Lucksted A. (2003) Family psychoeducation and schizophrenia: a review of the literature, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.;29(2):223-45.
 
Ritsher, J.E.B., Lucksted, A., Otilingam, P.G., & Grajales, M. Hearing Voices: Explanations and Implications, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 27(3):219-227, 2004.
 
Lucksted, A., McGuire, C., Postrado, L., Kreyenbuhl, J., & Dixon, L. Specifying Cigarette Smoking & Quitting among People with Serious Mental Illness. American Journal of Addictions, 13(2):128-138, 2004.
Dixon, L., Lucksted, A., Stewart, B., Burland, J., Brown, C.H., Postrado, L., McGuire, C., Hoffman, M. Outcomes of the Peer-taught 12-week Family to Family Education Program for Serious Mental Illnesses. Acta Psychiactrica Scandinavica, 109:207-215, 2004.
 
Lucksted, A., Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People Receiving Services in the Public Mental Health System: Raising Issues, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, 8(3/4), 2004. [Also re-published as a chapter in the Handbook of LGBT Issues in Community Mental Health, Binghamton, NY: Haworth Medical Press, 2004.]
 
Murray-Swank, A., Lucksted, A., Medoff, D., Yang, Y., Wohlheiter, K., Dixon, L. B. Religiosity, psychosocial adjustment, and subjective burden of persons who care for those with mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 57(3):1-5, March 2006.
 
Lucksted, A., Stewart, B., Dixon, L.B., Forbes, C. Benefits and Changes for Family to Family Graduates. Under Review, American Journal of Community Psychology.
 
Lucksted, A., Goldberg, R., Dixon, L.B., Dowd, D. Perceived Facilitators, Barriers, and Indicators of Somatic Healthcare Quality Among People with Serious Mental Illnesses. Under Review, Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research.
 
Dixon, L., Medoff, D., Wohlheiter, K., DiClemente, C., Goldberg, R., Kreyenbuhl, J., Adams, C., Mfalila, D., Lucksted, A., Davin, C. Correlates of Severity of Smoking Among Persons With SMI. In press, American Journal of Addictions.
Lucksted, A., McNulty, K., Brayboy, L., Forbes, C. Initial Evaluation of the Peer-to-Peer Program. Psychiatric Services, under review as of July 2007.

Hackman, A., Brown, C., Yang, Y., Goldberg, R., Kreyenbuhl, J., Lucksted, A., Wohlheiter, K. and Dixon, L. (2007). Consumer Satisfaction with Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment Among Persons with Severe Mental Illness. Community Mental Health Journal, 43(6), 551-564.

Lucksted, A., Stewart, B., Dixon, L.B., Forbes, C. Benefits and Changes for Family to Family Graduates. (in press as of January, 2008), American Journal of Community Psychology.

Kaiser, L.J., Nurse, W., Lucksted, A., & Collins, K.S., Understanding the Impact of Traumas on Family Life from the Viewpoint of Female Caregivers Living in Urban Poverty. (under review as of January 2008, Traumatology.)

Mishra, S. I., Lucksted, A., Gioia, D., Barnet, B. Needs and Preferences for Receiving Mental Health Information in an African-American Focus Group Sample. (under review as of Jan 2008, Community Mental Health Journal).
 
Book Chapters
 
Lucksted, A. (1998). Sexual orientation diversity speakers bureaus. In R. Sanlo (Ed.) Working with lesbian, gay, and bisexual college students: A guide for administrators and faculty. New York: Greenwood.
 
Lucksted, A., Lehman, A.F., Dixon, L.B. (December, 1999). Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health, Adult Phase, Schizophrenia Sub-section. U.S. Surgeon General’s Office.
 
McFarlane, W. R; Dixon, L.; Lukens, E.; Lucksted, A.. (2002). Severe mental illness. In Sprenkle, D. H. (Ed). Effectiveness research in marriage and family therapy. (pp. 255-288). Alexandria, VA, US: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. 370pp
 
Technical and Academic Reports
Lucksted, A., Lehman, A.F., Dixon, L.B. (December, 1999). Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health, Adult Phase, Schizophrenia Sub-section. U.S. Surgeon General’s Office.
 
Lucksted, A., & VanTosh, L. (May 2000) Consumer Dissatisfaction Survey of OOO-MD Members. Report prepared for On Our Own of Maryland, Inc.
 
Lucksted, A., Stewart, B., Seybolt, D., & Dixon, L. MIRECC Family Needs Assessment, VISN-5 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center VA Family Needs Assessment Project, Baltimore MD.
-- VA Staff Focus Groups Regarding Family Needs Report: Phase 2, Report 1, Feb, 2002
-- Family Member Focus Groups Regarding Family Needs: Phase 2, Report 2, March, 2002
-- Veterans’ Focus Groups Regarding Family Needs: Phase 2, Report 3, September, 2003
 
Lucksted, A. (November, 2004) Raising Issues: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People Receiving Services in the Public Mental Health System. (contract funded by Center for Mental Health Services Research - SAMHSA.). 
 
Lucksted, A., Stewart, B. (October, 2005) Benefits and Changes for Family to Family Graduates. Report to NAMI of Qualitative Outcome Interviews with FtF Graduates.

Raising Issues: LGBT Consumers in the Public Mental Health System

Enhancing Cultural Competence: a Toolkit for Welcoming Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender, Queer People in Mental Health Services (2nd Edition)




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