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Anna S. Lau is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of psychology and health professions, with a specialization in clinical psychology and general health professions. Additional subfields include social psychology, sociology and political science, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their scholarly work addresses several key topics such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, family and disability support research, health policy implementation science, community health and development, autism spectrum disorder research, racial and ethnic identity research, and migration, health, and trauma.

Anna S. Lau has contributed multiple papers to the academic community. Notable recent publications include:

  • Enhancing Racial/Ethnic Equity in College Student Mental Health Through Innovative Screening and Treatment, 2021, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
  • Therapist-Observer Concordance in Ratings of EBP Strategy Delivery: Challenges and Targeted Directions in Pursuing Pragmatic Measurement in Children's Mental Health Services, 2020, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
  • How community therapists describe adapting evidence-based practices in sessions for youth: Augmenting to improve fit and reach, 2020, Journal of Community Psychology
  • Outer-context determinants in the sustainment phase of a reimbursement-driven implementation of evidence-based practices in children's mental health services, 2021, Implementation Science
  • Resilience and Family Socialization Processes in Ethnic Minority Youth: Illuminating the Achievement-Health Paradox, 2022, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research include Lauren Brookman-Frazee, Teresa Lind, Joyce H. L. Lui, Stephanie H. Yu, and Tamar Kodish.

Anna S. Lau has published extensively in several venues. The top publication venues include Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, Autism, and Implementation Research and Practice.

Best Publications

  • Barriers to providing effective mental health services to Asian Americans.

    Frederick T. L. Leong;Anna S. L. Lau

  • Making the Case for Selective and Directed Cultural Adaptations of Evidence-Based Treatments: Examples From Parent Training

    Anna S. Lau

  • State of the science on psychosocial interventions for ethnic minorities.

    Jeanne Miranda;Guillermo Bernal;Anna Lau;Laura Kohn

  • Racial and ethnic differences in utilization of mental health services among high-risk youths.

    Ann F. Garland;Anna S. Lau;May Yeh;Kristen M. McCabe

  • Defining maltreatment according to substantiation: distinction without a difference?

    Jon M. Hussey;Jane Marie Marshall;Diana J. English;Elizabeth Dawes Knight

  • Mobilizing Community Health Workers to Address Mental Health Disparities for Underserved Populations: A Systematic Review.

    Miya L. Barnett;Araceli Gonzalez;Jeanne Miranda;Denise A. Chavira

  • The acculturation gap-distress hypothesis among high-risk Mexican American families.

    Anna S Lau;Kristen M McCabe;May Yeh;Ann F Garland

  • Intention, act, and outcome in behavioral prediction and moral judgment

    Philip David Zelazo;Charles C. Helwig;Anna Lau

  • The GANA Program: A Tailoring Approach to Adapting Parent Child Interaction Therapy for Mexican Americans

    Kristen M. McCabe;May Yeh;Ann F. Garland;Anna S. Lau

  • What's in a name? A comparison of methods for classifying predominant type of maltreatment.

    Anna S. Lau;Rebecca T. Leeb;Diana English;J. Christopher Graham

  • Parental beliefs about the causes of child problems: exploring racial/ethnic patterns.

    May Yeh;Richard L. Hough;Kristen McCabe;Anna Lau

  • Correlates of suicidal behaviors among Asian American outpatient youths.

    Anna S. Lau;Nadine M. Jernewall;Nolan W. S. Zane;Hector F. Myers

  • Acculturation Gap, Intergenerational Conflict, Parenting Style, and Youth Distress in Immigrant Chinese American Families

    Soh-Leong Lim;May Yeh;June Liang;Anna S. Lau

  • Why bother with beliefs? Examining relationships between race/ethnicity, parental beliefs about causes of child problems, and mental health service use.

    May Yeh;Kristen McCabe;Richard L. Hough;Anna Lau

  • Measuring the severity of child maltreatment.

    Alan J. Litrownik;Anna Lau;Diana J. English;Ernestine Briggs

  • Understanding Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Youth Mental Health Services: Do Disparities Vary by Problem Type?.

    Omar G. Gudiño;Anna S. Lau;May Yeh;Kristen M. McCabe

  • Racial/ethnic disparities in mental health service use among children in foster care

    Ann F. Garland;John A. Landsverk;Anna S. Lau

  • Race/Ethnicity and Inter-Informant Agreement in Assessing Adolescent Psychopathology:

    Anna S. Lau;Ann F. Garland;May Yeh;Kristen M. Mccabe

  • Maladaptive perfectionism and depressive symptoms among Asian American college students: contributions of interdependence and parental relations.

    Jaimin Yoon;Anna S. Lau

  • Proceedings from the 9th annual conference on the science of dissemination and implementation

    David Chambers;Lisa Simpson;Felicia Hill-Briggs;Gila Neta

Frequent Co-Authors

Lauren Brookman-Frazee
Lauren Brookman-Frazee University of California, San Diego
Kristen M. McCabe
Kristen M. McCabe University of San Diego
Bahr Weiss
Bahr Weiss Vanderbilt University
Bruce F. Chorpita
Bruce F. Chorpita University of California, Los Angeles
Scott C. Roesch
Scott C. Roesch San Diego State University
Ann F. Garland
Ann F. Garland University of California, San Diego
Alan J. Litrownik
Alan J. Litrownik San Diego State University
Rinad S. Beidas
Rinad S. Beidas University of Pennsylvania
Sumie Okazaki
Sumie Okazaki New York University
John R. Weisz
John R. Weisz Harvard University

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