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Overview

Christina M. Mitchell is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the health professions and medicine, with a focus on general health professions, clinical psychology, radiological and ultrasound technology, physiology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The primary topics addressed in their work include mental health and patient involvement, homelessness and social issues, geriatric care and nursing homes, psychiatric care and mental health services, family and patient care in intensive care units, pain mechanisms and treatments, and pharmacological effects and toxicity studies.

The following papers illustrate their recent scholarly contributions:

  • "Now I Have My Own Key": The Impact of Housing Stability on Recovery and Recidivism Reduction Using a Recovery Capital Framework, 2023, Urban Social Work
  • Peer work and recovery: a relationship approach, 2024, Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
  • Qualitative Insights Regarding the Use of Tai Chi for Pain Management Among Adults With HIV, 2024, Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health
  • Unlocking Potential: Piloting Group Coaching as a Catalyst for Neurodiverse Self-Determination, 2025, American Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • CN12 Towards more sustainable oncology care: The role of ePROMs in streamlining pre-treatment assessment, 2025, Annals of Oncology

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Heather Howard, Precious Skinner-Osei, Ellen Jones, E.M. Dunne, and Georgiana McTigue.

The primary venues where their work has been published consist of Urban Social Work, Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, and Annals of Oncology.

Best Publications

  • Sexual and physical abuse in women with functional or organic gastrointestinal disorders.

    D. A. Drossman;J. Leserman;G. Nachman;Z. M. Li

  • The Impact of School Transitions in Early Adolescence on the Self-System and Perceived Social Context of Poor Urban Youth

    Edward Seidman;LaRue Allen;J. Lawrence Aber;Christina Mitchell

  • Prevalence of Mental Disorders and Utilization of Mental Health Services in Two American Indian Reservation Populations: Mental Health Disparities in a National Context

    Janette Beals;Douglas K. Novins;Nancy R. Whitesell;Paul Spicer

  • Prevalence of DSM-IV Disorders and Attendant Help-Seeking in 2 American Indian Reservation Populations

    Janette Beals;Spero M. Manson;Nancy R. Whitesell;Paul Spicer

  • Development and validation of adolescent-perceived microsystem scales: Social support, daily hassles, and involvement

    Edward Seidman;LaRue Allen;J. Lawrence Aber;Christina Mitchell

  • Cultural specificity and comparison in psychiatric epidemiology: walking the tightrope in American Indian research.

    Janette Beals;Spero M. Manson;Christina M. Mitchell;Paul Spicer

  • Epidemiology and Etiology of Substance Use among American Indians and Alaska Natives: Risk, Protection, and Implications for Prevention

    Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell;Janette Beals;Cecelia Big Crow;Christina M. Mitchell

  • A longitudinal study of self-esteem, cultural identity, and academic success among American Indian adolescents.

    Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell;Christina M. Mitchell;Paul Spicer

  • The utility of the Kessler Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K6) in Two American Indian communities

    Christina M. Mitchell;Janette Beals

  • Divèrsion of Juvenile Offenders: An Experimental Comparison

    William S. Davidson;Robin Redner;Craig H. Blakely;Christina M. Mitchell

  • The Prevalence of DSM-III-R Alcohol Dependence in Two American Indian Populations

    Paul Spicer;Janette Beals;Calvin D. Croy;Christina M. Mitchell

  • Racial disparities in alcohol use: comparison of 2 American Indian reservation populations with national data.

    Janette Beals;Paul Spicer;Christina M. Mitchell;Douglas K. Novins

  • Alcohol use among American Indian adolescents: the role of culture in pathological drinking.

    Theresa D. O'Nell;Christina M. Mitchell

  • Trajectories of Substance Use Among Young American Indian Adolescents: Patterns and Predictors

    Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell;Nancy L. Asdigian;Carol E. Kaufman;Cecelia Big Crow

  • Factors associated with marijuana use among American Indian adolescents.

    Douglas K. Novins;Christina M. Mitchell

  • Culture, context, and sexual risk among Northern Plains American Indian Youth.

    Carol E. Kaufman;Jennifer Desserich;Cecelia K. Big Crow;Bonnie Holy Rock

  • Developmental trajectories of personal and collective self-concept among American Indian adolescents.

    Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell;Christina M. Mitchell;Carol E. Kaufman;Paul Spicer

  • Prevalence of Major Depressive Episode in Two American Indian Reservation Populations: Unexpected Findings With a Structured Interview

    Janette Beals;Spero M. Manson;Nancy R. Whitesell;Christina M. Mitchell

  • Drug use among two American Indian populations: prevalence of lifetime use and DSM-IV substance use disorders.

    Christina M. Mitchell;Janette Beals;Douglas K. Novins;Paul Spicer

  • Mechanisms underlying the relationship between health literacy and glycemic control in American Indians and Alaska Natives.

    Angela G. Brega;Alfonso Ang;William Vega;Luohua Jiang

  • Help seeking for substance use problems in two American Indian reservation populations.

    Janette Beals;Douglas K. Novins;Paul Spicer;Nancy R. Whitesell

  • Substance Use Rates among American Indian Adolescents: Regional Comparisons with Monitoring the Future High School Seniors

    Mark Plunkett;Christina M. Mitchell

  • Challenges in operationalizing the DSM-IV clinical significance criterion.

    Janette Beals;Douglas K. Novins;Paul Spicer;Heather D. Orton

Frequent Co-Authors

Janette Beals
Janette Beals University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Spero M. Manson
Spero M. Manson University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Paul Spicer
Paul Spicer University of Oklahoma
Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell
Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
William S. Davidson
William S. Davidson Michigan State University
Edward Seidman
Edward Seidman New York University
J. Lawrence Aber
J. Lawrence Aber New York University
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Hirokazu Yoshikawa New York University
R. Jay Turner
R. Jay Turner Florida State University
William A. Vega
William A. Vega Florida International University

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