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Overview

Jack Tsai is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on health professions and psychology, with a strong emphasis on clinical psychology and epidemiology as prominent subfields within their body of work.

The scientist's work encompasses various topics related to public health and social issues. Key research themes include:

  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Employment and Welfare Studies

Among frequently published venues for Jack Tsai are:

  • Psychiatric Services
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Psychological Services
  • PLoS ONE

Collaborations have been made with a number of researchers, including:

  • Robert H. Pietrzak
  • Dorota Szymkowiak
  • Ann Elizabeth Montgomery
  • Eric B. Elbogen
  • Hind A. Beydoun

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Jack Tsai include:

  • COVID-19: a potential public health problem for homeless populations (2020), published in The Lancet Public Health
  • The Problem of Veteran Homelessness: An Update for the New Decade (2021), published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Other relevant research appearing in collaboration with Eric B. Elbogen includes studies on suicide attempts, self-harm during the COVID-19 pandemic, and mental health implications of remote work, though these are not exclusively authored by Tsai.

Jack Tsai's publications reflect extensive engagement with issues relating to health disparities, social determinants affecting vulnerable populations, and psychiatric health outcomes, particularly in the context of homelessness and veteran care.

Best Publications

  • COVID-19: a potential public health problem for homeless populations.

    Jack Tsai;Jack Tsai;Jack Tsai;Michal Wilson

  • Dimensional structure of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress symptoms: Support for a hybrid Anhedonia and Externalizing Behaviors model

    Cherie Armour;Jack Tsai;Jack Tsai;Tory A. Durham;Ruby Charak

  • The role of coping, resilience, and social support in mediating the relation between PTSD and social functioning in veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

    Jack Tsai;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Robert H. Pietrzak;Steven M. Southwick

  • A network analysis of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and correlates in U.S. military veterans

    Cherie Armour;Eiko I. Fried;Marie K. Deserno;Jack Tsai

  • Risk Factors for Homelessness Among US Veterans

    Jack Tsai;Robert Alan Rosenheck

  • Post-traumatic growth among veterans in the USA: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.

    J. Tsai;R. El-Gabalawy;W. H. Sledge;S. M. Southwick

  • Associations of multiple domains of self-esteem with four dimensions of stigma in schizophrenia.

    Paul H. Lysaker;Paul H. Lysaker;Jack Tsai;Philip Yanos;David Roe

  • Dimensional structure of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.

    Jack Tsai;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Cherie Armour;Steven M. Southwick

  • Association of substance use and VA service-connected disability benefits with risk of homelessness among veterans

    Ellen L. Edens;Wes Kasprow;Jack Tsai;Robert A. Rosenheck

  • Functional significance of a novel 7-factor model of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans study.

    Robert H. Pietrzak;Robert H. Pietrzak;Jack Tsai;Jack Tsai;Cherie Armour;Natalie Mota

  • A multi-site comparison of supported housing for chronically homeless adults: "Housing first" versus "residential treatment first"

    Jack Tsai;Alvin S. Mares;Robert A. Rosenheck

  • Does housing chronically homeless adults lead to social integration

    Jack Tsai;Alvin S. Mares;Robert A. Rosenheck

  • Negative symptoms and concordant impairments in attention in schizophrenia: Associations with social functioning, hope, self-esteem and internalized stigma

    Paul H. Lysaker;Paul H. Lysaker;Jenifer L. Vohs;Jack Tsai

  • A COMPARISON OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS TO PAPER RECORDS IN MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS

    Jack Tsai;Gary Bond

  • Alcohol and drug use disorders among homeless veterans: prevalence and association with supported housing outcomes.

    Jack Tsai;Wesley J. Kasprow;Robert A. Rosenheck

  • Linking typologies of childhood adversity to adult incarceration: findings from a nationally representative sample

    Leslie E. Roos;Tracie O. Afifi;Christina Gamache Martin;Robert H. Pietrzak

  • Financial Strain and Suicide Attempts in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adults

    Eric B Elbogen;Megan Lanier;Ann Elizabeth Montgomery;Susan Strickland

  • Suicidal ideation and thoughts of self-harm during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of COVID-19-related stress, social isolation, and financial strain.

    Eric B Elbogen;Eric B Elbogen;Eric B Elbogen;Megan Lanier;Shannon M Blakey;H Ryan Wagner;H Ryan Wagner

  • Lifetime and 1-year prevalence of homelessness in the US population: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III.

    Jack Tsai

  • Military sexual trauma in US veterans: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

    Katherine Klingensmith;Jack Tsai;Natalie Mota;Steven M. Southwick

  • Support for a novel five-factor model of posttraumatic stress symptoms in three independent samples of Iraq/Afghanistan veterans: a confirmatory factor analytic study.

    Robert H. Pietrzak;Jack Tsai;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Julia M. Whealin

  • LONGITUDINAL COURSE OF POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH AMONG U.S. MILITARY VETERANS: RESULTS FROM THE NATIONAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCE IN VETERANS STUDY

    Jack Tsai;Jack Tsai;Lauren M. Sippel;Lauren M. Sippel;Natalie Mota;Natalie Mota;Steven M. Southwick;Steven M. Southwick

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Pietrzak
Robert H. Pietrzak Yale University
Steven M. Southwick
Steven M. Southwick Yale University
Natalie Mota
Natalie Mota University of Manitoba
Michelle P. Salyers
Michelle P. Salyers Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Eric B. Elbogen
Eric B. Elbogen Duke University
Paul H. Lysaker
Paul H. Lysaker Indiana University
Renée El-Gabalawy
Renée El-Gabalawy University of Manitoba
Joan M. Cook
Joan M. Cook Yale University
Cherie Armour
Cherie Armour Queen's University Belfast
Jonathan K. Wynn
Jonathan K. Wynn University of California, Los Angeles

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