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Mark D. Weist is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology, Health Professions, and Social Sciences. Within these areas, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics including Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Community Health and Development, Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Early Childhood Education and Development, Health Policy Implementation Science, Family and Disability Support Research, and Mental Health Treatment and Access.

Frequently publishing in scientific journals, some of the main venues for their work are:

  • Journal of School Psychology
  • Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • American Journal of Health Education
  • Prevention Science

Their recent papers include:

  • Teacher-student relationships and mental health help seeking behaviors among elementary and secondary students in Ontario Canada (2020) - Journal of School Psychology
  • A randomized controlled trial on the interconnected systems framework for school mental health and PBIS: Focus on proximal variables and school discipline (2022) - Journal of School Psychology
  • Coalescing investments in school mental health in South Carolina (2020) - Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • Mental Health Literacy: A Strategy for Global Adolescent Mental Health Promotion (2020) - Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Holistic Functioning from a Developmental Perspective: A New Synthesis with a Focus on a Multi-tiered System Support Structure (2023) - Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Mark D. Weist has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors. Among the most frequent are:

  • Joni W. Splett
  • Colleen A. Halliday
  • Darien Collins
  • Kelly Perales
  • Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers

Best Publications

  • Sociometric status and academic, behavioral, and psychological adjustment : a five-year longitudinal study

    T. H. Ollendick;Mark D. Weist;M. C. Borden;R. W. Greene

  • Expanded School Mental Health Services

    Mark D. Weist

  • Transformation of children's mental health services: the role of school mental health

    Sharon Hoover Stephan;Mark Weist;M.S.H.S. Sheryl Kataoka;Steven Adelsheim

  • Mental Health Screening in Schools.

    Mark D. Weist;Marcia Rubin;Elizabeth Moore;Steven Adelsheim

  • School-based mental health services in the United States: history, current models and needs

    Lois T. Flaherty;Mark D. Weist;Beth S. Warner

  • Exploring violence exposure, stress, protective factors and behavioral problems among inner-city youth.

    Eric A. Youngstrom;Mark D. Weist;Kathleen E. Albus

  • Toward Collaboration in the Growing Education–Mental Health Interface

    Robyn P Waxman;Mark D Weist;David M Benson

  • Challenges to collaboration in school mental health and strategies for overcoming them.

    Mark D. Weist;Elizabeth A. Mellin;Kerri L. Chambers;Nancy A. Lever

  • Handbook of school mental health: Advancing practice and research.

    Mark D. Weist;Steven W. Evans;Nancy A. Lever

  • Commentary : Implementing Empirically Supported Treatments in the Schools: What Are We Asking?

    Steven W. Evans;Mark D. Weist

  • Predictors of violence exposure among inner-city youth.

    Mark D. Weist;Olga Maria Acosta;Eric A. Youngstrom

  • Advancing School Mental Health Promotion Globally

    Mark D. Weist;Michael Murray

  • Urban youth under stress: Empirical identification of protective factors

    Mark D. Weist;Abby H. Freedman;David A. Paskewitz;Eric J. Proescher

  • Urban youth as witnesses to violence: Beginning assessment and treatment efforts

    Beth S. Warner;Mark D. Weist

  • Risk Factors for School Violence

    Beth S. Warner;Mark D. Weist;Amy Krulak

  • Improving Multitiered Systems of Support for Students with "Internalizing" Emotional/Behavioral Problems.

    Mark D. Weist;Lucille Eber;Robert Horner;Joni Splett

  • Fulfilling the promise of school-based mental health: moving toward a Public Mental Health Promotion approach.

    Mark D. Weist

  • THE CRITICAL ROLE OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH MOVEMENT

    Joni Williams Splett;Johnathan Fowler;Mark D. Weist;Heather McDaniel

  • The predictive validity of teacher nominations: a five-year followup of at-risk youth.

    Thomas H. Ollendick;Ross W. Greene;Mark D. Weist;Donald P. Oswald

  • School-Based Mental Health Services in Baltimore: Association with School Climate and Special Education Referrals

    Eric J. Bruns;Christine Walrath;Marcia Glass-Siegel;Mark D. Weist

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven W. Evans
Steven W. Evans Nationwide Children's Hospital
Eric A. Youngstrom
Eric A. Youngstrom University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas H. Ollendick
Thomas H. Ollendick Virginia Tech
Linda Taylor
Linda Taylor University of California, Los Angeles
Kimberly Hoagwood
Kimberly Hoagwood New York University
Julie Sarno Owens
Julie Sarno Owens Ohio University
Lee Kern
Lee Kern Lehigh University
Catherine P. Bradshaw
Catherine P. Bradshaw University of Virginia
Howard S. Adelman
Howard S. Adelman University of California, Los Angeles
Clayton R. Cook
Clayton R. Cook University of Minnesota

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