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Matthew Jakupcak is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a focus on related subfields such as Social Psychology, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Applied Psychology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health, Psychology, and Well-being
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Jakupcak has published in a variety of academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Families Systems & Health
  • The Journal of Rural Health
  • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • General Hospital Psychiatry

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Jakupcak include:

  • "Access and attitudinal barriers to engagement in integrated primary care mental health treatment for rural populations" (2021) - The Journal of Rural Health
  • "Outcomes of a health informatics technology-supported behavioral activation training for care managers in a collaborative care program." (2020) - Families Systems & Health
  • "Engaging stakeholders for change: A learning community methodology for implementing evidence-based, trauma-focused care on college campuses." (2021) - Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • "Care managers' experiences in a collaborative care program for the treatment of bipolar disorder and PTSD in underserved communities" (2022) - General Hospital Psychiatry
  • "Posttraumatic stress disorder collaborative care: A quality improvement study in veterans affairs primary care." (2021) - Families Systems & Health

Jakupcak has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • John C. Fortney
  • Amy M. Bauer
  • Matt Hawrilenko
  • Jared M. Bechtel
  • Anna LaRocco-Cockburn

Their work reflects engagement with interdisciplinary research teams and centers on improving mental health treatment delivery, especially within collaborative care programs and health informatics-supported interventions. Themes present in their publications include examination of barriers to mental health service engagement, trauma-focused care implementation, and quality improvement studies in healthcare settings.

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of dropout in treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Zac E. Imel;Kevin Laska;Matthew Jakupcak;Tracy L. Simpson

  • Anger, hostility, and aggression among Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans reporting PTSD and subthreshold PTSD.

    Matthew Jakupcak;Daniel Conybeare;Lori Phelps;Stephen Hunt

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder as a risk factor for suicidal ideation in Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans.

    Matthew Jakupcak;Jessica Cook;Zac Imel;A. Fontana

  • The Role of Masculine Ideology and Masculine Gender Role Stress in Men's Perpetration of Relationship Violence

    Matthew Jakupcak;David Lisak;Lizabeth Roemer

  • PTSD symptom clusters in relationship to alcohol misuse among Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans seeking post-deployment VA health care

    Matthew Jakupcak;Matthew T. Tull;Michael J. McDermott;Debra Kaysen

  • Health indicators for military, veteran, and civilian women.

    Keren Lehavot;Katherine D. Hoerster;Karin M. Nelson;Matthew Jakupcak

  • Masculinity, Shame, and Fear of Emotions as Predictors of Men's Expressions of Anger and Hostility.

    Matthew Jakupcak;Matthew T. Tull;Lizabeth Roemer

  • Exploring the relationship between childhood maltreatment and intimate partner abuse: gender differences in the mediating role of emotion dysregulation.

    Kim L. Gratz;Adrienne Paulson;Matthew Jakupcak;Matthew T. Tull

  • A pilot study of behavioral activation for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

    Matthew Jakupcak;Lisa J. Roberts;Christopher Martell;Patrick Mulick

  • The role of emotional inexpressivity and experiential avoidance in the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity and aggressive behavior among men exposed to interpersonal violence.

    Matthew T. Tull;Matthew Jakupcak;Adrienne Paulson;Kim L. Gratz

  • The role of emotion dysregulation in the association between men’s restrictive emotionality and use of physical aggression.

    Amy M. Cohn;Matthew Jakupcak;L. Alana Seibert;Thomas B. Hildebrandt

  • posttraumatic stress and its relationship to physical health functioning in a sample of Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans seeking postdeployment VA health care.

    Matthew Jakupcak;Jane Luterek;Stephen Hunt;Daniel Conybeare

  • Modeling PTSD symptom clusters, alcohol misuse, anger, and depression as they relate to aggression and suicidality in returning U.S. veterans.

    Julianne C. Hellmuth;Cynthia A. Stappenbeck;Katherine D. Hoerster;Matthew Jakupcak

  • Behavioral activation as a primary care-based treatment for PTSD and depression among returning veterans†

    Matthew Jakupcak;Amy Wagner;Autumn Paulson;Alethea Varra

  • Masculinity and Emotionality: An Investigation of Men's Primary and Secondary Emotional Responding

    Matthew Jakupcak;Kristalyn Salters;Kim L. Gratz;Lizabeth Roemer

  • Hopelessness and suicidal ideation in Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans reporting subthreshold and threshold posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Matthew Jakupcak;Katherine D Hoerster;Alethea Varra;Steven D Vannoy

  • Does PTSD moderate the relationship between social support and suicide risk in Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans seeking mental health treatment

    Matthew Jakupcak;Steven Vannoy;Zac Imel;Jessica W. Cook

  • Masculine gender role stress and men's fear of emotions as predictors of self-reported aggression and violence.

    Matthew Jakupcak

  • Effects of trauma exposure on anger, aggression, and violence in a nonclinical sample of men.

    Matthew Jakupcak;Matthew T. Tull

  • The role of negative affect intensity and the fear of emotions in posttraumatic stress symptom severity among victims of childhood interpersonal violence.

    Matthew T. Tull;Matthew Jakupcak;Megan E. McFadden;Lizabeth Roemer

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew T. Tull
Matthew T. Tull University of Toledo
Tracy L. Simpson
Tracy L. Simpson University of Washington
Lizabeth Roemer
Lizabeth Roemer University of Massachusetts Boston
Kim L. Gratz
Kim L. Gratz University of Toledo
Zac E. Imel
Zac E. Imel University of Utah
Jennifer J. Vasterling
Jennifer J. Vasterling Boston University
Jillian C. Shipherd
Jillian C. Shipherd Boston University
Shira Maguen
Shira Maguen University of California, San Francisco
Brian P. Marx
Brian P. Marx Boston University
Tom Hildebrandt
Tom Hildebrandt Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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