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38
Citations
5276
World Ranking
6000
National Ranking
2857

Overview

William H. Fisher is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of Health Professions, with a focus on several subfields including General Health Professions, Social Psychology, Speech and Hearing, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, as well as Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The research topics addressed by Fisher cover diverse areas related to health and well-being. These include:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues

Fisher's recent publications reflect a cross-disciplinary approach. Notable works include:

  • The barriers and facilitators to serious mental illness: Recovery postincarceration, 2020, Psychological Services
  • Patterns of Psychotherapy Attendance in Emerging and Mature Adults, 2021, University of Massachusetts (UMass) Chan Medical School
  • *VOSTFR] Les Minions 2 - Il était une fois Gru Film-Complet Streaming VF En Français, 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Persistence of Good Living: A'uwe Life Cycles and Well-Being in the Central Brazilian Cerrados, 2024, Journal of Anthropological Research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Fisher include Lynne DeMartini, Lauren Mizock, Sanford L. Drob, Annabelle Nelson, and Maryann Davis. These collaborations are reflected across Fisher's interdisciplinary research output.

Publication venues where Fisher has contributed encompass Psychological Services, University of Massachusetts (UMass) Chan Medical School, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Journal of Anthropological Research. This diverse range of venues correlates with the broad interdisciplinary themes in their research.

Best Publications

  • Prevalence, severity, and co-occurrence of chronic physical health problems of persons with serious mental illness.

    Danson R. Jones;Cathaleene Macias;Paul J. Barreira;William H. Fisher

  • Beyond criminalization: toward a criminologically informed framework for mental health policy and services research.

    William H. Fisher;Eric Silver;Nancy Wolff

  • Prevalence of Criminal Thinking among State Prison Inmates with Serious Mental Illness

    Robert D. Morgan;William H. Fisher;Naihua Duan;Jon T. Mandracchia

  • Risk Factors for Relapse and Higher Costs Among Medicaid Members with Opioid Dependence or Abuse: Opioid Agonists, Comorbidities, and Treatment History

    Robin E. Clark;Jeffrey D. Baxter;Gideon Aweh;Elizabeth O’Connell

  • Patterns and prevalence of arrest in a statewide cohort of mental health care consumers.

    William H. Fisher;Kristen M. Roy-Bujnowski;J.D. Albert J. Grudzinskas;Jonathan C. Clayfield

  • Envisioning the next generation of behavioral health and criminal justice interventions

    Matthew W. Epperson;Nancy Wolff;Robert D. Morgan;William H. Fisher

  • Managing the care of schizophrenia: Lessons from a 4-year Massachusetts Medicaid study

    Barbara Dickey;Sharon Lise T. Normand;Sharon Lise T. Normand;Edward C. Norton;Hocine Azeni

  • A National Survey of Mobile Crisis Services and Their Evaluation

    Jeffrey L. Geller;William H. Fisher;Melissa McDermeit

  • Risk of Arrest Among Public Mental Health Services Recipients and the General Public

    William H. Fisher;Lorna J. Simon;Kristen M. Roy-Bujnowski;Albert J. Grudzinskas

  • State policies and programs that address the needs of mentally ill mothers in the public sector

    Joanne Nicholson;Jeffrey L. Geller;William H. Fisher;George L. Dion

  • The changing role of the state psychiatric hospital

    William H. Fisher;Jeffrey L. Geller;John A. Pandiani

  • Integrating the criminal justice system into mental health service delivery: the worcester diversion experience.

    Albert J. Grudzinskas;Jonathan C. Clayfield;Kristen M. Roy-Bujnowski;William H. Fisher

  • Longitudinal patterns of offending during the transition to adulthood in youth from the mental health system

    Maryann Davis;Steven M. Banks;William H. Fisher;Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr.

  • Mothers with severe mental illness caring for children

    Carla L. White;Joanne Nicholson;William H. Fisher;Jeffrey L. Geller

  • State Laws on Emergency Holds for Mental Health Stabilization

    Leslie C. Hedman;John Petrila;William H. Fisher;Jeffrey W. Swanson

  • Thinking styles and emotional states of male and female prison inmates by mental disorder status.

    Nancy Wolff;Robert D. Morgan;Jing Shi;Jessica Huening

  • Practice informs the next generation of behavioral health and criminal justice interventions.

    Nancy Wolff;B. Christopher Frueh;Jessica Huening;Jing Shi

  • The relationship between community resources and state hospital recidivism.

    William H. Fisher;Jeffrey L. Geller;Fred Altaffer;Mona B. Bennett

  • A wraparound treatment engagement intervention for homeless veterans with co-occurring disorders.

    David A. Smelson;Anna Kline;John Kuhn;Stephanie Rodrigues

  • The Efficacy of Involuntary Outpatient Treatment in Massachusetts

    Jeffrey L. Geller;Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr.;Melissa McDermeit;William H. Fisher;William H. Fisher

  • The Next Generation of Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Interventions: Improving Outcomes by Improving Interventions

    Matthew Epperson;Nancy Wolff;Robert Morgan;William Fisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy Wolff
Nancy Wolff Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sharon-Lise T. Normand
Sharon-Lise T. Normand Harvard University
Thomas Grisso
Thomas Grisso University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Edward C. Norton
Edward C. Norton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Henry J. Steadman
Henry J. Steadman Policy Research Associates
Charles W. Lidz
Charles W. Lidz University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Elliot Aronson
Elliot Aronson University of California, Santa Cruz
Leonard Bickman
Leonard Bickman Vanderbilt University
Howard H. Goldman
Howard H. Goldman University of Maryland, College Park
Jeffrey W. Swanson
Jeffrey W. Swanson Duke University

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