Publications

2016 and Earlier

Jimenez D.E., Schmidt A.C., Kim G, Cook B.L., Impact of comorbid mental health needs on racial/ethnic disparities in general medical care utilization among older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2016; 32(8): 909-921.

Hahm H, Lee J, Chiao C, Valentine A, Cook B. Use of mental health care and unmet needs for health care among lesbian and bisexual Chinese-, Korean- and Vietnamese-American Women. Psychiatric Services. 2016; 67(12), 1380-1383.

Guerrero E.G., Aarons G.A., Grella C.E., Garner B.R., Cook B, Vega W.A. Program capacity to eliminate outcome disparities in addiction health services. Administration and Policy in Mental Health. 2016: vol. 43,1: 23-35.

Gonçalves M, Cook B. Life training for aging and migration. International Journal of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health. 2016; 3:7-13

 Fortuna L., Ramos Z., Cook B., Alvarez K., Mozo X., Wang Y. Mental health, migration stressors and suicidal ideation among Latino immigrants in Spain and the United States. European Psychiatry. 2016; 36:15-22.

Christensen A.L., Brown J.D., Wissow L.S., Cook B. Spillover of ratings of patient- and family-centered care: an example for physicians and medical assistants in a Federally Qualified Health Center. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. 2016; 32(8): 909-921.

Creedon T., Cook B. Access to mental health care increased but not for substance use, while disparities remain. Health Affairs. 2016; 35(6): 1017-1021.

Cook B., Kim G., Lock Morgan K. Chen C-N, Nillni A., Alegría M. Measuring geographic "hot spots" of racial/ethnic disparities: an application to mental health care. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2016; 27(2): 663-684

Cook B, Progovac AM, Chen P, Mullin B, Hou S, Baca-Garcia E. Novel use of natural language processing (NLP) to predict suicidal ideation and psychiatric symptoms in a text-based mental health intervention in Madrid. Computational and Mathematical Models in Medicine. 2016; 1-8.

Carson N.J., Katz A.M. Alegría M. How patients and clinicians make meaning of physical suffering in mental health evaluations. Transcultural Psychiatry. 2016; 53(5), 595-611.


Shu C, Cook B.L. Examining the association between substance use disorder treatment and smoking cessation. Addiction. 2015 Jun;110(6):1015-24.

 Jimenez D, Cook B, Kim G, Reynolds C, Alegría M, Coe-Odess S, Bartels S. Relationship between general illness and mental health service use and expenditures among racially-ethnically diverse adults ?65 Years, Psychiatric Services. 2015; 66(7): 727-33.

Carson NJ, Wang Y, Cook BL. Trends in the use of antidepressants following FDA warnings: a disparities analysis (published abstract). The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics. 18(Suppl 1); March 2015: S6-7.

Hahm H, Cook B, Ault A, Alegría A. The intersection of race/ethnicity and gender in depression care: receipt of screening, access to care, and minimally adequate treatment. Psychiatric Services. 2015; 66(3): 258-264.

Cook B, Liu Z, Lessios A.S., Loder S, McGuire T. The costs and benefits of reducing racial-ethnic disparities in mental health care. Psychiatric Services. 2015; vol. 66,4: 389-96.

Alegría M, Ludman E, Kafali EN, Lapatin S, Vila D, Shrout PE, Keefe K, Cook B, Ault A, Li X, Bauer AM. Effectiveness of the engagement and counseling for Latinos (ECLA) intervention in low-income Latinos. Medical Care. 2014; 52(11): 989-997.

Kafali N, Cook B, Alegría M. Cost effectiveness of a randomized trial to treat depression among Latinos. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics. 2014; 17(2): 41-50.

Valentine A, DeAngelo D, Alegría M, Cook B. Translating disparities research to policy: a qualitative study of state mental health policymakers' perceptions of mental health care disparities report cards, Psychological Services. 2014; 11(4): 377-387.

Saloner B, Cook B. An ACA provision increased treatment for young adults with possible mental illnesses relative to comparison group. Health Affairs. 2014 33:8, 1425-1434.

Saloner B, Carson N, Cook B. Explaining Racial/ethnic differences in adolescent substance abuse treatment completion in the United States: a decomposition analysis, Journal of Adolescent Health. 2014; 54(6): 646-653.

Stein G, Lee C, Carson N, Cook B, Shi P, Papajorgji-Taylor D, Alegría M. Characteristics of community mental health clinics associated with treatment engagement. Psychiatric Services. 2014; 65(8): 1020-1025.

Saloner B, Carson N, Cook B. Episodes of mental health treatment among a nationally representative sample of children and adolescents. Medical Care Research and Review. 2014; 71(3): 261-279.

Luo H, Zhang X, Cook B, Wu B, Wilson M.R. Racial /ethnic disparities in preventive care practice among U.S. nursing home residents. Journal of Aging and Health. 2014; 26(4), 519-539.

Gonçalves M, Farcas D, Cook B. Differences between ethnic and non ethnic-specific clinics for Portuguese-speaking mental health patients as explained by providers. International Journal of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health. 2014; 1(13): 1-6

Gonçalves M, Farcas D, Cook B. Advocacy for youth mental health in Europe: a policy analysis. International Journal Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health. 2014; 1:15

Carson N, Vesper A, Chen C-C, Cook B. Quality of follow-up after hospitalization for mental illness among racial/ethnic minorities in the United States, Psychiatric Services. 2014; 65(7): 888-96.

Cook B.L., Zuvekas S.H., Carson N, Wayne G.F., Vesper A, McGuire T.G. Assessing racial/ethnic disparities in treatment across episodes of mental health care. Health Services Research. 49(1) 206-229.

Cook B, Brown J, Loder S, Wissow L. Acculturation differences in communicating information about child mental health between Latino parents and primary care providers. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2014; 16(6): 1093-1102.

Cook B, Ferris Wayne G, Kafali EN, Liu Z, Shu C, Flores, M. Trends in smoking among adults with mental illness and association between mental health treatment and smoking cessation. Journal of American Medical Association. 2014; 311(2): 172-182.

Raub J, Carson N, Cook B, Wyshak G, Hauser B. Predictors of custody and visitation recommendations by a family court clinic. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 2013; 41(2): 206-18.

Saloner B & Cook B. Blacks and Hispanics are less likely than Whites to complete addiction treatment, largely due to socioeconomic factors. Health Affairs, 32, no.1 (2013): 135-145.

Gonçalves M, Cook B, Mulvaney-Day N, Kinrys G, Alegria M. Retention in mental health care of Portuguese speaking patients. Transcultural Psychiatry. 2013; 50(1): 92-107.

Dusetzina S.B., Cook B.L., Busch A.B., Alexander G.C., Huskamp H.A. Racial-ethnic differences in incident olanzapine use after an FDA advisory for patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services. 2013; 64(1), 83-87.

DePetris A.E., Cook B.L. Differences in diffusion of FDA antidepressant risk warnings across racial-ethnic groups. Psychiatric Services. 2013; 466-71, 471.e1-4.

Cook B, Doksum T, Chen CC, Carle A, Alegria M. The role of provider supply and organization in reducing racial/ethnic disparities in mental health care in the U.S. Social Science and Medicine, 2013; 84: 102-109.

Cook B, Manning W. Thinking beyond the mean: a practical guide for using quantile regression methods for health services research. Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry. 2013; vol. 25, 1, 55-9

Cook B, Manning W, Alegria M. Measuring disparities across the distribution of mental health care expenditures, Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics. 2013; 16(1): 3-12.

Cook B, Ferris Wayne G, Valentine A, Lessios A, Yeh E. Revisiting the evidence on health and health care disparities among the Roma: a systematic review 2003-2012. International Journal of Public Health. 2013; 58(6): 885-911.

Cook B, Barry C, Busch S. Racial/ethnic disparity trends in children’s mental health care access and expenditures from 2002 to 2007. Health Services Research. 2013; vol. 48, 1, 129-49.

Brown J.D., Wissow L.S., Cook B.L., Longway S, Caffrey E, Pefaure C. Mental health communications skills training for medical assistants in pediatric primary care. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 2013, 40(1), 20-35.

Jimenez DE, Cook B, Bartels SJ, Alegria M. Disparities in mental health service use among racial/ethnic minority elderly. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2013; 61(1): 18-25.

Carson N, Cook B, Chen C-C, Alegría M. Racial/ethnic differences in video game and internet use among adolescents with mental health and educational difficulties. Journal of Children and Media. 2012; 6(4): 450-468.

Mulvaney-Day N, DeAngelo D, Chen C-N, Cook B, Alegria M. 2012. Unmet need for treatment for substance use disorders across race and ethnicity. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2012; 125(Supp. 1): S44-S50.

Alegria, M, Lin, J, Chen, C-N, Duan N, Cook B, Meng XL. The impact of insurance coverage in diminishing racial and ethnic disparities in behavioral health services. Health Services Research. 2012; 47(3pt2): 1322-1344.

Cook B, McGuire T, Zaslavsky A. Measuring racial/ethnic disparities in health care: methods and practical issues, Health Services Research. 2012; 47(3pt2): 1232-1254.

Cook B, McGuire T, Zaslavsky A. Measuring racial/ethnic disparities in health care: methods and practical issues. Health Services Research. 2012; 47(3pt2): 1232-1254.

Cook B, Alegría M. Racial-ethnic disparities in substance abuse treatment: the role of criminal history and socioeconomic status, 2011. Psychiatric Services. 2011 62(11):1273-81

Cook B, McGuire T, Alegria M, Normand S-L. Crowd-out and exposure effects of physical comorbidities on mental health care use: implications for racial-ethnic disparities in access. Health Services Research. 2011; 46: 1259-1280.

Rosenbach M, O’Neil S, Cook B, Trebino L, Klein Walker D. Characteristics, access, utilization, satisfaction, and outcomes of Healthy Start participants in eight sites. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2010; 14: 666-679.

Escobar J.I., Cook B, Chen C.N., Gara M.A., Alegría M, Interian A, & Diaz E. Whether medically unexplained or not, three or more concurrent somatic symptoms predict psychopathology and service use in community populations. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 69(1), 1-8.

Cook B, Carson N, Alegría M. Assessing racial/ethnic differences in the social consequences of early-onset psychiatric disorder. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2010; 21(2):49-66.

Carson N, Cook B, Alegría M. Social determinants of mental health treatment among Haitian, African American and White youth in community health centers, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2010; 21(2):32-48.

Cook B, McGuire TG, Lock K, Zaslavsky AM. Comparing methods of racial and ethnic disparities measurement across different settings of mental health care. Health Services Research. 2010; 45(3): 825-847.

Cook B, Lin J, Guo J, Alegría M. Pathways and correlates connecting exposure to the US and mental health. American Journal of Public Health. 2009; 99(12): 2247-2254.

Cook B, Lin J, Guo J, Alegría M. Pathways and correlates connecting Latinos’ mental health with exposure to the United States. American Journal of Public Health. 2009: 99(12): 2247-2254.

Cook B, McGuire TG, Meara E, Zaslavsky AM. Adjusting for health status in non-linear models of health care disparities. Health Services Outcomes and Research Methodology. 2009; 9:1-21.

Cook B, McGuire TG, Zuvekas S. Measuring trends in racial/ethnic health care disparities. Medical Care Research and Review. 2009; 66:23-48.

Cook B, Manning W. Measuring racial/ethnic disparities across the distribution of medical expenditures. Health Services Research 2009 Oct;44(5 Pt 1):1603-21.

Cook B, McGuire TG, Miranda J. Measuring trends in mental health care disparities, 2000-2004. Psychiatric Services. 2007; 58:1533-1540.

Brown JD, Wissow LS, Zachary C, Cook B. Receiving advice about child mental health from a primary care provider: African American and Hispanic parent attitudes. Medical Care. 2007; 45:1076-1082.

Cook B. The effect of Medicaid managed care on racial disparities in health care access. Health Services Research. 2007; 42:124-145.

McGuire T, Cook B, Alegria M, Wells K, Zaslavsky A. Implementing the IOM Definition of disparities in health care: An application to mental health care. Health Services Research. 2006; 41:1979-2005.

Cook B, Wayne G, Keithly L, Connoly G. One size does not fit all: How the tobacco industry has altered cigarette design to target consumer groups with specific psychological and psychosocial needs. Addiction. 2003 Nov;98(11):1547-61